Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san

With a smirk, the mischievous middle school boy Nishikata glances over at Takagi, the girl seated next to him in class. He has just devised a master plan to finally get back at her for all the merciless teasing inflicted upon him. As he is about to set his plan into motion, Takagi intervenes with a single comment that halts Nishikata right in his tracks. She had turned the tables on him yet again.

"If you blush, you lose." That has been the unwritten rule set between the two ever since they encountered one another in middle school. Day after day, loss after loss, Nishikata strives to see Takagi red with embarrassment, but his futile attempts are only met by further ridicule. Beyond this vicious cycle of trying to outwit one another, will their relationship ever evolve?

Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san was nominated for the 10th Manga Taisho Award in 2017 and placed 10th in the final ranking. The manga won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category in 2021, along with Chainsaw Man.

The series was published in English as Teasing Master Takagi-san by Yen Press from July 24, 2018, to March 25, 2025. It has also been released in Argentina by Panini Comics, and in Spain by Editorial Ivrea since April 2, 2019.