Is My Senpai is Annoying Worth Reading? Review & Where to Read

Overview

Igarashi is a tiny, capable office worker who's spent years getting mistaken for a kid despite being a fully grown adult with a job to do. Takeda is her towering senpai at work, who treats her like an adorable little sibling one moment and clearly has real feelings for her the next. Told through short, full-color chapters, this is a workplace comedy about two adults slowly, awkwardly figuring out feelings they've both been pretending not to have.

What it does well

The core dynamic is simple, and it works. Igarashi's tiny stature and no-nonsense attitude next to Takeda's towering height and constant doting gives their scenes an easy visual and comedic hook from the very first chapter, and the height gap never feels like a one-note gag — it's just part of who these two are together, and it's played with real affection rather than mockery.

The full-color art is a real asset here. It's bright, expressive, and well-suited to quick, punchy comedy timing, and it makes the manga feel distinct from the black-and-white workplace romances it often gets shelved next to. The office setting also feels lived-in rather than decorative — these are adults with actual jobs, coworkers, and deadlines, and the romance grows out of that daily grind instead of ignoring it.

Chapters are short and satisfying on their own, which makes this an easy, low-commitment comfort read — you can get through a chapter or ten in one sitting without needing to remember a complicated ongoing plot.

Where it falls short

The central dynamic, he dotes on her, she gets flustered and denies her feelings, doesn't evolve a whole lot chapter to chapter, and reading a large chunk at once can make that repetition more noticeable than it is in weekly or monthly doses.

Don't expect real relationship conflict or dramatic stakes either. This stays gentle and low-key throughout, which is exactly the appeal for a lot of readers, but it does mean the story rarely surprises you once you know the formula.

Verdict

Office rom-com comfort food for anyone tired of the will-they-won't-they dragging on for volumes of high schoolers instead of actual adults. It doesn't reinvent the workplace romance, and it isn't trying to, but as a breezy, full-color, low-stakes comfort read, My Senpai is Annoying delivers exactly what it promises.