My New Boss Is Goofy

📖 SYNOPSIS

After enduring a previous boss who was genuinely awful — like, bad enough to cause real health problems — Kentarou Momose quit and walked away. Now he's 26, starting fresh at a new company, and bracing himself for more of the same. Except his new supervisor, Yuusei Shirosaki, is a competent, well-respected 34-year-old manager who also happens to be one of the most endearingly airheaded people alive. The guy trips over nothing, gets way too excited about office snacks, and somehow manages to disarm all of Momose's anxiety just by being himself. That's basically the show. This 12-episode TV series from A-1 Pictures is pure iyashikei — healing anime set in a mundane office where the biggest conflict is whether Momose can learn to trust that not every workplace is toxic. There's no dramatic villain arc or romance subplot driving things forward. It's just warm, quiet moments between coworkers, watching someone slowly recover from a bad situation because the people around him are decent. The comedy lands because Shirosaki's goofiness never undermines his competence — he's genuinely good at his job, which makes the contrast funnier and more reassuring. If you liked the adult workplace energy of Wotakoi or Servant x Service but want something even more low-key, this fits. It's closer to Aggretsuko's emotional honesty about work trauma, minus the death metal. A good pick for when you want something gentle that respects your time and doesn't ask much of you except to sit there and feel a little better about things.