is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sà Âichirà  Yamamoto. It began serialization in Shogakukan's manga magazine supplement Monthly Shà Ânen Sunday Mini in June 2013, and later moved to the main magazine, Monthly Shà Ânen Sunday, in July 2016 and finished in October 2023. Its chapters were collected in twenty volumes. The series follows the daily lives of two middle school students, one who enjoys teasing her crush, and the other who constantly fails to get back at her. In North America, the manga is licensed by Yen Press.
An anime television series by Shin-Ei Animation aired from January to March 2018. An original video animation (OVA) was released in July 2018. A second season aired from July to September 2019. A third season aired from January to March 2022, and an premiered in June 2022. A television drama adaptation aired from April to May 2024. A live-action film premiered in May 2024.
In 2021, Teasing Master Takagi-san won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the category. By July 2025, the manga had over 13.5 million copies in circulation.
Middle school students Nishikata and Takagi sit next to each other in class. Takagi enjoys teasing Nishikata with embarrassing pranks and jokes as she has a crush on him. In response, Nishikata constantly attempts to get back at her, but he fails when she identifies his weaknesses and capitalizes on them.
Written by Sà Âichirà  Yamamoto, Teasing Master Takagi-san began serialization in Shogakukan's manga magazine supplement Monthly Shà Ânen Sunday Mini on June 12, 2013, and it moved to the main Monthly Shà Ânen Sunday magazine on July 12, 2016. The series finished on October 12, 2023. Its chapters were collected in twenty volumes.
In November 2017, Yen Press announced the acquisition of the manga for an English release in North America.
A spin-off manga series by Yamamoto, titled , was serialized in the newspaper Yomiuri Chà «kà Âsei Shimbun from November 7, 2014, to November 2015, and was collected into two volumes. It was also adapted within the Teasing Master Takagi-san anime adaptation in 2018.
A second spin-off manga series by Yà «ma Suzu, titled , was serialized in Monthly Shà Ânen Sunday from July 12, 2017, to April 11, 2020, and was collected into five volumes.
A third spin-off by Mifumi Inaba, titled , featuring an adult Takagi, now married to Nishikata, and their daughter, Chi, was serialized on the MangaONE app from July 15, 2017, to July 24, 2024. Its chapters have been collected into twenty-three volumes.
A fourth spin-off by Inaba, titled , centered around Chi during her middle school years, was serialized for ten chapters in Monthly Shà Ânen Sunday from November 10, 2023, to August 9, 2024; the collected volume was released on October 11, 2024.
An anime television series adaptation was announced in the August 2017 issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Shà Ânen Sunday magazine. The series was directed by Hiroaki Akagi at Shin-Ei Animation, with scripts written by Michiko Yokote and character designs by Aya Takano. It aired from January 8 to March 26, 2018, on Tokyo MX and other channels. The series ran for 12 episodes. Crunchyroll simulcasted the series, while Funimation streamed the series with an English dub.
On January 10, 2019, it was announced that the series would receive a second season; the staff and cast reprised their respective roles. It aired from July 7 to September 22, 2019, on Tokyo MX and other channels, with episodes being exclusively streamed on Netflix in Japan; a worldwide release on Netflix took place on December 6. The worldwide release was removed from Netflix in December 2024.
A third season and were officially announced in September 2021 after they were first teased with the release of the sixteenth volume of the manga. The third season aired on the Super Animeism block on MBS and TBS, and other networks from January 8 to March 26, 2022. The film features returning staff members from the third season of the anime series. It was released in Japan on June 10, 2022. On December 28, 2021, Sentai Filmworks announced it had acquired the rights to the third season and the film for worldwide distribution excluding Asia, and is streaming it on Hidive.
The mobile game was released on Android and iOS on June 8, 2022. The game ended its service on March 31, 2023, but Toho Games stated in January 2023 that they intended to release its offline version.
A live-action adaptation was announced in March 2023, with Rikiya Imaizumi serving as the director. In September 2023, Tomoki Kanazawa and Jun Hagimori were announced to be writing the live-action television drama series, with TBS producing it in cooperation with Fine Entertainment. Rui Tsukishima and SÃ Âya Kurokawa portray Takagi and Nishikata, respectively. The series aired on the TBS channel block programming Drama Stream in Japan from April 2 to May 21, 2024. Aimer performed the theme song . Netflix streamed the series worldwide.
A live-action film was announced in November 2023, with Imaizumi set to direct and write it alongside Kanazawa and Hagimori. It is set a decade after the events of the manga, with Mei Nagano portraying Takagi, who works as a trainee teacher in her middle school alma mater, and Fumiya Takahashi portraying Nishikata, who works as a gym coach at the same school. The film premiered in Japan on May 31, 2024.
By December 2016, the manga had over 1 million copies in circulation. By February 2018, that number had increased to 4 million copies. It had over 6 million copies in circulation by February 2019; over 11 million copies in circulation by August 2023; over 12 million copies in circulation by October 2023; and over 13.5 million copies in circulation by July 2025.
The manga was nominated for the 10th Manga Taishà  awards in 2017. In 2021, along with Chainsaw Man, Teasing Master Takagi-san won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the category.