Making my Friend Watch The Summer Hikaru Died | Episode 1 Reaction

Neo, our fellow Hikanatsu manga reader, has been waiting for this for YEARS, even before the news of the anime adaptation came out. Meanwhile, Naus stumbled upon the show accidentally on Twitter and is now STOKED to begin this journey.

This first episode is beyond anything we've imagined, details of which we have extensively talked about in the video. As we have talked about in the video as well, though, we will only upload our reactions weekly through our Patreon (patreon.com/nausandneo) in their full-length format, because we don't have to worry about getting a copyright strike there. We will still upload the edited version on YouTube, but that may take some time because we're currently pretty busy irl.

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00:00 Opening
00:35 What Neo knew about The Summer Hikaru Died (she is a manga-reader even before the anime announcement came out)
01:55 What Naus knew about The Summer Hikaru Died (stumbling upon the trailer)
03:55 Our relationship with the horror genre
05:26 Naus' expectations for the show
06:51 Reaction
21:34 Hikaru's creepy eyes
21:55 Naus' first impression
23:47 This first episode includes many future manga scenes (+ commentary about how many of the volumes they are adapting)
26:29 What stood out about the horror for Naus (the amazing way they animate mundane stuff, as well as the amazing adaptation of the grandma dying scene)
28:58 The amazing sound direction (intentional sound distortions and silences)
31:55 How they translated inner monologues exquisitely across mediums
33:01 Anime vs manga
33:26 Brief compliment about the animation and art style (again)
33:46 Opening and ending songs
34:52 Naus' prediction for the 2nd episode
35:35 Naus' prediction about the relationship of Yoshiki and Hikaru
37:40 Disclaimer: We're uploading the rest of Hikanatsu reactions on Patreon ASAP, and on Youtube, too, but needs more time to edit to avoid copyright
39:16 Closing