#yaguchi haruo

[ravi-617]

cutest freaking show I ever saw

[navarei]

So very very late, because moving and transferring and blah blah is a lot of work, for November I chose Haruo Yaguchi from the anime Hi Score Girl.

[codysknife]

Hi-Score Girl (2019)

Haruo and Ono play Final Fight

and YOU learn about the hi-score life that is Alchemy

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Cringetober day 1! Screenshot redraw

The quality isn't the best but it doesn't matter, the point is having fun

Based on:

btw im the n1 doi genta fan and apologist he's such a cringefail it's hard not to find him endearing

[thenewfuture]

Unrelated to The New Future, but since you like the Hinanami (Hajime/Chiaki) pairing and since their English voice actors are Johnny Young Bosch and Christine Marie Cabanos, you might also enjoy an anime called Hi Score Girl, which recently got a Netflix release. Bosch voices the male lead Haruo Yaguchi, and Cabanos provides the "grunts" for the mute female lead Akira Oono. The anime is a romantic comedy about a boy and a girl who meet in an arcade as rivals, but their relationship grows deeper.

Ooooh, sounds interesting and cute! Thank you, I’ll be sure to check it out.

-Mod

[xbuster]

You remind me of Yaguchi Haruo from high score girl because of your knowledge of fighting/retro games

Woah, High Score Girl? It's been like 5 years since I really thought of that manga. I really loved how accurately games like Street Fighter 2 and Final Fight were represented. That manga is absolute gold for retro arcade game fans.

I even have an Oono Nendoroid!

This thing was going for like over $80 at the time, but that year I went to Japan and found the same Nendoroid in Japan for like 4,000 yen. It was a total steal, so I bought it on the spot.

[a-student-out-of-time]

((Unrelated, but to the mod, if you enjoyed Johnny Young Bosch and Christine Marie Cabanos' performances as Hajime and Chiaki, you might enjoy an anime called High Score Girl, which got a dub on Netflix. Bosch voices the male lead Haruo Yaguchi, and Cabanos provides the "grunts" to the mute female lead Akira Oono. It's a romantic comedy anime about a boy and girl who meet in an arcade and get off to a rocky start, but gradually learn to expand their horizons. So it combines romance and gaming.))

//Sounds cute ^^

[emily-mooon]

I’ve been rewatching Hi Score Girl and I’ve got one thing to say:

Haruo Yaguchi is just like me fr fr

[sulan1809]

Hi-Score Girl - Um compilado de referências clássicas a videogames

Hi Score Girl é um mangá de autoria de Rensuke Oshikiri, que retrata as jornadas de três adolescentes apaixonados por videogames, enquanto eles desbravam a evolução nos videogames e a competição nos fliperamas em plena década de 1990 e, paralelamente, vivenciam a amizade, amor e amadurecimento; Hi Score Girl tem diversas referências clássicas e easter eggs relacionados ao mercado de jogos eletrônicos, como por exemplo, Final Fight, Darkstalkers e Ghosts ‘n Goblins, franquias elaboradas pela Capcom. Haruo Yaguchi, por exemplo, se intitula como “Beastly Fingers”, uma clara alusão a um dos maiores ícones dos games de luta, Daigo Umehara, um pro player da comunidade de jogos de luta, mais conhecido como “The Beast”. Enfim, é um manga/anime interessante, mas ele quase foi barrado judicialmente pela SNK por certas questões legais envolvendo The King of Fighters, o ganso dourado da empresa, e Samurai Shodown. 

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Hi Score Girl - Turtling Forward

“Both you and the video games industry keep moving forward. It’d be pretty lame for me to be the only one getting left behind, right?” - Yaguchi Haruo to Akira Oono

Let’s get this right off the bat - getting into a competitive activity isn’t for everyone. Yes, the joy when you win against someone better than you after a lot of hard work is second-to-none. However, the journey is filled with a lot of losses along the way. If someone has the “win at all costs” mentality, the chances of them quitting a competitive activity they partake in are high.

Those losses are lessons that Rensuke Oshikiri’s Hi Score Girl emphasize through the eyes of teenagers who are into fighting games at their arcade scene - lessons in moving forward.

Hi Score Girl takes places in the early ‘90s (a time period where the creative potential of video games was high) and is about a boy named Yaguchi Haruo, who’s noted to be one of the toughest Street Fighter II players in his local arcade scene. Haruo meets his match in a girl (and fellow elementary school classmate) named Akira Oono, who looks very refined to hang out in arcades. After a physical altercation, the two spend more time with each other and grown to respect each other as rivals. After Oono briefly heads to Los Angeles, the two reunite years later in junior high when Oono comes back to attend Haruo’s school. Hints of romance start to emerge as Haruo thinks about being able to share new video game experiences with Oono all while dealing with the affections of another girl who’s interested in him and another fellow fighting game enthusiast/competitor/classmate, Koharu Hidaka.

I think about how hard it is to move forward in life. People, the world, life - things continuously disappoint us. We think we have things in control, but we get reminded the hard way that we don’t. For me personally, I could count the many times I just wanted to sleep and not want to do anything during my younger days. I was so afraid of getting hurt that I didn’t want to expose my vulnerabilities to anyone.

Haruo gets stuck for a bit after not being able to attend the same high school as Oono. He laments his frustration as he studied hard despite being known as a slacker in his studies through his school life. Then Hidaka starts to wipe the floor with him in fighting games after years of watching Haruo play. Hidaka would later admit her feelings to Haruo and challenges him to a fighting game match. If she won, Haruo would have to go out with her.

It is then where Haruo decides to start heading forward for Oono’s sake. Oono was dealing with private lessons from a strict tutor and responsibilities of living up to her family’s reputation, so Haruo realized he needed to take life seriously in order to be as equal as her. He started to develop an early morning routine, take his part-time job seriously, and help his mother around the house. 

I know people are told to believe in themselves, but it takes other people to tell them that. I would argue that a support system is what truly gets someone moving forward. All Haruo really wanted in life was someone to talk about video games with that shared the same passion and also feel like himself while doing so. Over time, those feelings of belonging would make him want to do something for Oono. He starts to realize what was holding him back.

There’s an inner monologue (with references to male heroes of side-scrolling arcade games) from one of Haruo’s main fighting game characters, Guile of Street Fighter II fame, while Haruo trains for his battle with Hidaka.

“Haruo!! You’ve grown, Haruo! You’re such a straight-forward man. You charged forward like a Sonic Boom! Look! Why does he fight? Why does he keep going down his hellish path? Why has he set out on a perilous journey? Him too. And him. They all go straight forward. And do you know why!? It’s all for the people most important to them.

Even if they are beaten black and blue, even if they die...still they press on! Giving everything you’ve got for someone else is what makes you a man. Battle is heartless. But you can’t afford to lose!!

Gods are stingy. But in the end, the flower of love blossoms! Go, Haruo. Charge alongside them!”

Maybe we just need someone to push us while still being a loving person. Life’s not fun without rivals or things to chase after. That’s why you have many resources/activities because we all have inner motivations that aren’t easily addressed, much less understood. But what happens as Hi Score Girl goes on, the rivalry between Haruo and Oono evolves into companionship. Their companionship starts to heal many emotional wounds and unlocks their potential to be good people. Even with mental health professionals out there, those close to us or fan community members are the ones who truly understand your culture. That kind of love goes a much longer way than therapy can in most instances.  

Seeing the connections between Haruo/Oono/Hidaka show how powerful shared experiences really are. Emotions are displayed and bounce around the three of them. They are kids who are evolving in the right way even if their love of games is frowned upon by most adults. I feel like there’s way too much talk on differences (in the case of Hi Score Girl, gender) and not enough on the collective experience of group members.

That experience is what truly gets people to move forward to a world of joy like the world of arcade games/video games has provided for all audiences (male/female/LGBTQ+) for as long as gaming has been around - together.

[ravi-617]

ohhhhhhhhh h hh h hhh

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Available as a print and more in Redbubble

[fromyaritagua]

who is cutting onions right now? :,)

[vinhnyu]

Inktober Day 19 - SLING

[laurensfavoriteanimecharacters]

Anime name: Hi Score Girl

Genre(s): Romantic Comedy

Lauren’s Like Rating: 8/10 (At first I flat out disliked this series because of the art style and characters, but it really grew on me. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens next if more episodes are made, and if so, it’s likely I’ll raise my rating again, it already went up a point after the 3 episodes added since I first wrote this post.)

Character (s): Haruo Yaguchi, Kotaro Miyao, Makoto Ono

Haruo Yaguchi has only one passion in life: gaming. He spends all his free time in the arcades and anywhere he can find a game. He is surprised and at first horrified to discover that popular girl Akira from his class not only plays in ‘his’ arcades, but she’s also easily as talented as he is. He slowly loses some of his arrogance and bonds with her over their shared passion for gaming. He’s actually a caring guy (towards one person in particular), despite his arrogance and obliviousness.

Kotaru Miyao has been Haruo’s best (guy) friend since middle school. He’s much more popular with girls than his friend, and more aware of peoples’ feelings, as he notices the love triangle Haruo is oblivious about being in. He also enjoys arcades, though not as much as Haruo. He tries to help Haruo and gives him good advice.

*Spoiler warning ahead*

Makoto Ono is Akira’s older and wilder sister. She rebelled when she was younger and her duties as family heir were dumped on Akira, who also wound up with even worse rules as a result of Makoto’s actions. As a result, Makoto does whatever she can to help and improve things for Akira. She can clearly see how much Haruo and her sister love each other and teams up with him to help Akira. She also likes games, as she was playing Mahjong when she met Haruo.

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