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The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1

Mokumokuren

4.29 AVERAGE

marzi's review

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sriyasbooks's review against another edition

4.5

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The anime is such a faithful, loving adaptation except in certain, FRUSTRATING ways. I wish they didn’t purposely mistranslate just how open “Hikaru” is about how he feels about Yoshiki now. I just think it’s such an important distinction from all the things they left unsaid from before. And I will say that the little asides and doodles really added to my experience of the manga. It makes it more heartbreaking to see these snippets of Yoshiki. My heart broke for them with the bonus scene of the hairclips. Anyway, there’s so few stories I’ve seen published that capture this exact feeling. Small town queer yearning, and that specific mixture of guilt and excitement and yearning and anticipation and fear and so much want. Oh, Yoshiki. I think his inner monologue also helps a lot in terms of making Yoshiki’s stress more realized. 

lasttuesdayforever's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

haritread's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

elizabethblue's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

m4rvtr's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

windywistera8's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

aaabeegui's review

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

elilhrairah's review against another edition

4.0

dark

kisseslilith's review against another edition

4.0

fast-paced

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I'll take "Hikaru" over Hikaru any dayyyyy.