Putting that aside

"Putting that aside" (置いといて) is a recurring gag of the Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro manga series. It is usually done with Nagatoro or Senpai saying the sentence with a signature gesture of moving both their arms to their side.

The joke and gesture was first introduced when Nagatoro suggested Senpai that the reason why he never gets mad at her was due to being in love with her, prompting him to tell her that falling in love was something to put aside, causing the girl to laugh and mimic his gesture.

Since then, it became a recurring gag between them and, over time, a sort of romantic joke of their own.

Story
The "putting that aside" joke and gesture has occurred eleven times throughout the story:
 * In Chapter 3, Nagatoro mocked Senpai asking him if the reason why he never gets mad at her was because he was secretly in love with her, embarrassed, the boy replied to put falling in love aside, causing her to laugh and mimic his line and gesture.
 * In Side Story 1, after Senpai tells Nagatoro that he would like to be praised like the top star of the school's soccer team but know to have no special talent, she does the line and gesture once again stating that talent is something to put aside.
 * In Chapter 42, Nagatoro asked Senpai what would he do if he lose the match and thus the art club, the boy admitted he didn't knew and told her to put that thought aside.
 * In Chapter 49, when Senpai tried to ask out Nagatoro for a date at the zoo he started asking her if she likes animals, to which she replied she does and then started to ask insistently why he asked it, causing the boy to told her to put animal aside.
 * In Chapter 50, while Nagatoro teases Senpai for being nervous while holding her hand to teach her how to drew the general outline of a subject, the embarrassed boy tried to tell her to put it aside but stammered causing her to finish the sentence in his place.
 * In Chapter 51, while scolding her schoolmate for criticizing her drawing and harassing Senpai, Nagatoro told them to put their opinion on said drawings aside prior to asking them angrily if they had a problem with "her Senpai".
 * In Chapter 84, Sunomiya advised Senpai that "Love is something one must seek out and take" (quoting her cousin), and he told her to put the whole "love thing" aside, leading the girl to imitate his words and gesture just like Nagatoro always did.
 * In Chapter 95, remembering Nagatoro admitted to him that having late practice every night was hard but also fun since she aimed at receiving a kiss from him after defeating Orihara, Senpai blushed and told himself to put the kiss aside.
 * In Chapter 112, after the former President and Nagatoro decided to have a nude modeling challenge, the latter asked Senpai who he'd prefer to draw, causing the embarrassed boy to reply to put that aside, with the girl mimicking his gesture as always.
 * In Chapter 115, after noticing Senpai added extra meat into her bento in order for her to get stronger and defeat Orihara, Nagatoro insinuated he really do whant her to kiss him, leading the embarrassed boy to reply to put that aside, with Nagatoro anticipating his answer and gesture.
 * In Chapter 116, while discussing not having a special technique to defeat Orihara, Nagatoro pointed out that she does have a special technique just for him instead - which she dubbed "Senpai Killer" - and showed it to the boy by hugging him for behind before saying to put it aside.

Side Stories

 * Side Story 1

Anime

 * Episode 1
 * Episode 4

Trivia

 * In the official English translation, the recurring sentence is translated as "on a separate note", despite the gesture of moving arms as if literally putting something aside.
 * Sunomiya is the only character outside the protagonists who ever took part to the gag.