List of Teasing Master Takagi-san episodes

Nishikata attempts and fails to prank his seatmate Takagi using an improvised jack-in-a-box. Later, Takagi borrows his eraser, reminding him of a childish tale that used to be popular, stating how if one writes their crush's name on their eraser and finish using it, their love will be mutual. While she is away, Nishikata takes her eraser to write a name on it. However, he sees a message that says, "Look at the hallway" where Takagi is there giggling. Secretly though, Nishikata's name is written on the other side.

Nishikata goes to school and sees Takagi on the window. When he cannot find her, Takagi pops out from the curtain besides him. Yet again, Nishikata fumbles in humiliation.

As Nishikata tries to make a funny face to Takagi, she gives him tips for a much improved and even funnier face. However, as he turns his head, he faces Mr. Tanabe and gets scolded.

Nishikata and Takagi's class is having calligraphy lessons when Takagi proposes writing a word of what they want from each other. Nishikata's second attempt backfires when Takagi uncharacteristically shows kindness to him. As it turns out, she had rubbed ink on his face, as her second calligraphy depicts.

Mina and Yukari mope about the heat when they notice Sanae wearing a short-sleeved uniform. Later, Mina and Yukari switch to shorter sleeves, but Sanae is in a longer uniform.

During English class, Nishikata plans to distract Takagi long enough so she cannot answer the teacher when it is her turn to read aloud. To his disappointment, although she is caught by surprise, she easily finds the assigned line and answers it.

Mina tries to drink a can of coffee, but struggles with its strong taste. Sanae offers her juice, which Mina graciously accepts before Sanae clarifies such a drink is childish.

On the way to school, Takagi suggests a contest to see who can throw their respective cans in, with the loser forced to obey the victor. After she successfully makes her toss, she distracts Nishikata enough on his attempt to miss.

Mina drinks a bottle of soda, though its fizz is too discomforting for her. Yukari drinks it without problem until she feels the urge to burp. She then lets one out while Mina talks loudly, which Sanae notices.

Nishikata decides to form an exercise regimen based on Takagi's teasing. After she comments that he looks more muscular, a motivated Nishikata strives to continue his training.

Mina, Sanae, and Yukari see two cats outside and pretend that they are having a conversation as a couple.

Nishikata is ordered to clean the science room. Before doing so, he discovers Takagi hiding in a closet, after which she convinces him to play four rounds of rock-paper-scissors, with the loser cleaning a quarter of the room. Nishikata ultimately loses all four.

When Nishikata notices a jungle gym, he assumes Takagi will be reluctant to kickover the high bar. However, she orders him to look away during her first attempt. When Takagi goes again, Nishikata, who believes she is cheating, looks and realizes she is wearing shorts underneath her skirt, but concedes defeat as he broke the no-look rule.

After spending the night watching the anime 100% Unrequited Love with the air conditioner on, a sick Nishikata arrives to class late. Concerned for his health, Takagi does not tease him throughout the day. After his attempts to instigate her fail, he tells her he is not actually ill and had simply overslept.

Nishikata is busy studying for exams when Takagi joins him and decides to help. As they head home in the evening, Takagi reveals the study problems they were doing will not be on the test.

Yukari stresses the need to get at least ninety percent on her exams to earn any video game she wants. As she begins to study the category, she discovers the next test subject is math, to her disbelief.

After getting their test results back, Nishikata and Takagi try guessing each other's scores. When Nishikata overthinks his answer, Takagi reveals his initial guess was actually correct.

At the bookstore, Nishikata buys the latest volume of 100% Unrequited Love. As he is leaving, he runs into Takagi. Not wanting her to know this, Nishikata lies until Takagi reveals she saw him buy it.

After seeing their classmates Mano and Nakai riding a bike together, Takagi suggests doing the same with Nishikata, which he reluctantly agrees. When they begin practicing, Takagi agitates Nishikata. Upon failing, he gets her a can of juice but does not have enough money for himself, prompting Takagi to buy one for him.

At Yukari's house, she is working on her summer homework while Mina and Sanae chide her for not enjoying the break.

Unable to practice tandem, Takagi challenges Nishikata to a test of courage. Inside a tunnel, Takagi begins to play pranks on Nishikata. At home, Nishikata continues his workouts.

While walking and eating popsicles, Mina and Sanae tell an annoyed Yukari that she will help them with their assignments due to her being the class president.

At the mall's bookstore, Nishikata purchases the latest volume of 100% Unrequited Love, but encounters Takagi outside, and she makes a bet saying she knows what he bought. To deceive her, Nishikata copies the characters' actions. Despite this, however, she still guesses correctly.

Having lost the bet, Nishikata has to help Takagi select a swimsuit, a task that proves too embarrassing for him. When he sees Mano and Nakai in the store, he hides in the dressing room until they leave upon greeting Takagi.

At the beach, Mina and Sanae prepare to swim when they notice Yukari pumping air into a life preserver as she cannot swim. Deciding to leave her, the two enjoy their day until they return to find an exhausted Yukari, who had to exhale into the inflatable as the pump broke.

Embracing the typhoon's severe winds, Nishikata role-plays as a wind-controlling character when Takagi overhears him. She copies his behavior, which he vehemently denies ever happened. Noticing she does not have her bike with her, Nishikata is quizzed on why, but cannot provide an answer in time.

The school participates in a marathon, with Nishikata and Takagi creating a competition over who would be faster. They eventually agree to see if he can keep within a certain distance of her, a deal that ultimately leads to Nishikata's defeat as the girls are only required to run half the distance.

On the walk home, Takagi pokes Nishikata's ribs, tickling him. Peeved, he considers responding in kind when she proclaims her ribs cannot be tickled. Nishikata plots various distraction strategies, all of which do not come to fruition, before Takagi allows him to poke her to prove her point.

Nishikata gets a new cell phone and exchanges emails with his friends. Interested, Takagi asks to see it, which Nishikata prepares to exploit until she hands it back. Meanwhile, Mina and Yukari consider getting cell phones of their own and ask Sanae if she wants one, but she declines until she reveals she already has one.

During cleanup duty, Nishikata and Takagi talk about their cell phone activities when the former decides to send her a scary video. Takagi eventually watches it, but is unfazed as horror does not have the same impact in the morning. At home, Nishikata considers his next move until Takagi calls him, and the two converse for the evening.

As they walk to school together, Takagi notices Nishikata has grown, leading to a height comparing contest. When Nishikata becomes skeptical of Takagi's measurement, she faces him directly before she admits she had been standing on her toes while their backs were turned.

With winter arriving, Mina and Sanae decide to place their cold hands on Yukari's skin to elicit a reaction. When Yukari tries to do the same, she gets no response as her hands are too warm. Takagi does the same to Nishikata, which the trio notices as Yukari starts to assume they are indeed dating.

Besides Yukari, Nishikata's friends infer he is dating Takagi when he declines their invitation to play video games. After asking Takagi directly, Mina discloses they are not going out, while Nishikata also denies it. As Takagi is usually the one who asks Nishikata to walk her home, she asks for his thoughts on the matter, but he is too nervous to give an answer.

Nishikata tries to pet a cat until Takagi's calls distract him. While she is petting another one, she tricks him into admitting his desire to do the same thing. However, the cat runs off.

While seemingly having a conversation about boys, Yukari eventually realizes Mina and Sanae are actually talking about their favorite dog characteristics.

In art class, Takagi and Nishikata are tasked with painting portraits of each other. Nishikata tries to draw an demonized image of Takagi, but he feels guilty about it. She then shows him hers, which he incredulously questions.

Takagi has her fortune told via tarot when Nishikata walks by for room cleanup. She then challenges him to rock-paper-scissors, which he unexpectedly wins. Takagi later tells him the fortunes regarding their crushes and the game.

The class has been secretly writing love letters to one another. After a while, Takagi affirms to Nishikata she wrote him a letter. When he reads it, it is just an invitation to walk home with her.

In a flashback to their inaugural day of middle school, Takagi was worried after losing an unknown item when Nishikata arrived to class late. After getting their seat assignments, an annoyed Nishikata complained to his seatmate about how a "Takagi" was responsible for him being late. After the entrance ceremony, she revealed she was the one he had helped, while the lost object was her handkerchief.

Nishikata is in class when he realizes that he does not have his English textbook. After a while, he reluctantly moves his desk next to Takagi's. Later, they exchange letters that contain hidden messages to each other.

When Takagi walks in the classroom and sees Nishikata with a hypno coin, she asks him to try it on her. After being surprised that it seemingly worked, he eventually tells her to pick her nose. Just as she is about to do it, Nishikata has second thoughts and tries to stop her. Once this happens, Takagi reveals that she only pretended to be hypnotized.

A tired Mina is in the hallway talking to Yukari and Sanae where she tells them that she watched a hypnotism show. As a result, she got hypnotized. Afterwards, they find out that Mina is still hypnotized.

Walking to school together, Takagi proposes a contest to Nishikata where the one who carries the biggest piece of ice to school wins. When Nishikata drop his, he offer his hand to warm hers up. However, she asks for his hand warmer instead.

When Takagi meets Nishikata on the way to school, he tells her that there is something different about his appearance from the day before and challenges her to figure it out. After a while, Takagi correctly guesses that it is his hair. She tells him that she will change her appearance the next day and he has to figure out what said change will be.

At school, Mina teases Yukari about her messed up bangs until Yukari snaps. Yukari ends up apologizing to a despondent Mina.

On April Fools' Day, Nishikata and Takagi head to the candy store. Inside, Takagi urges Nishikata to try a grass-based candy, which he actually enjoys. Later, she tells him the upcoming school year may result in seats being shuffled. This shocks him until she reveals it only applies to the third-year students.

With the new school year arriving, Mina tries to diet in order to emulate the slim bodies of models and television stars. However, when Takagi and Nishikata arrive with candy, she quickly abandons her regimen.

A week after starting their first year, Sanae began addressing Kimura without an honorific, an act he found intimidating. Nishikata tried to take advantage of this by dropping "-san" from Takagi's name, but panicked and re-added it. In response, Takagi, who had been calling him Nishikata-kun, decided to remove the suffix.

As a result of his push-up routine, Nishikata easily defeats his friends in arm wrestling. Takagi challenges him to a match, during which she lowers his guard by feigning weakness and joking about them holding hands.

Staring out her classroom window, Mina philosophizes about how short youth can be. When she starts comparing it to expiration dates on food, Yukari and Sanae point out her thinking does not make her as grown up as she believes, but retract their statements when she starts to cry.

Due to his loss in arm wrestling, Nishikata buys juice for Takagi. Remembering a conversation he had with his friends about maturity, he buys coffee for himself, but struggles with its strong flavor. Takagi tells him drinking coffee does not change her perception of him.

After watching Dandy of the Old West, Nishikata tries to copy the titular character's mannerisms while he and Takagi engage in asking a series of questions. However, Takagi's prompts cause him to panic, which enables her to tickle him.

When Mina misinterprets Yukari and Sanae's conversation about eyebrows, she insults Yukari's bangs. Although Sanae clarifies what they were talking about, Yukari is too hurt by Mina's remark.

Nishikata and Yukari are members of the field trip planning committee, which forces them to stay after school. Unaware of his thoughts, Yukari observes Nishikata's behavior and assumes he is lamenting not going home with Takagi.

On his birthday, Nishikata visits a bakery to pick up his cake when he encounters Takagi. Not wanting her to know his intentions, he challenges her to guess his destination and vice versa, only to learn she is also going to the bakery. Inside, Takagi picks up her items first before giving them to Nishikata as a prize for winning the challenge. In addition to sweets, he receives a 100% Unrequited Love keychain.

As they are getting ready to take the sports test, Nishikata proposes a contest to Takagi where the winner is the one who receives the higher score. After a few tests are completed, the final one is the grip strength. During his second attempt, Nishikata becomes distracted when he thinks about holding Takagi's hand. When he concedes defeat, Takagi reveals that her score was lower than his.

After school, Nishikata challenges Takagi to a game of dodgeball, which she easily wins. During the next game, she asks him a loaded question with romantic intentions. Although Nishikata does not catch it, Takagi is glad he went after it.

After buying some snacks at the candy store, a cat takes Yukari's candy bar. Giving chase, Sanae eventually discovers why the cat took it. As they are walking, Yukari, Mina, and Sanae realize that they left their bags and snacks at the candy store.

Nishikata is on cleaning duty for the day following PE class. Takagi joins him and they head to the storage closet. Inside, Takagi teases a flustered Nishikata about the situation. Meanwhile, Mina, Yukari, and Sanae are in the hallway talking about the supernatural.

Leaving the storage closet, Takagi notices that Nishikata has blood on his pants. When they head to the nurse's office, Takagi grabs the antiseptic and proposes a bet where Nishikata will lose if he says "ouch". Letting his guard down, he loses when he indirectly says it.

In the classroom, Nishikata challenges Takagi to a game of acchi muite hoi. During one of the rounds, Takagi asks Nishikata if he has a crush on her. A flustered Nishikata realizes he lost when he sees Takagi pointing up.

As the class is enjoying their time in the pool, a despondent Yukari does not join them as she cannot swim. After Mina and Sanae asks a bunch of questions, Mina tells Yukari that her talent is that she does not have one.

In the classroom, Nishikata notices something is off with Takagi. After school, Nishikata finds Takagi at the shrine, who reveals she had a fight with her mother. Feeling better, she asks him to stay with her. She then asks if she can tease him again, much to his chagrin.

After Takagi successfully applies Nishikata some eye drops, the two swap turns. In a panic, Nishikata attempts to force her eyes open with his hands as Yukari enters the classroom.

Having misconstrued Takagi and Nishikata's eye drop challenge as kissing, Yukari asks Hojo to peek through the classroom door to investigate. Yukari later tells Mina and Sanae what she believes is a scoop, only to be frustrated when they provide childish examples.

Nishikata challenges Takagi to a game of hide-and-seek, which Takagi wins when she finds him behind a set of barrels. Hamaguchi and Hojo then sit near their location. Nishikata accidentally exposes himself when Takagi comes closer to him. When he tries to explain they were playing hide-and-seek, Takagi describes their experience in a sensual light, embarrassing him and Hamaguchi.

Running into each other outside, Nishikata challenges Takagi to a guessing game in which they have to guess the number of steps they have to take. After she teases him about the situation, they agree to give up.

Yukari sees that Mina and Sanae are sending text messages to each other. When she sees a message about the summer festival, Yukari remembers when she went with her sister a year prior and she obliges her sister's wish to shoot fireworks.

At the library, Nishikata and Takagi exchange souvenirs. When she later tells him how happy she is, he admits that he tried to prank her. At the shrine, Takagi heavily implies that she would like Nishikata to invite her to the summer festival.

Nishikata uses a grip strength while he is in the classroom. When he grabs Takagi's hand, Nishikata suddenly imagines different scenarios involving Takagi before he realizes he was only dreaming.

After they show off their tan to each other, Takagi challenges Nishikata to figure out why she called him. He eventually comes to the conclusion she wanted to spend time with him, but is too embarrassed to say it out loud. Elsewhere, Takao and Kimura are hanging out at the river, while Yukari tries and fails to make homemade facial masks with Mina and Sanae.

Takagi sees Nishikata while she is heading to school and she decides to follow him. After a while, he comes across a marble and is later shocked when she correctly guesses this.

While she is heading to school, Yukari sees Mina and she decides to follow her. After a while, Yukari is spotted by Mina. When Mina wonders where Sanae is, it is revealed Sanae is secretly nearby.

In the classroom, Nishikata and Takagi agree to perform a mock desk check. However, when Nishikata becomes too embarrassed, Takagi reveals the class is not scheduled to have a desk check that day.

Nishikata and Takagi are assigned to library duty. There, they exchange books and Takagi says, "I love you" out loud while she is reading. When they leave, Takagi whispers to herself she will not recommend the book she read to Nishikata since the line is not in it.

When Nishikata brings out a fan in the classroom, Takagi challenges him to a contest to see who can move an eraser the farthest, which she wins. She then stands next to him while he is fanning her.

Nishikata has a conversation with Takao and Kimura about a baseball manga, which Takagi overhears while she in the hallway. Later that day, when Takagi catches Nishikata re-enacting a scene from the manga, she proposes a contest to see if he can strike her out. However, he ultimately loses when he becomes distracted.

Yukari, Mina, and Sanae are walking together when they see a cat that is seemingly stuck. They then attempt to rescue it without success. When they take shelter from the rain, they discover the cat was not stuck after all.

In the classroom, Nishikata proposes a bet where Takagi will lose if she says "cold". He later tries to trick her into saying it, but she thwarts his plan. She then asks him a romantic question, much to his chagrin.

Sanae is annoyed with Mina when she sees Mina and Yukari wearing their winter uniforms. Mina then attempts to reassure her that it is warm that day. After school, however, Sanae becomes annoyed again due to the cool weather.

Nishikata is eating lunch alone when Takagi joins him. They then have a contest where the winner gets a particular piece of the loser's lunch, which Nishikata ultimately loses. Afterwards, he begrudgingly thanks her for joining him.

After seeing a picture of a fake UFO Takao took, an inspired Nishikata decides to do the same thing with a skeptical Takagi. When Nishikata later captures an image on his phone, Takagi realizes the UFO is real.

In school, a girl complains about green peppers in her lunchbox when her seatmate eats them. Her friend tells her that he is teasing her because he likes her. It is then revealed that the girl is actually Nishikata and Takagi's future daughter. In the present, Nishikata arrives in class feeling nauseous as he ate green peppers for breakfast. After he incorrectly guesses what Takagi dislikes, she tells him she would like to cook for him in the future.

Yukari, Mina, and Sanae are eating lunch together when Sanae eats Mina's gyoza. Sanae later apologizes by buying Mina some melon bread.

In the classroom, it is announced they will perform a play for the culture festival and Takagi is given the role of the princess. An audition is then held for the role of the prince. When it is Nishikata's turn, Kimura inadvertently wins the role instead.

Nishikata meets up with Takagi to walk a dog. She then allows him to walk the dog by himself before they return it to its owner. As they head home, Takagi reveals she took a picture of Nishikata with the dog.

Nishikata and Takagi are walking home together when Nishikata realizes he left his homework at school. When they return there, Nishikata ditches Takagi so his friends will not see them. Along the way, he runs into Mano and Nakai before he arrives in the classroom, where Takagi is waiting for him.

Yukari, Mina, and Sanae are in the classroom talking about what they asked Santa Claus for Christmas. When Sanae reveals her family does not do Christmas presents at her house, Mina freaks out. Sanae attempts to tell Mina that Santa is not real, but Yukari stops her.

After school, Nishikata takes Takagi to some outdoor steps. When they finally reach the top, he is shocked when she mentions a legend that states boys and girls who climb the steps together will become a couple.

While Hamaguchi and Hojo are climbing the steps, Hojo wonders if Hamaguchi is going to mention the legend. However, when he claims the view has really fresh air, she tries to bring it up herself, much to their embarrassment.

Mano is excited to climb the steps with Nakai. However, she becomes concerned about how casual he is acting. When she wants to write their names in the notebook, he reveals he already did so during his last visit.

Yukari thinks Mina and Sanae took her to the steps so they can have a meaningful conversation about romance. However, she is disappointed when she realizes they do not know about the legend.

On New Year's Day, Nishikata is at the shrine when he runs into Takagi. After they make their wish, they have a contest to see who will have the luckier fortune, which Takagi wins. When Nishikata tells Takagi they will do this again next year, she reveals her wish came true.

When Nishikata meets up with Takagi, she proposes a contest to see who can make a better snowman in thirty minutes. Takagi makes a small snowman, while Nishikata attempts to make a large one. However, he ends up running out of time. Despite this, she helps him finish his.

Takao catches up with Kimura at the school entrance, while Yukari, Mina, and Sanae discuss what they did during the holiday in the classroom.