For Hori, they hide their family commitments not out of fear but because they want this side of them to remain only for her mother. Our public image is never ours to control while we can choose what we share with others, at the end of the day it’s the people around us who determine our social standing and strengths. Choosing not to is suspicious and will lead to ostracism.īoth Hori and Miyamura hide key aspects of who they are as a way of grounding themselves. Modern life and the internet puts pressure on all of us to overshare all aspects of our lives and present an idealized reality of our daily lives. Social media is non-existent within the world of Horimiya (and since the original 4-Koma web-manga that inspired the long-form manga this is adapted from was created in 2007, that makes sense), but that’s not to say that the influence of the story being created in the internet age isn’t present.
This show is invested in exploring not just why these characters are self-conscious enough to hide who they are, but the benefits of self-understanding outside of the public eye. While the show could easily leave it at that, Horimiya instead dives deeper and pushes the romance to the side for much of these early episodes to explore these personas. They express themselves with secret tattoos and piercings, making him somewhat of the rebellious bad-boy with a heart of gold. Meanwhile, and perhaps more interestingly, Miyamura is an outcast in school and mostly keeps to themselves, but out of school. We see in this episode how the top-of-the-class social bird Hori passes up an after-school social life to care for her younger brother due to her mother’s busy work-life. The first episode of the show mostly serves as an introduction to our two protagonists and their out-of-school personas. In contrast, Horimiya is far more interested in the crafting of that persona and the purpose of creating a persona solely for self-acceptance, giving it a unique edge. We’ve had romance anime and manga in the past build incredible romance stories on a person’s dual personas, including greats of the genre like His and Her Circumstances.
While I only hold a passing interest in their blossoming romance, I find myself far more drawn to the story’s external focus on the creation of persona. Or at least, it would be, were it not for the strengths of our main duo. That’s not to say I’m not enjoying it for much the same reasons as Carley noted, but it ultimately feels a little by-the-numbers and generic. To offer the contrarian opinion for a second, I don’t think the romantic elements of the show are all that engaging. While most Horimiya fans are watching the show for the sparks-flying romance between its two protagonists, Miyamura and Hori, that’s not necessarily the main appeal of the show.
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The show is one of the most popular non-sequel anime of the season, and as Carley noted in her review, it delivers on its promise of a full adaptation after years left untouched aside from the occasional OVA. Three episodes in, and it’s fair to say that Horimiya is a successful adaptation of the long-running manga series.
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