TV / Summer 2025
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu
The story
Synopsis
Six months after his friend Hikaru vanished during a trip to the nearby mountains and returned with no memory of what happened, Yoshiki struggles with the uneasy person standing in his place. The returned Hikaru shows a strange, otherworldly side yet displays a curious, almost childlike joy in experiencing small summer pleasures he had never known. As Yoshi…
Characters
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Tsujinaka, Yoshiki
Main | Japanese VA: Kobayashi, Chiaki
Indou, Hikaru
Main | Japanese VA: Urushiyama, Yuuki
Yamagishi, Asako
Supporting | Japanese VA: Hanamori, Yumiri
Tanaka
Supporting | Japanese VA: Kobayashi, Chikahiro
Tadokoro, Yuuki
Supporting | Japanese VA: Wakayama, Shion
Kurebayashi, Rie
Supporting | Japanese VA: Kowaka, Wakana
Relations
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Staff
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Takeshita, Ryouhei
Director, Script (eps 1, 3, 5, 7, 12), Storyboard (eps 1, 7, 12)
Mokumokuren
Original Creator
Fujiwara, Toshinori
Producer
Kabashima, Manami
Producer
Kurakane, Chiaki
Producer
Miyagi, Yuuta
Producer
Latest Episodes
Recent episodes from Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu.
Episode 12: Its Place
Aired Sep 28, 2025
Episode 11: Indo's Sin
Aired Sep 21, 2025
Episode 10: Truth
Aired Sep 14, 2025
Episode 9: Old Man Takeda
Aired Sep 8, 2025
Episode 8: Contact
Aired Aug 24, 2025
Episode 7: Determination
Aired Aug 17, 2025
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Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu episode guide
12 tracked episodes