{"id":1605,"date":"2025-11-19T00:11:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T05:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2025-11-19T00:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T05:11:09","slug":"exile-relationships-summer-baggage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/2025\/11\/19\/exile-relationships-summer-baggage\/","title":{"rendered":"Exile, Relationships, Summer Baggage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0To expand on Eli Clare\u2019s chapter about \u201cLosing Home\u201d as the previous post showcased, there was a connection that shares some sentiments with Eli Clare\u2019s experience of feeling lost, which was a show on Netflix called \u201cThe Summer Hikaru Died.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Using the discussions revolving around Eli Clare about complications about leaving their identity as well as using queer theory, the main character in \u201cThe Summer Hikaru Died\u201d faces this similar dilemma as they had this \u2018physical\u2019 obstacle that is tying them down to their secluded town. Eli says, \u201cI know that it is life-blood for me to live openly in relative safety as a dyke among dykes; to live thousands of miles away from the people who…[harmed] me as child…[but] I hate that cost\u201d (Clare 46). Eli Clare talks about the life they had in their small urban home and how the dyke community was their safe space. Eli mentions how they wished there were ways to educate or support LGBTQ individuals to express themselves in small urban spaces. Yoshiki, the main character, suffers from a similar experience but instead of making the decision to leave the small town, they stay because of their love for Hikaru even after their death.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Yoshiki\u2019s character in the show had them experience a \u2018what-if\u2019 situation in which Hikaru was still alive. In episode 1 of <\/span>The Summer Hikaru Died,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>there\u2019s\u00a0a moment in which Yoshiki confronts Hikaru about his identity\u00a0and Hikaru casually threatens Yoshiki\u00a0to keep quiet by revealing his true form.<\/span> In this shot as well,\u00a0Hikaru can\u00a0possibly signify\u00a0the physical baggage\u00a0that Yoshiki carries with them even after their crush’s death. This connection is likely what Eli Clare must have experienced along\u00a0the way, although not physical, Eli expressed\u00a0that memories tied them to their\u00a0previous\u00a0home which can be said about\u00a0Yoshiki.\u00a0Eli Clare says, \u201cI didn\u2019t know that\u00a0in a\u00a0middle-class\u00a0town or neighborhood these things would have marked my family and me as something other than well-off\u201d (Clare 38).\u00a0Eli Clare\u00a0comments on how class\u00a0can vary depending on the size of the\u00a0place, which\u00a0is often overlooked if LGBTQ people have never lived in small towns. In this case, Yoshiki\u2019s mother works in the city, already creating distances from other villagers as the town is wary of them.\u00a0Eli Clare comments\u00a0on this experience\u00a0by calling out LGBTQ support groups to educate villagers on\u00a0sexualities\u00a0as well as individuals who are closeted.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cReplacement<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The Summer Hikaru Died<\/span>,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>created by\u00a0<\/span>Mokumokuren<\/span>, season 1, episode 1,\u00a0<\/span>CygamesPictures<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>5\u00a0<\/span>July<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>2025<\/span>. Netflix app.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Clare, Eli. \u201cLosing Home.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, Liberation<\/span><\/span>, Duke University Press, Durham & London, 2015, pp. 31\u201349.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0To expand on Eli Clare\u2019s chapter about \u201cLosing Home\u201d as the previous post showcased, there was a connection that shares some sentiments with Eli Clare\u2019s experience of feeling lost, which was a show on Netflix called \u201cThe Summer Hikaru Died.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Using the discussions revolving around Eli Clare about complications about leaving … Continue reading Exile, Relationships, Summer Baggage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5708,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344663],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5708"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1607,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions\/1607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}