Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway (light novel)
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| Some questionnable stuff I was kinda put off like Yoshida eventually falling in love with Sayu as I personally hoped he would become a wholesome father/brother figure, but still good to see him having changed her shitty life into a more happy one. |
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| I'm really infuriated with the fact that Yoshida does not end up with Gotou, even after a 2 years timeskip, and knowing that both like each others. Just fucking BULLSHIT for make the JK win over the MC... |
| Hm. Some good, some bad... Considering the subject could have been a lot worse. It wasn't the dumpster fire i expected when this was pitched to me but, where i think this failed spectacularly is in understanding how people feel and act, specially towards the end. These characters did not act like people, they acted as anime characters... To be expected, but still a bit disappointing. |
I think I don't know wtf I'm doing. Maybe. Probably. |
| If nothing else, I'm glad that he maintained his refusal to sleep with a literal child to the very end. I do think that the ending would have been more impactful if they just hadn't ended up together at all, and Sayu learned to move on, but I understand how these stories have to work. Solid 7.5/10 for me. |
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| Not gonna lie, i didn't understand the ending. Only thing i understand: this idiot didn't marry Gotou. Never liked Sayu and after their last night together, when she tried to fuck Yoshida, i like her even less. |
GvendolineOct 14, 2021 2:24 AM
| That was a fun ride |
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| This anime had so much potential, but ended so horrible. In addition, it was my first choice after some time without watching anime... Bad, Bad... scores in this site is tricky. 2/10. |
| English learner. Sorry for my mistakes and make yourself at ease to correct me. |
| I feel bad for once having a tiny expectation that any good stuff will come out from the worst show of the year. I don’t mind utter fan services. I don’t mind male MC being the almighty god-like figure for the show. I don’t mind harem. I don’t mind silly plot execution. I don’t mind bland boring direction and animation. But when all these combined together, I’m not ok. What’s worse is that this is a show with depressing topics. Any bad points of the show will be magnified. And it has a ton of them. |
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| decent attempt at making a romance with some twists and drama, of course we get our happy ending. I didn't like it that much though 4/10 |
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| Started to watch this after it started airing, binge watching it here and there, but put it on hold after ep8, was not feeling it any more, then it ended, and I heard about the ending, at the time I thought people would get mad because the writer came off as a coward with this ending, but seems more people are unhappy with the drama in the last couple of eps, or calling MC a creeper. Foremost, I ended up enjoying the ending, it meshed well enough, to my surprise. The problems I have with the drama are most that while I do feel it tackles stuff with a maturity I m pleased with, it is kinda hard to believe an MC like this one exists, 17 or not, a man is a man, sooner or later, his defense would fall... regarding the mom, it is clear she had a fucked up past, not an excuse, but one thing leads to another and she ended her, I dont feel the show was being poorly written, people like her do exist yes. I never felt creeped out by Yoshida, reading in between the lines, he ended up falling in love with Sayo, but he had his ideals to live by, and he also only realized this, after she was gone from her life, this was not creepy, the way this show approachs the feelings of both characters was very endearing, again, if it was me in that situation I dont believe I would ever be has idealistc as Yoshida was, neither I do beliveve any of the males here would, LETS BE REAL... But I appreciated what Higehiro tried to convey, and I heard it out loud, really what bothers considering the ending, is that somehow the MC was able to retain the same status quo for 2 whole years, having female colleagues that confessed to him previously and probably still made advances from time to time... 2 years later and nothing changed, yes what a Saint of a MC. I can tolerate this, if he accepted he loved Sayu in the end, and was kinda waiting for her, what a fool, but would make sense Seeing Sayu going through this journey and facing off her traumas in the end filled me full of warm thoughts, seeing her desire and promise to come back, and seeing her once again, YES the scene being longer, and maybe and epilogue after this one, would have made it better, but STILL, seeing her there once again, left me really happy, I do believe he loves her, so now they can finally live together for good. What matters is that this anime despite everything, manage to leave me with such feelings, I really cant complain much (outside a few extra scenes to show the new lovebirds going about their lives). 8.2/10 = 8 Higehiro treaded dangerous, controversial grounds, the premise is hard to go by unnoticed, it was bounded to attract a lot of people wanting to shit on it, and the animation could have used care and budget in the later half, a better director would have given something even better, but the end result for me stands to be a really cute show that I m glad I gave the change to watch and complete. YoungStarDC said: I forgot that this could even be considered a darker story, to me it felt more like mild drama than anything else, then again, you have strong themes here...Really enjoyed it personally, so would recommend it to someone who loves a darker story. If you really want to talk about a darker story, I would say, go watch Scum Wish, that is darker than this. |
PlaycoolJan 12, 2022 5:12 PM
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YoungStarDC said: Playcool said: I forgot that this could even be considered a darker story, to me it felt more like mild drama than anything else, then again, you have strong themes here... If you really want to talk about a darker story, I would say, go watch Scum Wish, that is darker than this. I haven't watched Scum Wish, so I'll add it to my list. Great analysis by the way! Quick edit: after reading the synopsis, I'm not sure I would much enjoy Scum Wish to be honest. Seems very depressing. Still on the list though! Scum Wish is not for everyone definitly, it displays twisten and broken relationships, definitly not healthy, but when I watched it, I was definitly in the mood for something less cliche, that would look to the ugly reality that love can also be, and I loved the anime for that. Thanks, my feelings for Higehiro are a bit around the place, but I was never really one to written something neat and using all the right words. I much prefer to put my feels in words, and if the show managed to get me doing that instead of leaving a quick opinion, that means it was very sucessful in making me feel about it. There are also times you end up disappointed with something, seeing the greater potential it could have, and feel like you have a lot to say, which was the case with Takt Op Destiny, otherwise, I dont spend that much time on discussions. Higehiro definitly done something right to have me writting that much xD |
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| Sigh...girl is begging MC to lay the pipe, and he says no. 6/10 overall. I always give points for a HAREM ending, oh yeah! Roped all 4 girls into it, and 3 aren't damaged goods. |
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| Finally got the courage to watch the 2 last episodes and it was a really good ending! The last episode was pure pain, her mother is horrible and there's nothing that will change that, she was forced to comply basically. Yoshida is the real MVP, she only ceded because he ashamed her by how desperate he was to help Sayu, a girl that was a stranger to him. And the fact that her son did the same, destroyed her even more. Yoshida did and said everything perfectly, this guy is the MVP! And even tho Sayu's brother is a really nice and smart guy, it saddens me that he didn't do anything to avoid this. This scene, boy! What an ending!  A very solid 9/10, i really wish for an OVA tho, would love to see some future scenes of everyone. Also |
Yoshida enjoying his "last" moments with Sayu"There is no such thing as an Anime elitist. You watch Anime, therefore, you are trash by society's standards." |
aplacebeyondMAL said: If nothing else, I'm glad that he maintained his refusal to sleep with a literal child to the very end. I do think that the ending would have been more impactful if they just hadn't ended up together at all, and Sayu learned to move on, but I understand how these stories have to work. Solid 7.5/10 for me. watched only the final EP 17 is young adult not a child pre teen is a child 16y old got married to slightly over 20 dude in my country, at the time of the wedding she she was expecting already and she looked like 7 or 8 months, it was in news cause its was a daughter of a bicycle racer, its not common thing but with parents approval it can happen when it comes to fiction i care only about that love wins even if 14y old gets married to dude age of 34 and get children right after, if its about pre teen well then it gets disturbing so what ever they slept together or not doesn't matter even if they did it would have been ok if there is actual love then there is no pedo, sins pedo is only interested in children for one and some even to early teens (12-14) sexually without love, and sometimes love can happen between 18+ and below 18 and they have right to be happy with each other if i had daughter i wouldn't say she cant be in a relationship with over 18, as long as the guy doesn't have criminal record and loves her i wouldn't say they can't be together Reapermask said: Some questionnable stuff I was kinda put off like Yoshida eventually falling in love with Sayu as I personally hoped he would become a wholesome father/brother figure, but still good to see him having changed her shitty life into a more happy one. maybe Yoshida was already in love with her but cause she was not fully adult yet he didn't want to pursue it |
Sugram22Jul 8, 2022 3:23 AM
| I can't believe Sayu is repping the Arcueid drip |
| Yoshida is the chaddest of the chaddest. Also, for those who accuse this show of pedophilia bait, this show, in fact, is the complete opposite: it teaches us how to treat kids (or especially teenagers) properly. FYI, my grandma is 12 years younger than my grandpa. So, if Yoshida, who is 10 years older than Sayu, marries Sayu in the end, it won't be a problem since the legal marital age in Japan is 18 years old or older (and Sayu, since she had graduated, she is certainly over 18 years old). In the latter part when Yoshida broke down realizing Sayu no longer exists in his apartment, that scene really shows no character is perfect in this show, and that's the main point I love about this show. Solid 9/10 for this show. I never expected that this show would teach me a lot about how to be a proper adult. |
Dealka97Feb 1, 2023 6:00 PM
| That episode actually had me in tears until the end. |
| I cant believe that Sayu come back after two years! I love how she and her brother talks about realistic thoughts, about "What if you go home earlier and miss my sister or your not drunk at that time" etc. I mean there's literally many scenarios of how or when will they met like Sayu said, "what if I met you on a different scenario" etc. It's just good that Yoshida-san met her at that time and help her on any ways he can. |
JagerschnappsMar 15, 2023 1:05 AM
| So we get a happy ending after all, eh? And it's still a harem, no matter what the genres on MAL say. First 4 episodes were really good, from then it gets more and more boring until the real drama kicks in. The end with the trip to Hokkaido then lost me completely, even though the ending itself wasn't that bad. Still had potential to be much better. 6/10 |
| I was never really onboard with the idea of a random guy taking care of a stranger girl for no apparent reason. It's not coherent at all. What intrigued me was that yoshida showed resilience to her wild charms, so I got curious to see how long he's gonna stick to his morals. Well he didn't disappointed me in that regard. Furthermore. I didn't like sayu as a character, Gotou-san on the contrary was a good character and would've love to see her along with Yoshida to deal with Sayu's past till the end. |
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| I feel this series really captured the permanent damage and slow healing of a single character, and showed truly that no matter how deep you've fallen you can pick yourself up again, knowing we are never alone. Absolutely cherished that heartwarming ending. |
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| So sad😭 What do you even do with your life after an experience like Sayu and Yoshida had. Did he recognize her at the end? |
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| who is the female in 22:17 ep 13, I can't seem to figure it out |
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| safe ending.. but it is what it is (in reality), what a grown man and long-wish girl.. great episode, deserve to be rated at 8-10 out of 10.. |
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