Horimiya

Popular honor student Kyoko Hori rushes home daily to cook and raise her younger brother, where she bumps into pierced, tattooed classmate Izumi Miyamura—unrecognizable without his gloomy school glasses. Masashi Ishihama brings refreshing warmth and brisk romantic honesty to CloverWorks' adaptation. Brings Hori and Miyamura together inside the first half of Season 1, skipping contrived love-triangle stalling. Uses crisp color-coded background transitions and Masashi Ishihama's stylish framing to elevate everyday apartment hangouts. Captures Miyamura's quiet healing from middle-school isolation through natural, low-key friendships with Toru Ishikawa and Yuki Yoshikawa. Fills in skipped manga comedy chapters via the 2023 Missing Pieces companion season.