The Summer Hikaru Died is literally 10/10, I cannot believe I waited this long to read it. Just such a strong atmosphere and sense of place and I LOVE the style they went with for the English dialogue translations. I was reading it outside in the hot sun and I felt like I was right there. Finished the entire volume in one sitting without really trying to lol
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The physical copy is really nice! It is amazing, I love the supporting cast as well. I’m really looking forward to seeing how they’re developed in subsequent volumes
There are some panels that I think were better localised in unofficial translations. I def recommend checking it out as well once you're done with the official ones!!
It is very good and well worth reading! I am a little disappointed about something I heard recently where after it got extremely popular the author kind of rebranded it to “youth horror” rather than BL and also purged her pixiv, which makes me a bit worried. I get that she’s trying to take this opportunity for mainstream success but the eroticism is SUCH an important part of the story that it would honestly be a little insulting to retcon it out in future volumes.
I don’t speak Japanese and just heard this secondhand from my friend so take this with a grain of salt. Hopefully volume 2 is still good, I don’t need her to go all the way with it but I do need her not to change the relationship she already wrote lol
Oh thats really too bad... while i understand worrying a little about your image as a BL mangaka and that overshadowing any horror readers, or that you may be looked down on for it, etc... but i hope she does not feel too pressure as to change a series afterwards out of fear of this... but also i understand the decision even if i dont agree with it...