Hikaru Indou - Blog Posts

Manga coloring #9

This manga is so good 😭🙏, I'm so glad it's getting an anime 😝😝

Oh we’re going there for real! Yoshiki being attached to ‘HIKARU’ because he sees himself in him, identifying with the label “monster” because of his alienation and internalized homophobia from growing up queer in a rural village……!!!

The Summer Satoru Died

The Summer Hikaru Died art by me so far

I'll carry that sin with you

New key visual for the animated series!

The people’s princess

I don't get why people are purposefully ignoring the queer undertones of The Summer Hikaru Died for the sake of other's liking it.

Don't worry, they don't feel anything towards each other! They say, in order to encourage people to read it. I mean what???

Yes, it's not a love story but. I'm so tired of seeing comments on social media putting down Yoshiki's feelings and development thorough the manga saying that he doesn't feel anything, that his feelings are not important, that it's just horror and that's it. There's no way some people lack this comprehension skills.

Y'all can't just ignore Yoshiki was born and raised in a small village in the middle of nowhere and how being different led him to feel like shit. And that that's one of the topics of the manga, it's explicitly showed. And it is completely OK to have this side of the narrative while being a psychological horror story, yk? No need to erase it.

He's gay, get over it. He's a teen, feels ashamed and lost, he feels trapped in this village, he's troubled, he's different and he's invested in closing paranormal holes with the monster who took over his dead best friend's body, aka TheEntity™, and a spiritual grandma for the sake of the world. It's just queer stories don't always need to be about romance.

The Summer Hikaru Died (anime adaptation) is going to test people's literacy and we all know it's not going to end well. Specially when we're used to see queer couples being fetishized in japanese media.

I'd say this is what media needs. More stories like this one. Romance is not the plot, but feelings still matter for it to exist and develop.

Anyways, don't lose energy trying to tell people and engaging in fights on tiktok comments. Just enjoy that this beautiful manga is getting an adaptation!! I personally love it and I'm waiting for the seventh volume to release <3

Read the manga, it's absolutely beautiful, the art is on point. The whole process of Yoshiki seeing 'Hikaru' (the thing) instead of Hikaru his dead bestie is amazing. It's so well written.

Before I saw this trailer I had actually no idea what The Summer Hikaru Died was about. I knew people had been talking about how it was really well-written, I knew it had queer rep, and purely based on the title I suspected it might be a tragedy. I didn't expect the quiet horror laying the foundation for a really compelling (terrifying?) romance.

Y'all, I am beyond excited for this series now. The sound design, the animation style, the fact that there are so few anime titles that are true horror. If the whole series adaptation is as well-done as the trailer looks this is going to be one to remember.

Hikaru’s smile appreciation post

— I wanna be with you, even if you're not Hikaru.

theres a word for people like him

:3

Hugs That Burn

characters: Yoshiki Tsujinaka and Hikaru Indou

summary and warnings: trauma-related dreams, crying, fluff(?) to angst • yoshikis consciousness doesnt want to accept the fact that hikaru isnt himself anymore

notes: this was kinda half-assed since im getting burnt out sorry😭

masterlist

"Yoshiki-kun, good morning!"

A small weight was pressed to his chest, his eyes fluttered open.

Hikaru was on top of him, well, laying down on top of him. A bright smile was casted on the white-haired boys face. A smile that seemed human.

"Good morning, Hikaru..?"

Yoshiki-kun. Hikaru hasn't called him that since he-

Wait.

His eyes widened as he frantically ripped off Hikaru's shirt, the other boy nervously telling him to stop.

There wasn't a hole there.

Yoshiki pressed his head against Hikaru's collarbone and touched around his chest. It felt so real to him.

"Hikaru, I- I missed you."

"Whaddya mean? Ya make it sound like I died or somethin'."

Oh.

He cried.

Cried as Hikaru tried to console him, holding the sobbing boy gently and whispering random words into his ear, as if it would make a difference. It didn't. It didn't matter because Hikaru was still dead.

He has two fake Hikaru's now.

And the real one was never coming back.

So he stayed like that for a while, trying to calm down and just pretend it was actually the boy he knew. But he felt himself waking up.

"Don't make me leave, Hikaru. This is cruel!"

Dream Hikaru seemed confused.

"What do ya mean? This is your house."

But it didn't feel like home.

His bed felt heavy. And there he was.

Fake Hikaru 1.

"Morning, 'Shiki!"

The morning wasn't good. It didn't feel right anymore.

He slowly sat up and glanced at the stranger in his bed. The imposter pretending to be his best friend.

But as long as he had somewhat of his Hikaru, original or not, he supposed he would be fine.

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parallels, yes, but one is a disguised betrayal :')

Hikaru Indou

panel redraw.

im pretty proud of this one ngl

The summer hikaru died fanart

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Go read the manga, its so good, cant wait for the anime lol o(｀ω´ )o