Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu
Anime
光が死んだ夏
2025/07/06
Character count38,423
Word count18,696
Unique words2,999
Words (1-occurrence)1,591
Unique kanji960
Kanji (1-occurrence)298
Difficulty beta
Moderate
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
Unrequited Love
Boys' Love
Seinen
Curse
School
Philosophy
Detective
Denpa
Subdecks
Episode 1
Character count3,265
Word count1,573
Unique words614
Words (1-occurrence)408
Unique kanji308
Kanji (1-occurrence)181
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 2
Character count3,310
Word count1,607
Unique words607
Words (1-occurrence)402
Unique kanji281
Kanji (1-occurrence)153
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 3
Character count3,012
Word count1,442
Unique words533
Words (1-occurrence)345
Unique kanji225
Kanji (1-occurrence)129
Difficulty beta
Easy
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 4
Character count3,012
Word count1,513
Unique words586
Words (1-occurrence)384
Unique kanji274
Kanji (1-occurrence)134
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 5
Character count3,106
Word count1,502
Unique words564
Words (1-occurrence)355
Unique kanji256
Kanji (1-occurrence)128
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 6
Character count2,851
Word count1,410
Unique words559
Words (1-occurrence)355
Unique kanji245
Kanji (1-occurrence)137
Difficulty beta
Easy
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 7
Character count2,497
Word count1,157
Unique words486
Words (1-occurrence)317
Unique kanji225
Kanji (1-occurrence)113
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 8
Character count3,526
Word count1,727
Unique words636
Words (1-occurrence)420
Unique kanji330
Kanji (1-occurrence)180
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 9
Character count3,295
Word count1,635
Unique words565
Words (1-occurrence)352
Unique kanji260
Kanji (1-occurrence)122
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 10
Character count3,844
Word count1,848
Unique words658
Words (1-occurrence)423
Unique kanji328
Kanji (1-occurrence)154
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 11
Character count3,385
Word count1,693
Unique words605
Words (1-occurrence)381
Unique kanji316
Kanji (1-occurrence)153
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Episode 12
Character count3,320
Word count1,589
Unique words582
Words (1-occurrence)359
Unique kanji259
Kanji (1-occurrence)134
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary