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The Summer Hikaru Died
光が死んだ夏 • Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu
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Two best friends living in a rural Japanese village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. Growing up together, they were inseparable… until the day Hikaru came back from the mountains, and was no longer himself. “Something” has taken over Hikaru’s body, memories, feelings… and everything they know begins to unravel. (Source: Netflix)
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#~~~___Hikaru's Lovecraftian existence and an endless Summer___~~~ ___ In the first minute of the first episode, we already get a big reveal that Hikaru died as the title implies, and the thing pretending to be Hikaru is some type of lovecraftian creature. Fake hikaru states that he wouldn't hurt Yo...
The Summer Hikaru Died would be about homophobia, guilt, and regret. Once his recently deceased friend returns somehow, Yoshiki would hold onto him, no matter how dangerous he can be, because he regrets never having confessed his feelings for him, because they lived in a conservative and probably ho...
Minor spoilers TW: body horror, supernatural horror, insects The Summer Hikaru Died takes place in a rural village in summer. The horror in the series isn't built on jump scares and gore, rather on the uncertainty and tension that are constantly present, it's more creepy and unsettling than outrigh...