The Summer Hikaru Died
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu
TV · Summer 2025 · 12 episodes · Finished
Must watchAniList 81%
Horror · Mystery · Psychological · Supernatural · Thriller
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Two best friends living in a rural Japanese village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. Growing up together, they were inseparable… until the day Hikaru came back from the mountains, and was no longer himself. “Something” has taken over Hikaru’s body, memories, feelings… and everything they know begins to unravel.
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Season picksMust watchSummer 2025A boy in rural Japan realizes his best friend died and was replaced by something that remembers loving him, and he accepts it anyway. One of the best horror manga around, and CygamesPictures with director Ryohei Takeshita knock the adaptation out of the park: pitch-perfect tension, impeccable detail, striking shots. The adaptation Uzumaki fans never dared dream of, and a front runner for anime of the year.
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