KEY POINTS

  • Kazuto arrives to take Sayu with her
  • Yoshida and Kazuto meet for the first time
  • "Higehiro" Episode 8 is airing Monday

Sayu Ogiwara is looking forward to celebrating the summer festival with Yoshida and Asami Yuuki in "Higehiro" Episode 8. The next episode is titled "Summer Festival."

The official website has released the synopsis and spoiler stills for "Higehiro" Episode 8 teasing Sayu's current state of mind after the arrival of her brother, Kazuto Ogiwara, in the previous episode.

The synopsis hints Sayu will be forced to head back home to her parents. A spoiler image from the upcoming episode shows Kazuto arriving at Yoshida's apartment. It is likely that he wants to take Sayu with him.

Will Sayu get a chance to spend more time with Yoshida and follow her dreams?

In the last episode, Asami asks Sayu if Yoshida replied to her text. Asami wants to come over to Sayu's place but they need Yoshida's permission.

Yoshida allows but tells Sayu that Asami is coming over quite a lot. Asami tells Sayu it is summer break and they are soulmates, so it is fine.

Asami gets ready to stock the shelves but she notices a black car pulling up right outside ComFort Market. The man inside the vehicle looks at the store and zooms away. Asami tells Sayu that this particular vehicle often shows up in front of the building but the man never enters the mart to buy anything.

The man finally enters the mart and introduces himself as Kazuto He is the chief executive officer of Ogiwara Foods and wants to meet Sayu.

"On his way home from drinking his sorrows away after being rejected by his crush, the 26-year-old salaryman, Yoshida, finds a high school girl named Sayu sitting on the side of the road. Yoshida is completely drunk out of his mind and ends up letting Sayu stay at his place overnight. Not having the heart to put Sayu out on the streets since she ran away from home, Yoshida allows her to stay at his place... And so began the awkward, irritable, and slightly heartwarming relationship between a runaway high school girl and a salaryman living together," read the series synopsis, according to Crunchyroll.

The cast of "Higehiro," short for "Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway," includes Kazuyuki Kanemoto as Yoshida, Kana Ichinose as Sayu Ogiwara, Kaori Ishihara as Yuzuha Mishima, Hisako Kanemoto as Airi Goto, Kaori Ishihara as Yuzuha Mishima, Natsumi Kawaida as Asami Yuuki, Manaka Iwami as Yuuko Masaka and Yuusuke Kobayashi as Hashimoto.

Fans can watch "Higehiro" Episode 8 online on Crunchyroll. The episode will live stream in Japanese with English subtitles this Monday.

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