The 90s arcade love comedy "High Score Girl," which tickles the hearts of gamers with its nostalgia for the 90s, is finally being made into an anime. It depicts the fateful relationship between Yaguchi Haruo, a boy whose only redeeming quality is gaming, and Ohno Akira, a rich girl with natural gaming skills. We'd like to introduce you to Miyao Kotaro, the reliable friend of the main character, Yaguchi Haruo!
Haruo's flawless friend "Miyao Kotaro"
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Haruo's friend who appears from the junior high school arc. He is intelligent, has a pleasant personality, is good looking, excels in academics, and is actually a flawless person. She notices the human charm of Haruo, who is often misunderstood due to his gaming mentality, and is also sensitive to the nuances of human relationships, quickly realizing that Koharu has feelings for Haruo.
A man popular with girls: Miyao Kotaro
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Miyao is good-looking and has a good personality, and is often confessed to by girls, making him very popular with them. However, he doesn't seem to want to date anyone, and he turns down all confessions, which hurts him every time. He has an extremely kind personality.
He even tried to confess his feelings to Ohno in middle school
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In the junior high school version, Miyao fell in love with Ohno at first sight and was planning to confess his feelings during the school trip, but when he saw Haruo and the others show up in matching outfits and with bruised faces, and heard the reason why, Miyao felt that the bond between Haruo and Ohno was too strong for him to get in between, so he backed off.
Miyao Kotaro, a good friend who gives advice to Haruo, who is clueless about love
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He knows more about the love affairs surrounding Haruo than Haruo does, and he always gives him advice that can sometimes be overbearing. That advice would normally be very accurate, but it seems like it's hard for Haruo, who has no idea about romance...or rather, who has a gaming brain and only thinks about games, to understand, and it seems like he's more worried than the person involved.
Tokimeki Memorial's Yoshio position?
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Haruo is about to call Miyao when Ohno's sister forces him to play the romance simulation game "Tokimeki Memorial" and Koharu hints at the existence of a bomb. Yoshio in the original Tokimeki Memorial is a very reliable friend who will tell you all about a girl, including her measurements, over the phone. It is said that this had a huge impact on his later best friend position.
Miyao Kotaro supports Haruo and is always willing to help him.
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At the end of their junior high school years, when Haruo decides to take the entrance exam for Joran High School for Ohno's sake, he understands his intentions and offers to help him. However, Haruo failed the entrance exam and was not accepted into his first choice, Kamiran High School, but later passed on to Miyao's second choice, so they continued to be friends in high school.
She continues to watch over Haruo even after she enters high school
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After entering high school, her relationship with Ohno and Koharu changes, and she gives him advice when Haruo asks for his advice. She also attends the match between Haruo and Koharu, and watches the outcome of the match, on the condition that she will go out with him if he wins.
She also helps out in tough situations
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After her direct confrontation with Haruo, she supports the relationship between Koharu, who has a cold attitude, and Haruo, and reads the mood and invites him to come to her house. However, what awaited him at Haruo's house was an even more depressing scene, so Miyao, who knew the whole story, could not bear it and had no choice but to leave.
High Score Girl Summary of Miyao Kotaro
Miyao, the handsome best friend who can read the mood, is the character who knows everything and may be the character closest to the viewers. Just as Tokimeki Memorial needs Yoshio as the best friend, Miyao may be an indispensable presence in the romantic comedy High Score Girl. Be sure to check out the anime "High Score Girl" that is about to start with your own eyes!
