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光が死んだ夏 [Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu] #2
Літо, коли помер Хікару, Том 2
У нього обличчя, голос, спогади Хікару� Проте Йошікі � його найкращий друг. Він не міг не помітити, що істота, яка тоді повернулася з гір, � не його Хікару.
Йошикі намагається прийняти підмінка, на позір ідеальну копію хлопчика, якого він так добре знав� Адже відштовхнути «Хікару» означає остаточно втратити друга. Йошікі не готовий, він не може, не хоче приймати цю втрату. Тож він спостерігає. Звикає. Вдає, що все добре. Аж поки сутність перед ним не втрачає контроль, і тоді перед Йошікі розкривається моторошний, незнаний досі світ�
Йошикі намагається прийняти підмінка, на позір ідеальну копію хлопчика, якого він так добре знав� Адже відштовхнути «Хікару» означає остаточно втратити друга. Йошікі не готовий, він не може, не хоче приймати цю втрату. Тож він спостерігає. Звикає. Вдає, що все добре. Аж поки сутність перед ним не втрачає контроль, і тоді перед Йошікі розкривається моторошний, незнаний досі світ�
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First published October 4, 2022
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July 26, 2023
I can’t decide if this manga is more unsettling or sad. The subtle horror of an unknown creature being close to the protagonist is unnerving, though I can’t help wanting ‘Hikaru� to stay by Yoshiki’s side if only for the comfort of his physical resemblance to his best friend.
It hurts so bad knowing that Yoshiki will never be able to confess his feelings to the real Hikaru, especially now that ‘he� implied they were probably reciprocated while the he was still alive :(
Getting to see Hikaru’s death and his last few thoughts really solidified the deep bond these two boys shared, though my heart suffered for it!!
This is a great manga so far.
It hurts so bad knowing that Yoshiki will never be able to confess his feelings to the real Hikaru, especially now that ‘he� implied they were probably reciprocated while the he was still alive :(
Getting to see Hikaru’s death and his last few thoughts really solidified the deep bond these two boys shared, though my heart suffered for it!!
This is a great manga so far.
September 25, 2024
This story continues to be weird and kind of sad. I can’t wait to see where it’s going
December 25, 2023
i have a gut feeling that this series would not end well. i'm not escaping the curse of reading stories of gay tragedy huh
January 26, 2024
gay coming of age that uses monstrosity as a theme for sexuality awakening? yeah that’s a big fat yes from me!!!!
May 20, 2024
i love how the art style is actually pretty cute and beautiful despite the gruesomeness of the story. im enjoying this so much, i can't imagine how cool an anime adaptation of this would look
edit: OMG I MANIFESTED IT. ANIME ADAPTATION SCHEDULED FOR 2025!!🥳
edit: OMG I MANIFESTED IT. ANIME ADAPTATION SCHEDULED FOR 2025!!🥳
May 13, 2023
Manga que en algunas partes es categorizado como "BL", aunque de romance tiene más bien poco (menciones), lo que sobresale es la peligrosa cercanía entre los humanos y lo desconocido.
No estoy segura, pero sospecho que bebe del universo creado por Junji Ito, aunque con menos elementos grotescos y más desarrollo de personalidad para los personajes centrales. Toca temas sociales, también, aunque no profundiza en ellos.
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Me causa gracia que las portadas sean tan cute y la historia tan oscura xD
No estoy segura, pero sospecho que bebe del universo creado por Junji Ito, aunque con menos elementos grotescos y más desarrollo de personalidad para los personajes centrales. Toca temas sociales, también, aunque no profundiza en ellos.
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Me causa gracia que las portadas sean tan cute y la historia tan oscura xD
February 11, 2023
The thrill!! I need more! This series is consuming me inch by inch, just like that "it" to Yoshiki. You've traumatized me with the bathroom monsters, though. It's definitely your fault, Mokumoku, that I'm not taking a proper bath tomorrow.
August 23, 2023
manga is so much better when you have a physical copy
read as part of 202-Queer 🌈�
read as part of 202-Queer 🌈�
October 25, 2023
The mangaka manages to capture the creepy atmosphere so well! I need more!!!
January 5, 2024
coughing and hacking and curling into a ball � IM BEING CONSUMED AND ITS FATAL!!!!!!!
im so in love with hikaru and yoshiki’s dynamic; the push and pull of their affections, the withholding of love, the grief of losing a friend vs the yearning to hold his friends captor close, the scraping into ribcages and the cicadas constantly humming, the surge of love within an entity previously unbeknownst to the notion and his ironically human inability to handle it.
a boy and the ghost of his best friend. a creature and the boy his stolen body was in love with � OUGHHHFHHFHH OUCHHHH OOOFFFFF THE WOES FEED ME MORE!!!!!!!!!!! !!! !! !!!!!!!
im so in love with hikaru and yoshiki’s dynamic; the push and pull of their affections, the withholding of love, the grief of losing a friend vs the yearning to hold his friends captor close, the scraping into ribcages and the cicadas constantly humming, the surge of love within an entity previously unbeknownst to the notion and his ironically human inability to handle it.
a boy and the ghost of his best friend. a creature and the boy his stolen body was in love with � OUGHHHFHHFHH OUCHHHH OOOFFFFF THE WOES FEED ME MORE!!!!!!!!!!! !!! !! !!!!!!!
October 21, 2023
TL;DR: I love this series so far. :)
How to rate manga installments... idk. Normally 5 stars = Good enough I would definitely reread, but what does that mean for less exciting volumes in a series when I'm almost certain to reread them when a later volume shows up?
I liked this, but it does feel a little jumbled and is definitely less satisfying as a read than the first volume, but I think that can almost entirely be chalked up to being #2 in a series, so... ? Definitely still excited for the series and look forward to continuing. Yoshiki and *Hikaru's relationship continues to develop, and complicate, and some external threats are on the horizon.
The bits focusing on their school peers are not bad per se, but I think they kind of contribute to this volume feeling like it has a less solid throughline. The "bonus" chapter at the end of volume one actually caused me confusion at the beginning of this one as I naturally slotted it in chronologically between that volume and this, and it doesn't entirely make sense there as this one picks up on the ending of the first volume in a way that doesn't leave the emotional space for the fluffy content of the bonus chapter.
Looks like volume 3's not scheduled for english release until April. :(
FU squiggly little red line under "english", capitalizing names of languages is stupid and offensive.
How to rate manga installments... idk. Normally 5 stars = Good enough I would definitely reread, but what does that mean for less exciting volumes in a series when I'm almost certain to reread them when a later volume shows up?
I liked this, but it does feel a little jumbled and is definitely less satisfying as a read than the first volume, but I think that can almost entirely be chalked up to being #2 in a series, so... ? Definitely still excited for the series and look forward to continuing. Yoshiki and *Hikaru's relationship continues to develop, and complicate, and some external threats are on the horizon.
The bits focusing on their school peers are not bad per se, but I think they kind of contribute to this volume feeling like it has a less solid throughline. The "bonus" chapter at the end of volume one actually caused me confusion at the beginning of this one as I naturally slotted it in chronologically between that volume and this, and it doesn't entirely make sense there as this one picks up on the ending of the first volume in a way that doesn't leave the emotional space for the fluffy content of the bonus chapter.
Looks like volume 3's not scheduled for english release until April. :(
FU squiggly little red line under "english", capitalizing names of languages is stupid and offensive.
January 7, 2024
I read too many books where the plot is left to sway gently in the breeze in the background while characters talk or think about their feelings ever-so-earnestly in the foreground.
January 26, 2024
yeah, i am profoundly altered by this series. that's all i have to say. oh god...
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March 4, 2024ugh i totally hate it when my crush gives me the ick because the supernatural chasm in his chest feels like raw marinated chicken >.<
November 23, 2024
4.5/5
An amazing continuation to this very hunting series.
Drawings are still a 10/10 and the story is getting more intense and thrilling.
Not much happens in here but the atmosphere is very dark and creepy.
It looks like it's going to be a long journey.
Can't wait to have v3 in my hands, I tried to find it considering it was released this week, but it's still not out where I live yet sigh
An amazing continuation to this very hunting series.
Drawings are still a 10/10 and the story is getting more intense and thrilling.
Not much happens in here but the atmosphere is very dark and creepy.
It looks like it's going to be a long journey.
Can't wait to have v3 in my hands, I tried to find it considering it was released this week, but it's still not out where I live yet sigh
March 1, 2024
4.5 stars
do you ever think about how lonely eldritch horrors who live in the mountains must be?
do you ever think about how lonely eldritch horrors who live in the mountains must be?
April 24, 2024
loving this series � completely obsessed
August 21, 2024
This just het creepier and creepier, there are more things coming up and I need to know all of them so I'm looking forward for the next books.
The ghost in Hikaru's body is hiding something and that's no good, but I kinda feel bad for him even though I shouldn't.
Yoshiki is attracting "things" from the other side, so the old lady was right apparently, he just keeps getting closer to whatever the other side is.
"I got bounced back" (GHOST HIKARU)
The weird thing appears in his hands, and he leaves, I need to know what the f is that why is appearing like that and the consequences, also why does it goes all over Yoshiki when he touches the ghost
"Seriously at this point anyone will do... take my place and stay by his side" (HIRAKU)
He is almost dead, and he just thinks about leaving his friend alone, cute?
But maybe what he said was made the ghost take his body, cuz I don't think that everyone that's almost dying is possessed by a ghost, but that's probably not it, hopefully I'll get my answers.
"There's something appealing about you to those things from the other side" (GHOST HIKARU)
He says it like he isn't one of "those things from the other side", but we'll ignore that and is he "appealing" because Hikaru's ghost is there or there's another reason and that's why the ghost ended up there.
I'd said he should have listened to the lady, but the ghost isn't in his 5 senses so if Yoshi decides to leave or do something about it, he might kill him, or who knows.
(I need to see the ghost perspective, I need answers)
The ghost in Hikaru's body is hiding something and that's no good, but I kinda feel bad for him even though I shouldn't.
Yoshiki is attracting "things" from the other side, so the old lady was right apparently, he just keeps getting closer to whatever the other side is.
"I got bounced back" (GHOST HIKARU)
The weird thing appears in his hands, and he leaves, I need to know what the f is that why is appearing like that and the consequences, also why does it goes all over Yoshiki when he touches the ghost
"Seriously at this point anyone will do... take my place and stay by his side" (HIRAKU)
He is almost dead, and he just thinks about leaving his friend alone, cute?
But maybe what he said was made the ghost take his body, cuz I don't think that everyone that's almost dying is possessed by a ghost, but that's probably not it, hopefully I'll get my answers.
"There's something appealing about you to those things from the other side" (GHOST HIKARU)
He says it like he isn't one of "those things from the other side", but we'll ignore that and is he "appealing" because Hikaru's ghost is there or there's another reason and that's why the ghost ended up there.
I'd said he should have listened to the lady, but the ghost isn't in his 5 senses so if Yoshi decides to leave or do something about it, he might kill him, or who knows.
(I need to see the ghost perspective, I need answers)
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February 20, 2025
4.5 ⭐️
I am still digging this series a lot, this just wasn’t quite the same level of perfection as the first one. In this volume there is more set up for things to come, what appear to be bigger conflicts in the future. I think because of that I got a bit pulled out of Hikaru and Yoshiki’s storyline. I enjoy them so I was anxiously awaiting getting back to whatver they were doing. I also feel like there was some strange jumps to move along the story that didn’t feel natural enough.
I still can’t wait to get into the next volume! Anxiously awaiting my hold to come in from my local library!
I am still digging this series a lot, this just wasn’t quite the same level of perfection as the first one. In this volume there is more set up for things to come, what appear to be bigger conflicts in the future. I think because of that I got a bit pulled out of Hikaru and Yoshiki’s storyline. I enjoy them so I was anxiously awaiting getting back to whatver they were doing. I also feel like there was some strange jumps to move along the story that didn’t feel natural enough.
I still can’t wait to get into the next volume! Anxiously awaiting my hold to come in from my local library!
April 25, 2024
My favorite scene in this volume has to be Yoshiki ransacking Hikaru's insides. That scene has a very sensual and exquisite quality. Although I thought the continuation was weak, but the conclusion got me interested in reading it again.
November 22, 2023
Uh-oh.
Yeah, sure, "Hikaru" is more than a bit unnerving, highly dangerous, and we don't even know what exactly he is... But if evil, why cute.
The visual narrative in this volume is just as sublime as in the first one.
Yeah, sure, "Hikaru" is more than a bit unnerving, highly dangerous, and we don't even know what exactly he is... But if evil, why cute.
The visual narrative in this volume is just as sublime as in the first one.
June 12, 2023
Diese Reihe ist was ganz besonderes. Schaurig und gleichzeitig herzerwärmend. Ich hoffe sehr, dass die weiteren Bände nicht mehr allzu lange auf sich warten lassen. 🙏🏼
September 13, 2023
what if you were a supernatural being in the body of my dead best friend and now we had to deal with spirits and demons haunting our village and the pain of grief and we were both boys
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 26, 2024
this is honestly so interesting 😭
brings me back to my horror era from 3 years ago
brings me back to my horror era from 3 years ago
December 17, 2023
I do find something about this series to be a little hard to get into, I'm not really sure what it would be. The art cool, I like the hints of the romance between the two characters, however, something is just keeping me from really getting drawn into the story. I do have a friend who really loves this series, so I think it is just maybe a me thing, I will continue following the series, but I hope that changes for me soon.
February 27, 2024
Constantly thinking about the fact that Mokumokuren started conceiving the idea for this series during their high school entrance exams (roughly when they were 15 or 16 y.o.) and started working on it right after high school graduation. They're simply too powerful.
February 20, 2024
this being my first manga too i am frightened
May 25, 2024
Wow, a lot of revelations on this one.
Hikaru is dead and Yoshiki knew this long before everyone, which is why he asked the question on the first chapter.
Hikaru still feels conflicted by his feelings, old and new.
Yoshiki is warned what will happen if he doesn’t act on ‘taking care� of the creature in the forest that now lives in his friend. He doesn’t know what could be the right thing to do. He loves his best friend too much, even if Hikaru is not himself anymore.
An outsider is called do 'deal' with Hikaru, by the villagers. They give more clues as to what Hikaru could be.
Hikaru is dead and Yoshiki knew this long before everyone, which is why he asked the question on the first chapter.
Hikaru still feels conflicted by his feelings, old and new.
Yoshiki is warned what will happen if he doesn’t act on ‘taking care� of the creature in the forest that now lives in his friend. He doesn’t know what could be the right thing to do. He loves his best friend too much, even if Hikaru is not himself anymore.
An outsider is called do 'deal' with Hikaru, by the villagers. They give more clues as to what Hikaru could be.
October 14, 2023
PELO AMOR D DEUS, SÓ MELHORA??? eu tô completamente obcecado por essa história e já tô catando um monte d scan em iTALIANO pra poder continuar a ler!!!
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