The Summer Hikaru -

As of now, the manga is still ongoing (licensed in English by Yen Press), and each chapter tightens the screws. The summer sun is blazing, the cicadas are screaming, and Yoshiki is holding hands with a corpse that loves him back.

It asks the questions we are all afraid to ask: If you could have a perfect replica of someone you lost, would you take it? Would you be strong enough to say goodbye a second time? And ultimately—is loving a ghost better than loving nothing at all? the summer hikaru

There is a specific flavor of horror that doesn't make you scream. It makes you sit in silence, stare at the wall, and feel a cold ache in your chest. That is the exact emotional territory staked out by Mokumokuren’s viral sensation, The Summer Hikaru Died . As of now, the manga is still ongoing

The horror lies in the almost . The entity will say something deeply kind, then tilt its head 15 degrees too far. It will laugh, but the sound comes a half-second too late. It has learned the lines of Hikaru’s love, but it will never, ever feel the cue. Would you be strong enough to say goodbye a second time

Don’t read it alone at night. But definitely read it.