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The Summer Hikaru Died Exhibition Review (Minor Spoilers)
Anne Estrada reviews the The Summer Hikaru Died anime exhibition held in Ikebukuro, Tokyo in 2025.
#166 - Best Anime of 2025
While other podcasts did their end of year retrospective two months ago, why rush when you can take 3 months? In this episode, Sarah, Austin, Tori, and Bill…
Chainsaw Man, Solo Leveling, Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc, KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE, May I Ask for One Final Thing?
Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2025
Once again, we’ve gathered animators, directors, producers, designers, and people passionate about art to share the works that resonated with them the most last year. It’s time for…
Chainsaw Man, Honey Lemon Soda, LAZARUS, Magical DoReMi, Anne Shirley
Anime Feminist’s Top Picks for 2025
2025 brought us multiple passion projects from talented women across the anime industry, and we only hope to be as lucky in 2026. The post Anime Feminist’s Top…
Mononoke, To Be Hero X, Apocalypse Hotel, Maebashi Witches, Medalist
Manga I’m Looking Forward to Reading in 2026
A quick discussion of what I'm most looking forward to reading in 2026.
2025 Anime – Top 12 ED Themes
“Ending theme post to follow… sometime, hopefully in December!”… meh, close enough. 😛 Happy New Year! Here are my top 12 ending themes from anime that aired this…
The Summer Hikaru Died, Black Butler, A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof, My Dress-Up Darling, Anne Shirley
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu
Plot: It has been six months since Tsujinaka Yoshiki’s best friend, Indou Hikaru, went missing in the mountains and returned a week later with no recollection of what…
Episode 173: Summer in the CITY
CC kicks off the show by talking about the eerie folk horror show The Summer Hikaru died. Then John details the many comedic antics happening in CITY The…
Chatty AF 234: The Summer Hikaru Died Retrospective (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
Alex, Vrai, and Tony go elbow-deep exploring the queer themes and rural horror of The Summer Hikaru Died. The post Chatty AF 234: The Summer Hikaru Died Retrospective (WITH…
Summer 2025 End of Season Rankings
Temperatures are plummeting, clocks have turned back, and it’s getting very dark very early. Yep, summer sure has ended. Here are my thoughts on all the anime I…
DAN DA DAN, Grand Blue Dreaming, The Summer Hikaru Died, Nyaight of the Living Cat, Turkey!-Time to Strike-
Kaiseki Anime Podcast Episode 169 – Summer 2025 Season Review
You can find Kaiseki Anime Podcast on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. Subscribe to us now! Please also take a moment to rate and review us on Apple…
SAKAMOTO DAYS, The Summer Hikaru Died, Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, WITCH WATCH, A Couple of Cuckoos
The Summer Hikaru Died / HikaNatsu’s Seeping Horror And The Concept Of Enshutsu Anime
The Summer Hikaru Died / HikaNatsu‘s anime was conceptualized around Ryohei Takeshita’s adventurous direction, but without losing sight of the author’s core ideas. With a sequel on the…
2025 Summer Anime Season Ranked
“Hey guys, I’m back!!!” *an audience of six people are mildly excited* It’s been a rough summer for me. I turned 26 back in June, and I suddenly…
Gachiakuta, My Dress-Up Darling, One Piece, The Summer Hikaru Died, CITY THE ANIMATION
The Return of Dark Fantasy Anime
Fantasy anime that are not isekai are making a comeback, and shows like Clevatess are leading the charge. 00:00 Intro 01:42 Patreon 02:02 What is Clevatess about? 04:32 Alicia 06:42 Klen 09:44 Watch…
Call of the Night, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, The Summer Hikaru Died, WITCH WATCH
Return of the Con: Otakon 2025
Otakon has always been one of my favorite conventions. Ever since I started attending in 2018, it’s been a highlight of my summer—meeting friends, laughing with fans, and…
Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball, Princess Tutu, The Summer Hikaru Died, Urusei Yatsura
Episode 375 - The Summer Hikaru Died
This week, Shaun is adamant on finding something modern that Remington will enjoy. Will 5 episodes of The Summer Hikaru Died finally do the trick? Meanwhile Remington is beginning…
Non-Platonic Love in The Summer Hikaru Died
ALTWith Mokumokuren’s The Summer Hikaru Died being announced to end in just about 10 volumes,...
Episode 907: Summer 2025 Previews #1
This week on Anime Pulse we got a return to previews, a return of Andrew, and a very empty community topic. Up first Joseph finds out his unboxing…
My Summer Anime List
Summer is just around the corner, and I’m beyond excited to dive into all the new anime coming our way. New Titles: Mizu Zokusei no Mahoutsukai Daiichibu Silent…
Tsuihousha Shokudou e Youkoso!, Watari-kun no xx ga Houkai Sunzen, The Summer Hikaru Died, Kakushigoto, Silent Witch: Chinmoku no Majo no Kakushigoto
Pick of the Week: Gods, Ghosts and Teenagers
SEAN: There are a couple of debuts I’m very interested in. But my pick is the final volume of Teasing Master Takagi-san, a series I’ve loved since it…
(First Impressions, Volumes 1-3) The Summer Hikaru Died Raises the Bar for BL Manga
I have always avoided the BL subgenre of manga, mainly because I heard horror stories about them. And no, I didn’t hear anything from people who stigmatize LGBTQ+…
533 – Twiple Dip 12 – My Love Mixup! 2, The Summer Hikaru Died 3, Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai 3
Morgana is back to join us for Twiple Dip! We read the next volumes of My Love Mix-up!, The Summer Hikaru Died, and Dragon Quest: The Adventure of…
A Lot Has Changed… 2024 Year End Review
Sending off 2024 with something of a year end review.
TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: December 2 – December 8, 2024
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. All of the data you find…
Blue Box, School Babysitters, The Summer Hikaru Died, The Elusive Samurai, Mission: Yozakura Family
Weekly Round-Up, 30 October – 5 November 2024: Gender Change Laws, The Summer Hikaru Died, and Twitch Rule Changes
AniFem Round-Up “Every Inch of My Imagination”: Mangaka Makoto Yukimura on writing women and slavery in Vinland Saga We had the remarkable opportunity to interview Yukimura about writing…
Confusion and Rekindling in The Summer Hikaru Died Volume Two
From summer to fall, the story continues…
The Summer Hikaru Died Volume 4: The Original Sin
With horrors continuing to descend the mountain, The Summer Hikaru Died volume 4 sees its future turn murky, stained with blood.
Small-town Horror: Interview with The Summer Hikaru Died Creator Mokumokuren
Recently tapped for an anime adaptation and selling almost a quarter million copies, we spoke with Mokumokuren about their manga, body-horror, adolescence, and more.
508 – Twiple Dip 11 – The Summer Hikaru Died 2, Don’t Call It Mystery 3-4, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai 2
Join us as we continue to take advantage of Seamus's absence and revisit some manga for a Twiple Dip! We check out The Summer Hikaru Died 2, Don't…
Where Did the Light Go? Discussing The Summer Hikaru Died Volume One
Eventually, I’ll get back to picking up and talking about a manga series and actually finishing it, not right now though. Instead, let’s talk about a relatively new…
BLog: The Summer Hikaru Died Vol. 1
The Summer Hikaru Died Vol. 1Story and art: MokumokurenTranslation: Ajani OloyePublisher: Yen PressRelease Date: July 18, 2023 Let’s say you lose the person you care most about in…
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu / The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumoku Rei
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu / The Summer Hikaru Died is a poignant, deeply sublimated, barely acknowledged (but definitely queer) love story between a boy and… the monster that…
Weekly Round-Up, 20-26 December 2023: Yume Nikki Fangame, The Summer Hikaru Died, and Ancient Magus Bride AI Translation
AniFem Round-Up Youth in Revolt: How the late-80s/early-90s celebrated the young rebelling against their elders With the Yu Yu Hakusho live action movie out, it’s worth looking back…
479 – Manga Machinations Awards 2023
Happy holidays everyone! Welcome to our annual awards show! dakazu, Darfox8, Morgana, and seamus2389 celebrate with their individual awards, such as Why Are These Boy Problems™ So Fucking…
The Summer Hikaru Died: Where Body Horror and the Uncanny Valley Collide
#光が死んだ夏 #thesummerhikarudied 🔺 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL 🔺 PATREON: https://patreon.com/linesinmotion YOUTUBE MEMBER: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbXBnHUfiuZJYfjmocDfhEQ/join PAYPAL: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/linesinmotion KO-FI: https://ko-fi.com/linesinmotion 🗺️ OTHER 🗺️ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/linesinmotion TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@linesinmotionyt SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m3dMfqxRk2P-2b5YnmB9zpeEuMZyQgn-eDXezIGw4uY/edit?usp=sharing (Once again, a thank you to levbolton on…
470 – Triple Dip 76 – #DRCL midnight children, Panorama of Hell, Homunculus
Darfox is out sick this episode, but that doesn't stop us from getting into week 3 of October Extravaganza! We've got a horror manga Triple Dip of #DRCL…
467 – Triple Dip 75 – The Summer Hikaru Died, ATOM: The Beginning, Boy’s Abyss
On this episode we birthday presents, Crazy Food Truck, Youkoso! FACT (Tokyo S-ku Dai Ni Shibu) e, and more! Then we dig into a Triple Dip on The…
The Summer Hikaru Died GN 1
The Summer Hikaru Died ties everything together into a cohesive story where longing, loneliness, and vulnerability feed into the sense of creeping dread.
Absolutely one of the best manga reads of 2023 by far.
While friendships are fun, they sometimes can be very scary. There often will be tense moments of potential conflict where one doesn't know how to address it. Neither…
The Summer Hikaru Died Volume 1 Manga Review
The Summer Hikaru Died is a psychological horror seinen manga series by Mokumokuren and published in English by Yen Press.
Reader’s Corner: Kaiju No. 8 (Vol. 7), A Galaxy Next Door (Vol. 5), and The Summer Hikaru Died
While the charm and creativity of fantastic worlds and cool science fiction may enthrall us, it’s rare to keep with a series based on those elements alone. We…
Upcoming Manga Releases & Licensing Wishes For 2023
2023 is a stacked year for shoujo and josei manga! There's so many series I'm looking forward to reading but here's just a few. PLUS we're talking about…