Higehiro Season 1 (full title: Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway) is a rom-com anime TV series. It follows the story of twenty-six-year-old Yoshida and Sayu, a high school runaway. The ATX network originally aired the debut season in June 2021, and it consists of thirteen episodes.
Here’s how you can watch and stream Higehiro Season 1 via streaming services such as Crunchyroll.
Is Higehiro Season 1 available to watch via streaming?
Yes, Higehiro Season 1 is available to watch via streaming on Crunchyroll.
Season 1 opens with Yoshida, recently rejected by his crush, suffering from heartbreak as he crosses paths with Sayu Ogiwara, a secretive high school runaway. The latter begins living in his apartment, and with time, both develop a friendly bond and overcome the challenges of communication, trust, and vulnerability. The season explores themes of family as a support system, loneliness, acceptance, healing emotional trauma, and much more.
The voice cast of the series includes Kazuyuki Okitsu, Kana Ichinose, Hisako Kanemoto, Kaori Ishihara, Yusuke Kobayashi, and Natsumi Kawaida, among others.
Watch Higehiro Season 1 streaming via Crunchyroll
Higehiro Season 1 is available to watch on Crunchyroll. Users can stream high-quality anime content on Crunchyroll, a premium streaming platform for exclusive anime movies and TV shows that can be watched on streaming devices by subscribing to a payment plan of choice.
You can watch via Crunchyroll by following these steps:
- Go to CrunchyRoll.com
- Choose your payment plan:
- $7.99 per month (Fan)
- $9.99 per month (Mega Fan)
- $14.99 per month (Ultimate Fan)
- Enter your personal information and select ‘Create Account’
The Crunchyroll Fan plan lets users stream the service’s entire library ad-free, watch new episodes shortly after they air in Japan, and read digital manga.
The Mega Fan plan offers the same service but also lets users stream on up to four devices at a time, allows offline viewing, and provides a $15 discount off $100+ purchases in the Crunchyroll Store every three months.
The Ultimate Fan plan offers all of the above on up to six devices at once, $25 off Crunchyroll Store purchases over $100 every three months, free shipping on all purchases, and an exclusive “swag bag” after 12 months of subscribing.
The Higehiro synopsis is as follows:
“On his way home from drinking his sorrows away after being rejected by his crush, 26 year old salaryman Yoshida finds a high school girl named Sayu sitting on the side of the road and ends up letting her stay at his place overnight. Not having the heart to put the runaway out on the streets, 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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