Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san review

TheMuffinOfLife8
Apr 03, 2021
So to start out with, I don't think you should listen to the reviews of this manga saying it's "glorifying" and "romanticizing" bullying. Anyone who can distinguish fiction from reality should be able to tell this is a fantasy of having a cute, tan JK dom and tease you. Femdom has thousands of doujins and stories written with it for a reason, because it appeals to a wide group of people. This is what this is, a romcom story with light femdom elements, but ultimately a romcom that is not meant to be taken super seriously. So with that in mind, let's move on to the actual review.

So to start out with, the story. Now the story is mostly episodic, with a couple smaller arcs that last a couple chapters, again pretty standard romcom manga structuring. Whether each week appeals to you or not depends on your taste, but they all follow a pretty similar format. Some concept or other device of romcomland aka "going to the beach, summer festival, cosplay" etc Nagatoro calls her senpai gross and lewd, closet pervert etc but ultimately ends up going along with it and usually revealing either a) sweet love/affection b) jealousy of other women c) getting flustered by something senpai does and running away/ hiding it behind more teasing. Again the quality really ranges from week to week, some chapters I'm like wow that was a pretty good payoff but other times it's like really that's the entire chapter? that's the big idea for this week? So yeah a mixed bag on that front

Art is pretty good, I'd say it has charm but it's nothing to write home about. Honestly I feel like Nanashi reuses a lot of the same expressions and stuff to much, it can start to feel kind of samey.

For character there's only two that really matter obv. The titular Nagataro and her henpecked senpai.
Nagataro is mostly sadistic and teasing, but she can show a measure of sweetness, innocence, shyness and genuine affection, especially later in the series once their relationship has seen more development She also gets jealous very easily when other female are interacting with Senpai, and we see she is only sadistic towards him. Senpai is a bit whipped on a whole, but he seems to charm Nagataro enough, though personally I wish he had more oppurtunities to show off his chivalry/manliness but their dynamic is fine how it is.

Personally I don't really like femdom or think watching a guy being super submissive sounds super entertaining as a premise, but I read it because it seemed popular (in the top 5 on Mangadex for follows) and I read it all in one evening. I'd say whether or not you like it depends entirely on your enjoyment of either romcoms in general or watching a M/S relationship play out. An entirely gimmick based story in a sense.
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