TV series
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway
Overview
On his way home from drinking his sorrows away after being rejected by his crush, 26 year old salaryman Yoshida finds a high school girl named Sayu sitting on the side of the road and ends up letting her stay at his place overnight. Not having the heart to put the runaway out on the streets, Yoshida allows her to stay at his place... And so began the awkward, irritable, and slightly heartwarming relationship between a runaway high school girl and a salaryman living together.
Details
- First air date
- 2021-04-05
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 13 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Drama
- Network
- AT-X
- Production
- project No.9, APDREAM, AT-X, Bergamo Audio, BS11, THE KLOCKWORX, DREAM SHIFT, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures, KADOKAWA, Pony Canyon, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Toei Video Company
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Yoshida (voice)
- Kana Ichinose as Sayu Ogiwara (voice)
- Hisako Kanemoto as Airi Gotō (voice)
- Kaori Ishihara as Yuzuha Mishima (voice)
- Yusuke Kobayashi as Hashimoto (voice)
- Natsumi Kawaida as Asami Yūki (voice)
- Kohsuke Toriumi as Issa Ogiwara (voice)
- Ryota Osaka as Kyōya Yaguchi (voice)
- Ryoka Yuzuki as Sayu's Mother (voice)
- Takahiro Ayase as Izakaya Customer (voice)
- Manaka Iwami as Yuuko Masaka (voice)
- Yu Okano as People Around (voice)
Creators and crew
- Motohiro Oda - Executive Producer
- Takumi Morii - Executive Producer
- Toyota Todoroki - Executive Producer
- Fumihiro Ozawa - Producer
- Moyuko Kobe - Producer
- Atsushi Shimokajiya - Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: The Teenage Girl Beneath the Lamplight
A young salaryman finds a teenage girl sitting under a lamp post on his way home. She offers to sleep with him in exchange for a place to stay. He turns her down, but gives her a place to stay anyway. Their strange life together begins…
Episode 2: Cell Phone
Things are changing quickly for Yoshida, as the girls at work start to take an interest in him. Meanwhile, he tries to get Sayu a cellphone, but she refuses…
Episode 3: Living Together
Yoshida settles into his new life with Sayu, but the people around him are quick to notice the change, and very curious about what's going on.
Episode 4: Part-Time Job
Sayu picks up a part-time job, which leads her to make a new friend. The new friend wants to come over, but what if she finds about Sayu and Yoshida?
Episode 5: Reality
Gotou demands to be taken to see Sayu. Is she trying to get a love rival out of the picture, or is she after something else?
Episode 6: Starry Sky
Sayu has an encounter with a man from her recent past, and his intentions aren't good at all.
Episode 7: Yearning
As Sayu's family gets closer and closer to tracking her down, she realizes that she may be heading home sooner than she thinks.
Episode 8: Summer Festival
Sayu's brother has tracked her down, and she realizes it's only a matter of time before she has to go home. She's forced to reflect; what did she learn since she ran away, and what will she take home with her?
Episode 9: Past
Before she goes home, Sayu decides to open up about her terrible past, and what made her run away.
Episode 10: Proof
As Sayu prepares to go home, Yoshida is forced to make a choice. Will he let their relationship end here?
Episode 11: Resolve
Yoshida follows Sayu back to Hokkaido, as she begins to face her past and come to terms with her future.
Episode 12: Mother
Back in Hokkaido, Sayu returns home to confront her mom and decide her future.
Episode 13: Future
It's time for Yoshida to head back home, and Sayu to return to her old life. Can she get by without him, and can he get by without her?
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