Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway

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A/N: This is a preliminary perspective based on the first volume of the manga.
Shoutout to my friend SiriusTimeKeeper, he makes some great points in his review.

Before I delve into the five main components of this review, I just have to talk about the title for a second. Because "Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou." roughly translates to "I Shaved. Then I Brought A High School Girl Home." But this title is actually incorrect because he starts shaving after he brings home the high school girl.
My personal favorite interpretation of this is that the author is just clickbaiting readers into reading something that looks ... as if it will be another lighthearted romcom but turns out to be something much deeper, a manga targeted at very genuine problems in society and relationships.
Or maybe it's just a mistranslation. I'll probably never find out.

STORY (8/10):
A guy gets rejected by his coworker, his crush of 5 years. He gets super wasted and goes home to find a high school girl sitting on the street. He invites her inside and eventually decides to take care of her for the time being.
It's a compelling plot, and it doesn't force any unnecessary twists and turns onto you. Rather, it gradually builds into more serious topics, introduces characters smoothly, and you could easily pick up this manga after a few weeks of waiting for the next chapter and still know exactly what's going on.
It's got a slice of life vibe but there is a linear storyline so I guess that tag would be inappropriate. The drama is a little too extra at times, but not to the point of seeming artificial.

ART (9/10)
Art is good, mostly consistent. Character design is pretty vivid but not abnormally so. There's a bit of fanservice, but it's not unbearable. In other words, it looks like a typical romance manga.

CHARACTER (9/10)
The potential in each character in this manga is immense, and I'm fairly sure that this score will have gone up by the time this manga is completed. Each character has a personality aside from their motivations or goals.

MC: He's honest, down-to-earth, and very much human. He makes mistakes and bad decisions, and he's afraid to own up to them. But when it comes down to it, he's pretty reliable. It's fun to watch his interactions with others. Initially, he only acknowledges his flaws, but after he starts living with the girl, he begins to actually work on improving himself.
High School Girl: She's been through a lot, and this has clearly forced her to adopt a playful, flirty mask with which she hides her pain. It's not directly stated, but it's obvious that she and the MC are working to break down those walls and slowly open up to each other.
Best Friend: He's funny, but he's not just a gag character. He gives advice to the MC, even though it's not always right, providing a helpful insight that is separate from the perspective we're shown.
Senpai: It's strongly implied that she rejected him only because she believed him to be in love with her outwards appearance (specifically her oppai). She's smart and professional, but knows how to kick back and relax. But she's later shown to be rather manipulative, setting up potential conflicts for later.
Kouhai: Her work ethic is actually pretty interesting, and it reminds me of procrastination: Sometimes I can't even write a sentence during the first few months, but end up finishing three pages in half an hour. She's not overly pushy or obsessive about the MC, and shows that she is more complex than just her feelings, which gives her surprising character depth.

ENJOYMENT (8/10)
I enjoyed this manga very much. All of the characters have a certain level of complexity; little hidden details give the story more depth, and there's definitely a few valuable lessons packed into it that you might pick up on. Before you judge, I suggest you go try it.

OVERALL (9/10)
I would definitely recommend this manga. Fun read and I look forward to the rest of it.

Edit: Kouhai = best girl

I will try to keep this short as much as possible because this manga has so many things I don't like. Possibly a spoiler. Read at your risk.

Story (5/10): Just from reading the synopsis, you could somewhat understand what you will be getting into. A teenage girl ran from home for six months and don't forget the part where she ALSO uses her body for payment to live under someone's house. Now, don't get me wrong. What she did and what her decision was, I could care less. The part I'm frustrated with is we're going to see some romantic relationship between the teenage ... girl and the male MC. The thing is the male MC already likes someone (his co-worker). I believe the MC's co-worker still likes him but is probably afraid. Just imagine your future wife uses her body to just live in a house because of the complicated situation she's in. But you didn't know until you learn from her. Now, tell me. Would you still build a relationship with her? Marry her someday? Even after she fucked many guys in the past six months? Tell me how many she did for the last six months? Probably too many to count with your hands. Now, come back to this and connect it to the MC. Don't you feel sad for him? I hope he doesn't build any kind of romantic relationship with her besides the co-worker. Understand now? The romance kind you're looking at. Not a clean one but a harsh one. But why harsh and not dirty? Because she forced herself. So it would be a harsh romantic relationship.

Art (10/10): Nothing to mention about this.

Character (9/10): Nothing as well. All the characters have their own shit. I don't hate the high school girl but how she might or possibly build a relationship with the MC guy. She can do that with other guys but not with our MC. He got other goods to take of.

Enjoyment (5/10): Not feeling good about reading any further than I already had. The high school girl is just killing me. I just feel bad for our MC. He's going to have to go through hell just for her.

Overall (5/10): Pretty below average for this manga. If you're looking for a good romance, then I suggest you look elsewhere; otherwise, you're going to have to deal with the high school and the MC going through shit. Also, don't get me wrong that this manga is bad or anything. It's not like the manga itself is horrible. But the story that is happening. I don't know how this will end but my guess is the high school girl will be saved by our MC guy but because it's still ongoing and relatively new, so I could be completely wrong but from how this story is going it would probably somewhere along those lines. You know what they say right? The ending determines the manga's greatness. But I already dropped this. I might come back once the manga is finished. I'll skip everything and read the end and see how things end up.

When a manga with a title like this manages to become popular, you'd expect it to purposefully mislead you and deliver something wholesome, right? Well, that's sadly not the case. The female side characters serve only to build the protagonist a harem of big-breasted women while the manga can act above generic smut by not outright allowing the protagonist to stick his dick down a high school chick. With that out of the way, I should probably judge the manga as ecchi. After all, it would be unfair of me to expect more out of plain old smut.

The art is pretty good, so you might ... get a rush out of it if hentai starts to bore you, and the protagonist is a perfect blank canvas for any decent person to identify with. Despite these qualities as mindless harem trash -- something I can appreciate as someone who's into mindless moe trash -- I'm still going to give it a rather low score to warn everyone who thinks it's anything more than that.