“Reclusive girl with head mushrooms befriends egg-headed classmate in quirky high school life.”
Shimeji Simulation
シメジ シミュレーション
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Synopsis
Reclusive girl with head mushrooms befriends egg-headed classmate in quirky high school life.
After locking herself inside her closet for two years, Shijima Tsukishima finally comes out of isolation to attend high school. However, when she looks at herself in the mirror, she discovers two shimeji mushrooms growing on the top of her head. This odd occurrence, combined with a lack of social ability and being bullied in middle school, leads Shijima to keep to herself when she arrives at school. While reading alone, Shijima is approached by her classmate, Majime Yamashita, an eccentric girl with a fried egg on her head. Majime pesters Shijima to be her friend, giving her the nickname "Shimeji" upon seeing the mushrooms growing on her head. After enough insistence on friendship, Shimeji gives in and decides to keep Majime company. Shimeji tries to get through a less-than-normal high school life as she explores the mysteries and wonders of this strange world with her new tenacious companion.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 17 sampled reviews
What 17 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.41 · some divergence
4.4 pts
Recommenders 9.4 · others 5.0
↑ 0.88
Running avg · Apr 2020 → May 2026
- 9 “A manga that I've been looking for ever since I finished reading Shoujo Shuumatsu. Simple, moe, kinda deep, and pretty funny for me. When I saw the manga at first I thought it might be a backstory...”
- 9 “~Review~ For me, I love this series. It really has this feeling of surrealism that you won't see often in other forms of manga. It's a tad bit hard to describe. Sorrow, but optimism? Melancholy,...”
- 10 “Hidamari Sketch on mushrooms (on head). Cozy, silly and surreal, but with an ominous atmosphere, like something bigger is happening, something special and strange. I love that feeling, especially...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 49 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 32m approx
- Published Jan 2019 – Nov 2023
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M49763 catalog