The Summer Hikaru Died

In an isolated mountain village where everyone knows everyone, Yoshiki's friendship with Hikaru has always been his refuge. Then one day Yoshiki looks at his friend and simply knows: the person smiling back isn't Hikaru anymore. Whatever it is looks like him, talks like him, even remembers being him — but the real Hikaru died somewhere up in those mountains, and this thing has taken his place. Terrified yet unwilling to let go, Yoshiki chooses to stay beside the creature even as strange, unsettling events begin to ripple through the town. Eerie, tender, and deeply unnerving, this acclaimed horror manga turns grief and love into something quietly monstrous.