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Anime like Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway

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Bunny Drop

Usagi Drop

2011, TV, 11 eps, 81%, Production I.G

Recommended by 14 Higehiro fans on AniList.

Going home from his grandfather's funeral, thirty-year-old Daikichi is floored to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover. The rest of his family is equally shocked and embarrassed by this surprise development, and not one of them wants anything…

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    After the Rain

    2018, TV, 12 eps, 73%

    Recommended by 76 Higehiro fans on AniList. Both have Work, Coming of Age.

  2. Cover of The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
    The Pet Girl of Sakurasou

    2012, TV, 24 eps, 78%

    Both have Cohabitation, Love Triangle, Work.

  3. Cover of Koikimo
    Koikimo

    2021, ONA, 12 eps, 68%

    Recommended by 150 Higehiro fans on AniList.

  4. Cover of Koi Kaze
    Koi Kaze

    2004, TV, 13 eps, 66%

    Both have Cohabitation, Work.

  5. Cover of Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
    Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You

    2026, TV, 12 eps, 81%

    Both have Work.

  6. Cover of Rec
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    2006, TV short, 9 eps, 69%

    Recommended by 5 Higehiro fans on AniList. Both have Cohabitation, Work.

  7. Cover of Days with My Stepsister
    Days with My Stepsister

    2024, TV, 12 eps, 73%

    Both have Cohabitation.

  8. Cover of ReLIFE
    ReLIFE

    2016, ONA, 13 eps, 78%

    Recommended by 130 Higehiro fans on AniList. Both have Rehabilitation, Work, Coming of Age.

  9. Cover of TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You
    TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You

    2020, TV, 12 eps, 77%

    Recommended by 95 Higehiro fans on AniList. Both have Cohabitation, Coming of Age.

  10. Cover of SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME
    SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME

    2020, TV, 12 eps, 67%

    Recommended by 87 Higehiro fans on AniList. The same kind of story: tearjerker youth romances.

  11. Cover of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
    The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten

    2023, TV, 12 eps, 78%

    Recommended by 76 Higehiro fans on AniList. Both have Cohabitation.

  12. Cover of March comes in like a lion
    March comes in like a lion

    2016, TV, 22 eps, 83%

    Both have Rehabilitation, Coming of Age.

  13. Cover of More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers.
    More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers.

    2022, TV, 12 eps, 76%

    Both have Cohabitation, Love Triangle, Coming of Age.

  14. Cover of The Helpful Fox Senko-san
    The Helpful Fox Senko-san

    2019, TV, 12 eps, 71%

    Recommended by 20 Higehiro fans on AniList.

  15. Cover of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

    2018, Movie, 1 ep, 84%

    The same kind of story: tearjerker youth romances.

  16. Cover of A Silent Voice
    A Silent Voice

    2016, Movie, 1 ep, 88%

    The same kind of story: tearjerker youth romances.

  17. Cover of My Dress-Up Darling
    My Dress-Up Darling

    2022, TV, 12 eps, 80%

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  18. Cover of A Girl & Her Guard Dog
    A Girl & Her Guard Dog

    2023, TV, 13 eps, 53%

    Recommended by 10 Higehiro fans on AniList.

  19. Cover of Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
    Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki

    2021, TV, 12 eps, 70%

    Recommended by 3 Higehiro fans on AniList. Both have Rehabilitation.

  20. Cover of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU
    My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU

    2013, TV, 13 eps, 78%

    Recommended by 6 Higehiro fans on AniList. Both have Love Triangle.

  21. Cover of Welcome to the N-H-K
    Welcome to the N-H-K

    2006, TV, 24 eps, 82%

    Both have Rehabilitation, Coming of Age.

  22. Cover of Horimiya
    Horimiya

    2021, TV, 13 eps, 81%

    Recommended by 71 Higehiro fans on AniList. Both have Coming of Age.

  23. Cover of Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
    Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

    2018, TV, 13 eps, 81%

    Recommended by 8 Higehiro fans on AniList. The same kind of story: tearjerker youth romances.

Manga for fans of Higehiro

Koisuru Kiseichuu2016, Light novel, 9 ch, 81% 1LDK, Soshite 2JK.2019, Light novel, 58 ch, 68% Kimi wa Hatsukoi no Hito, no Musume2021, Light novel, 23 ch, 74% The Girl I Saved on the Train Turned Out to be My Childhood Friend2020, Light novel, 126 ch, 63% Three Days of Happiness2016, Manga, 18 ch, 86% Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You2022, Manga, ongoing, 81% Itai no Itai no, Tonde Yuke2014, Light novel, 10 ch, 84% House of the Sun2010, Manga, 70 ch, 79%

About Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway

2021, TV, 13 eps, 70%, project No.9

On his way home from drinking his sorrows away after being rejected by his crush, the 26 year old salaryman, Yoshida, finds a high school girl named Sayu sitting on the side of the road. Yoshida is completely drunk out of his mind and ends up letting Sayu stay at his place overnight. Not having the heart to put Sayu out on the streets since she ran away from home, 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.

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