Alex, Vrai, and Toni go elbow deep exploring the queer themes and rural horror of The Summer Hikaru Died.

0:00:00 Intro

0:01:01 Summary

0:02:29 Personal experiences

0:08:11 Making anime scary

0:11:27 The Netflix of it all

0:15:35 BL as a genre piece

0:20:20 The gay ‘90s

0:24:03 A horror genre piece

0:27:40 Showing vs telling queer rep

0:34:06 Cronenberg

0:42:53 “Supporting” cast

0:44:58 Penguindrum and Venom

0:51:27 Asako

0:55:29 Rie and queer acceptance

1:05:42 Hikaru’s entity

1:10:57 Final thoughts

1:13:47 Outro

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Recorded Tuesday 21st October 2025

Music: Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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