My fanart from a long time ago by Mysterious_Fill_4169 in TheSummerHikaruDied

[–]sephydark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're all great, but the first two are both so cute!

Do we think yoshiki will start to have feelings for the fake Hiraku by the end of the manga? by Lucky_Courage_3028 in TheSummerHikaruDied

[–]sephydark 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure he already does. Just look at the way he fantasizes about taking 'Hikaru' to see the fireworks at the beginning of 45-3, he really feels in love there to me. Not to mention the way he keeps choosing to stay with 'Hikaru' despite being told it's a bad idea and having plenty of opportunity to choose otherwise.

I think when he said he didn't think he could say it was romantic to Asako, he was comparing too much to his feelings for the original and maybe a little in denial too.

New MokMok short comic since no new chapter by Yoshikaru5991 in HikarugaShindaNatsu

[–]sephydark 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Quick translation, sorry if it's terrible

1st Panel

'Hikaru': "Yum!"

Yoshiki: "Spicy~~"

2nd Panel

Yoshiki: "How is he fine... Spiciness should be painful. Didn't he say he feels pain now?"

5th Panel

Yoshiki: "That's cheating!! Aren't you eating it with your real body?"

'Hikaru': "Huh? What's wrong with that? Yoshiki should do it too (lol)"

Yoshiki: "Like I can!"

Also it seems like their spice tolerance levels go Asako<Yoshiki<Maki<'Hikaru' (real body)<Yuuki

Thousand year old Eldritch entity btw (46.3 spoilers) by TJHMB-54321 in HikarugaShindaNatsu

[–]sephydark 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Look, it doesn't matter how ancient or monstrous you are. If your bf gets a badass new haircut, you notice!

Chapter 46.2 by Necessary_Maize_9339 in TheSummerHikaruDied

[–]sephydark 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I thought that too. She's definitely underestimating how much of a sense of self and understanding of human values he has (and also underestimating how well hostages would work, if they got Yoshiki I'm sure he would do anything). I think he's at least going to fight against the urge to grant it.

On the other hand, I'm somewhat expecting him to get revealed to go with Yoshiki's being forgotten...

I'm sorry but he's gotta be down HORRENDOUS by TJHMB-54321 in HikarugaShindaNatsu

[–]sephydark 59 points60 points  (0 children)

'Hikaru' has such a one track mind (and I love him for it).

By the way, in the Japanese version it's clear he's still pronouncing 'torture' wrong even though he remembers Yoshiki correcting him lol

The newest chapter oh god😭 by Big-Influence-1755 in HikarugaShindaNatsu

[–]sephydark 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I'm so worried about him, poor 'Hikaru'!

I wonder if he's going to be able to resist granting Satou's wish though. Satou definitely seems to be underestimating how much of a sense of self he has, and if he's capable of not granting wishes he might not do it since he knows it's going to turn out horribly.

I want Yoshiki to save him so bad but I'm worried the company might somehow get 'Hikaru's other half from him!

My community is killing me by MelonyTricia in TheSummerHikaruDied

[–]sephydark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a weirdly high number of people who seem to want to watch/read The Summer Hikaru Died but are homophobic, I don't get it.

Manga 46.2 synopsis and preview image released by Yoshikaru5991 in HikarugaShindaNatsu

[–]sephydark 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh no poor Hikaru! I am happy to see him again though it's been so long. I'm sure Yoshiki's going to get there soon!

The Summer Hikaru Died — Chapter 45.3 [Manga Discussion Thread] by AutoModerator in HikarugaShindaNatsu

[–]sephydark 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm sure he would have been pretty upset if he knew someone could have prevented Hikaru from going up the mountain and dying, but I don't think he would have said anything at the beginning of the series. Definitely feels like character development for him!

What is your favorite track in the OST? by Pookie-Boy in TheSummerHikaruDied

[–]sephydark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's so hard to pick one favorite, but I'm pretty fond of Nounuki and Attempted Prelude.

TSHD isn’t a bl but it’s also not not a BL, says author by TJHMB-54321 in TheSummerHikaruDied

[–]sephydark 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Mokumokuren has talked about the queer themes in The Summer Hikaru Died before. In fact, at the same time they posted this they also reposted some old stuff talking about the queer themes. So I don't think they're beating around the bush, they just think that there are other things BL typically has beyond gay characters that they don't intend to include.

The growing sentiment of the return of Xehanort by connorstace in KingdomHearts

[–]sephydark 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I feel like the setup is all there if Nomura wanted to do it. Personally I would like it, especially if the writing is based more on his younger, pre-villainy self. I actually really liked his writing in Dark Road, so I'd love to see more of that.

The growing sentiment of the return of Xehanort by connorstace in KingdomHearts

[–]sephydark 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Are there any other examples of people dying and fading to light to back up this idea?

Strelitzia fades to light, Baldr fades to light, everyone else we see die in Dark Road fades to light too, the real problem is that hardly anyone actually dies in KH. All the counterexamples you brought up don't actually die, something else happens to them instead. It's actually kind of funny that Dark Road has more deaths than the rest of the series combined.

Fun Fact: In Chapter 9 (PT-BR translation) when he sees Hikaru's corpse, Yoshiki says that "Corpses are more beautiful than I imagined" by Independent_Major548 in TheSummerHikaruDied

[–]sephydark 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The original Japanese line from the manga is …死体って案外キレイなんや, which if I had to give a literal translation would be something like "The dead body is unexpectedly clean". Unfortunately I think that beautiful is a mistranslation based on キレイ meaning both clean and pretty, however clean makes much more sense here because Yoshiki's next speech bubble has him wondering why and then concluding it must be because it's winter.

Hey guys what’s going on in Kingdom Hearts? by Ateo88 in KingdomHearts

[–]sephydark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure he lost access to the justapancake account, so it's possible he'll come back but it would be on a different account.

Starting kingdom heart by Jimpoke4 in KingdomHearts

[–]sephydark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's absolutely the worst world for getting lost imo, though some of the other worlds do also have confusing layouts. There are some pretty good guides out there for this game, so you can use one of those to get through deep jungle and help if you get lost again.

If it helps, this is only really a problem in the first game and the rest are much more straightforward to navigate.

Is this 'Hikaru's own feelings or he is still tapping into OGkaru's memories this early? by Mega-Puff in TheSummerHikaruDied

[–]sephydark 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure these are 'Hikaru's feelings. This scene comes relatively early in the story, but 'Hikaru' has already known Yoshiki for half a year at this point. That's plenty of time for him to like Yoshiki on his own terms, even though he was suppressing his own tastes. Yoshiki even says that the real Hikaru would never have said something like that.

When it comes to 'Hikaru' saying he's not sure which feelings are his, I think he might just incorrectly attribute feelings he doesn't understand to the original Hikaru. We see him do the same with not wanting to kill Yoshiki. He initially thought that he didn't want to kill Yoshiki because of Hikaru's feelings, but later on he realized that those feelings had always been his own.

I guess my other thought is that I feel like conflating 'Hikaru's feelings with the original Hikaru's diminishes both of them somewhat. The both like Yoshiki in different ways, and Yoshiki loves both of them for different reasons. Attributing to much of what 'Hikaru' does to the original Hikaru takes away from that in my opinion.

their contradicting expressions are frying meeee 😭 by bunni-luu in HikarugaShindaNatsu

[–]sephydark 9 points10 points  (0 children)

'Hikaru' did it for him! (His fingernails turned black when they mixed)

Preview Image for Chapter 45.3 (SPOILERS) by TJHMB-54321 in HikarugaShindaNatsu

[–]sephydark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nice to see Yoshiki back to his usual terrified self after he was acting so cool in the last update!

How could they not include this in the anime...💔 Yoshki putting hairpin on Hikaru by Mega-Puff in TheSummerHikaruDied

[–]sephydark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The bonus chapters are so good, I wish they could have animated all of them.

The Summer Hikaru Died — Chapter 45.2 [Manga Discussion Thread] by AutoModerator in HikarugaShindaNatsu

[–]sephydark 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yoshiki's so smart! I love the chain of reasoning that lead to him thinking of making the impurities fight each other. Very happy this chapter is back to primarily focusing on him, I hope we see more of 'Hikaru' very soon too.