YMMV / My Senpai Is Annoying

• Adorkable: Futaba is always trying her best to be viewed as a grown woman, but the fact she heavily veers into Adorably Precocious Child territory in her efforts, along with her geeky hobbies, helps make her especially endearing.
• Alternate Character Interpretation: Is Takeda truly ignorant of the fact that Futaba has feelings for him, or is he aware but either does not feel the same way (meaning that he wants to be strictly professional with her) or is he afraid that it would affect their relationship if he reciprocates them?
• Arc Fatigue: There is a significant portion of the fandom that is frustrated with there being barely any forward progress in the relation between the main duo for over half a decade. Recent developments have raised hopes, but some are still skeptical on whether it will return to the status quo.
• Catharsis Factor: Natsumi punching the shit out of one of the bullies who were harassing Futaba back during their school days over her artwork. Given just how many anime of this type usually show bullies being absolute dicks and regularly getting away with every second of it, it's satisfying to finally see one of them get clocked in the face for a change. As a bonus, the bully even genuinely apologizes some time later thanks to the punch making him understand how it felt to hurt somebody else, which adds extra catharsis for bully victims that fantasize about the bullies being made to understand consequences and repenting for their actions.
• Funny Moments:
  • Anytime Futaba's Belligerent Sexual Tension goes head with Takeda's Oblivious to Love nature, or when the latter treats the former like a child much to her frustration.
  • Kazama's attempt to rescue Sakurai from a couple of hecklers turns embarrassing when he uses the stock romance phrase "She's mine." then immediately covering his face out of embarrassment for doing it. He does recover and does manage to get Sakurai out... by distracting them with a UFO.
  • Sakurai's mother overheard Kazama and Sakurai becoming an Official Couple over the phone because Sakurai forgot to end the call. She ended up teasing Sakurai over it, reenacting the scene complete with facial expressions, much to her utter embarrassment, when she came to her parents' for a visit with Kazama.
• Heartwarming Moments:
  • Almost every scene that Futaba and Takeda get alone is bound to exhibit fluffy and wholesome feelings due to being a Nice Guy/Nice Girl duo who never miss a moment to show how much they care about each other, even if Takeda keeps missing the signs Futaba likes him as more than a friend.
  • Kazama and Sakurai are even more wholesome and soothing to watch than the main duo, as their heavy Twice Shy relationship filled with Cannot Spit It Out from both sides, along with lacking the Tsundere or Oblivious to Love aspects Takeda and Futaba have, has made them so popular that many wish they were the main couple instead.
    • And then the Love Confession from Kazama and Sakurai's subsequent reaction being diabetes-inducing.
• Just Here for Godzilla: While the main couple is still quite popular, there're a decent number of fans who find the Belligerent Sexual Tension between Futaba and Takeda annoying and are only into the story for the Twice Shy subdued Unresolved Sexual Tension between Kazama and Sakurai, to the point they wish either they were the main couple or had a spinoff dedicated to them.
• Les Yay: One (maybe canon, maybe not) chapter the artist posted on his Twitter has a high-school Natsumi being angry at herself for being angry at Futaba for not caring if Natsumi gets a boyfriend.
• LGBT Fanbase: Takeda is adored by fans of the Bara Genre for being a Gentle Giant Hunk. Futaba's grandfather is also liked for being equally hunky and kind, especially how often he displays his well-built muscles.
• Moe:
  • In addition to making her Adorkable, Futaba's childish qualities often cause her to act rather vulnerable, even coming to tears at times, which quite easily inspires a desire to either hug and comfort her or want Takeda to do so himself.
  • Broken Bird Momiji Okudera was practically designed to induce feelings of moe, being a nervous and jittery cutie whose fears about disappointing anybody and enthusiasm towards keeping everybody pleased make it very easy to feel a desire to hug her, tell her she's doing a great job, and help her realize she has no need to feel burdened about supporting society despite what her former "black company" drilled into her.
• Moment of Awesome: When Takeda floors The Chikan who was trying to sneak a peek under Futaba's skirt at the risk of losing his judo belt. Turns out he just caught a serial offender who goes after underaged girls.
• Sweet Dreams Fuel: This series, from its endearing cast, warmly colored romantic depiction of city life, light-hearted plot, right down to its soothing piano score, is designed with the specific purpose of helping its target audience of work-force age young adults (not unlike Futaba herself), unwind after a long hard day at the office.