Rin Suzune is a nine-year-old girl who, due to her parents' deaths, lives alone and runs her family's restaurant by herself. Since she is a child, she lacks the proper knowledge to cook good food and manage a business, so her attempts to make money are unsuccessful. To make matters worse, she is bullied in school for being poor! But through it all, Rin remains resilient. Although her restaurant's food is not the greatest, local residents are drawn to the establishment, hoping to lend Rin a hand because of her sincere nature. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Hitorigurashi no Shougakusei was originally sold as 3 ebook volumes on Amazon Kindle from November 7, 2014 to June 6, 2015, and published in print in 2 volumes by Takarajimasha with extra content from May 25, 2016 to November 10, 2016.