Thread 3980170

The Summer Hikaru Died (Japanese: 光が死んだ夏, Hepburn: Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mokumokuren. It began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace Up website in August 2021. As of July 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected in seven tankōbon volumes. It follows the story of Yoshiki Tsujinaka, a teenager in rural Japan who discovers that his best friend Hikaru Indo has been possessed by an otherworldly entity, forcing him to navigate their changed relationship amid supernatural dangers.

What 'Hikaru' eats when there's no karaage

>>3980173
>>3980182
These images in particular make me yearn for my teenage years once again.

>>3980208
As bad as Yoshiki yearns to be shoulder-deep inside "Hikaru"'s chest vagina?

>>3980223
Perhaps. I've never read the manga or knew about it before this morning.

>>3980228
The anime has aired five episodes so far and it's cute if you feel like giving it a shot

>>3980235
Do you have any idea what I should expect concerning the release schedule? Are we getting all of it soon, or is it like "series 1" or something with more later? Definitely interested already but I don't want to start early and get stuck waiting in the middle of it.

>>3980235
im following the weekly releases of the anime but i literally cannot fucking wait and just want to read ahead, what would you recommend i do

>>3980258
Oh, for sure read the manga. That's what I'm doing, I'm reading each new chapter and watching each new episode as they come out.

>>3980246
I don't know if I understand. And I'm no expert on how anime adaptations work... but...
It's an adaptation of an ongoing manga series, so the anime will only cover up to some chapter of the manga that's already been released.
I've seen people on twitter comment that the anime is adapting the manga at kind of a quick pace. One guy thought that at this rate, this first season of the anime should end at about 70% of the way through what's currently available in the manga.

(tried to translate this with google gemini)
>Yoshiki, lookit this, hahaha! Mince is such an idiot, hahaha! He's so busy with his cat treat, he didn't even notice me comin' to grab him 'til it was too late, haha.
>"Hikaru," you're bleeding!
>Ack, really!!! Ouch!

>>3980299
>It's an adaptation of an ongoing manga series
Right see I didn't know the manga was still going as well so I have a better idea of what's going on now even if I can't just say "well I'll wait until it's finished then" or whatever. Thank you for trying Anon, it was worth it.

>>3980298
that's what i'm doing too but i just wanna read ahead, but i know that'll spoil the anime experience... i'm going insane i just want more

>>3980440
giwtwm

Karaage boys!

pov you are chussy-kun

two hicks kissing in the sticks

>>3980518
as God intended

two silly boys who are doing their best!

>>3980170 (OP)
why r u gay

>I don't need it
>I don't need it
>I don't need it

Feet! Feet!!

red suits them quite well

alternate universe where they move to tokyo together and have a gig at a maid cafe?

would attend

hands are a bit fucked in this one but i still found it cute

>>3981624
cute :( :(

>>3981067
I LOVE FEET SO MUCH, MORE.

>>3982385
It's the only one I have seen haha.
It's too bad :(

Boys......

It's over....they're confirmed not gay...

No matter how far you stick your hand up your friend's chussy, it's not gay if you say "no homo"

>>3984035
He's gay.

>>3984035
Are you baiting or braindead?

>>3984961
bratty eldritch abomination...

Just let him mix the shit of you, Yoshiki. You know you want it.

no new ep this week is killing me inside

>>3985505
you're not alone anon. We didn't get a new chapter either this week
I miss my twisted gays in love, every sarurday I wait for the new ep to drop religiously

I wanna cook Korokke just to see Hikaru'a cute smile

this anime scares men and i love it

>>3986267
I am a guy and I'm crazy about it though

>>3986268
But are you straight?

>>3986270
straight as a very wet spaghetti miss

I enjoy the homophobes seething too btw

I miss them..

>>3992754
Same, this season fucking sux

>>3992774
I wish we could get an exclusivs movie, an OVA, watching those boys healed me..at least there's the manga, I'm reading it.
Not as kino as the anime, that's a work of passion and love, but it's good, and it's everything we're getting for 2 years.
>this season
anything worthwile? Watching Sanda but I'm not very thrilled, too much het

>>3992778
>too much het
This is a common problem this season. Ranma remake is actually one of the least egregious het parades. Hoping the Assassin Status anime dodges the bullet but it's too soon to tell.

Bros why did the author confirm that Yoshiki doesn't care about the monster? why'd she have to ruin our delusion.

>>3992988
She's a coward, or got crushed under publisher pressure to DISAVOW DISAVOW DISAVOW.

>>3992988
Yoshiki is a schizo, he says that, and minutes after he's searching for "Hikaru", he confuses himself. He wants to keep him around because it's his way to cope with being alone without Hikaru, but he also grew fond of him and wants to go to the bakery with him and give the monster a home. He crushes on the physical body but cares for the soul inside it as well
>>3992997
she can say it's an aroace love story!

>>3993092
>aroace
Another made-up buzzword. A depressed libido isn't a personality.

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