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Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu
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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>~~~"Even if you're not Hikaru... I still want to stay by your side"~~~ It has a certain type of horror which does not depend on blood, jump scares, and monsters in darkness. It is the worst thing the acknowledgment of the fact that you still stand in one place near something you love, yet somethin…
Read full review on AniList →~~~What is love? Is it something a monster can feel? Does a monster even have the right to feel such a thing?~~~ Oh my gosh, one of my favorite manga got an amazing adaptation, and I couldn't be happier. This anime perfectly mixes the emotion and horror of the original manga to the point of making…
Read full review on AniList →What would you do if your childhood friend were to die, just for a spirit to possess and reanimate his body, living life like nothing ever happened? This interesting question is what The Summer Hikaru Died poses as it's guiding premise. A thought-provoking what-if that opens an array of doors to pos…
Read full review on AniList →_[This review contains no major spoilers, but I will be talking all about the series, so if you want to have a completely new experience, JUST WATCH IT!!!]_ The story follows two teenage boys, Yoshiki and Hikaru-.. wait, no. The real Hikaru is dead and has been possessed by some.. entity. _TSHD_ is…
Read full review on AniList →~~~~~~~~~ img(https://a.storyblok.com/f/178900/1330x748/a97bf8d0d2/the-summer-hikaru-died.png) ---- This anime masterfully blends psychological horror with a deeply human story about attachment and relationships. I’ve never seen an anime that weaponizes quiet rural summers this effectively. C…
Read full review on AniList →<center> ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ <a>Considerations</a> ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ ● <a>This is a spoiler-free review</a>. ● 80+ in my rating means <a>really good</a>. ● <a>I've added one of the anime soundtracks to the sound section</a>. If you wish, scroll down, start it, and use it as your background music while you rea…
Read full review on AniList →Olá, essa é a minha primeira review, aqui no anilist, estou fazendo por pura diversão, mas me atentando aos fatos. De qualquer forma, isso é mais pra quem se sente um montro na vida real, perto de outros seres humanos considerados "normais". As coisas aqui são a minha visão em relação a série. Qualq…
Read full review on AniList →*** <img src="https://i.imgur.com/mKI71w7.jpeg" align="center" width="#10" > <p align="justify">We associate summer as a time where we can loosen up. Though we may not like the hot weather it brings, it refreshes us through festivals, food, and moments shared among friends (or even shared with a po…
Read full review on AniList →The Summer Hikaru Died is not really a story about horror. It’s a story about refusing to let someone go. From the very beginning, the body horror and supernatural elements felt secondary to the emotional core of the story. The real horror was never the creature wearing Hikaru’s face, but Yoshiki…
Read full review on AniList →~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~img510(https://imgur.com/bG9YDk7.png)~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~ >“Whatever you are, havin’ ya by my side is way better than not havin’ you at all.” – Yoshiki ~~~ ~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~ ~~~The Summer Hikaru D…
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