When the Fireflies Glow

ja-Latn
Hotarubi no Tomoru Koro ni
ja
蛍火の灯る頃に

It's July 2016, and the Tadamura family gathers in the Hirasaka village for the funeral of the grandmother and head of the family: the young man Yukito, his step-sister Yue, his father Masashi, his uncles Nobuteru and Tsunemasa, and his cousins Terumi and Teruya, all come to pay their last respects.

But on that evening, Yue witnesses an incomprehensible scene: the grandmother's dead body starts to move and disappears into the night! The morning after, the family wakes up in a strange world, seemingly cut off from reality, where two suns shine…

(Source: Batoto)

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Folklore Religion Violence Pregnancy Violence › Gore
Mental Health
Mental Illness › Insanity
Mystery
Missing Person Sudden Disappearance
Settings
Afterlife
Activities
Crimes › Murder
Audience Demographics > Male Oriented
Seinen Male Demographic with Female Lead
Character Traits
Calm Character
Character Types
NEET
Female Lead
Strong-Willed Ability Female Lead › Smart Female Lead
Personality Female Lead
Hot-Blooded Female Lead Kind female Lead
Male Lead
Strong-Willed Ability Male Lead › Smart Male Lead
Locations
Countryside Isolated Location Village Asia › Japan Fictional › Hell
Narrative Tropes
Family Drama Survival Backstory › Dead Family Member Survival › Trapped
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Guns
Relationship > Family Relationship
Stepbrother Stepsister
Family
Parent-Child › Stepdaughter Siblings › Stepsibling
Extended Family
Cousins Grandmother
Sexual Content
Nudity Intensity › Mature
Species & Creatures
Monsters Supernatural Beings › Demons
Animals
Dogs Insects
Time Period > Period Piece
Late Modern & Contemporary › 21st century

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