No – even Missing Pieces is canon slice-of-life.
They discover each other’s secret sides when Miyamura returns a lost belonging of Hori’s little brother. Instead of shock, Hori accepts him instantly. They begin visiting each other’s homes, and what starts as a secret-sharing friendship slowly blooms into a natural, unforced romance.
Warm, happy, and satisfying.
Here’s a comprehensive guide to Horimiya , covering the story, characters, anime adaptations, manga, and where to start. Horimiya is a romantic comedy slice-of-life series originally based on HERO’s web manga Hori-san to Miyamura-kun , later adapted into a serialized manga by HERO and Hagiwara Daisuke. It’s beloved for its realistic, sweet relationship development and lack of drawn-out love triangles.
Both are excellent. English dub (Caitlin Glass as Hori, Alejandro Saab as Miyamura) is widely praised.
: Hidden selves, intimacy in small moments, friendship, and growing up. 2. Plot Summary Kyoko Hori is popular, bright, and sociable at school. At home, she’s a stressed, practical caretaker for her younger brother while her parents work. Izumi Miyamura is a quiet, glasses-wearing loner perceived as an otaku. Outside school, he has nine piercings, tattoos, and a gentle, warm personality.
The story follows them through high school—dates, study sessions, holidays, jealousy, physical intimacy, and meeting each other’s families—without major melodrama. | Character | School persona | True self | |-----------|----------------|------------| | Kyoko Hori | Popular, cheerful, sharp | Domestic, easily flustered, secretly lonely | | Izumi Miyamura | Shy, gloomy, glasses | Tattooed, pierced, kind, surprisingly cool | | Toru Ishikawa | Hori’s friend, basketball player | Genuine, supportive, secretly in love with Hori early on | | Yuki Yoshikawa | Sweet, small, cute | Clumsy, kind, develops feelings for Ishikawa | | Kakeru Sengoku | Student council president | Dramatic, affectionate, devoted to Remi | | Remi Ayasaki | Popular, confident | Insecure about academics, softer than she seems | | Honoka Sawada | Underclassman | Obsessed with Hori, initially resents Miyamura | 4. Anime Adaptations Horimiya (2021) – 13 episodes Covers the main romantic beats of the manga from start to near-end, but skips many slice-of-life chapters. Highly polished animation by CloverWorks. Horimiya: The Missing Pieces (2023) – 13 episodes Adapts the chapters the first season skipped. Almost entirely comedic and fluffy moments between the main couple and supporting cast. Watch this after season 1.