#hikaru indoh

[sebdoesthings]

Wacky little thought, but what if this movie had an actual impact on 'Hikaru's feelings for Yoshiki and how he acts towards him?

He's so upset at the plight of this woman who gets treated by her husband as if she's completely replacable, and he goes on to fully dedicate himself to Yoshiki, shaping himself, learning human morals and mannerisms, making extreme sacrifices for and letting himself be hurt by him both mentally and physically. Choosing Yoshiki time and time again. The complete opposite of the man in the movie.

This idea first came to me because of the "you're a demon in the flesh" line. It seems just a bit too pointed to be meaningless.

[karafina]

Hikaru

[ilart]

did you know living saints used to be depicted with square halos?

[id: digital fanart of Yoshiki and Hikaru from the manga Hikaru ga shinda natsu in primarely blue-green hues. Yoshiki and Hikaru are facing each other directly as Hikaru touches Yoshikis shoulder with his right hand, Yoshiki in turn is holding Hikaru's forearm with his own right hand. Yoshiki has a sad expression on his face and is crying, his bangs partially cover his face and it is not possible to descern where he is looking. Hikaru's eyes are wide open as he stares directly as Yoshiki, his expression is neutral. there is a red mass that looks like Lord Brainsnatcher's true form leaking from his eye as if he was also crying. more of Lord Brainsnatcher's true form is leaking from Hikaru's right arm, it is colored in bright and dark reds and pink. Yoshiki's head is surrounded by a square golden halo, while Hikaru's is surrounded by a circular one of the same color. The background is dark green with an overlaid light green dot pattern.]

[whitehairanimeboystereotype]

Better, even.

[helminth1c]

just read volume 3,,,,,,, what do u guys think wouldve happened if "hikaru" actually DID die.... oh my godddddddd. anyway give me hgsn drawing requests pls !

[the-queerdeer]

horror and boys love, my two favorite things 💀

[banditoswift]

so let me get this straight… “hikaru” wouldve granted yoshiki any wish, and yoshiki just wished for “hikaru” to come back to him when he literally could’ve wished for ANYTHING including even asking for hikaru to be alive again?

[sunarins]

YALL i finally got this artwork tattooed today after months of dreaming about it SOBS

thank you @yescking for allowing me to get your art on me permanently, it’s now my favourite tattoo <3333

[honorthysalad]

I love Hichi so much

[levbolton]

i spent 3 minutes trying to come up with a description for this

just.... read....

jpn source

[sebdoesthings]

Kurebayashi-san isn't having ANY of this homosexual activity

[thyandrawrites]

Hmm would you recommend the summer hikaru died? Ive wanted to read it for a while but always got too lazy but now with the anime i might try it again

(tl;dr at the end)

I do! Honestly I'm neither a horror nor a MCD fan. But between the gorgeous artwork, the nuanced character writing, the eerie atmospheres, the (relatable for me) feelings of alienation as a queer person in a small rural town, and the unfolding mystery of the Great Brainsnatcher's real origins and the Indoh family's sin, it snatched my attention enough to keep following, and now I'm glad that I did.

Fair warning tho, this manga deals heavily with the theme of the loss of a loved one you didn't get to grieve properly (cause he's still around for everyone else, even if it's just a fake replacing him) and the helplessness that follows. So if you're sensitive to that topic, it might not be a story for you. The titular Hikaru dies before the story even starts, but you get to know him through Yoshiki's (his best friend and MC) memories and his (unrequited?) feelings for him, and you get attached anyway.

I'll admit that it was a rough read for me at first because of this, since I can't handle MCD that well 😭 but the story is an underrated gem and I recommend sticking with it, cause it's about so much more than just grief imo. The exploration of Yoshiki's internalized homophobia and self-hatred through the theme of alienation, of never quite fitting in, of belonging with the only other person who doesn't, who later ends up being a literal monster that can't belong in your same place of existence, lest reality as you know might crumble with him.

I have only one criticism of this story and it's the fact that the queer angle becomes a lot less overt in later volumes (tho not entirely dropped). Later on, Yoshiki's initial feelings of alienation as a gay guy in a small rural town shift into the alienation he faces at being the sole person knowing the truth about 'Hikaru'.

I've seen people dismiss the anime after learning that it's "a BL" but that's such an asinine take cause this story isn't that. It's so much more. It's not a romance, it's the story of Yoshiki's internal journey, the way he processes his romantic feelings as something shameful, something to keep quiet, to bear alone even if it tears him apart inside. Which later on becomes less a theme and more literal.

TL;dr: It's a fascinating story. An underrated gem, which I recommend to anyone who likes psychological horror and nuanced character writing, as well as the trope of monsterfucking as an exploration of queerness (that last one is a half-joke, but not quite 😂)

[ilart]

can you keep a secret?

[id: fanart of Hikaru Indoh from the manga Hikaru Ga Shinda Natsu in primarely pink, white, and bright red hues. Hikaru is a japanese teenage boy with white hair and green-grey eyes with red pupils. he is smiling brightly and his sharp canine teeth are showing. behind him, to the right, is an identical figure holding a finger up to its mouth in a shushing gesture, its left eye is deformed and a vast red and pink mass comprised of abstract patterns resembling human cell structures is drpping down from it and expanding behind the real Hikaru. the backround is green with small petroleum green polka dots.]

[chronicoverthinker]

Some part of me still wishes for a happy ending for this manga , but at the time Yoshiki’s death has been foreshadowed by mokmoklen so many times, even before she started publishing the manga , that I genuinely don’t know what to expect.

We know that the brain snatcher is able to grant wishes , BUT we also know that for a wish to be granted it needs to get something in return.

That’s also why I believe that so many deaths happened in the past , making the Indoh family commit a taboo. What would be considered forbidden to ask a god ? The first thing that comes to mind is of course bringing someone back to life. And the reason as to why it’s because to do that you have to balance it out with a large amount of deaths to bring back order once again between the world of the dead and the living. (This is just my theory btw mayhaps in a month mokmoklen will prove me wrong cause I’m a loser like that)

And we also know that when Hikaru died he literally asked the brain snatcher to grant HIS wish , to keep Yoshiki safe and assure his happines in his stead. So it’s obvious that “Hikaru” is going to get something out of this. And it might just be Yoshiki as a whole tbh… Still in my head the real Hikaru is still alive and they’re living happily ever after

[starrylolwhy]

Deku as Hikaru Indoh because I'm crazy

[killiakill]

u know what we dont talk about is that we still dont know exactly how hikaru's father actually died. all we know is it happened five years ago on the mountain, so presumably during the previous indoh ritual to appease unuki-sama.

so... what do u think are the chances that 'hikaru' was somehow responsible 🤔