r/TheSummerHikaruDied

Edit by yoshikaruism on TikTok!!

I have no one to gush over this with so I figured the next best thing is a subreddit dedicated to the actual show. I think the song and the parallels is what’s really getting to me. Mind you, I haven’t even watched the anime because it looks like a sad anime and I’m not in the business of upsetting myself but this specific edit has me reaching for Netflix I’m not gonna lie. Anywaysss I hope you all enjoy the edit just as much as I did if not, even more.

Edit by yoshikaruism on TikTok!!

they both have immaculate face cards

Jumped on the chibi trend that's going around and decided to do it with Hikaru. Hope you like it!

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Wanted to draw something of Hikaru for a while now. And this is the result!

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In my opinion, ”Hikaru“ attains the highest levels of empathy one can reach. A skill that most people will never attain in their lifetime. Let me explain.

Yesterday I got in a spat with a friend because I said something to her that she felt was cruel.

I still don’t understand why my comment made her upset. If somebody said the same thing to me, I wouldn’t care at all.

Hikaru’s nature and background makes it hard for him to understand why a life matters. This made him very sinister to me.

“Dang I thought Hikaru might be chill, but I think he’s a little evil. Is bro just gonna kill anyone?”

From my human perspective, it’s obvious the value of a life. But for “Hikaru“ he just doesn’t quite get it. Like how I didn‘t get why my comment was upsetting.

But here’s what‘s so damn cool. He promises not to kill again. Quite literally tears out half of himself so that he’s too weak to do it. Is this because he suddenly gains an epiphany for why a life matters?

No.

Logically, he still can’t make sense of it. Yet, he chooses to care because Yoshiki cares. “What’s important to Yoshiki…is important to me too”

It doesn’t need to make sense.

Sometimes I feel “alien” to everybody else. One day I looked around and saw that everybody was tuned into the same radio station. So I turned the knob, and I got on the same station. Only to find that mine’s got a lot of static, and I’ve gotta listen real hard to make sense of anything. And sometimes I still can’t quite make out what tune everybody’s dancing to, so my moves look a little funny.

“Hikaru” is quite literally a monster. And yet he embodied what true empathy looks like. He changed his actions solely because he loved Yoshiki. Not because it made sense, but because he recognized that Yoshiki was someone that accepted him as he was.

”And in the end, you accepted me, didn’cha? That was the first time I felt like I was needed. And I thought it might be all right to stay here. That’s what I’ve been missing all along. For whatever reason…you became the place I belong. And for me..that‘s incredibly…important”

I have found a friend that has accepted me as I am. She may laugh at my funny dance moves, but I don’t mind. So long as she keeps dancing with me. So even though I have yet to wrap my brain around how she could‘ve possibly interpreted my comment the wrong way, I’ll be extra cautious with that topic moving forward.

”Hikaru“ offers a valuable lesson on how to be empathetic even when it doesn’t make sense. It’s easy to care about someone when they make sense to you.

But what happens when they don’t?

Are you still willing to embrace them? To hold them? To love them? To gently wipe away their tears and smooth their hair?

Will you make your words soft and kind?

Heyyo! KOCHiiKUN ni Pun!

I am SOO psyched to share that my AMV titled “Hikaru’s Disease” is a finalist at the Anime Expo 2026 AMV Contest under the Rhythm and Beat Category! 😍

The finals will be happening on Day 1, July 2, 2026, within The NOVO inside the L.A. Live Complex, Los Angeles, California. The show will start at 6:30 PM!

For those who are coming, see you at Anime Expo!!! ❤️🤍

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