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Should you watch Hi Score Girl?

Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Hi Score Girl

Anime · 2018

The year is 1991 and 6th grader Yaguchi Haruo only has video games to live for. He's not popular in school and he's neither handsome, funny, nice nor even friendly. The only thing he has going for him is that he is good at video games. One day at the local arcade, he plays Oono Akira, a fellow classmate but who's popular, smart, pretty and a rich girl that absolutely destroys him at Street Fighter II. Not only does he lose to her 30 times in a row, he can’t beat her at any game. Haruo can’t seem to shake Akira off as she follows him from arcade to arcade everyday after school and beats him every time. As weird as it sounds, the odd couple begins a strange bond and friendship.

The sides of Hi Score Girl

  • A boy who lives for arcade games
  • A silent rich girl who beats him at Street Fighter II
  • Nineties arcade culture

Hi Score Girl is good for you if…

  • you like a shy love story that grows over years of arcade matches.
  • you like following Haruo from sixth grade into high school.
  • you like laughing at Haruo's endless losses to Akira.

Hi Score Girl is bad for you if…

  • you don't watch anime.
  • you need a romance that moves faster than years of rivalry.

About: first love · video games · rivalry

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