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“1920s tomboy Benio forced into arranged marriage with soldier Shinobu amid war, earthquake, and societal expectations.”
Smart-san
はいからさんが通る
7.3
3,035 rank · 8,614 viewers · 28 favorites
Drama
Romance
Historical
Shoujo
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Synopsis
1920s tomboy Benio forced into arranged marriage with soldier Shinobu amid war, earthquake, and societal expectations.
Set in the 1920s, Haikara-san ga Tooru is the story of the high-spirited tomboy Benio and her relationship with a handsome half-German soldier named Shinobu. Benio is a very outgoing and athletic girl with firm ideas about being able to live her life as she wants to. When she first meets Shinobu, she dislikes him intensely, even though he manages to help her out of a series of embarrassing mishaps. She is therefore surprised when she finds out that she has been forced into an arranged marriage and that her husband-to-be is none other than Shinobu! The story then has many twists and turns, as Shinobu has to fight in the war, Benio has to wrangle with the idea of getting married, and getting along with her future in-laws and employer. Meanwhile, the great Kanto earthquake looms in the future...
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
7.7
/10
What 6 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 0.75
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.75 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.67
Running avg · Jul 2019 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Though the comedy was old-fashioned, I still loved the plot. I think this anime is a gem, and it’s a shame it was cut short. I also can’t find a translated version of the manga. It did have some...”
- 8 “I watched this anime growing up in the 90s. I might be a bit bias since I watched the Arabic Dub of it not the sub. Haikara-san go Tooru was known as Benio in the arabic Dub and as "here comes miss...”
- 8 “Haikara-san ga Tooru — this is not just an interesting story, but also a sincere and touching drama filled with love, humor and struggle for one's own ideals. Due to its originality and atypical...”
Verbosity
Short · 17%
Medium · 33%
Long · 50%
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- Format 42 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 16h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jun 1978 – Mar 1979 Summer 1978
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-2960 catalog
Produced by
- Asahi Broadcasting Producer