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The Summer Hikaru Died is the kind of story that creeps up on you - not just with its supernatural tension, but with a deeply human core that lingers long after the final page or scene. It's a quiet, eerie masterpiece that blends horror, grief, and love with incredible emotional precision.

Set in a small rural town wrapped in mist and isolation, the story follows Yoshiki, a teenage boy dealing with a terrifying realization: the friend he once knew, Hikaru, might no longer be human. What unfolds isn't your typical horror tale, but something far more nuanced - a melancholic coming-of-age wrapped in cosmic dread.

The writing (or adaptation, if you're reviewing the show) treats its characters with rare sensitivity. There's no rush to explain the mystery or force cheap scares. Instead, it focuses on building atmosphere, tension, and the fragile, complicated bond between two boys navigating love, fear, and loss. The ambiguity of their relationship - romantic? Platonic? Something more cosmic? - is part of the beauty. It invites interpretation without ever feeling coy or incomplete.

Fans of Mushishi, Shiki, or A Silent Voice will feel at home here, but Hikaru stands on its own as a rare piece of horror that dares to be gentle, even as it horrifies.

This is a story about grief, love, and the unknown. About how we cope when someone we love changes into something we can't quite understand - or when we change ourselves. It's not just one of the best horror titles of the year, it's one of the most emotionally resonant stories I've encountered in a long time. Absolutely essential.

The way this movie spends its first quarter building up the stakes (no pun intended) and characterisation seamlessly throughout the movie while also highlighting through its directing and cinematography just how chilling its all becoming was powerful- the music was transformative and the plot was riveting and terrifying once the vampires came into play.

The characters work really shined and the addition of Irish history was deeply thematic the way it all came together with the Vampire symbolism was great; really recommend people stay for the end credit scene it wraps everything up nicely.

Definitely a blast and would recommend for anyway looking for a slow thriller that weaves its way into being a horror movie.

This film was definitely a solid ride really enjoyed just how well Kiki and SZA were able to bounce off of each other they have such exquisite chemistry in the movie.

The comedy beats were also quite well paced and constantly got a chuckle out of me; really just a solid movie which I wasn't expecting when I went into it- to be quite honest I thought it'd be similar to a Kevin Hart/ The Rock buddy cop movie than anything close to what we got... I mean the jokes were ACTUALLY funny in this movie (no offence Kevin and Rock) which I didn't expect I though I'd get a laugh here and there maybe even a good chuckle but I was bawling and tearing up during a handful of Scenes in this movie which was just again quite unexpected.