Singer Etsuko Yakushimaru is contributing her song “Hōkago Distraction” (Afterschool Distraction) as the ending theme song for the television anime of Rensuke Oshikiri’s Hi Score Girl manga.
The song also features Yakushimaru’s close friend Seiichi Nagai from the band Sōtaisei Riron, and Matoki Yamaguchi.
Akira completely outmatches Haruo in one Street Fighter II round after another, and their relationship develops from this unlikely encounter.
The story of the “90s arcade romantic comedy” manga begins in 1991, during the heyday of the 2D fighting game boom.