“The Summer Hikaru Died” is based on the popular manga by Mokumokuren, which has surpassed 3.5 million copies in circulation. The series is a youth horror centered around high school boy Yoshiki Tsujinaka and a mysterious “something” that has taken on the appearance of his close friend Hikaru Indou.

Episode 1: “Replacement”
[Synopsis]
On a hot summer day, Yoshiki realizes that his best friend “Hikaru”—smiling by his side as always—has become a “something” that, while identical in appearance and voice, is not actually Hikaru. Not wanting to lose the only person he feels truly close to in their stifling, remote village where they have lived together since childhood, Yoshiki chooses to accept this impostor Hikaru and vows never to tell anyone…

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