Horimiya 〈Exclusive〉

Warm, happy, and satisfying.

The story follows them through high school—dates, study sessions, holidays, jealousy, physical intimacy, and meeting each other’s families—without major melodrama. | Character | School persona | True self | |-----------|----------------|------------| | Kyoko Hori | Popular, cheerful, sharp | Domestic, easily flustered, secretly lonely | | Izumi Miyamura | Shy, gloomy, glasses | Tattooed, pierced, kind, surprisingly cool | | Toru Ishikawa | Hori’s friend, basketball player | Genuine, supportive, secretly in love with Hori early on | | Yuki Yoshikawa | Sweet, small, cute | Clumsy, kind, develops feelings for Ishikawa | | Kakeru Sengoku | Student council president | Dramatic, affectionate, devoted to Remi | | Remi Ayasaki | Popular, confident | Insecure about academics, softer than she seems | | Honoka Sawada | Underclassman | Obsessed with Hori, initially resents Miyamura | 4. Anime Adaptations Horimiya (2021) – 13 episodes Covers the main romantic beats of the manga from start to near-end, but skips many slice-of-life chapters. Highly polished animation by CloverWorks. Horimiya: The Missing Pieces (2023) – 13 episodes Adapts the chapters the first season skipped. Almost entirely comedic and fluffy moments between the main couple and supporting cast. Watch this after season 1. Horimiya

Both are excellent. English dub (Caitlin Glass as Hori, Alejandro Saab as Miyamura) is widely praised. Warm, happy, and satisfying