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

I just heard a rumor that after this manga 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.

Does volume 2 change course significantly or can I expect roughly the same vibe going forward?