what would you do if someone you loved died… and then came back?in this episode of cozy in the shade, i’m talking about the anime the summer hikaru died and the question that kept circling in my head the entire time i was watching it:if the person you care about is gone, but something wearing their face is still here… would you stay?this episode starts as an anime discussion, but it quickly spirals into something bigger. we end up talking about identity, grief, horror tropes like childhood friends to lovers, and the strange emotional space between knowing someone has changed and not being ready to let them go.spoilers discussed the summer hikaru died, yellowjackets, stranger things, pet sematary, the walking dead, shaun of the dead, annihilationtopics in this episode ♡ the summer hikaru died ♡ yoshiki and hikaru’s relationship ♡ identity and consciousness in horror stories ♡ ambiguous loss and emotional limbo ♡ why we stay attached to people who have changed ♡ comparisons to stranger things, the walking dead, pet sematary, yellowjackets, and morefollow the podcast spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/3tYlRLGcg0Rf2diYK3dPul apple podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cozy-in-the-shade/id1864693417 find me elsewhere website → http://www.heyshadylady.com twitter → http://www.twitter.com/heyshadylady instagram → http://www.instagram.com/heyshadylady twitch → http://www.twitch.tv/heyshadylady discord → https://discord.gg/fWTpUt6ZmHcozy in the shade is a podcast where i follow a stray thought until it turns into an accidental dissertation. sometimes that thought starts with anime or horror stories, sometimes it wanders into philosophy, identity, grief, or whatever strange question my brain refuses to let go of that week.