Confirmed: The Summer Hikaru Died will be an anime

「光が死んだ夏」がアニメ化します！

何卒よろしくお願いします。 pic.twitter.com/nCcj6hnQyV

— モクモクれん (@mokmok_len) May 24, 2024

Mokumokuren revealed that an anime adaptation of his manga is in production The Summer Hikaru Died. Without revealing the format of the anime, the teaser that you can see above was shown. The leak that we reported at the beginning of the week has been confirmed.

The Summer Hikaru Died began publication in Young Ace Up in August 2021 and its 4th volume was released by Kadokawa in December 2023. A light novel adaptation began publication in December 2023 by Mio Nukaga.

Mokumokuren first conceived the manga while studying for exams and later began posting drawings on Twitter, which led Young Ace Up's editorial department to approach Mokumokuren to serialize the manga through Young Ace Up.

After the release of the first volume, the manga became a commercial success, with the first volume selling 200,000 copies in three months, receiving critical praise for its story, art and characters.

Synopsis of The Summer Hikaru Died

Yoshiki and Hikaru are two teenagers who live in a small town in rural Japan. Despite having opposite personalities and different hobbies, the two maintain a close friendship. However, one winter day, Hikaru is fatally injured while walking alone in the mountains. Before he dies, a mysterious supernatural being finds him and consumes him, becoming him physically in the process. This “Hikaru” has all the feelings and memories of the original, but remains a separate being, something Yoshiki quickly realizes. Yoshiki still wants to be with “Hikaru”, however the alien nature of “Hikaru”, along with other supernatural beings and hunters of such beings, may make this impossible.