#the summer hikaru died

[robylovi]

would die for them

really drawn to characters who are copies of someone else and/or hollowed out inside. which could mean anything

[0rb-71]

The imperfect copy

[entertext]

HGSN 35-1

Chapter (Japanese)

(Please hit the green thumbs up at the end of the Japanese chapter to show support)

Rough translation by me

P1

(sfx: rumble)

(sfx: bzzt)

Maki: An earthquake...! And a blackout too!?

Rie: Here it comes!

Rie: Maki-kun! Come here! And put something...put your hat on!

P2

Rie: I thought something would happen when the hole was being closed. Something will definitely come here too.

(sfx: rumble)

Rie: Don't leave my side, okay?

Maki: W-wh-wh-why the hat!?

Rie: ...The less you end up seeing, the better.

P3

(sfx: wham wham wham)

Yoshiki: (It's fighting back...)

Yoshiki: (It's going crazy trying to prevent the hole from closing..!?)

P4

Yoshiki: *breathing heavily*

(sfx: frantic heartbeats)

Yoshiki: (What should I do?)

Yoshiki: (I don't have any powers like Kurebayashi-san does)

Yoshiki: (I'm just gonna die...!)

P5

(sfx: pulls back)

(sfx: rumble)

Yoshiki: ...?

Yoshiki: (My back is warm...)

(Tanaka: It's an extremely powerful talisman that will protect the bearer from evil.)

Yoshiki: Hichi-san...? You're protecting me...?

P6

Yoshiki: 'Hikaru'! Are you in there!?

(sfx: ka-tchick)

Yoshiki: (I can hear the sound of the stapler)

Yoshiki: Are you done yet!?

P7

(sfx: rip rip rip)

(sfx: squeeze)

Yoshiki: Wha...!

P8

(sfx: shove)

Yoshiki: (The legs are going for the hole one after another...)

Yoshiki: (Are they trying to widen it?)

(sfx: rumble)

Yoshiki: (I can't see the hole with all the legs in the way)

Yoshiki: (There's no way I can pull 'Hikaru' out like this...!)

Yoshiki: (There's...There's gotta be something I can do...)

P9

Yoshiki: (The knife from back then...)

Yoshiki: (I never returned it to the kitchen, and I brought it with me just in case for protection)

(sfx: heavy breathing)

Yoshiki: (I've got no clue if physical attacks even work on impurities, but...)

P10

(sfx: heart pounding)

(sfx: trembling)

Yoshiki: U...ugh...

Yoshiki: WAUGH!!

P11

(sfx: squelch)

Yoshiki: Aaaaauuuugh!!

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1 (link):

Kaoru: Dad's big. Will my brother become like that too?

Yoshiki's physical potential is high, so if he worked out, he'd become pretty dependable.

2 (link):

Made a cover out of newspaper and hid it under his bed

[yumaversal]

something i really love abt tshd is how queerness is so intrinsic to the plot without it being the main focus, it’s pretty common in anime/manga where if there are canon queer characters, the word gay or actual queer struggles are never mentioned. but in tshd, yoshiki is very clearly repressed and closeted living in a rural, homophobic town in japan. it’s *suffocating* him, the only person he really had was hikaru but now he’s “gone” but still not quite gone, leaving him tethered back to this town. it’s obviously a super common sentiment among queer people who live in rural areas to want to escape into city.

and i know everyone laughs at this panel for the iconic ell jee bee tea thing. but in context it’s one of the most heartbreaking and relatable scenes in the whole manga imo. the people of this town aren’t just homophobic, but they’re trying to erase the mere existence of gay people as a whole by covering it up. its pretty obvious that yoshiki is depressed, and it’s easy on the surface to think its solely because he literally has a monster possessing his dead childhood friend/crush’s corpse. but its pretty clear that it only strengthened what was already there. (lowkey his themes are very reminiscent of owen in ‘i saw the tv glow’)

it’s hilarious seeing people say “why did they have to make it gay” ever since the anime trailer came out bc truthfully this story would not work nearly as well as it does if it wasn’t just some random ass straight couple. i really hope anime watchers look deeper into the narrative instead of just saying “omg its uwu toxic yaoi” or “it’s a horror anime with forced woke gay ppl in it”

[natihappiness]

Screaming my lungs out because of them.

SICKENING. ABSOLUTELY SICKENING.

[mintifreshtea]

I haven’t rendered full backgrounds in a bit and honestly I kind of like doing complicated backgrounds 💔

[bubbleorb]

[The Summer Hikaru Died]

[kolomo]

THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED (2025) "Can I ask you something strange? You're not Hikaru, are you?"

[snalsupremacy]

images from my PowerPoint out of context (the gon and killua one is also about hgsn trust)

[kordya]

I'm reading "The summer that hikaru died " and is fascinating!!!! I love it ! That's a simple drawing. I'll post more soon :>

[florbe-triz]

[wacuoms]

the summer hikaru died x satosugu crossover

[hikarusource]

The Summer Hikaru Died | Official Teaser

[futilys]

dead boy cares

if anyone would like a risograph print of this- i now have a shop !!

[shut-up-hope]

WAITER!!! pass me another round of white/dark hair doomed yaoi