Hori-san to Miyamura-kun

is a Japanese '' shōnen'' web manga series written and illustrated by Hiroki Adachi, under the pseudonym Hero. It was self-published on Hero's website, ''Dokkai Ahen'', from February 2007 to December 2011 in a four-panel format. The series received a print publication by Square Enix, who compiled the chapters in ten volumes under its imprint ''Gangan Comics'' from October 2008 to December 2011. Additional side-story chapters were compiled as . Since 2012, ''Hori-san to Miyamura-kun'' was adapted into an original video animation series.

Daisuke Hagiwara adapted the manga under Hero's supervision under the title , which was serialized in ''Monthly G Fantasy'' from October 2011 to March 2021, and is published in English by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation of ''Horimiya'' by CloverWorks aired from January to April 2021. A live action and TV drama adaptation premiered in February 2021.

Plot

Kyoko Hori is a bright and popular high school student, in contrast to her classmate Izumi Miyamura, a gloomy and seemingly nerdy, glasses-wearing boy. At home, Hori is a homebody who dresses down and looks after her younger brother, Souta. She takes every attempt to hide this from her classmates, as to not disrupt her social status and cause others to worry. One day, Souta comes home with a nosebleed. He had been accompanied by a boy with numerous piercings and tattoos, who introduces himself as Miyamura. After recognizing Hori, even when she is dressed down, they agree to keep their true identities concealed from their peers. However, over time, when the two begin to learn more about each other, they learn they have more in common than they originally thought. Together, they agree to assist one another in keeping their after-school identities a secret. As time goes on, the two suddenly find themselves closer than ever.

Characters

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:Portrayed by: Sayu Kubota (live-action and TV drama)
:Kyoko is a beautiful, bright, popular high school girl, but at home, she takes on a different look, dressing down and removing her makeup, tying her hair back, and doing housework while taking care of her little brother. She does not want her friends to see her in that state, but when Izumi Miyamura does, they agree to keep their real personas a secret. She begins to have romantic feelings towards Miyamura. She heard his confession to her when she seemed to be asleep. They became a couple after she admits Izumi is her boyfriend when her father asked her when Izumi was present.
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:Portrayed by: Ōji Suzuka (live-action film and TV drama)
:At school, Izumi appears to be a gloomy pseudo-''otaku'' fanboy with glasses and keeps to himself. However, outside of school, he is rather good looking and laid back, with a punk-styled look and nine piercings (four on each of his ears, and one on his lip), as well as tattoos. Despite his school appearance, he has only a casual interest in manga and has mediocre grades. His family runs a bakery. He accepted his lonely existence but upon learning that Kyoko does not mind how he looks, he slowly gained confidence and friends among his classmates. Unlike his gloomy image in school, Izumi's look outside school would have easily gained him popularity with his pretty face that he hides under glasses. Izumi grows his hair long to hide his ear piercings, and wears long-sleeved shirts to cover his tattoos. He finds Kyoko's real side to be cute, even when she gets angry. He was fine with being friends but his honest attitude allows him to tell Kyoko the things he admires in her. They officially became a couple after Kyoko's dad asked Kyoko whether Izumi is her boyfriend.
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:Portrayed by: Haru Takagi (live-action film and TV drama)
:Kyoko's little brother. After tripping and getting a nosebleed, Izumi brings Souta back to his home and where Souta constantly asks his sister to invite his new friend to come back. This gives Kyoko an excuse to hangout with Izumi after classes.
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:Portrayed by: Jin Suzuki (live-action film and TV drama)
:Toru likes Kyoko and befriends Izumi when he noticed the two are spending more and more time together. He learns of Izumi's secret about the tattoos and piercings. Toru confesses to Kyoko but is rejected. Izumi later considers him one of his friends.
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:Portrayed by: Rion Okamoto (live-action film and TV drama)
:Kyoko's best friend; she was interested in Izumi when she accidentally saw him without glasses and did not recognize him. When she saw him again with Kyoko, Kyoko attempted to hide his secret between them by saying Izumi was her cousin. When Yuki met Izumi at Kyoko's home, he introduced himself as Konoha, after a manga character. Yuki has a crush on Konoha, but regards Izumi as an unattractive otaku.
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:Portrayed by: Akira Onodera (live-action film and TV drama)
:Kyoko's childhood friend and the student council president. He is seen as a bit weak, but is capable. He befriends Izumi and is Remi's boyfriend.
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:Portrayed by: Aya Marsh (live-action film and TV drama)
:A member of the student council, but is seen mostly as a mascot. She has a small build and is very playful with others. She is good friends with Sakura and is Kakeru's girlfriend.
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:Portrayed by: Sakura (live-action film and TV drama)
:A member of the student council, who does most of the work. She is shy and quiet, and later develops a crush on Toru.
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:Portrayed by: Ryōsuke Sota (live-action film and TV drama)
:Kyoko and Izumi's airhead classmate in their junior year but he was in a different class in their senior year.
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:A student with a crush on Kyoko and Izumi's neighbor. She had an older brother who died a year ago.
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:Souta's kindergarten classmate who used to bully Souta for having a sister complex. After Izumi shows her some kindness, she and Souta become friends.
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:Portrayed by: Aoba Kawai (live-action film and TV drama)
:Kyoko's workaholic mother who can cook only curry, appreciative of Izumi's help in taking care of Souta with Kyoko. She was Kyosuke's classmate in high school.
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:Portrayed by: Ryo Kimura (live-action film and TV drama)
:Kyoko's wandering father, who favors the relationship between Kyoko and Izumi and treated Izumi like his own best friend whenever his own daughter unleashes her hostility on him. He was Yuriko's classmate in high school.
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:Portrayed by: Rihito Itagaki (live-action film and TV drama)
:Yanagi is a student from the neighboring class who is in love with Yuki. Aside his good looks and gentlemanly personality, he has poor vision and constantly breaks his glasses or loses his contact lenses.
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:Portrayed by: Yūki Inoue (live-action film and TV drama)
:Izumi's only best friend in junior high. Kyoko is always jealous of Shindo due to his close relationship with Izumi and worries that they will love each other.
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:Izumi's former bully from junior high.
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:Shu's younger sister.

Media

Manga

''Hori-san to Miyamura-kun''

''Hori-san to Miyamura-kun'' is written and illustrated by Hiroki Adachi under the pseudonym Hero, which was posted on their website from February 2007 to December 2011. It later received a print publication by Square Enix, who compiled the chapters in ten volumes under its imprint ''Gangan Comics'' from October 22, 2008, to December 28, 2011.

''Horimiya''

The ''Horimiya'' manga, illustrated by Daisuke Hagiwara, was serialized in Square Enix's ''Monthly G Fantasy'' from October 18, 2011, to March 18, 2021.

''Hori-san to Miyamura-kun Omake''

Anime

OVA

Six original video animations (OVAs) based on the ''Hori-san to Miyamura-kun'' manga have been produced. The first OVA was released on September 26, 2012, the second on March 25, 2014, the third on March 25, 2015, the fourth on December 14, 2018, the fifth and the sixth on May 25, 2021.

The ending theme for episode 1 is by Asami Seto as Kyoko Hori. The ending theme for episode 2 is by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Izumi Miyamura. The ending theme for episode 3 is by Seto as Kyoko Hori. The ending theme for episode 4 is by Matsuoka. The ending themes for episodes 5 and 6 are and by Seto, respectively.

TV series

A 13-episode anime television series adaptation of Daisuke Hagiwara's ''Horimiya'' was announced on September 17, 2020. The series was animated by CloverWorks and directed by Masashi Ishihama, with Takao Yoshioka handling series' composition, Haruko Iizuka designing the characters, and Masaru Yokoyama composing the series' music. It aired from January 10 to April 4, 2021, on Tokyo MX and other channels. The opening theme song is performed by Yoh Kamiyama, while the ending theme song is performed by Friends.

Funimation licensed the series outside Asia and streamed it on its website in North America, the British Isles, Mexico, and Brazil, in Europe through Wakanim, and in Australia and New Zealand through AnimeLab. On February 5, 2021, Funimation announced that the series would be receiving an English dub, which premiered the next day. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll. Medialink has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and streamed it on Bilibili only in Southeast Asia. The company later began streaming the first episode on their Ani-One YouTube channel for a limited time, from February 13 to March 15, 2021. They also licensed the anime to Animax Asia for TV airing.

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Live-action film and TV drama

A live-action film and a television series adaptation was announced on November 23, 2020, with the main cast and staff being revealed on December 21, 2020. The film and TV drama are produced by Horipro and directed by Hana Matsumoto. The theatrical edition, compiling the content from the first three television episodes with its own exclusive scenes, was screened for a week from February 5, 2021, while the television version began broadcasting on MBS's programming block, TBS and Apple TV+ exclusively in Japan on February 17, 2021. The opening theme is , while the ending theme is , both performed by Toketadenkyu.

Reception

Volume 2 of ''Horimiya'' reached the 15th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of December 2, 2012, had sold 43,735 copies; volume 3 reached the 32nd place and, as of May 4, 2013, had sold 75,124 copies; volume 4 reached the 21st place and, as of November 10, 2013, had sold 96,786 copies; volume 5 reached the 8th place and, as of May 11, 2014, had sold 171,530 copies; volume 6 reached the 2nd place and, as of November 16, 2014, had sold 208,788 copies.

''Horimiya'' was number 6 in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2014.

In the 6th Crunchyroll Anime Awards, ''Horimiya'' was awarded "Best Romance" while Izumi Miyamura was nominated in the "Best Boy" category.

Notes on works cited

* "Web Ch." is shortened form for chapter and refers to a web chapter number of the collected ''Hori-san to Miyamura-kun'' four-panel web comic
* "Ch." is shortened form for chapter and refers to a chapter number of the collected ''Horimiya'' manga
* "Ep." is shortened form for episode and refers to an episode number of the collected ''Horimiya'' anime

Explanatory notes

References

External links

''Hori-san to Miyamura-kun'' webcomic


Official ''Horimiya'' manga website


Official anime website

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