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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga)

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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga)	comment	Yoshiki and Hikaru are two teenage boys living in a podunk town in rural Japan. Their lives are slow but peaceful. Their personalities couldn't be more opposite — Yoshiki is sullen and morose, while Hikaru is bright and playful. They have different hobbies, they have different lifestyles, but they also have each other.Until the day they took Hikaru, and something else took his place.Yoshiki must now grapple with the fact that his best friend has been bodysnatched by some inscrutable alien force. While the imposter claims to be Hikaru and does an excellent job imitating him, Yoshiki isn't too sure, and as his mental state waffles between grief and terror, what will happen to the relationship he has with "Hikaru" is anyone's guess.The Summer Hikaru Died (Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu) is a horror/tragedy/comedy/BL manga by Ren Mokumoku. It began serialization in the magazine Young Ace UP on August 31st, 2021, and was licensed in English by Yen Press in 2022.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_11cac491	type	Tragedy
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_11cac491	comment	Tragedy: It's about a kid realizing that his unrequited love has been replaced with a monster imitating him, and yet continues the façade anyways out of the lingering feelings that remain.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: "Hikaru" having Yoshiki 'feel his insides' (literally—his chest cavity opens up and Yoshiki puts his hand inside) plays out much like an awkward, fumbling sex scene between experimenting teenagers.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_2b42db02	type	The Omniscient Council of Vagueness
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_2b42db02	comment	The Omniscient Council of Vagueness: Three villagers discuss Hikaru's father's death, Hikaru's temporary disappearance, and the ritual to seal "that wicked thing" in the mountain not being carried out. The scene cuts out as abruptly as it cut in.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_41eab669	type	Daylight Horror
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_41eab669	comment	Daylight Horror: The story's emphasis lies on the sweltering heat of the summer, and much of the tension happens in broad daylight.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_44606d14	type	Becoming the Mask
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_44606d14	comment	Becoming the Mask: Aside threatening Yoshiki to keep the secret, "Hikaru" really wants Yoshiki to be comfortable and they both understand he's just a Replacement Goldfish. He even has an early realization that monitoring Yoshiki's contacts is not what friends do.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_466ccbb4	type	Gayngst
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_466ccbb4	comment	Gayngst: Somewhat implied with Yoshiki- his uncomfortable response to being asked about getting a girlfriend and his sharp response to the original Hikaru making unknowingly homophobic comments along with his consistent drive to move to the city gives the implication that he isn't exactly in a welcoming environment for his sexuality.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_504a1991	type	Body Horror
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_504a1991	comment	Body Horror: "Hikaru" seems to be barely holding on to a humanoid form at times. He is actually a mass of geometric tendrils that spill onto the environment like a liquid. When he's feeling emotional or under adverse effects like the sacred barrier at the shrine, his humanoid form starts to melt away. He's also capable of showing this form selectively by literally splitting his body open.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_6056f853	type	Homoerotic Subtext
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_6056f853	comment	Homoerotic Subtext: "Hikaru" is very attached to Yoshiki, which even their classmates take notice of. At one point "Hikaru" invites Yoshiki to the storage room, takes off his shirt and lets Yoshiki "feel his insides", which even "Hikaru" realizes sounds dirtier than it is. Yoshiki's feelings towards the real Hikaru, however, later turn out to be more than platonic.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_7be20777	type	Folk Horror
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_7be20777	comment	Folk Horror: The creature that took over Hikaru is part of some kind of ancient force living in the woods around the town the story takes place in. Hikaru learned about them in his childhood, which inspired him to offer his body up when he was dying, so at least some part of him would live on.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_853b7948	type	Ambiguously Evil
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_853b7948	comment	Ambiguously Evil: The old lady Matsuura identifies "Hikaru" as the Great Snatcher at one glance. He makes a detour to her house, and she is found dead from choking herself next morning. "Hikaru" hasn't commented on this. The motives of ghost-like creatures are a mystery. They have some interest in Yoshiki's family and "Hikaru" tries to protect him from them. "Hikaru" himself is edging further into this territory as of Chapter 15 and his attempted murder on Asako to protect his secret.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_8774fb47	type	Eldritch Abomination
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_8774fb47	comment	Eldritch Abomination: The imposter has an absolutely terrifying true form. When "Hikaru" begins leaking, the force of the creature spills out into the surrounding environment. Its body is comprised of geometric shapes, thick black liquid, and fractal tendrils wrapping around itself.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_8c4bafff	type	Holy Burns Evil
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_8c4bafff	comment	Holy Burns Evil: During the festival "Hikaru" is unable to enter the shrine grounds and hurts his palm, so he excuses himself to wait outside.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_ae2b8366	type	Possessing a Dead Body
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_ae2b8366	comment	Possessing a Dead Body: Hikaru has died, and the spirit possessing him acknowledges as such. It even states that it's using Hikaru's body as a vessel. At the same time, there are a number of quirks involved. For starters, Hikaru's memories are perfectly preserved, meaning the imitator doesn't need to act all that differently from the normal Hikaru.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_be30e493	type	Undignified Death
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_be30e493	comment	Undignified Death: The real Hikaru saw a tree shaped like a naked woman and tripped over his own feet staring at it, causing him to fall down the mountain. Lampshaded in his narration of the event, where he laments that it was an incredibly stupid way to go out.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Asa describes Hikaru passing out from watching a horror movie with an image of defeated Yamcha pose.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_db5e046d	type	Immortal Immaturity
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_db5e046d	comment	Immortal Immaturity: Yoshiki notes that "Hikaru" often acts very childishly, unable to process his emotions properly and acting on impulse. Although he's an ancient Eldritch Abomination, it's implied this is because he's spent so long as a being so alien that experiencing existence as a human is completely foreign to him.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_e8e56799	type	Blue-and-Orange Morality
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_e8e56799	comment	Blue-and-Orange Morality: Both played straight and subverted. On one hand, "Hikaru" has kept a lot of the morals from the original, including his friendliness. On the other, he's rather blase about people dying since they will just reincarante and is eerily calm when facing threats like the other creatures that live in the woods.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_f0c4ce7d	type	The Lost Lenore
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_f0c4ce7d	comment	The Lost Lenore: The real Hikaru functions as one for Yoshiki. Although it's not specified if the real Hikaru had the same feelings, his death is the trigger for the plot, as well as Yoshiki's depression and subsequent involvement with the Eldritch Abomination who replaced Hikaru.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_f88f2449	type	Downer Beginning
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_f88f2449	comment	Downer Beginning: The story begins with Yoshiki confronting "Hikaru" over the fact that his imitation isn't perfect. When "Hikaru" begs to be spared, Yoshiki acquiesces in tears. The audience later finds out that he loved Hikaru deeply, and is refusing to let even the pale ghost of him go.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_fd32c5a1	type	Don't Make Me Destroy You
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_fd32c5a1	comment	Don't Make Me Destroy You: At the beginning of the story when Yoshiki confronts "Hikaru", the latter tearfully begs Yoshiki not to tell anyone lest he have to kill him to silence him.
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The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_ff17ccf1	type	Innocently Insensitive
The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga) / int_ff17ccf1	comment	Innocently Insensitive: The original Hikaru- he refers to a gay villager as "sick" before being corrected by Yoshiki and seems confused about the LGBT community (referring to it as the "Ell Jee Bee Tea thing" in one translation).
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