Many viewers were left unsettled by the situation of encountering a supernatural entity while bathing alone. Online, the episode became a hot topic with comments such as, “Hair horror is just too scary,” “The tension in this episode was unmatched; it was the scariest yet,” and “This is the kind of thing that will make me unable to bathe alone!!”

The Summer Hikaru Died is a popular manga by Mokumokuren, with over 3.5 million copies in circulation. The story is a coming-of-age horror that centers on the high school boy Yoshiki and a “something” that has taken the form of his best friend, Hikaru.

Episode 5 “The Wig Ghost”
[Synopsis]
In an effort to help Yoshiki build up a tolerance to beings like himself, Hikaru persuades Yoshiki to touch the “inside” of his body once again. Compared to before, Yoshiki seems a bit more used to this, causing Hikaru’s “interference” to escalate. As Hikaru feared, Yoshiki ends up attracting impurities. When a “Wig Ghost” appears in the bathroom, Hikaru heads to Yoshiki’s house to exorcise it, but...

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