#hgsn extras

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HGSN Vol 3 Q&A

Rough translation by me

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Q. I'd like to know what kind of person is Yoshiki and 'Hikaru's type.

A. Yoshiki's type is "someone who has aspects he can look up to", and before his death, Hikaru's was "healthy-looking and big-boobed". 'Hikaru' doesn't have that kind of concept, so he doesn't understand what "his type" means.

Q. What do Yoshiki and Hikaru usually order at Amerika?

A. Mostly spaghetti-type dishes. They'll eat dinner at home too after eating at Amerika together

Q. After becoming 'Hikaru', would his hair, body, and nails stop growing? If he doesn't grow physically, the people around him will notice eventually, but since it's unknown territory that the real Hikaru will never go through, I'm curious if he can imitate that part

A. Even after becoming 'Hikaru', his hair, body, and nails will keep growing and he'll grow up physically. However, I think the way Hikaru would look if he lived and grew up would be a little different from the way that 'Hikaru' who replaced him would look when he grew up.

Q. Why is Yoshiki older than everyone else?

A. Yoshiki's birthday is April 20th and Hikaru's birthday is March 20th of the next year, so in Japan they'd be in the same school year. They differ by nearly a whole year, so when they were younger, Yoshiki would grow up earlier, but now that's not really the case anymore

Q. Yoshiki-kun doesn't seem to be the type that makes friends on his own, so I want to know how he started doing things with Asako-chan and the others.

A. Yoshiki, Hikaru, Asako, and Yuuki were all in the same middle school together, and because that school had relatively few students, they naturally became friendly regardless of gender. Maki became friends starting from high school, and he joined up due to Hikaru pulling him in.

Q. I'd like to know Maki, Asako, and Yuuki's full names

A. Maki Yuuta, Yamagishi Asako, and Tadokoro Yuuki

Q. Why does Hikaru call his parents "Otoyan" and "Okayan" but Yoshiki call his parents "Tousan" and "Kaasan"?

A. Although they're both from the same village, Yoshiki's mother is from Tokyo and doesn't have an accent, so naturally they differ.

Q. Hikaru wears his wristwatch on his right hand, so does that mean he's left-handed?

A. Hikaru is right-handed, but he wears a left-handed watch. It was a present from his father, but since his father's personality is rough around the edges, he bought a left-handed watch by mistake and gave it as a present.

Q. Please tell me what Yoshiki and Hikaru ('Hikaru')'s shoe sizes are.

A. Right now, Hikaru's ('Hikaru's) is 26cm and Yoshiki's is 27.5cm.

Q. Why does 'Hikaru' "feel good" when a hand is put into his body? And I wonder, is that "feel good" meant in a pleasure way or a relaxing way?

A. Personally, I think people feel pleasure when they fulfill instinctual cravings, and for 'Hikaru' who is inhuman, taking things inside his body is instinctual. The parts of 'Hikaru' that differ the most from humans are the instincts, so in that regard he has feelings that humans can't understand.

#hikaru ga shinda natsu #the summer hikaru died #personally the idea that hikaru and 'hikaru' would look different grown up makes me insane thanks #hgsn extras

[guideaus]

i think this scene is funny, too, bc hikaru says this like they're at a place they can split up. together they went two hours from home to have fun, hikaru almost right away doesnt have fun, and then tries to break off from yoshiki. like what would have happened here if tanaka didnt show up, would hikaru have just left yoshiki at the beach? would they have gone back sad together lol?? he really did just spur of the moment do that.

its interesting to contrast to yoshiki trying to end things with hikaru earlier

Yoshiki originally did his best to ignore the potential problem and is stunned when something bad does happen, while hikaru repeatedly wants to talk about problems (even to multiple people) and thinks about things for a while. Hikaru suddenly announces he wants to go to the beach, while yoshiki planned to spend all day letting hikaru enjoy himself. hikaru is unable to let himself have fun at the beach, while yoshiki has hikaru do multiple of his favorite activities. hikaru expresses himself a lot about what he's thinking and feeling, while yoshiki wordlessly cut to the chase. yoshiki gives up after things dont go as planned, and hikaru is insistent upon self-sacrificing despite yoshiki's disapproval.

the boys are not in sync atm, but they'll eventually get there. probably

#personal #hgsn spoilers #the summer hikaru died #...honestly yoshiki planning to kill hikaru at his place wasnt the best plan either FJSDFJD. our boys are not on the same #wavelength and need help #they can make progress there so hikaru's show of resolve helps. but here they dont know what to do so hikaru tries to sacrifice #it also reminds me of the extra where the characters say what they dont like about yoshiki. they all say he cant express himself well #and then hikaru easily adds 10 other things lol #sorry this post turned from me making fun of them to actually thinking abt them #also tbf i dont think hikaru here is truly successful in breaking up w yoshiki (even w/o tanaka's appearance) but i think thats bc the #original hikaru

[honorthysalad]

Hikaru’s mom compilation. 3 times she shows up. Outside of this- I think she’s mentioned three times: cut up some watermelon, one of the reasons Hikaru doesn’t want to die, and then to say she, along with the hikaru’s grandma, doesn’t know anything about Hichi-san.

#Don’t think I missed any but I didn’t check any of the extras #First ones from ch5 #Last two are both ch7 #Moku is doing another Q&A on twitter #I don’t have an account tho and I refuse to sign up soo #I’ll just whisper my wishes for her name to be revealed to the wind and hope it carries over #Somehow #I don’t think Hikaru’s grandma has appeared a single time #hikaru ga shinda natsu #the summer hikaru died #hgsn #my hgsn shit #Only told to the men… I’ll fight #I’ll fight for her right to be in the story #I’d like for at some point for it to be answered why the women are excluded from this #Because the indoh family has a weird thing surrounding women #Kinda touch on it in my talk on the indoh family curse but it’s very telling that hikaru is told that if HE falls in love #To marry quick like. It doesn’t really matter what the person he falls in love with thinks #All wrapped up with a little bow saying it’s for their safety so that’s why he has to place his own feelings above theirs #And I very much doubt they’d be allowed to divorce. Marry young and quick and marry forever #Of course the answer to why the women are excluded is misogyny but like- an in universe discussion around it would be nice #Real post in the tags #per usual

[levbolton]

love this update’s extra sketch, the vibe is chef kiss

#the extra sketches are usually added to the manga #as in between chapters you know what i mean #i wonder if this one would be too #it looks more like a front page tho volume or title page chapter #although the chapter was not about him #anyway #mokumoku ren artbook when? #hikaru ga shinda natsu #the summer hikaru died #hgsn official art

[aoiraincoat]

A Yoshiki kin feature: being constantly told "oh look, those moles/freckles are just like your father's, you're literally like his reflection- ugh, this alcoholic bastard" and getting traumatized into self-loathing as a result

#this is actually a guess of mine #but Yoshiki's mother is shown to compare him to his father a lot and in a negative way #I'm sure his insecurity about his face and moles comes from there #plus in that extra when Hikaru cut his bangs he ended up actually looking a LOT like his father with his hair cut too short #poor little thing I feel you #already discussed this on Discord but who cares #hgsn #hikaru ga shinda natsu #the summer hikaru died

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HGSN Riddle Game: ❴Horrifying Mountain Village❵ Kubitachi Village Was Too Crazy ....

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This is a translation of the riddle game that was recently released as part of the promotion for the vol. 3 release. The story does not feature any of the main characters or connect to the main story at all, but it does have a tiny little lore teaser at the end, so I decided to translate it.

Solving all the riddles gets you a desktop wallpaper or mobile wallpaper depending on your browser type. The riddles should be relatively easy if you know some Japanese, and there are hints, so give it a try if you can.

This translation will spoil all the riddle answers so don't read it if you want to try the riddles yourself!!

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I'm a fledgling Youtuber.

Although I'm aiming to become a paranormal/occult Youtuber with over 1 million subscribers, right now my subscriber count is only around 70.

For my next video, I want to make something that will really blow up.

Thinking that, I idly scrolled through an occult aggregator site, when I found an eerie place name.

"Kubitachi"

There's definitely something there - well, maybe.

For now, why don't I check it out? ... To Kubitachi it is.

There are 4 riddles on the homepage. For each riddle, click the black 解答 button to enter the answers

壱 (One)

Once I pass through this forest, I'll arrive at Kubitachi.

The overgrown trees blocked out the light of the sun, and even though it was daytime, the surroundings were terribly dim.

Expecting to encounter something along the way, I kept the camera running as I proceeded through the forest.

Then, from behind me, the faint sound of a hoarse voice reached my ears.

"Nounuki-sama..."

When I turned around, countless characters were floating in the air.

Riddle 1: "Nounuki-sama..."

Answer: ナニカ (SOMETHING)

I dashed out of the forest, stumbling on the way.

What the hell was that...!?

There was definitely SOMETHING of an unknown nature in that forest.

Though I was breathing heavily, I checked my camera.

But the video showed only footage of a perfectly ordinary forest.

弐 (Two)

I arrived at Kubitachi.

Although the streets were deserted, as I got closer to the heart of the settlement, the number of people I passed increased.

There was a woman staring straight at me.

When I tried to start a conversation with her, with an unexpected candor, she started telling me about the rumours in Kubitachi.

The bizzare death of an elderly woman.

The mountain you must never enter.

The hair youkai that appears in the bath.

And more. It was truly quite varied.

Riddle 2: "What do you feel?"

Answer: シセン (GAZE)

When I tried to ask for more details on the mountain, her face suddenly became stern and she warned me never to go there. It wouldn't be good to ask any further.

Thanking her, I left and looked up the mountain near Kubitachi on the internet.

Apparently, there's been no end to the number of disappearances on that mountain going way back, according to what I found.

In other words, as an occult Youtuber, it's a place I have no choice but to go to.

Suddenly, I felt a piercing GAZE and raised my head to look around, but there was nobody there.

参 (Three)

I kept out of sight and snuck towards the mountain.

With the camera on, I followed the path uphill.

The sound of the frogs was loud.

Besides occasionally passing by what looked like a hokora from time to time, I went forwards without seeing anything unusual.

Riddle 3: Mountain Maze

Answer: 空 (EMPTY)

I reached the mountaintop without running into anything at all.

There's no mysterious presence or anything. It's completely EMPTY.

Almost as if "something" had already completely disappeared from this place.

What a let-down.

The color of the sky is tinged with red.

It's almost sundown. Better get back down the mountain soon and head to the inn.

肆 (Four)

Reaching the inn, first things first was to take a bath and wash off all the sweat from hiking.

When I immersed myself in the hot water, all my thoughts and my tiredness quickly melted away.

The moment I tried to get out of the water, I saw black lines reflected on the water's surface.

Before my eyes, the lines gathered and created some kind of shape.

As if I was paralyzed, I could only move my eyes as my sight was drawn towards it.

Those black lines were hair.

Riddle 4: GNILIEC SI REWSNA EHT

Answer: テンジョウ (CEILING)

As soon as I blinked, there was no longer anything there. When I looked up at the CEILING in a panic, I thought I caught a glimpse of hair disappearing in the corner of my eye.

Suddenly, the rumour that I had heard today about the hair youkai in the bath crossed my mind.

I must have just been seeing things due to all those stories I heard.

Trying to convince myself of this, I decided to go to bed.

After solving all 4 riddles, head to back to the homepage to find the last riddle at the bottom

?????

From the pitch black darkness, a light slowly spread out.

I heard the hoarse voice from that forest say:

"Nounuki-sama..."

What on earth is this...?

Riddle ?????: IT'S STILL HERE. FIRST START SEARCHING.

Answer: だるまづか (DARUMAZUKA)

Breathing heavily, I jumped out of bed.

A dream. One like a nightmare.

But the characters "DARUMAZUKA" were burned into the back of my eyes.

There's no question that "something" exists in Kubitachi.

Forget the video, I don't want to be involved any longer.

I'm done filming. I'll head home immediately in the morning.

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The next morning, I flew out of the inn and onto the road home.

Although I took a lot of footage, none of it shows anything definitive.

This won't make for a good video.

I couldn't stop thinking about it so I looked up "DARUMAZUKA".

"Darumazuka* Tunnel" - a haunted site in Kibougayama, the town neighboring Kubitachi.

I don't know why, but I'm seized with the feeling that I have to go there.

I can't shake the notion that I'm being called to that place.

Even though I already went through such horrifying things...

A few days later, I decided I would go to Darumazuka Tunnel.

END

(* - 達磨塚 - "daruma" + "mound/grave")

Click the ??? button at the bottom to get the wallpapers

#the summer hikaru died #hikaru ga shinda natsu #hgsn extras

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HGSN 16.5 (Vol 3. SP)

This translation is text only. As the Japanese chapter isn't officially available online, I have added some basic image description in italics.

Rough translation by me

P1

[In the classroom. Asako has pulled the collar of her PE jersey over her head.]

Yoshiki: ...Asako, what're you doing?

Yuuki: She said she overslept and her hair's a real mess

Asako: Yeah...

Yoshiki: Doesn't doing that look weirder? Like Jamila*

Asako: You're underestimating my curly hair!

Asako: It's reeeally bad!

(* - Ultraman villain Jamila)

P2

[Asako pulls her jacket back down, causing her hair to poof out like a ball]

(sfx: poof)

Yoshiki: Woah

Asako: See? I work hard to fix it everyday!

Yoshiki: It is pretty voluminous

Yuuki: I think its cute though, like a bichon frise

[Asako pulls the collar back over her head]

Asako: In elementary, they called me Akan-ko* though...

Yuuki: It's a marimo

(* - Lake Akan is known for the Marimo balls that grow there)

P3

Asako: Must be nice...

Asako: Yoshiki and Yuu-chan both have silky straight hair, I'm jealous

Yuuki: Hikaru has hair that a bit curly, too. Maki also... well, he doesn't have hair, so I can't tell

Asako: If it was as short as Hikaru's, I wouldn't care

Asako: What do the two of you do to make your hair so silky?

P4

Yuuki: Early to bed, early to rise?

Yoshiki: Nothing really...I air-dry my hair...

Yoshiki: ....

Asako: The world... is so cruel.

Yoshiki: I'll ask my mom later, she's a hairdresser

Asako: Really?

[Yuuki looks thoughtfully into the distance]

P5

[Nighttime at Yuuki's house. Yuuki has glasses on and her hair down. She watches a tutorial on youtube while practicing on a younger sibling.]

Youtuber: I'll teach you how to do braids!

P6

[Next day, in class]

Yuuki: Aa-chan, let me borrow you for a moment

Asako: Huh?

[Part of Asako's hair has been braided and pinned to the side of her head. It is extremely cute.]

Asako: Ehh!! That's amazing!

Yuuki: I thought maybe this would keep the volume down, heh

Asako: Amazing, amazing!

P7

Asako: You're usually super ham-handed when it comes to anything besides cooking, Yuu-chan, how'd you do it?

Yuuki: I'm not ham-handed, I'm just lazy

[Yuuki with a confident expression]

Yuuki: When I get serious, something like this is a piece of cake!

[Asako shouts with an exaggerated expression]

Asako: Oooh you're gonna make me fall in love with you!!*

(* - 惚れてまうやろー！- this is a meme originating from a Japanese comedian)

P8

[Yoshiki smiles watching Asako and Yuuki from the other side of the classroom]

Hikaru: What are you smirking for? Creepy

Yoshiki: No, just thought it's nice...

Hikaru: Asako and Yuuki?

Hikaru: They're good friends aren't they?

Hikaru: Although they only went to school together starting from middle school, they were friends even before then since their parents were friendly and met up together all the time, right?

Yoshiki: Yeah, that's right

P8

Hikaru: Must be nice...

[Yoshiki looks away with a melancholy expression]

Yoshiki: ...

[Yuuki approachs the two ot them with a comb in one hand]

Yuuki: Yoshiki, c'mre for a bit

[Yoshiki responds with increasing horror and confusion]

Yoshiki: Huh?...What are you gonna do?

Yuuki: You're gonna be my practice dummy for braiding

Yoshiki: Wha ... Huh...?

P9

[Cut to classroom scene where Hikaru and Maki laugh and other students turn to look at Yoshiki who has gotten his hair braided into cornrows]

#hikaru ga shinda natsu #the summer hikaru died #hgsn extras

[guideaus]

the most important hgsn extras are the ones like these

#personal #hgsn #also the one saying yoshiki needs stomach medicine on hand. or hikaru sniffing a sock #unrelated but i kinda hate how hard it is to find some of these. not all the extras end up in the volumes. the fan scanlators didnt include #the early ones and then mokumoku len makes extras for special edition volumes #so i remember some specific art exists but i have no idea where it was

[guideaus]

love the way yoshiki is drawn in the extras where he reflects on what's happened in the chapter

#personal #the summer hikaru died #hgsn spoilers #the fashion one is a bit more gloomier version of these but still #all the extras of our depressed teen are great #the chapter happens and then shows him making this face being like 'well wait...'

[guideaus]

im always jealous of the original release for manga in japan bc here it seems like you'd rarely get anything extra😭

#personal #i wanna see bonus hgsn art... #and mokumoku len as a creator really seems to like making stuff like that #ik there its probably special events but thats probably still more likely in general than here #i think for hgsn kinokuniya had one extra thingy. idk how to buy from there tho. i always get a 403 error trying to go on their stie #anyways whats the middle page say 🤔

[guideaus]

i need to know the main kids in hgsn's grades for school so bad. i wanna know how my monster boy is coping with school. i wanna know who is best and worst

#personal #someone needs to ask that for the next q&a #hgsn kinda goes back and forth on saying theyre the exact same. apparently its not noticeable but it is..? #so would he have the same grades/habits as hikaru or what #school in hgsn is kinda just where the kids talk or i think a show of normalcy. we dont see them do too many school activities #wheres my school extras

[guideaus]

i had some rambley post abt hgsn and hikaru's insides, but mokumoku len's last twitter extra pic still has me stumped >:( i cant make any statements off of it 😭 !!!!!!!!

#personal #i think mokumoku len's post abt the lore in hgsn was too specific but at the same time vague? or maybe confusing bc of the #machine's translation. idk. im either overthinking or dumb. it just feels like its an implication and not an outright 'reason' #'feels good bc endorphins are released when ur abt to die' so he's abt to die..? despite nothing in the manga itself saying that #still cant tell if theyre talking specifically abt hikaru or objectively saying that happens (it doesnt). but if its a fantasy element... #it's still just saying the person's abt to die? at the very least? bc irl endorphins would only immediately release to pain #while before the twitter extra it just seemed more like yoshiki was rightfully scared (which wouldnt make endorphins release right away #but would in a bit. normally) #i cant really see the point in being so specific to mention that. u wouldnt declare that after the kids were in gym or when they eat #though at no point is he shown to be in pain

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HGSN 27-1

Chapter (Japanese)

(Please hit the green thumbs up at the end of the Japanese chapter to show support)

Rough translation by me

P1

Tanaka: 'Cause you see, 'Hikaru'-kun

Tanaka: You aren't Nounuki-sama

Tanaka: Thinking if you sacrifice something, something else will be saved...

Tanaka: You're under some wild misconceptions

Yoshiki: How'd...you get...here...?

P2-3

Are they trapped or are they hiding?

P3

Tanaka: Transmitter on your shoe

(sfx: shock)

(sfx: step)

Hikaru: Mister...what's your problem? You here to cut my head off again?

Hikaru: (Before he makes a move, I gotta...!)

Tanaka: In the first place...

P4

Tanaka: "Nounuki-sama" doesn't exist

Tanaka: It's an imaginary god invented by human minds

(sfx: wind blows)

Hikaru: Huh? Then, what about me...?

P5

Tanaka: You're something that started to be treated as "Nounuki-sama" after a certain point in time. An anomalous being.

Tanaka: Just as you took the place of Indou Hikaru, you also took the place of what was originally a non-existant god.

Hikaru: An anomalous being...?

Tanaka: Something that comes from the other side and warps reality...a being undying and unknowable, unbound by human logic...

(sfx: step step)

P6

Tanaka: When a human comes face-to-face with the incomprehensible, they can't understand it without fitting it into some other framework.

Tanaka: A god, a demon, Hell...for example.

(sfx: step back...)

Yoshiki: You...what are you after...?

Tanaka: You don't have to be so on guard

Tanaka: I'm just an ordinary person, without any powers. Right now, I don't even have that katana.

P7

Tanaka: I have a request for the two of you two.

(sfx: waves)

P8

(sfx: seagulls cry)

(sfx: rubs out cigarette)

Tanaka: You know the story of the Indou family ancestor, right?

Tanaka: You don't?

P9

Yoshiki: I know it. He wished for his wife to be resurrected, and then...

Tanaka: It's likely that was the point when it ('Hikaru') started to be treated as "Nounuki-sama"

Tanaka: That's why the wish got granted

(Yoshiki: Why was it only at the time of the mass deaths that a wish got granted?)

Yoshiki: ...!!

Hikaru: Huh? Then when did I start to be on the mountain?

Tanaka: It must have manifested at that point in time.

Tanaka: Upon seeing it, the Indou ancestor convinced himself it was "Nounuki-sama"

P10

Tanaka: At my company, we call them "the Spawn"

Tanaka: They suddenly appear without notice from the other side and are able to grant people's wishes.

Yoshiki: The Spawn...

Tanaka: Ultimately, we don't know much about their true nature, mind you.

Tanaka: When a human runs into one, they usually mistake it for something else and start wishing for something.

Tanaka: The Spawn warps reality to answer those requests

Hikaru: (Wishes...)

Tanaka: However, it isn't something so convenient as that

P11

Tanaka: Most wishes don't go so well

Tanaka: Making use of something beyond human knowledge invites tragedy.

Yoshiki: There are others besides 'Hikaru'...?

Tanaka: There are.

Tanaka: Although their appearance rate is astronomically low.

Tanaka: The first one was discovered around the 14th century

(sfx: tap tap)

Yoshiki: (That drawing...)

Tanaka: Anyway...

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Next chapter: Expected in one week

Twitter extras from the last few weeks:

Week 1 (link)

(sfx: meow meow)

Hikaru: Yoshiki

Hikaru: Hey

Hikaru: Heey

Hikaru: Yoshiki!

Hikaru: Are you listening?

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Hikaru: ...

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Hikaru: LOOK OVER HERE

(sfx: shudder)

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Yoshiki: What...was that?

Hikaru: Hey, does Saga really float?

-

His words seem to have some power of compulsion. (He often uses it on impurities)

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Week 2 (link)

'Hikaru' is relatively pale

(Since he instantly heals sunburns too, he's especially light)

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Week 3 (link)

In the beginning, he didn't really understand how much force he was supposed to be using and hurt himself

Hikaru: Ah!

If he fixes it, it's fine

(sfx: SNAP)

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Week 4 (link)

Hikaru: This guy's feet are all wet too...

Tanaka: Oh, you're right

#hikaru ga shinda natsu #the summer hikaru died #hgsn spoilers

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HGSN 26-1

Chapter (Japanese)

(Please hit the green thumbs up at the end of the chapter to show support)

Rough translation by me

(+ last week's twitter comic also)

P1

Rie: Anyway, for now, you should go on home today...

P2

Hikaru: Thanks...for the raincoat...

Rie: Take care

(sfx: door closes)

Rie: (At 'Hikaru'-kun's home right now..., he has a family that doesn't know anything. They're surely waiting for him to come home for dinner today too.)

P3

Rie: (When I think about Tsujinaka-kun and 'Hikaru'-kun's family...)

Rie: (There's just no way I can...)

(sfx: ding-dong)

Rie: (Is my daughter back?)

Rie: Alley-oop

(sfx: door opens)

Rie: Yes?

Rie: ...!!

Rie: ...You're...

P4

(sfx: cicadas)

P5

(sfx: squeak squeak)

Hikaru: Hey, is it really okay to get that as a "swim ring"? It's not exactly a "ring".

(sfx: squeak)

Yoshiki: Kaoru did say to get "the cutest one"

Hikaru: I'm glad that Kaoru's been going to school a bit more these days and made a friend she can go to the pool with.

Yoshiki: But why do I have to go all the way to Mion to buy a swim ring for her?

Yoshiki: Carrying this around is such a pain

Hikaru: It's 'cause you bought something that was already inflated

Hikaru: You could have just deflated it and folded it up.

P6

Yoshiki: I'd feel kinda bad for it

Yoshiki: The poor giant salamander...

Hikaru: Pftt. You're attached to it

Yoshiki: ...so, after that, I found out some stuff

Yoshiki: The "sin of the Indou family" was actually...

(sfx: cicadas)

Yoshiki: ...'Hikaru'

Yoshiki: do you not have memories from your time as "Nounuki-sama"?

P7

Hikaru: I have them...at least I should

Hikaru: It's like, for some reason, I've forgotten them for a long time and have recently started to recall them...

(sfx: squeak)

Hikaru: Especially the stuff about "granting wishes"...

Hikaru: I'm not sure why, but for some reason I think it's true.

Hikaru: I can grant any wish you ask for...I have that feeling anyway.

(sfx: squeak)

(Hikaru: ...and I'll do whatever you ask me to do...)

Yoshiki: ...you have such a big mouth, haha...

Yoshiki: Any wish, for real?

P8

Hikaru: Yeah

Hikaru: Go ahead

Yoshiki: (This "wish"...if it really did get granted...)

Yoshiki: (I feel like it'd be bad news)

Yoshiki: No. It's fine.

(sfx: squeak squeak)

Hikaru: ....

Yoshiki: *sigh*...Even though we know about Nounuki-sama now, we still don't know anything about the most important part, doing something about the impurities...

P9

Yoshiki: (And what was that sketch, too...)

Yoshiki: (It's just one inexplicable thing showing up after another)

Yoshiki: *mutter mutter*

Hikaru: Heeey

(sfx: cicadas)

Hikaru: Ah!

P10

Hikaru: It's Mincemeat!

Mincemeat: ....

Hikaru: Yoshiki, look at this!

Hikaru: He's dancing

Yoshiki: He's gotten pretty used to you

Yoshiki: Figures, he still hates you

P11

Hikaru: That guy... he was just after a cat treat, huh?

Hikaru: He's surprisingly strong

Yoshiki: Hahaha

Hikaru: Hey

Hikaru: There's no point in thinking about stuff in a place like this

(sfx: cicadas)

Hikaru: It's summer break right?

Hikaru: You wanna go to the beach today?

Hikaru: I'd like to see the ocean at least once

Twitter Extra (link):

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Next chapter: in 1 week

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Yoshiki (13yo): Look, Kaoru, here's a souvenir for you. It's a beetle larva plushie.

Yoshiki: You said you wanted something cute right?

Kaoru (9yo): I didn't want that....

Yoshiki: Huh?

==

Things that are a little annoying about Yoshiki

Last week's twitter comic (link):

Maki: He can kinda look down on people.

Also the fact that he's taller than me makes me mad!

Yoshiki: Are you stupid?

Maki: Hah? What?!

Asako: He never tells me about the important part. Too secretive?

Asako: Huh!? You're hurt, what happened?

Yoshiki: Nothing...

(He took a big fall)

Yuuki: That even though what he thinks quickly shows on his face, he won't say anything. I'm the one who ends up having to guess.

Yoshiki: 's really good

The first time I gave him something sweet

Even though he obviously didn't like sweets, he didn't say anything about it. (The next time I gave him something that wasn't sweet, and he enjoyed it)

'Hikaru': He's always nagging, such a busybody. He's quick to start brooding and worry himself sick. And he's kinda needy. Also he's like argumentative? He watches videos about beating other people in debates. Also sometimes he grows beard hair.

Yoshiki: Hey! Wash your hands!

Maki: Well you told me to talk about it!

Asako: Sorry!

'Hikaru': (LMAO)

Yoshiki: Beard hair...

#hikaru ga shinda natsu #the summer hikaru died #hgsn spoilers

[entertext]

HGSN 25-3

Chapter (Japanese)

(Please hit the green thumbs up at the end of the chapter on the Japanese site to show the mangaka support)

Rough translation by me

P1

Rie: I...don't know if that will happen

Rie: But, it might improve things a bit...using a wrong sized lid is better than not having a cover at all.

(sfx: tick tock tick tock)

Rie: However, it's not a solution to the fundamental issue...

Rie: And, it's not like there couldn't be other...

P2

Hikaru: I'm totally fine

Hikaru: I'm a monster after all, so something like this is... ...

Hikaru: ....*sniff*... ...

Hikaru: ...I hate this...*sniff*...why...

Hikaru: Uu...I don't wanna be alone

Hikaru: ...*sniff* ...why...

Hikaru: Uu...Uuu...Yoshiki...

Hikaru: Uu...

P3

(sfx: rain)

(sfx: page flip...)

Yoshiki: Anything's fine, I just need something that could be a hint...This one doesn't seem like it'll be useful

(book: Regional Folktales)

Yoshiki: So if I summarize where we've ended up...

(sfx: pencil click)

P4

(txt:

"Unuki-san" worship begins

↓

Becomes "Nounuki-sama"='Hikaru' worship

* Local religion originating from difficulty living

* God that grants wishes if heads are offered

* The offered head disappears, a replacement is made and memorialized in the "Hall"

* In order to separate and bury the sacrifice's body parts as far apart as possible, the village was split

↓

"Mass Death" Incident (1749)

* Brought about by the Indou family's ancestor

* Excessive wish→Wife's resurrection

* Afterwards the village became peaceful

* From then on, there is a custom where the Indou men use "Hichi-san" in a ritual on the mountain

)

Yoshiki: The sin of the Indou family was...that he sacrificed the villagers outside of the family to resurrect his wife

Yoshiki: As a result, the mass deaths occured.

Yoshiki: The truth of the mass deaths wasn't death by famine but bizarre deaths...

Yoshiki: With that, the villagers must have thought that Nounuki-sama had become a tatarigami

(Hikaru: Is being dead and being alive that different?)

P5

Yoshiki: ...

Yoshiki: The reason the village stablized afterwards is probably because the amount of impurities decreased, right?...

Yoshiki: But, it's strange

Yoshiki: While Nounuki-sama = 'Hikaru' is on the mountain, the impurities should gather on the mountain and the village should be fine. What was happening before the mass deaths?

Yoshiki: And another question is the part where

Yoshiki: up until the mass deaths, "even if you offered a head, nothing actually happened"

Yoshiki: Why was it only at the time of the mass deaths that a wish got granted?

P6

(sfx: office chair squeaks)

Yoshiki: *sighs*

Yoshiki: In the first place, we don't know why there's so many impurities in this area...

Yoshiki: If we don't know that, then in the end...

Hikaru: Yoshiki

Hikaru: I'll go back to the mountain haha

Yoshiki: Anything but that. No way.

(sfx: fwh-fwhump)

P7

(book: Rafanelli Art Collection)

Yoshiki: An artbook ...

(sfx: flip...)

Emanuele Rafanelli

Renaissance painter

Died 1520

Yoshiki: Beautiful art...

(title: Girl With Veil)

Yoshiki: And here's the pages with rough sketches?

(sfx: flip...)

Yoshiki: ...hm?

P8

Yoshiki: This is...

P9

Hikaru: ...*sniff*...

Hikaru: ........

Rie: 'Hikaru'-kun...

Rie: (I'm sure it hasn't even been a year since he came into this world)

Rie: (For a child like that, this is just too cruel...Just for a little while, maybe we could let things be...)

"That softness will invite greater misfortune..."

Rie: (I can't make him disappear, but...)

P10

Rie: (With 'Hikaru' as he is right now)

Rie: (I might be able to tear him from that body)

Rie: (If the alternative is making him suffer, then for Yoshiki's sake as well)

Rie: (It's better that I take full responsibility)

Rie: (and deal with 'Hikaru'-kun...)

==

Next chapter: in 3 weeks

Twitter Extra (link):

If he'd been a glutton

Hikaru: I don't wanna be alone...

==

The other legible book titles on Dad's bookshelf:

* History of War

* How to Interact with Children~Recommendations for the Rebellious Age~

* Ecosystems of the Countryside

* How to Write Mystery

* How to Write Suspense

#hikaru ga shinda natsu #the summer hikaru died #hgsn spoilers

[entertext]

HGSN 25-2

Chapter (Japanese)

(Please hit the green thumbs up at the end of the chapter to show support)

Rough translation by me

P1

Dad: Before he died, Kouhei argued with the higher-ups that he wanted to be the last to do the ritual. Saying that "Unuki-sama isn't what you all think it is. The ritual's meaningless." And that was when he died in an accident.

Dad: I wonder if that was really an accident...

Yoshiki: ...

Yoshiki: ...Dad, what was it like when Hikaru's dad died?

Dad: There wasn't a single good thing about this village anymore. That's what I thought...

P2

Yoshiki: (It's so similar, I hate it)

Dad: Yoshiki, you know, you aren't anything like me

Dad: You have your mom's strength and kindness...

Dad: so you'll grow into a better person than your dad.

Yoshiki: ...say that stuff to Mom

Yoshiki: Why don't you ever talk to her properly?

P3

Dad: ...I'm scared to. Your mom is strong

Dad: It feels like soon there won't be a place for me to belong in this house

Yoshiki: That's so dumb

Yoshiki: ...is "belonging" that important?

Dad: People become greedy for what they've lacked. Those who couldn't eat their fill become gluttonous, and those who were starved for love want to be loved even more. I suppose someone fixated on "belonging" must not have had a place to belong.

Yoshiki: ('Hikaru' is like that too, huh...)

Dad: I have to make sure to talk to your mom too...

P4

Yoshiki: ....yeah.

Yoshiki: Hey, Dad. ...you have a lot of books right?

Dad: Yeah...you can read them if you want

Yoshiki: ...thanks

Kaoru: *whisper* Hey, Mom, big brother and Dad are talking!

P5

Mom: He's so quick to put on a good face in front of the children. *sighs*

Kaoru: Hmmmm

Kaoru: What's for dinner tonight?

Mom: Ginger fried pork

Kaoru: Come to think of it, ginger fried pork is Dad's favorite...

(sfx: RAIN)

P6

(sfx: thnk)

Rie: Tsujinaka-kun...

Rie: He's become "mixed up".

Rie: Just like my son...

P7

Hikaru: "Mixed up"?

Rie: Very rarely, there are people who, after being touched by something from the world beyond, end up with parts of it mixed up in their soul

Rie: When that happens, that person's boundary line between them and the other side becomes fuzzy...

Rie: And tons of impurities will gather to them

Rie: The impurities must want to come close because it's something within their reach.

Rie: I used to desperately protect my son who was like that...

Hikaru: If he gets any more mixed up,

Hikaru: Yoshiki will be in danger?

P8

Rie: I don't even want to imagine what could happen...

Hikaru: ...To be honest, I can't really understand human feelings

Hikaru: Even if I know what a soul is, I don't really get the value of "life". Love, friendship, familial love...humans are so complicated.

Hikaru: For me, those are all...things I can't truly understand

Hikaru: But Yoshiki...

Hikaru: He said I didn't have to understand. That I didn't have to become human

P9

Hikaru: That's why I...I don't want to hurt Yoshiki

Hikaru: But, if I'm around, everything becomes stranger and stranger...

Hikaru: And lately, sometimes I can't keep control of myself

Rie: Perhaps, like a weakened animal goes into a frenzy

Rie: you're instinctively affecting Tsujinaka-kun

Hikaru: Is it because I'm weakened? No...Either way, before long I'll...

Hikaru: lose to that "instinct" and take Yoshiki's soul...

P10

Rie: I suppose...it's in your nature

Rie: (This child is terrifying)

Rie: (An existence so big as to destroy everything if things go wrong)

Rie: (It's not as if there's no method I can think of)

Rie: (But, this child wants to stay here. Said he wants to protect the place he belongs)

Hikaru: Hey,

P11

Hikaru: If I go back to the mountain, will that solve everything?

Rie: ....

(sfx: nervous gulp)

Hikaru: If I do that, the impurities will decrease too,

(sfx: rain)

Hikaru: And everyone will be safe, ...and everything will go back to how it was before?

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Next chapter: in a week

Twitter Extra (link):

At the hairdresser's

Mom: So I see you've just come up to Tokyo~

Dad: Yes

Mom: Isn't it tough being on your own?

Dad: I get lost a lot...and for some reason I get questioned by the police everyday...

Mom: Everyday....

Dad: Thank you

(sfx: THUNK)

Dad: Ow

(sfx: rattle)

Dad: Ah!

(sfx: clatter)

Dad: Aaah!

Mom: Ah, it's alright, I'll clean it up

Dad: I'm sorry

Mom: (Is this guy going to be ok?...)

Mom: And before I knew it, I'd married him

--

At the time, Yoshiki's dad had pushed his parents to let him go to a university in Tokyo

There, he met Yoshiki's mom who was working as a hairdresser

==

EDIT: Changed the wording one of Rie's lines and one of Yoshiki's in 23-4 because it seemed to be getting interpreted in a way that wasn't my intent. Hopefully, this reads a little better...

#hikaru ga shinda natsu #the summer hikaru died #hgsn spoilers #theres been an awful lot of fuss lately but i am still here :)