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The Summer Hikaru Died hit me wayyy harder than I was expecting. I'm not that good at putting things into words, but its depiction of growing up queer in a rural community felt so real.

Yoshiki is repressed, stifled by the community he grew up in. He wants so badly to leave, to go to the big city, to finally be free of all the nosiness that comes from living in a small town. In some panels, the sounds of the cicadas are written in every possible blank space, giving a suffocating feeling.

Something I haven't seen people talk about yet (though I'm sure it exists) is all the discussion about Yoshiki becoming "mixed up" by spending time with 'Hikaru.' At the end of chapter 4, Rie tells Yoshiki to put some distance between himself and 'Hikaru' before he becomes mixed up. And obviously, she's talking in the sense of the supernatural, but it reminded me somewhat of my own experiences. In middle school I was friends with someone that was heavily rumored, but not confirmed to be a lesbian (she was, but closeted.) My parents told me to keep my distance from her, because they didn't want me getting "involved in the wrong crowd" or "influenced."

Just as my only refuge from growing up this way was my small group of closeted queer friends who shared my struggles, Yoshiki was safe with Hikaru. Except now, Hikaru is gone, replaced by a mimic that uses his body and retained his memories. He's gone, but he's not gone.

In TSHD, queerness and the supernatural are intertwined. Just as 'Hikaru' must hide what he truly is, Yoshiki must as well. Just as 'Hikaru' is a monster, Yoshiki views himself as a monster because of his upbringing. Getting involved with the supernatural is dangerous, just as how being openly queer in a homophobic area is dangerous. Both are things that people fear, that must be hidden in order to stay safe.

Anyway this is long and rambly but I just needed to share. I obviously knew that TSHD had topics of both horror and queerness before reading, but I didn't expect it to affect me as much as it did.

choromi transbian so true and real

choro-chan, i'm your biggest fan....

✨️🏳️‍⚧️ [ this is a trans headcanon, please don't tag as genderbend or choroko! choromi is fine, tho. ] 🏳️‍⚧️✨️

Princess Gyokuro🍵🌹

Starry Wakabamatsu🌟🔰

Adivinha quem faltou a aula pq acordou 20 min atrasado e chorou

ive been so busy lately,,, i miss osomatsu san,,, i really missed drawing them too,,, by boyhos,,,

Posting for the first time in a millenia

THIS WAS AN ART COLLAB WITH @puko MY BABY BOY💖💖 HE SKETCHED IT AND I COLORED IT CHECK OUT HIS ART ITS GREAT

HALLOWEEN CHOROS FOR A FRIEND NOW HALLOWEEN CHOROS ARE FOR YOU TOO -to the world

FROG BOI LOVES MEOW CHAN BUT MEOW CHAN WANTS GURO

I've got this post episode 24 head canon where Osomatsu pretty much doesn't care whether he lives or dies so he tries a bunch of crazy stuff to get everyone's attention

WEED AWAY ALL YOUR PROBLEMS

OK SO I HAVE THIS AU WHERE OSO, CHORO, AND TODO ARE ALL PRETTY LADIES RIGHT? And they go to school together and are the best of friends and they’re happy it’s wonderful Accept they all have a lot going on in their private lives and three each help each other and it’s amazing

((The aus where Todo and Choro came from are from me but the AU OF THE AU for oso came from this really amazing dude on twitter bad_x6 and his art is suuuuper inspiring sooo))

Choro has two facial expressions- "Anxious" and "Done"

Me: *when I see osomatsu smoking hc* Me: He wants to die