Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway

A young salaryman finds a teenage girl sitting under a lamp post on his way home. She offers to sleep with him in exchange for a place to stay. He turns her down, but gives her a place to stay anyway. Their strange life together begins…

Yoshida settles into his new life with Sayu, but the people around him are quick to notice the change, and very curious about whats going on.

Sayu has an encounter with a man from her recent past, and his intentions arent good at all.

Sayus brother has tracked her down, and she realizes its only a matter of time before she has to go home. Shes forced to reflect; what did she learn since she ran away, and what will she take home with her?

Yoshida follows Sayu back to Hokkaido, as she begins to face her past and come to terms with her future.

Its time for Yoshida to head back home, and Sayu to return to her old life. Can she get by without him, and can he get by without her?