High Score Girl

Hi Score Girl
ハイスコアガール
High Score Girl Continue

Manga8.17798 votes10 volumes · 65 chaptersFinished

ComedyRomanceLove PolygonSchoolVideo GameSeinen

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Synopsis

Haruo "Beastly Fingers" Yaguchi rules the arcade gaming scene, but beneath his famous identity as a pro gamer is a plain sixth grader with an uneventful life. Neither popular, smart, nor athletic, he excels in only one thing: video games. Haruo would rather spend hours at the local arcade honing his gaming skills than take his life and academics seriously. One day, Haruo meets his match in fellow classmate Akira Oono. Akira is not the type of person to frequent an arcade: she has perfect grades, is well-loved, and comes from a wealthy background. Even so, not only is she able to score a 29-game win streak, but she also manages to beat Haruo seven times in a row. Eager to end her domination, Haruo duels Akira in Street Fighter 2 and resorts to underhanded tactics—which earns him a slap in the face from the shy girl. This encounter starts a strange and rocky relationship between the two rival gamers. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Publication notes

High Score Girl was nominated for the 6th Manga Taishou Award and the 17th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2013. In the same year, it placed 2nd on the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Male Readers survey and ranked 9th for the Comic Natalie Grand Prize. The series was put on hiatus between August 2014 and August 2015 due to copyright violation charges against publisher Square Enix by game company SNK Playmore for using characters from its games without permission. On July 25, 2016, serialization was officially resumed, and revised editions of volumes 1 to 5 were released under the title High Score Girl Continue. High Score Girl was published in English as Hi Score Girl by Square Enix from February 25, 2020, to January 17, 2023.

Published

Oct 29, 2010 to Sep 25, 2018

Authors

Oshikiri, Rensuke

External links

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Main characters

Akira Oono870 fan favorites
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The silent daughter of the rich Oono family. Akira's considered popular at school for being multi-talented. Despite this, she sneaks away every so often to the gaming arcades to escape the harsh environment at home. She encounters Haruo at the arcades and after their match they begin forming bonds over their love for video games. As Akira never says a word, she communicates mostly with facial expressions, gestures and sometimes punches and kicks.
Koharu Hidaka374 fan favorites
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Before meeting Haruo in middle school, Koharu was a girl who knew nothing but studying. She didn't know much about how people entertain themselves. All she did to relax was watching TV dramas with her mom. After Haruo introduced her to the video game world, Koharu began to get into video games. It was because she was interested in Haruo at first, but later on, she began to love playing games.
Haruo Yaguchi291 fan favorites
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A teenage kid whose looks and academic skills are below average. On the other hand, he's got amazing gaming skills that earned him the title of "Beastly Fingers Haruo" in the local arcades. He remains undefeated until one day he meets his match, Akira Oono. After the encounter he vows to beat her, and later on considers her as his rival. While initially acting like a major brat with a sky-high ego, he bit by bit grows out of it, the same couldn't be said about his gaming addiction, which actually helps him find his best friends.