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光が死んだ夏 [Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu] #9
光が死んだ夏 9 [Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu 9]
なあ、「普通」ってなんなんだ。
ある集落で共に育った少年、よしきと光。
光とすり替わった「落とし子」――ヒカルは、
その存在を探し求めていた
「会社」の佐藤に捕まってしまった。
ヒカルを救出するため、よしきは朝子とともに
暮林・田中と合流する約束の場所へと向かうが……。
暮林と田中は、集合住宅に空いた3つ目の穴を閉じるため、
とあるケガレと協力して対処を進める。
穴を閉じるときに起こる抵抗を抑えるには、
誰かがその場に残らなければならなくて――。
ある集落で共に育った少年、よしきと光。
光とすり替わった「落とし子」――ヒカルは、
その存在を探し求めていた
「会社」の佐藤に捕まってしまった。
ヒカルを救出するため、よしきは朝子とともに
暮林・田中と合流する約束の場所へと向かうが……。
暮林と田中は、集合住宅に空いた3つ目の穴を閉じるため、
とあるケガレと協力して対処を進める。
穴を閉じるときに起こる抵抗を抑えるには、
誰かがその場に残らなければならなくて――。
180 pages, Paperback
First published June 4, 2026
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May 4, 2026
As we get closer and closer to the final showdown, the intensity progresses more and more. The plot doesn't let up one second, going from important backstories to heartbreaking character deaths, only to end with the saddest cliffhanger I've seen. I honestly can't expect anything of what's coming in the upcoming chapters, but I know I’m terrified of what the last chapters will offer.
The art matches perfectly the intensity of the plot. The eeriness of the art style always fits the horror aspect really well, but I was especially awed by the multiple paralleled between the fireworks and “Hikaru”’s true form.
All of this manages to grasp the reader’s heart—and potentially tear it to shreds. It’s so easy to empathize with these characters, and fall in love with them, even knowing things might not end happily for them.
The art matches perfectly the intensity of the plot. The eeriness of the art style always fits the horror aspect really well, but I was especially awed by the multiple paralleled between the fireworks and “Hikaru”’s true form.
All of this manages to grasp the reader’s heart—and potentially tear it to shreds. It’s so easy to empathize with these characters, and fall in love with them, even knowing things might not end happily for them.
July 5, 2026
noooo now i have to wait for more to be released 😭😭😭
June 29, 2026
I really don’t want this to end.
August 7, 2026
oh... OH
June 7, 2026
Riko's story was so sad and ofc that company doesn't care about humans and only about their information and projects. This clearly shows how some humans are more of a monster then impurities. So that's riko's soul in that hamster that he always Carry around now I'm more sad.
Oh God i cried so much when the impurity of iori's dad showed up pet his head and went to close the hole and then his mother died as well Gosh why's everything just keep getting messed up it hurts so much iori lost his family again and again. And the way he trying to laugh it off as if he's okay made my heart ache so much.
Plus Takeda should feel guilty because he kept pushing for the ritual to continue because of his fear even though he knew it doesn't work. He also had to be saved by Kouhei that resulted in Kouhei dying. Love Yoshiki calling him a coward!!👏
But the company people that head woman they don't even look close to human to me... Seeing "Hikaru" tied up/treated horribly broke my heart! The fact that he is still thinking of Yoshiki as he's being tortured is sweet yet heartbreaking!! The fact that he remembered the "torture" word from Chapter 1...he knows he's being tortured 💔
And the contrast between the people at the fireworks festival looking in awe at the fireworks going off and the horror on the villagers faces as they look at "Hikaru's" true form is even more beautiful yet horrifying because souls have been compared to fireworks in TSHD. "Hikaru" may look like a firework, but he doesn't get the same treatment instead He is being forced to bare his version of a soul! 😭💔
Plus the way Hikaru's going through the worst time of his life and still he noticed and got excited about Yoshiki cutting his hair awwwwn please just let ma babys be together 😭💔🫂
Oh God i cried so much when the impurity of iori's dad showed up pet his head and went to close the hole and then his mother died as well Gosh why's everything just keep getting messed up it hurts so much iori lost his family again and again. And the way he trying to laugh it off as if he's okay made my heart ache so much.
Plus Takeda should feel guilty because he kept pushing for the ritual to continue because of his fear even though he knew it doesn't work. He also had to be saved by Kouhei that resulted in Kouhei dying. Love Yoshiki calling him a coward!!👏
But the company people that head woman they don't even look close to human to me... Seeing "Hikaru" tied up/treated horribly broke my heart! The fact that he is still thinking of Yoshiki as he's being tortured is sweet yet heartbreaking!! The fact that he remembered the "torture" word from Chapter 1...he knows he's being tortured 💔
And the contrast between the people at the fireworks festival looking in awe at the fireworks going off and the horror on the villagers faces as they look at "Hikaru's" true form is even more beautiful yet horrifying because souls have been compared to fireworks in TSHD. "Hikaru" may look like a firework, but he doesn't get the same treatment instead He is being forced to bare his version of a soul! 😭💔
Plus the way Hikaru's going through the worst time of his life and still he noticed and got excited about Yoshiki cutting his hair awwwwn please just let ma babys be together 😭💔🫂
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 13, 2026
This manga means so much to me. 😭
July 2, 2026
I didn't want to write a review for every single volume, so this is just an overall review fot the whole series till the next volume comes out.
What can I say about Mokmoklen's work?
It's incredible, her art evokes the heat of summer and makes you hear the cicadas in your head. It also chills you to the core with the supernatural beings that live in thr hills and haunt the countryside.
It will make you uncomfortable as you're looked at suspiciously by the villagers.
It will make you want to light sparklers up in the evenings you spend with your friends.
It will make you cry that you can't express the grief you feel in your heart when you've lost a person you loved, someone you couldn't confess your feelings to, and now, will never be able to.
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu is something you need to experience yourself as I can't possibly begin to describe everything it makes you feel.
What can I say about Mokmoklen's work?
It's incredible, her art evokes the heat of summer and makes you hear the cicadas in your head. It also chills you to the core with the supernatural beings that live in thr hills and haunt the countryside.
It will make you uncomfortable as you're looked at suspiciously by the villagers.
It will make you want to light sparklers up in the evenings you spend with your friends.
It will make you cry that you can't express the grief you feel in your heart when you've lost a person you loved, someone you couldn't confess your feelings to, and now, will never be able to.
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu is something you need to experience yourself as I can't possibly begin to describe everything it makes you feel.
August 9, 2026
COMO QUE EL MANGA NO ESTÁ TERMINADO ?????
Ale dejo de leer esto hasta que lo terminen wthhhhh
Ale dejo de leer esto hasta que lo terminen wthhhhh
August 3, 2026
I’M CLENCHING MY FISTS
July 17, 2026
• this one had me barking ngl
• computa make these guys super gay and horny
• can i get a slice of life non-monstrous version of this next ? the summer hikaru lived ?
• computa make these guys super gay and horny
• can i get a slice of life non-monstrous version of this next ? the summer hikaru lived ?
August 10, 2026
"What the heck is "normal" anyway? I mean, having a regular life and living like regular people... what about any of that guarantees that you´re happy?"
Me gustó mucho la parte donde Tanaka le dice a su madre que, al contrario de lo que ella cree, no es infeliz por la vida que lleva y que, en realidad, se siente agradecido por el lugar en el que está, a pesar de no llevar una vida “normal”. Me parece importante el mensaje de que nosotros, las disidencias, no estamos condenados a vivir vidas miserables simplemente por no encajar en un par de moldes preestablecidos. Y si terminamos siendo desdichados de todas maneras, que no sea por ir en contra de lo que realmente somos ni por vivir escondidos. Que el arrepentimiento no se convierta en otro clavo en la cruz.
Como dijo una vez mi amigo más personal Hozier: "I was born sick, but I love it"
Entre la muerte de Kurebayashi y Hikaru secuestrado me la pasé llorando este tomo lpm.
Me gustó mucho la parte donde Tanaka le dice a su madre que, al contrario de lo que ella cree, no es infeliz por la vida que lleva y que, en realidad, se siente agradecido por el lugar en el que está, a pesar de no llevar una vida “normal”. Me parece importante el mensaje de que nosotros, las disidencias, no estamos condenados a vivir vidas miserables simplemente por no encajar en un par de moldes preestablecidos. Y si terminamos siendo desdichados de todas maneras, que no sea por ir en contra de lo que realmente somos ni por vivir escondidos. Que el arrepentimiento no se convierta en otro clavo en la cruz.
Como dijo una vez mi amigo más personal Hozier: "I was born sick, but I love it"
Entre la muerte de Kurebayashi y Hikaru secuestrado me la pasé llorando este tomo lpm.
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June 6, 2026
The Company has finally captured "Hikaru", but their mission won't be complete unless they can get back his missing half, forcing Yoshiki and Asako to evade their agents - and help will only arrive once Tanaka and Kurebayashi close the next hole, so long as they can accept its truth...and its steep price. Mokumokuren will have readers glued to every moment of this chillingly emotional entry.
June 29, 2026
no guys like this one was GOOOOOD!! omg like i loved learning more about tanaka and his past and his relationship with kurebayashi and her past and how they adapted to tanaka losing his sight and him joining the company and all that. omg nooo like this ate real bad. i’m so ready for the next part of this story cause holy moly donut shop ts is divine work😮💨
July 24, 2026
Guay, ahora en serio, es muy bueno y me da mucha pena y a la vez alegría por hikaru, él es tan yo y BFC que me da una pena terrible.
Estoy leyendo ya el volumen 10 pero como aquí no está no lo marco ni como leyendo
Estoy leyendo ya el volumen 10 pero como aquí no está no lo marco ni como leyendo
Review of advance copy
Pacing feels weirder then Yoshiki felt while being stuffed full of Hikaru's body parts
Review of advance copy received from Otros
😭😭😭😭
May 30, 2026
daddy, what'd ya leave behind for me?
all in all it was just a brick in the wall
all in all it was just a brick in the wall
Review of advance copy
when you come out as gay, cut your bangs, and are on your way to save the boy you love from being tortured…iktr🙂↕️🙂↕️
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June 4, 2026
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Absolute cinema.
Absolute cinema.
June 6, 2026
「嫌いや でも消えていいわけない」
「なあ 『普通』ってなんなんだ 普通の生活普通に生きるって それが幸せな保証がどこにある」
「なあ 『普通』ってなんなんだ 普通の生活普通に生きるって それが幸せな保証がどこにある」
June 6, 2026
OH MY GODDD
June 10, 2026
The horror of being forced to show your true self
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June 14, 2026
i really don’t want this to end
June 18, 2026
Ay . Qué suspenso
June 26, 2026
Se me escapan lágrimas solo de recordar y ver los paneles de Yoshiki finalmente aceptandose y perdiendo el miedo hacia Hikarun't. Los amo mis bebés, espero que vayan a ser felices al final:(
June 30, 2026
el mejor tomo hasta ahora, lo amo
July 5, 2026
this is so beautiful i wanna cry 😭😭😭
July 6, 2026
Easily one of my fav series. One of the few that I plan on buying every volume of. Just amazing.
July 8, 2026
nie mam slow na to jakie to jest dobre
July 10, 2026
And they love one another <3333
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