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The Summer Hikaru Died release date: Pour one out for your bestie with Netflix's anime adaptation of the horror manga
Just in time for summer, Netflix will have its anime adaptation of The Summer Hikaru Died ready for all of our eyeballs
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Ah, adolescence. What a time of loss, angst, identity crises, and killer tunes. These are all the ingredients that have gone into Netflix's anime adaptation of The Summer Hikaru Died, and then some. Because while most of us probably haven't had the experience of watching our best friend's body become inhabited by an eldritch being, many of us have had the experience of growing apart from someone we once cared a lot about.
The Summer Hikaru Died release date is July 5 on Netflix. Just in time for Fourth of July weekend (how festive!), The Summer Hikaru Died will debut during an already busy summer TV season. At this time, it's not currently known how many episodes the anime will consist of. But we do have a trailer for the season, which you can watch below.
Netflix describes the show as a "chilling blend of slice of life and the supernatural" (which honestly is the same description I'd use for my own life, but that's another story). The streamer's synopsis for the show also says this: "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." The Summer Hikaru Died is based off of the manga series of the same title by Mokumokuren.
The Summer Hikaru Died will be released on July 5 on Netflix.
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