“1996 high school gamers Haruo, Akira, and Koharu navigate love and life through their shared passion for arcade games.”
Hi Score Girl II
ハイスコアガール II
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Synopsis
1996 high school gamers Haruo, Akira, and Koharu navigate love and life through their shared passion for arcade games.
The year is 1996, and second-year high school students Haruo Yaguchi, Akira Oono, and Koharu Hidaka live their lives as passionately about video games as they were five years ago. Brought together by arcade games, what began as a healthy rivalry and friendship has turned into something more. As they endeavour towards understanding their unfamiliar feelings, they work with allies, navigate high school, and find that, although life has its many challenges, there's always a game or two they can rely on.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 29 sampled reviews
What 29 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.84 · split reception
5.3 pts
Recommenders 8.8 · others 3.5
↑ 1.17
Running avg · Dec 2019 → Jul 2025
- 10 “Romance wise, this is definitely a step up from s1, the show constantly kept you guessing on what would happen next, and that made it very enjoyable to watch. The new characters were well though...”
- 10 “It's a very simple anime, but is so solid and enjoyable that it broke all of my expectations, and the second season wasn't any different. Even that is mainly focus in that nostalgia feeling of the...”
- 10 “Simply put, this anime is 'surprisingly' well made. It's not plot twist, but a great turn of events and character development. I finished watching this and I can say that this anime is worth...”
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A Tv Production · Fall 2019
J.C.Staff.Square Enix · Mainichi Broadcasting System
- Format 9 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 3h 27m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2019 – Dec 2019 Fall 2019
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-15240 catalog
Produced by
- Square Enix Producer
- Mainichi Broadcasting System Producer
- Magic Capsule Producer
- Warner Bros. Japan Producer
- KlockWorx Producer
- Good Smile Company Producer