1.49k reviews for:

The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1

Mokumokuren

4.29 AVERAGE

sutterkeely's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chishiya404's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mosprose's review against another edition

4.5

---

Really like the atmosphere the mangaka is setting up here. The concept too has me super intrieged. I look forward to reading the next volume.

tinaangst's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

italktoomuchhelp's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

raichou's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

---

Bevor ich den Anime schaue, muss ich den Manga zumindest anfangen. 
Aber der der erste Band hat mich bereits so überzeugt, dass der Rest auch gut wird, dass ich auf jeden Fall weiterlesen werde. 

Ich liebe den Aspekt, dass hier auch eine Art Kosmischer Horror vorkommt, den man nicht ganz verstehen oder begreifen kann selbst wenn man ihn sieht. 

Ich bin sehr gespannt wie sich die Beziehung zwischen Yoshiki und nicht-Hikaru weiter entwickelt.

aurelia2005's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

alkaliars's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: Character

jseicas's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

---

This book is genuinely scary, and enthralling, and romantic. It pulls from the incredibly real terror of young homoeroticism and the crushing weight of gay love in a small town. The characters are classic, yet they don't feel flat, and the art is lovely. Some of the writing isn't my favorite, but I genuinely appreciate the localization that went into the translation and what I'm sure reflects a lot of stylistic choices in the original version. 

I'm very excited for the following volumes, and in my googling, I found out there's a show! So whichever comes next, I hope to enjoy it as much as I did this one. 

chifrui's review

---

read in high school up to vol 4 because the rest weren’t out then read some of vol 5 on release