“Shy, injured Hiyori returns to school after a year; outgoing Yuushin teases her but helps her make friends.”
Hiyokoi
ひよ恋
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Synopsis
Shy, injured Hiyori returns to school after a year; outgoing Yuushin teases her but helps her make friends.
Little 15-year-old Hiyori Nishiyama gets into an accident the day before her high school entrance ceremony, leaving her hospitalized with severe bone fractures that prevent her bones from growing. Due to her timid nature, even after recovering, she hesitates to attend class. But when Hiyori finally decides to go to school for the first time in a year, things take an unexpected turn. As she introduces herself, she is abruptly interrupted by Yuushin Hirose, a tall and outgoing boy. Hiyori not only loses her chance to make a good impression on her classmates, but Yuushin ridicules her by comparing her to a baby bird. However, due to Yuushin's sociable nature, she slowly feels more at ease around her classmates. With Yuushin at her side, Hiyori hopes to accomplish her goal of making friends.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
What 11 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.37 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.36
Running avg · Feb 2011 → Sep 2022
- 10 “When trying to find bad things to say about this manga, I'm at a complete loss. Hiyokoi is an extremely cute and satisfying manga about a shy, short girl who falls in love with her class's most...”
- 9 “I feel like Hiyokoi is pretty much a must if you are a fan of school romances. The story itself is nothing new (but then again, it doesn't have to). Shy girl enters school during the year because...”
- 9 “Story 9/10 This story is a bit of a cliche but thats completely fine with me, there is a shy girl and a outgoing hot guy who fall in love. Even so I still find it very cute, Im glad that the guy...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 67 × 14 ch × vol
- Total read 8h 56m approx
- Published Nov 2009 – Nov 2014
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M11172 catalog