Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway,is exactly what its title entails, but shouldn’t judged by its cover either - now it’s finally getting animated, so let’s take a look at the release time and date for episode 1 on Crunchyroll.
Higehirois the story of Yoshida, a 26 years old salaryman, who after getting rejected by his crush at work, ends up encountering a runaway schoolgirl Sayu. Yoshida decides to help Sayu and becomes her new guardian, while trying to woo his crush again. Obviously I could tell you more, but that’d be spoilers.
Higehirooverall is a particularly touching story with an original cast of characters. And definitely a change of pace when it comes to other stories published in the same Shonen genre.
Higehiroepisode 1 release time and date on Crunchyroll
In Japan,Higehiroepisode 1 is airing first on Tokyo MX, at 24:00 JST / 11 AM ET.Higehiroepisode 1 with English subs will be available one hour later on Crunchyroll for premium members, at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT / 5 PM GMT.
HigehiroEpisode 1 will be available for free on Crunchyroll starting April 12.
“Hige o Soru. Soshite Joshikousei o Hirou.” is initially a light novel written byShimesabaand illustrated byBooota. Five volumes have been released in Japan so far, with 1.5 million copies in print. So yep, it’s incredibly popular and an anime adaptation was only a matter of time.
A manga adaptation is also ongoing in Japan since 2018, with art by Imaru Adachi. The manga is published in Monthly Shonen Ace.
Lastly, since 2021, there’s also a short stories spinoff titled “Hige o Soru. Soshite Joshikousei o Hirou. Each Stories” focusing on the various Heroines of the story.
The anime was localized asHigehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway.Neither the novel or the manga are released in America yet. The novel wasn’t licensed, but the manga will be published on June 15, 2025 byOne Peace Books. That’s a long way to go though, so the anime’s simulcast is the best way to experience the story right now. Unless you can speak Japanese, or want to go through other means.
Personally speaking, I believeHigehirohas a incredibly strong cast of characters, but not without fault. Though then again, you shouldn’t judge it by its cover, and it’s definitely not the kind of faults people not used to anime could think of seeing the title. In any case, I hope the anime adaptation will manage to capture the original’s charm and bring in new fans.
