My Tiny Senpai


My Tiny Senpai is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by. It has been serialized in Takeshobo's Storia Dash website since April 2020, with its chapters collected into eleven volumes as of August 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by Project No.9 aired from July to October 2023. A live-action television drama adaptation aired from January to March 2025.

Plot

Takuma Shinozaki is an office worker who is being mentored by a beautiful and diminutive young woman named Shiori Katase. Serving as his senpai, she likes to coddle him to ensure that he feels as relaxed as possible. In love with Katase, Shinozaki hopes that the time she spends with him is something more than just professional courtesy.

Characters

;Shiori Katase
;Takuma Shinozaki
;Chinatsu Hayakawa
;Chihiro Akina
;Yutaka Shinozaki

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by, My Tiny Senpai began serialization in Takeshobo's website on April 3, 2020. The first volume was released on October 30, 2020. As of August 2025, eleven volumes have been released.
On February 14, 2025, J-Novel Club announced that they had licensed the series for English publication.

Volumes

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 17, 2022. It was produced by Project No.9 and directed by Mitsutoshi Satō, with scripts written by, Yasuko Aoki, and Satoru Sugizawa, characters designed by Hayato Hashiguchi and Hiromi Ogata, and music composed by Sumika Horiguchi. The series aired from July 2 to October 1, 2023, on TV Asahi's NUMAnimation block. The opening theme song is "Honey", performed by, while the ending theme song is "Sugar", performed by. Crunchyroll streamed the series.

Episodes

Drama

A live-action television drama adaptation produced by BS Shochiku Tokyu and was announced on November 15, 2024. Masashi Komura and Kō Nishiguchi wrote and directed the series, composed the music, and Tatsuya Nagahara, Tōki Murasaki, Kyōhei Morinaga, and Kazuhiro Gotō served as the producers. It aired on BS Shochiku Tokyu from January 15 to March 26, 2025. The opening theme song is "Hatsukoi Juice", performed by, while the ending theme song is "Memories", performed by Amayadori.

Reception

In 2020, My Tiny Senpai ranked 11th in the Next Manga Awards in the web manga category. By August 2023, the manga had over one million copies in circulation. In 2025, the English-language version of the manga has been nominated for Best Lettering in the second edition of Anime NYC and Japan Society's American Manga Awards.