Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu
Anime
光が死んだ夏
2025/07/06
Character count38,821
Word count18,335
Unique words2,845
Words (1-occurrence)1,484
Unique kanji970
Kanji (1-occurrence)305
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 count3,308
Word count1,550
Unique words591
Words (1-occurrence)386
Unique kanji308
Kanji (1-occurrence)181
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 2
Character count3,336
Word count1,584
Unique words583
Words (1-occurrence)380
Unique kanji281
Kanji (1-occurrence)153
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 3
Character count3,049
Word count1,409
Unique words518
Words (1-occurrence)332
Unique kanji225
Kanji (1-occurrence)129
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 4
Character count3,055
Word count1,460
Unique words564
Words (1-occurrence)359
Unique kanji274
Kanji (1-occurrence)134
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 5
Character count3,141
Word count1,477
Unique words563
Words (1-occurrence)358
Unique kanji256
Kanji (1-occurrence)128
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 6
Character count2,911
Word count1,383
Unique words532
Words (1-occurrence)337
Unique kanji245
Kanji (1-occurrence)137
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 7
Character count2,527
Word count1,127
Unique words471
Words (1-occurrence)305
Unique kanji225
Kanji (1-occurrence)113
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 8
Character count3,558
Word count1,689
Unique words612
Words (1-occurrence)400
Unique kanji330
Kanji (1-occurrence)180
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 9
Character count3,317
Word count1,581
Unique words523
Words (1-occurrence)309
Unique kanji260
Kanji (1-occurrence)122
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 10
Character count3,871
Word count1,833
Unique words639
Words (1-occurrence)399
Unique kanji328
Kanji (1-occurrence)154
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 11
Character count3,401
Word count1,667
Unique words585
Words (1-occurrence)360
Unique kanji316
Kanji (1-occurrence)153
Difficulty beta
Average
Episode 12
Character count3,347
Word count1,575
Unique words561
Words (1-occurrence)343
Unique kanji259
Kanji (1-occurrence)134
Difficulty beta
Average