Name: Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway
Genre: 現代, 日常, 劇情, 後宮/戀愛喜劇
Released: 2021

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PremiereSpring 2021

Original Work (Author)Shimesaba

Director上北学

Series CompositionHitomi Mieno

Character DesignTakayuki Noguchi

MusicTomoki Kikuya

Episodes13 Episodes

Animation Studioproject No.9

Opening Theme (OP)おもいでしりとり - DIALOGUE+

Ending Theme (ED)プラスチック・スマイル - 石原夏織

Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway is a TV anime adapted from the light novel series by しめさば, produced by project No.9 under the direction of Manabu Kamikita with series composition by Hitomi Mieno. The story follows Yoshida, a heartbroken salaryman who takes in Sayu Ogiwara, a runaway high school girl he encounters late one night. Blending Drama, Romance, and Slice of Life, the series explores an unconventional bond built through everyday cohabitation, offering a deeply human and emotionally resonant narrative that fans of character-driven storytelling won't want to miss.

Yoshida is a 26-year-old office worker leading a mundane, unremarkable life in the city. One late night, while making his way home after drowning his troubles in alcohol, he stumbles upon a teenage girl named Sayu Ogiwara sitting alone on the roadside. With nowhere to go and having fled from her home, Sayu finds herself stranded on the streets. Unable to simply walk away and leave her behind, Yoshida makes the impulsive decision to offer her a place to stay at his apartment. What follows is an unconventional living arrangement between two strangers from completely different walks of life — an awkward, sometimes frustrating, yet oddly heartfelt coexistence. Neither of them quite knows how to navigate this unusual situation, and the story gently explores the quiet, everyday moments that unfold between a runaway girl searching for something she cannot name and a salaryman who has grown numb to his own routine.