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The Summer Hikaru Died (manga)

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Alternative title:
El verano en que Hikaru murió (Spanish)
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu (Japanese)
L'estate in cui Hikaru è morto (Italian)
Lato, kiedy umarł Hikaru (Polish)
O Verão em que Hikaru Morreu (Portuguese)
光が死んだ夏 (Japanese)
Genres: horror, romance
Plot Summary: Yoshiki and Hikaru have been friends since they were small, as the only two children around their age in the village. One summer though, Hikaru goes into the forest and comes back… different. He looks like Hikaru and has Hikaru's memories, but he's not him. Yoshiki, unsure what to do, decides to embrace the creature wearing his friend's face because even a fake is better than Hikaru simply being gone. But when weird things keep happening around the village, it may not be so easy to pretend that nothing has happened.
Chapter titles: We have 24
Vintage: 2021-08-31 (serialized on Young Ace Up)
Release dates: We have 9
Review:
The Summer Hikaru Died GN 1 (Jul 29, 2023)
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Interviews:
Small-town Horror: Interview with The Summer Hikaru Died Creator Mokumokuren (Jul 24, 2024)
『光が死んだ夏』漫画家モクモクれんインタビュー (Jul 24, 2024)
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    The Summer Hikaru Died (GN 1) 2023-07-18 (from $14.58)
    The Summer Hikaru Died (GN 2) 2023-10-17 (from $12.75)
    The Summer Hikaru Died (GN 3) 2024-04-16 (from $12.75)
    The Summer Hikaru Died (GN 4) 2024-08-20 (from $12.75)
    The Summer Hikaru Died (GN 5) 2025-03-25 (from $15.00)
    The Summer Hikaru Died (GN 6) 2025-10-28

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Mokumokuren
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kadokawa
English staff
English cast
Translation: Ajani Oloye

Design: Liz Parlett
Editing:
Abigail Blackman
Fortune Soleil (vol 3-4)
Jacquelyn Li (vol 5 -)
JuYoun Lee
Won Young Seo (vol 2)
Lettering: Abigail Blackman
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Yen Press
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Licensed by: Milky Way Ediciones (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Translation: Matteo Cremaschi
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: J-Pop
Polish staff
Polish cast
Translation: Patryk Skorupa
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Studio JG
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Publisher: Planet Manga (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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