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Yep, I'm born in the good old 70s ^_^

Sure, I'm always curious about more obscure anime (and manga) titles. Do you have some recommendations?

I used to watch OVAs back in the 90s and early 2000s which have disappeared from collective memory or never been watched by younger anime fans, f.e. Alien 9 (haven't seen that one myself for many years, though).

When it comes to my list, I'm sure I miss some episodes of shows from the 2000s which I've seen as digicopies more than a decade ago, but for the moment it is rather complete (I've added many entries over the past two weeks), and yes, to keep the list up to date is really time consuming!

I agree, some of the key moments feel more impactful in the manga thanks to the longer build-up with its many subtleties. That's one of the reasons I think the manga has a high re-reading value. I also love the many twitter extras and seeing how much the author is playing with her followers on twitter, dropping hints here and there of events in upcoming chapters, or just ramping up some of the raunchiness.

I first started to read the manga when around 35 chapters existed and only twenty of them were scanlated. The first volume was fun and focused more on the comedic side of the story and its raunchiness. However it was in the middle of the second volume that I started to fall in love with this manga, when Yamada started to become more assertive in her interest and liking for Ichikawa. I think the anime did capture that shift well when considering all those comments of people who were surprised of the relationship progression and Ichikawa's inner struggles after the third episode.

Sadly enough, even though the anime has become a minor hit, almost no-one talks about the manga on youtube, which is a shame.

Oh, I was confused at first because you're talking about the Takagi-san anime and manga, whereas I meant BokuYabai the manga in the discussion thread.

I was mildly disappointed with the first season of Takagi-san back in 2018 because it didn't quite meet my expectations as a fan of the manga; having a skit with Mina, Yukari and Sanae in each episode didn't help the pacing issues either, but I nevertheless enjoyed watching it.

The second season was remarkably better in my opinion because it didn't blindly copied the manga. That ending episode with the hanabi event was especially endearing, and then season three came along, the best of all three seasons, especially with such standout episodes like the one with the school play or the ending episode.

I agree that the relationship in the manga doesn't seen to go anywhere because it has been a while that I feel it should start to progress now. It didn't bother me in the first ten or so volumes, later it started to feel too repetitive even for my taste, but luckily Yamamoto Souichiro had some really great chapters in the last two volumes like the one with Nishikata and Takagi sitting in a bus which ramped up the romantic tension by a notch or two.