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The Summer You Were There Manga #6
The Summer You Were There Vol. 6
A SEASON COMES TO AN ENDKaori's health continues to decline, but she does get permission from her doctors for a day out. Her a day at the beach with her friends. Shizuku is determined to make sure the day is perfect, but it's hard to keep up a cheerful face. Shizuku is also determined to finish the story that Kaori has asked her to write. But will Shizuku and Kaori's own story have a happy ending? Find out in the final volume of The Summer You Were There.
252 pages, Paperback
Published January 28, 2025
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May 9, 2025nurse i overdosed on the doomed yuri cocaine! wait nvm it might not be the right manga to make nurse jokes
August 24, 2024
I cried like a little child
June 25, 2024
I'm in tears.
July 16, 2024
the summer hikaru died… the summer you were there… is summer the season for doomed yaoi and yuri???
in all seriousness this was definitely good. although easily predictable, it handles stuff like trauma and bullying pretty well. hits you in the feels for sure.
in all seriousness this was definitely good. although easily predictable, it handles stuff like trauma and bullying pretty well. hits you in the feels for sure.
May 25, 2025
You know I knew it was coming (I knew from the beginning) but you are still never completely prepared for Kaori to die. I absolutely sobbed. I'm mad at Shizuku for not attending her funeral, I understand but I'm still mad at her. And the epilogue (5 years later) is really sweet. I have really enjoyed this series.
October 18, 2025
Even if I tried my best, I don't think I'd be able to come up with the words for this story. I have been crying and sobbing with every single illustration and word. I fell in love with this story so fast, I didn't give myself the time to even breathe in between volumes.
"Let me be proof that you lived. And the summer you were there... will be remembered as a happy story."
Kaori and Shizuku, in my universe you would have finally become a real couple, and went on many more dates, had a garden together, a dog and a fish tank, an overflowing library, and grew old
happily together.
Yuama-san, thank you for this wonderfully crafted story, and for allowing hope to be the light at the end of the tunnel.
(Unimportant side note: I listened to Rolling Girl by wowaka on repeat, and it enhanced the pain. Just a suggestion for angst lovers who like to be fully immersed in the pain.)
"Let me be proof that you lived. And the summer you were there... will be remembered as a happy story."
Kaori and Shizuku, in my universe you would have finally become a real couple, and went on many more dates, had a garden together, a dog and a fish tank, an overflowing library, and grew old
happily together.
Yuama-san, thank you for this wonderfully crafted story, and for allowing hope to be the light at the end of the tunnel.
(Unimportant side note: I listened to Rolling Girl by wowaka on repeat, and it enhanced the pain. Just a suggestion for angst lovers who like to be fully immersed in the pain.)
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January 1, 2026
I was a bit worried about how this one would go, and actually, I really enjoyed it. I thought they might pull a miracle cure out at last minute, but it actually had more gravitas for the mangaka not doing that. I liked the realism - that although Ruri and Shizuku will never be close friends, they were able to bridge that chasm enough to be cordial, and for Ruri to try and let go of that trauma, bit by bit. It was a sad ending, but didn't feel needlessly traumatic. I don't normally read sad stories, but I did enjoy this one. Recommended.
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October 28, 2024
need to rename this to "The Summer You Ugly Cried" :(
November 30, 2025
"It's just... you're still the only person I love"
Comforting myself with the fact that at least they got to say I love you to each other...
Comforting myself with the fact that at least they got to say I love you to each other...
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June 13, 2024
this made me cry an embarrassing amount
February 6, 2025
Like if you cried
February 3, 2025
I really tore a strip off this last time for being manipulative with its sick girl tropes and it definitely charges ahead to make sure you have your heartstrings tugged appropriately this time around.
And, you know, I didn’t mind it. Probably because these two have been manipulating one another anyway, although to a far more noble end than that particular word would typically indicate.
I think part of it is authorial intent, which is put forward at the end. They wanted to write a story where, even though somebody was dying, everybody came out somewhat okay from the experience. And I think that goal is achieved, honestly.
These are two people who came together and then saved one another’s lives in the process. In Kaori’s case that may not be enough to stave off the inevitable, but she got so much more out of the time she did have because of Shizuku.
For her part, Shizuku learns to forgive herself and try to move on. Forgiving somebody who has wronged you, or asking for that forgiveness, is not easy, and it speaks to the effort that everybody here makes.
We also see just how bad things got for Shizuku. Yeah, she did some things that were absolutely awful, but it was hard not to feel for her, especially when her own means of escaping her past turns into something horrible on its own. The way that tied into Kaori’s story was neatly done.
Which all fuels Kaori’s plan: making sure Shizuku still has something left once Kaori is gone. I appreciated the frank talk about suicide and doubly so that Kaori is smart enough to know exactly what might cross Shizuku’s mind in the aftermath of a world without Kaori in it.
It’s interesting to have a yuri where the physical aspect was, by necessity, curbed and the whole thing was on a very emotional level. The way that declaration comes about is very obvious, but it has its charm all the same.
These are two characters whose happiest ending was only possible in a work of fiction, as their real world slowly betrayed them. Even if they had moved faster, it was a fleeting moment that would have come to a stop. That story is forever and I really enjoyed the way Shizuku dealt with that in the epilogue.
Yes, this plays every card in the deck towards the end. The last minute swerve, the possibility that the things that need to be said won’t be, etc etc. And it doesn’t pull a single punch in the process.
No, I don’t love the trappings of the genre, but I like the result here. I won’t ever come back to this and expect a good time and I don’t need another yuri to go this route, but I have read worse sick girl stories. This one had a goal and it got there.
4 stars - don’t bother if you hate this genre, and I absolutely get why you would, but it was surprisingly thoughtful and ended on a really strong note that did what it set out to do. Well done.
And, you know, I didn’t mind it. Probably because these two have been manipulating one another anyway, although to a far more noble end than that particular word would typically indicate.
I think part of it is authorial intent, which is put forward at the end. They wanted to write a story where, even though somebody was dying, everybody came out somewhat okay from the experience. And I think that goal is achieved, honestly.
These are two people who came together and then saved one another’s lives in the process. In Kaori’s case that may not be enough to stave off the inevitable, but she got so much more out of the time she did have because of Shizuku.
For her part, Shizuku learns to forgive herself and try to move on. Forgiving somebody who has wronged you, or asking for that forgiveness, is not easy, and it speaks to the effort that everybody here makes.
We also see just how bad things got for Shizuku. Yeah, she did some things that were absolutely awful, but it was hard not to feel for her, especially when her own means of escaping her past turns into something horrible on its own. The way that tied into Kaori’s story was neatly done.
Which all fuels Kaori’s plan: making sure Shizuku still has something left once Kaori is gone. I appreciated the frank talk about suicide and doubly so that Kaori is smart enough to know exactly what might cross Shizuku’s mind in the aftermath of a world without Kaori in it.
It’s interesting to have a yuri where the physical aspect was, by necessity, curbed and the whole thing was on a very emotional level. The way that declaration comes about is very obvious, but it has its charm all the same.
These are two characters whose happiest ending was only possible in a work of fiction, as their real world slowly betrayed them. Even if they had moved faster, it was a fleeting moment that would have come to a stop. That story is forever and I really enjoyed the way Shizuku dealt with that in the epilogue.
Yes, this plays every card in the deck towards the end. The last minute swerve, the possibility that the things that need to be said won’t be, etc etc. And it doesn’t pull a single punch in the process.
No, I don’t love the trappings of the genre, but I like the result here. I won’t ever come back to this and expect a good time and I don’t need another yuri to go this route, but I have read worse sick girl stories. This one had a goal and it got there.
4 stars - don’t bother if you hate this genre, and I absolutely get why you would, but it was surprisingly thoughtful and ended on a really strong note that did what it set out to do. Well done.
September 7, 2024
Estoy destrozada chavaleeees WOOOOOOOOH!!! (😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭!!!)
July 4, 2025
Vol. 1 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 2 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 3 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 4 ★★☆☆☆
Vol. 5 ★☆☆☆☆
This is one of the stronger volumes because it focuses on Kaori. It explores her fears as well as true motivation behind getting close to Shizuku. Yet at the same time, she's reduced to her illness: even her backstory is just about how she's always been ill. Even so, I like the ending. While the series doesn't work as a romance, its messages about self-forgiveness and moving on resonate with me.
Vol. 2 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 3 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 4 ★★☆☆☆
Vol. 5 ★☆☆☆☆
This is one of the stronger volumes because it focuses on Kaori. It explores her fears as well as true motivation behind getting close to Shizuku. Yet at the same time, she's reduced to her illness: even her backstory is just about how she's always been ill. Even so, I like the ending. While the series doesn't work as a romance, its messages about self-forgiveness and moving on resonate with me.
July 23, 2024
Meh. En defensa de la autora, el final podría haber sido mucho más choto de lo que fue sjsjs así que un punto a favor I guess. No fue nada del otro mundo, ni algo que no hubiera leído ya 50 veces. El dibujo es lo único rescatable.
3 de 5 estrellas.
3 de 5 estrellas.
April 12, 2025
oh my god this was so sweet???????? i cannot believe i read doomed yuri on accident but im so emotional that was so lovely. i dont think i cried but tears were slowly welling up in my eyes at the end. oh my god. so sweet. i love small joys. aaaaa
September 24, 2025
i don’t think i even saw myself cried this much and hard before.
November 15, 2024
don't think it was the greatest for my emotional well-being, reading this whole series in one sitting. or for my tear ducts.
February 11, 2025
Oh boy, this broke my heart in a thousand pieces. Beautifully done. Extremely painful. Totally worth it!
March 29, 2025
I'M NOT CRYING YOU ARE CRYING
August 16, 2025
I cried my eyes out 😭 this manga is heartbreaking and devastating yet so beautiful, meaningful and thoughtful.
July 17, 2026
Puh, mein armes Herz. Lest es nur falls ihr Taschentücher in der Nähe habt.
Es tut gut dass die Trauer die hier hervorgerufen wurde nicht dumpf im inneren schlummert, sondern raus durfte. Kathartisch.
Es tut gut dass die Trauer die hier hervorgerufen wurde nicht dumpf im inneren schlummert, sondern raus durfte. Kathartisch.
January 31, 2025
4.5 ⭐️
February 23, 2026
came for romance, left with grief💔
June 18, 2024
Estoy sufriendo
July 29, 2025
pleurer, chialer,,,
November 4, 2025
F MY STUPID CHUNGUS LIFE
July 19, 2026
why would my girlfriend recommend this to me
I just cried so hard that tears went down my neck
why
I just cried so hard that tears went down my neck
why
January 29, 2025
I didn't realize that this was the last volume until I started reading, RIP me.
For only being six volumes, the story told within its pages is very impactful and definitely had me sobbing by the end. My chest aches in both sorrow and joy for the characters and the short pieces of their journey that we got to experience with them.
This is one of the first wlw stories that I've read as a manga and it will be one that recommend to everyone despite all of my tears.
For only being six volumes, the story told within its pages is very impactful and definitely had me sobbing by the end. My chest aches in both sorrow and joy for the characters and the short pieces of their journey that we got to experience with them.
This is one of the first wlw stories that I've read as a manga and it will be one that recommend to everyone despite all of my tears.
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