“Rejected salaryman shelters runaway teen, trading chores for refuge in an unconventional, tender cohabitation.”
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway
ひげを剃る。そして女子高生を拾う。
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Synopsis
Rejected salaryman shelters runaway teen, trading chores for refuge in an unconventional, tender cohabitation.
Office worker Yoshida has been crushing on his coworker, Airi Gotou, for five years. Despite finally scoring a date with her, his confession is promptly rejected. Drunk and disappointed, he stumbles home, only to find a high school girl sitting on the side of the road. The girl, needing a place to stay the night, attempts to seduce Yoshida. Despite rejecting her advances, he nevertheless invites her into his apartment. The next morning, the girl, introducing herself as Sayu Ogiwara, reveals that she has run away from Hokkaido all the way to Tokyo. During her six-month spree, she continually traded sexual favors for a roof over her head. Yoshida, however, remains unswayed by her seduction. Instead, he has her do a different kind of work—one that entails washing dishes and doing laundry. And so, a touching relationship between a heartbroken adult and a runaway high school girl begins.
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Derived from 5 sampled reviews
What 5 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 0.40 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.20
Running avg · Dec 2019 → Apr 2025
- 9 “Although this manga is tagged as a romance, it offers much more in terms of drama and character development. As of chapter 63, the romance element still feels like it's slowly building— hesitant,...”
- 10 “I rarely read light novels, so my expectations for a great story are probably not that high. That being said, I can't help but fall in love with the characters and the world within this novel. The...”
- 10 “This story is about Yoshida an office worker living together with Sayu a runaway teenager in his apartment. This is quiet interesting and enjoyable story for me, as we delve into their life how two...”
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 82 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 10h 56m approx
- Published Feb 2018 – Jun 2021
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M49190 catalog