Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu
Anime
光が死んだ夏
2025/07/06
Character count38,856
Word count18,355
Unique words2,866
Words (1-occurrence)1,505
Unique kanji971
Kanji (1-occurrence)306
Difficulty beta
Average
Episodes12
External Rating
81 %

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. (Source: Netflix)

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Genres
Horror
Mystery
Psychological
Supernatural
Thriller
Tags
Monster
Tragedy
Countryside
Male Protagonist
Cosmic Horror
Body Horror
Mythology
Urban Fantasy
Teen Cast
Curse
Unrequited Love
Boys' Love
Seinen
School
Philosophy
Detective
Denpa
Subdecks
Episode 1
Character count3,312
Word count1,549
Unique words588
Words (1-occurrence)381
Unique kanji308
Kanji (1-occurrence)181
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 2
Character count3,345
Word count1,581
Unique words586
Words (1-occurrence)382
Unique kanji281
Kanji (1-occurrence)153
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 3
Character count3,049
Word count1,411
Unique words520
Words (1-occurrence)336
Unique kanji225
Kanji (1-occurrence)129
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 4
Character count3,062
Word count1,462
Unique words567
Words (1-occurrence)363
Unique kanji274
Kanji (1-occurrence)134
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 5
Character count3,142
Word count1,482
Unique words559
Words (1-occurrence)352
Unique kanji256
Kanji (1-occurrence)128
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 6
Character count2,912
Word count1,387
Unique words534
Words (1-occurrence)336
Unique kanji245
Kanji (1-occurrence)137
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 7
Character count2,528
Word count1,130
Unique words470
Words (1-occurrence)302
Unique kanji225
Kanji (1-occurrence)113
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 8
Character count3,559
Word count1,689
Unique words613
Words (1-occurrence)403
Unique kanji330
Kanji (1-occurrence)180
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 9
Character count3,323
Word count1,588
Unique words523
Words (1-occurrence)309
Unique kanji260
Kanji (1-occurrence)122
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 10
Character count3,871
Word count1,837
Unique words641
Words (1-occurrence)402
Unique kanji328
Kanji (1-occurrence)154
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 11
Character count3,405
Word count1,666
Unique words584
Words (1-occurrence)359
Unique kanji316
Kanji (1-occurrence)153
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 12
Character count3,348
Word count1,573
Unique words558
Words (1-occurrence)338
Unique kanji259
Kanji (1-occurrence)134
Difficulty beta
Average