Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu 1 (Kadokawa Comics Ace)

[Machine Translation] Hikaru is no longer with us... if that's the case... Yoshiki and Hikaru are two boys who live in a village. They are the same age and have grown up together for a long time. One day, however, Yoshiki becomes convinced that what he thought was Hikaru has been replaced by something else. Still, they want to be together. The days begin as usual with the nanica in the form of a friend. At the same time, various incidents occur in the village... Up-and-coming author MokuMokuRen's story of falling into an unknown "Nanika" begins. Included at the end of the book is a newly illustrated short story depicting the two as they were in their early days.

光はもうおらんのや…それやったら――。 ある集落で暮らす少年、よしきと光。同い年の2人はずっと一緒に育ってきた。 しかしある日、よしきが光だと思っていたものは別のナニカにすり替わっていたことに確信を持ってしまう。 それでも、一緒にいたい。 友人の姿をしたナニカとの、いつも通りの日々が始まる。 時を同じくして、集落では様々な事件が起こっていき――。 新進気鋭の作家・モクモクれんが描く、未知のナニカへ堕ちていく物語、開幕。 巻末には在りし日の2人を描いた、描き下ろし短編も収録。