The Summer Hikaru Died Manga Reviews (P.2)

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Jan 03, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

救済

remedy

男らしさや女らしさを求められること適齢期に結婚や出産を求められることみんなの当たり前ができないことみんなが気づかないものに気づいてしまうこと狭い世界で孤独を感じて居場所が欲しいと思うこと十人十色の孤独を感じる自分だけが孤独なわけじゃないんだと知り孤独が少しだけ和らぐ変かもしれないけど私にとっては救いみたいな作品

Being required to be masculine or feminine is being asked to get married or give birth at an appropriate age, being aware of things that not everyone is aware of, feeling lonely in a small world and wanting a place to stay, feeling lonely in ten people, knowing that I'm not the only one lonely, and it may be a strange thing that relieves loneliness just a little bit, but for me it's like a salvation

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Jan 03, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

まとわりつく、真綿で首をしめるという感じ

It feels like it clings to your neck with cotton

This review contains spoilers. このまま進んでも幸せになれるゴールが見えないけど他に選択肢がないとか田舎の抜け出せない閉鎖感とか少しずつ混ざってまとわりついてくる感じが少しエロティックでホラーで大好きです

This review contains spoilers. I love it because it's a bit erotic and horror that I can't see a goal that makes me happy even if it continues like this, but little by little it mixes and clings with a sense of closure where you can't get out of the countryside

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Dec 27, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

どっきどきのわっくわく！

I'm so excited!

重いし怖いのに、めっちゃ面白い！！ワクワクドキドキしちゃいます！擬音が散りばめられて不気味で素敵。シャワシャワシャワシャワシャワ…ぴちょん！ひぃっ！

It's heavy and scary, but so funny!! I'm so excited and excited! It's creepy and wonderful, interspersed with onomatopoeia. shower shower shower shower shower... Pichon! hey!

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Dec 06, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

人間の本質を垣間見せてくれる作品

Works that give us a glimpse into the essence of human beings

This review contains spoilers. 以前からずーっと気になっていた作品。でもなかなかチャンスがなくて読めておらずNetflixにアップされていたので先にアニメを見てどハマりしてしまい、とりあえず紙媒体で全巻一気買い。正直、この漫画の奥が深すぎてどこからどう感想を書いたらいいのか全く分からなくなってしまうくらい色んなものが詰め込まれた秀逸で心の必携書となり得る永遠に読める作品。行方不明になった親友の光が別のナニカ、として戻ってくる。そしてよしきは別のナニカになってしまったヒカルを受け入れ村の怪事件の真相に迫っていく青春謎解きストーリー。個人的には、よしきの『どちらにせよ光はもうおらんのや…それやったらニセモンでもそばにいてほしい』この、人間のエゴイズムの本質に触れる、何とも言えない感情にめちゃくちゃ惹きつけられたし、考えさせられてます。こーゆー綺麗事だけじゃない感情の葛藤、大好きです。そしてヒカルはヒカルなりに自身がバケモノであると自覚しつつただ大好きなよしきのそばに居たいだけなのにそれが叶わないかもしれないことからくる恐怖と孤独。自身のよしきを取り込みたいと思う本能と闘いながらそれでもよしきを守ろうと、人の感情を学ぼうとする姿勢やいつも素直に感情をぶつけてくるところ子どものように無邪気に笑うヒカルは本当に愛しい。正直、BLは苦手なのですが…これはBLとかBLじゃないとか、そんな次元をとっくに超えていて友情なのか、恋心なのかが分からなくなってるぐちゃぐちゃ具合も含めて、目が離せない最高の漫画。最後に。アニメをまだ見ていない人はぜひ！！！アニメも見て欲しい！！！声優さんのどハマり具合と映像の綺麗さと音楽がヤバいです。

This review contains spoilers. It's a work I've been interested in for a long time. But since I didn't get a chance to read it, it was uploaded to Netflix, so I watched the anime first and got addicted to it, so I bought all the volumes at once on paper. To be honest, the depth of this comic is so deep that it's an excellent book you can read forever, packed with so many things that you don't know where or how to write your impressions at all, and it's a must-have book for your heart. Her best friend Hikaru, who has gone missing, comes back as another Nanika. Then, Yoshiki accepts Hikaru, who has become another Nanika, and is a youth mystery solving story where he approaches the truth of the mysterious incident in the village. Personally, I'm insanely attracted and made me think by Yoshiki's “No matter what, the light won't be there anymore... if I do that, I want you to be by my side even if I do that, I want you to be by my side,” which touches on the essence of human egoism, and it makes me think. I love this emotional conflict, not just about pretty things. Also, Hikaru, like Hikaru, is aware that she is a monster, but the fear and loneliness comes from the fact that she just wants to be close to her favorite Yoshiki, but that might not come true. I really love Hikaru's attitude of trying to learn about people's emotions while fighting against her instincts to capture her own Yoshiki while trying to protect Yoshiki, and the fact that she always blames innocently like a child when she honestly clashes with her emotions. To be honest, I'm not good at BL... this is the best comic I can't take my eyes off of, including the mess that has already surpassed that level and I don't know if it's friendship or love. finally. If you haven't watched the anime yet, don't miss it!!! I want you to watch anime too!! The voice actor's addiction, the beauty of the images, and the music are terrible.

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Nov 30, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

ちゃんと怖い

It's really scary

あまりホラー作品を怖いと感じたことがないタイプなのですが、この作品のホラー描写は怖い。1話からすごく怖い。

I'm the type that never felt very afraid of horror films, but the horror depictions in this work are scary. I'm really scared from episode 1.

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Nov 12, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

夢中で読める

I can read it like crazy

面白いです。最初はB　Lかな？と思って読み始めたのですが、いい意味で期待を裏切られました。そういった描写もありますが(B　Lかどうかは人によって解釈が違いそう。私的には友情よりだと思ってる)、それよりも次の展開が気になって一気読みしていました。ホラー系大丈夫な方なら、ぜひ読んで欲しいです。

It's interesting. Was it BL at first? I thought about it and started reading it, but I was disappointed in a good way. There is also such a description (BL or not seems to be interpreted differently depending on the person. (Personally, I think it's more than friendship), but more than that, I was worried about the next development, so I read it all at once. If you don't mind horror, I definitely want you to read it.

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Oct 21, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

怖いのに切ない。

It's scary but sad.

This review contains spoilers. 登場人物たちが「何者なの！？」とか、これは呪いとかタタリとは違う「何かなの？」など、話にどんどん惹き込まれていきます。怖いはずなのに怖さより切なくなる。そんな気持ちです。

This review contains spoilers. The characters are “Who are they!?” or, this is different from a curse or tatari “something?” And so on, I'm getting drawn more and more into the story. It's supposed to be scary, but it's sadder than scary. That's how I feel.

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Oct 20, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

アニメからはいりました

I went in from anime

深夜になんとなく見たアニメからコミックに来ました。私的にはコミックの方が登場人物の表情が繊細で魅力があると思う。作品の不気味さも…。みんな好きだから悲しいラストにならないといいなぁ。

I came to comics from an anime I somehow watched in the middle of the night. Personally, I think comics are more attractive because the characters have more delicate expressions. The creepiness of the work is also... Everyone likes it, so I hope it doesn't end up sad.

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今までにない世界観

An unprecedented view of the world

とても複雑な世界観です。いろんなテーマが混ざり合っているので、一度ではなかなか理解できない部分もありますが、読み進めて行くと答えは意外とシンプルなのかも!ともおもえる作品です。目に見えないモノこそ大事だってことが分かる作品だと思います。オススメ!

It's a very complicated view of the world. There are various themes mixed together, so there are parts that are hard to understand at once, but as you read on, the answers may be surprisingly simple! It's a work that can also be thought of as. I think it's a work that shows that invisible things are important. I recommend it!

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Oct 14, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

シチュエーション最高すぎか！！

the situation is too great!!

This review contains spoilers. 私、ホラーは苦手なんですけど、それを上回る勢いで面白かった〜！！特に良かったのは、主人公が人ではない『ナニカ』に特別扱いされてるところが……めっっちゃ面白い。いや、ほんと、化け物に大切にされる人間ってシチュ最高じゃないですか？？村や化け物の謎解き？的な要素も面白いし、先が気になって仕方ないです。BL風味？やホラーに抵抗ある人でもオススメしたい。ぜひぜひ一度１巻を読んでみてほしい。めちゃくちゃ沼ると思いますので！！

This review contains spoilers. I'm not good at horror, but it surpassed that and it was interesting!! What was particularly good was that the main character is specially treated in “Nanika,” who is not a person... it's really interesting. No, really, don't people who are cherished by monsters have the best situation? solving mysteries of villages and monsters? The elements are also interesting, and I can't help but be worried about the future. BL flavor? I would recommend it even to people who are resistant to horror. I definitely want you to read volume 1 at least once. I think it's going to be insanely swampy!!

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Sep 28, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

奇妙だけど、面白い！

It's weird, but it's funny!

ホラー要素もあり、絵面も表現もとても奇妙な感じ。でも、惹きつけられる。ヒカルの本性を知りたくて読み続けてしまいました。早く次の巻が出て欲しい。

There are also horror elements, and the pictures and expressions are very strange. But I can attract them. I wanted to know Hikaru's true nature, so I kept reading. I hope the next volume comes out soon.

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Sep 20, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

面白かったです

That was interesting

This review contains spoilers. アニメの続きが気になり購入しました。アニメの続きは4巻途中からでしたが、映像になっていない部分を読むことができました。切なくて怖くて面白いです。

This review contains spoilers. I bought it because I was curious about the continuation of the anime. The continuation of the anime started in the middle of volume 4, but I was able to read the parts that weren't shown in the video. It's sad, scary, and funny.

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アニメとは違う作画の迫力

The power of drawing that is different from anime

アニメ化をきっかけに原作を読むことにしました。ホラー要素にはあまり期待していなかったのですが、独特の表現による空気感、音、呼吸や質感まであらゆる五感を簡単に想起できる工夫に満ちており、ちゃんと不気味でした。日本の民俗学的な要素も一般化されてうまくフィクションに落とし込まれており、それが作品全体に言い表しがたい緊張感を与えています。その上で、キャラクターたちの繊細な感情の機微や動揺がしっかりと描かれ、超常的なテーマでありながら現実の延長であるように感じられます。どこまでも丁寧で精緻に作り込まれた作品であり、一読の価値ありです。

I decided to read the original story in the wake of the animation. I wasn't expecting much of a horror element, but it was full of ingenuity that made it easy to recall all five senses, from air, sound, breathing, and texture due to unique expressions, and it was really creepy. Japanese folklore elements have also been generalized and successfully incorporated into fiction, which gives the entire work an indescribable sense of tension. On top of that, the subtlety and agitation of the characters' delicate emotions are clearly depicted, and it feels like an extension of reality even though it is a paranormal theme. It is a work that has been carefully and meticulously crafted, and is worth reading.

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ただのホラーではない

It's not just horror

深い・・・。死んだヒカルではないものが友達を守ろうとする。二人で穢れの穴に立ちむかおうとする。ヒカル出ないものになってもなお、守ろうとする、大事に思う、なんて強い二人の絆。何とか穴を閉じて収束してほしい。

deep... Someone other than Hikaru who is dead tries to protect his friend. The two of them try to stand in the pit of filth. What a strong bond between two people who try to protect and care even when Hikaru doesn't show up. I want them to somehow close the hole and converge.

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漫画に音があるんだって

They say comics have sounds

漫画にもうるさいとか静かとかそういう音があるんだってこれで初めて知ったこれは静かな夏の音がする少年がじゃれてセミが鳴いて怪事件も起こってるのにずっと静寂……

I first learned that comics also have sounds like loud or quiet, and this one is quiet all the time even though a boy makes quiet summer sounds, cicadas cry, and strange incidents have occurred...

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Sep 03, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

おもろいです！

It's interesting!

This review contains spoilers. ホラー場面来る時に読者の不意打ちじゃなくて自衛しやすくてありがたいッス…(泣)段々す〇めの戸〇りっぽさ出てきて躍動感のある展開になってきてドキドキワクワクです。ちょいちょい挟んでくる小さいギャグがセンス高めでかなり好きです。

This review contains spoilers. I'm thankful that it's not a surprise for readers when horror scenes come, and it's easy to defend oneself... (crying) Little by little, the zero end of the door comes out and the development has a sense of dynamism, and it's exciting. I really like the little gag that comes in between because it has a great sense of style.

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Aug 24, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

夏に読むべき

Should read in summer

This review contains spoilers. 夏に見た方が面白いと思う！！ちょっとグロいなって思うところをあるけどそこがおもしろい！よしきがヒカルにどんどん依存していってる感じがすき

This review contains spoilers. I think it would be more interesting to watch it in summer!! There is something that I think is a bit gross, but that's interesting! I like the feeling that Yoshiki is becoming more and more dependent on Hikaru

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ぐっと引き込まれる作品です！

It's a work that draws me in a lot!

作品タイトルが気になって、アニメを見てから、原作が読みたくなって購入しました。読み応えありです！絵が印象的。アニメの方が全体的にホラー感が増すような気がします。初めて目にするストーリーで全く予想がつきません。。作者が描くこの漫画の世界観にぐっと引き込まれます。ぜひおすすめです！！

I was curious about the title of the work, and after watching the anime, I wanted to read the original, so I bought it. It's a great read! The picture is impressive. I feel like anime has an overall greater sense of horror. It's the first story I've seen, and I can't predict it at all.. I'm so drawn into the world view of this comic drawn by the author. I definitely recommend it!!

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Aug 18, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

ミステリー要素強め？

Strong mystery element?

This review contains spoilers. ホラー＆BLかと思いきや意外とミステリー要素もあってとても面白かったです！アニメ化されたとのことで読んでみましたが、これは面白い。

This review contains spoilers. I thought it was horror & BL, but surprisingly, it also had mystery elements, so it was very interesting! I read that it was made into an anime, and this is interesting.

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期待以上のおもしろさ

More fun than expected

アニメをきっかけに購入したのですが、想像以上におもしろくて一気に読んでしまいました。まず絵がとてもキレイで、スっと物語に入り込める読みやすさがあります。ホラー系は普段あまり得意ではないのですが、怖さと緊張感にドキドキしながらも最後まで夢中になって読み進められました。正直、最初はそこまで期待していなかったのですが、結果的に買って大正解。物語の先がどうなるか、今後の展開がとても気になる作品です。

I bought it in the wake of an anime, but it was more interesting than I had imagined, and I read it all at once. First of all, the pictures are very beautiful, and it's easy to read so you can quickly get into the story. I'm usually not very good at horror, but even though I was excited by the fear and tension, I was engrossed in reading until the end. To be honest, I wasn't expecting that much at first, but as a result, I bought it and it was a great answer. It's a work where I'm very concerned about future developments as to what lies ahead in the story.

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