L'estate in cui Hikaru è morto

Regarding fans asking if the story is a BL or "Boys Love", Mokumokuren stated: "I still think that the genre of "The Summer Hikaru Died" is something that readers are free to think about, but I describe it as "coming-of-age horror" because I think it should be a story that also empathizes with people who have been left behind about romance and sexuality. That's why I describe it as "youth horror". I think the key is not being "normal" and not having a place to belong, which is shared by people of all walks of life, regardless of demographic. I believe that it's okay for there to be queer stories that are not about romance. That's why, from the beginning, I tried not to position it as a love story. [...] Regardless of the genre tag or whether this story is not a romance, I, as the author, can guarantee that it is a queer story."