Manga like Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: 6 series to read in English

Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro follows Senpai. He is a shy second-year in the art club who secretly draws manga. That secret is out the day a first-year girl named Nagatoro gets hold of his work.

Each pick below is a series on Mangainfo with English volumes out that shares the most themes and genres with Nagatoro in AniList's tags, and a more popular series won any close call. All volume counts and release dates here are as of October 2026.

Please Put Them On, Takamine-san

Tsundere energy and a school setting tie this one to Nagatoro. Bullying is in its tags too. Its genres match exactly: comedy, ecchi, romance and slice of life.

It is an ecchi romantic comedy set at a high school. Takane Takamine is the student council president. She never seems to slip.

The series by Yuuichi Hiiragi is still releasing in Japan with 11 volumes. English readers have 10 of them. No next English volume is listed yet. Track it on the Please Put Them On, Takamine-san page.

Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!

Like Nagatoro this series puts a gyaru at the center. It also shares the school and urban tags. The romance is between a boy and a girl here as well.

Kai Ikada's series is a comedy romance with ecchi and slice of life sides. Its other tags are coming of age and snowscape. That gives a clear idea of the mood even without a plot summary.

It finished in Japan at 14 volumes. English has 6 so far. Seven Seas releases volumes 7-8 on 24 November 2026. The full list is on the Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! page.

Sakurai-san Wants to Be Noticed

Sora Akino's series shares the school and urban tags with Nagatoro. It is also a romance between a boy and a girl. The four genres line up one for one.

It is a comedy romance with ecchi and slice of life in the mix. Its tags are all ones it shares with Nagatoro. That makes it one of the closest matches here on paper.

This is the shortest pick on the list. It finished in Japan at 4 volumes. All 4 are out in English and the series is complete. See the Sakurai-san Wants to Be Noticed page for every volume.

We Never Learn

A tomboy and a school setting link We Never Learn to Nagatoro. The romance is again between a boy and a girl.

Nariyuki Yuiga is a third-year at Ichinose Academy. Money is tight at home. The tags add a teacher and a female harem to the school comedy.

Taishi Tsutsui finished it in Japan at 21 volumes. All 21 are out in English. That makes it the longest complete series on this list. Every release is on the We Never Learn page.

The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Seen

Here the overlap is a tsundere at school. It is a romance between a boy and a girl too.

Its genres are comedy, ecchi and romance. It is the one pick without a slice of life tag. The series is by mmk.

It is still releasing in Japan with 6 volumes. English has 3 of them. No next English volume is listed yet. Keep an eye on the The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Seen page for new dates.

Girlfriend, Girlfriend

Slapstick is the link fans of Senpai's suffering may notice first. Tsundere and school tags round out what it shares with Nagatoro.

Hiroyuki's series is a comedy romance with ecchi and slice of life sides. Its tags include female harem, surreal comedy and parody. Expect the jokes to lean absurd.

It finished in Japan at 16 volumes. English has all 16. The series is complete in English. Find each one on the Girlfriend, Girlfriend page.