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The Summer Hikaru Died

2025 · 2 seasons

A quiet, sunlit village summer slowly curdles into unease as something familiar turns subtly wrong.

Genres
Animation, Drama, Mystery
Overview
Six months ago, Hikaru vanished for a week. Now, as his best friend Yoshiki senses something amiss and confronts him, the harrowing truth emerges.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Identity, grief, isolation, friendship
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror6
    Humour2
    Realism4
    Romance3
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    animation, drama, mystery, sci-fi & fantasy
    Created by
    Ayumu Uwano, Kohei Kido, Mitsuhiro Osako, Ryohei Takeshita
    Written by
    Oki Murayama, Ryohei Takeshita
    Starring
    Chiaki Kobayashi, Shuichiro Umeda, Chikahiro Kobayashi, Wakana Kowaka, Yumiri Hanamori, Yoshiki Nakajima, Shion Wakayama, Ryoko Shiraishi
    Music
    Taro Umebayashi
    Cinematography
    Tomohiro Maeda
    Length
    2 seasons, 12 episodes, 24 min each
    Network
    Nippon TV
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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