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

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It is strange if the final winding is regret or happiness.

This is the story about an office worker, Yoshida. One day Yoshida confess to his boss, but his confession get rejected by Airi Gotou. Until one day when he was walking to the apartment, Yoshida met Sayu, a high school girl. Sayu Ogiwara is a runaway girl from Hokkaido, Sayu tell to Yoshida if Yoshida can sleep with her as long as Sayu gets a place to sleep. However, Yoshida refuses Sayu and this story full of intrigue and drama begins.

I like stories, I like the simple writing style, I like long dialogues over monologues, ... I shed tears when the climax of the story was at its peak, I like those sentences makes me something that changed my life.

I don't want to say much about the stories part, I feel that a story like this is good and the ending of the series is also good, even though the author is really playing it safe. I emphasize, there is no hanging ending. It all depends on how we look at it from the point of view of stories. We can take lessons from every journey. If we start to lose our way, If you can't get up on your own, ask someone else for help. If we are already destroyed by our own mistakes, then wait for the right time to get back up. If you can't invite other people, walk side by side with them. Everyone have weaknesses, It all depends on how we see it.

We are free to hate something, because it is our destiny as haters. Sayu is a JK girl, love is hard, and teenagers are at the most confusing stage of their lives. The problem of the characters is a complicated things because they always develop along with the story. Sometimes a trash character appears, sometimes a character appears who is the key to the end of the story, and many others. I like how the author really gives the background for each character very interestingly, So that the main character's problems can be solved as well and give a satisfying ending, I wouldn't hesitate to call this light novel the best of the year because tbh, HigeHiro has an interesting character development and character background.

Does an illustration or art play an important role in a light novel?

Idk, Can we imagine an actual event with an illustration or does the sexy character design make us fall in loves with those chara? HigeHiro has beautiful character designs, and that's no doubt if you look at Airi Gotou, Yoshida, and Sayu. They are really important for this light novel. I still remember the illustration in volume 4. I like the illustration of the star scenery, it evokes a dark atmosphere when tired for reading. I don't care about art section, because basically this is a Light Novel Novel and not a Manga or Anime.

Is this series good, do I have to read to reach a good ending?

No, I heard the anime adaptation will cover the entirety of the Light Novel which is five volumes. However, before the anime ended I had read this light novel and I really enjoyed it, I have nothing to lose by buying every volume of the book and walking to the bookstore just to read this masterpiece series.......

This is my first review of a light novel.
I want to say that I am not familiar with English so I will try to write it correctly.
First of all I met Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou. Thanks to the manga, It is rare that an anime or manga encourages me to read his novel. My first impression of this novel was that I found a little different manga. The story is well developed but very slow since it does not focus much on some important details. This novel is better than some popular novels, this novel is different from the usual (not as ... typical) and makes you enter the feelings that each protagonist transmits. Show feelings with everything you read and that gives a positive point to this story, characters. The characters are well included in the story and each one has its mystery and develops a bit slowly but surely. The negative of this is that it is heavy to read it in some details of the chapters are unnecessary (Although it may be a matter of mine since I looked anxious and finish it quickly) I recommend that you read it calmly (not like me haha)
In summary, this novel makes you enter the story a bit weird to watch, with a drama that develops slowly but safely developing the characters and seeing each other's point of view. You just have to enjoy it and protect it
Story: 10/10
Character: 9/10
Enjoyment: 9/10
Overall: 10/10

Thanks for reading! :D

I read this light novel series exactly a year after finishing the anime. I remember the anime being okay but sometimes flawed with too much drama. How do the light novels hold up?


§ Overview

Mr Yoshida is so drunk after being rejected by his long-time crush, Gotou Airi. As he works his way home, he finds a girl sitting beneath a telephone pole. This girl, Ogiwara Sayu, offers her body in exchange for staying in his apartment. Of course, he rejects this proposition but lets her stay anyway.

During the course of Sayu's stay, she has learned to respect herself more. She starts having part-time work. She ... also meets Mr Yoshida's office colleagues and learns more about herself.

Then, after her brother finds out where she is, she decides to go back to her home and confront her emotionally abusive mother. She is accompanied by Mr Yoshida whom at this point she has fallen in love with. After agreeing to a suitable arrangement with her mother, she is now determined to finish high school and then decide later what she wants to do.

So years later, Mr Yoshida finds Sayu at the same telephone pole but more beautiful.


§ Remarks

Even though I enjoyed it and do recommend it, I had to mark it as 'mixed feelings' because not everyone would be open-minded enough to read these light novels or watch the anime. Indeed, there are elements here and there that are borderline suspect.

In the first place, letting a high school runaway live with you is illegal. It's a good thing that Mr Yoshida is a decent man and didn't take advantage of Sayu. It's a believable story. But perhaps when we are placed in the same situation as Mr Yoshida, we shouldn't let a high school runaway stay in our place.

Those who haven't read it nor watched the anime are so quick to accuse Mr Yoshida of grooming Sayu. He did not. No matter how many times Sayu tried to seduce Mr Yoshida, he wouldn't engage in sexual relations with her.

Nevertheless, she has developed feelings for Mr Yoshida. In turn, he too has developed feelings for her, even if he is suppressing it. The light novels end with them meeting each other again. It's up to us to decide if both will end up together, but if you ask me, it's inevitable that both will consummate their feelings for each other.

Anyway, even with the presence of a romantic subplot, it's not primarily about romance. It's about Sayu and her growth as a character, which this story has executed well. The drama can be in your face. Some would love it, others would be turned off.

The anime has captured the overall story of the light novels. What's missing is Mr Yoshida's ex-girlfriend Kanda Ao. I was excited to read more about her, but after reading these light novels, my impression is that she is not really needed for the overall plot.

Kanda's main purpose is 1) to tell us that Mr Yoshida has always been popular with the ladies, 2) they had sex, and 3) Mr Yoshida is idealistic to the point that he will never sleep with anyone he doesn't have a relationship with, and that includes Kanda, even though he finds present-day Kanda is hotter and has larger boobs compared to when they were lovers, and this explains why he would never sleep with Sayu, or at least during the storyline of these pages.

Whilst one may admire Mr Yoshida for sticking to his principles that make him unlikely to sleep with Sayu, one can't help but wonder that Mr Yoshida earns the admiration of the ladies around him but they have no chance. The writer is biased toward the Yoshida-Sayu end game, and Airi jokes that Sayu is Mr Yoshida's wife. If he had no problem sleeping around, then these ladies might have a higher chance as the end game and it ensures more drama and more volumes.

Perhaps the writer is aware of it, but he wants to focus on Sayu's growth and the romantic subplot be damned. But as a result, the other ladies are merely plot devices. Their backstories are explored, but they could have been better rivals of Sayu if the execution were different.

Another nitpick would be Kanda not being able to interact with Sayu. This forces me to conclude that omitting her in the anime wasn't so bad after all.


§ Conclusion

It's a good story and I recommend it. The drama is in your face and lacks subtlety. But the potential turn-off is there because it's borderline suspect.