Hikaru ga Chikyuu ni Ita Koro...... (When Hikaru was on the earth)

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Japanese: ヒカルが地球にいたころ......

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Type: Light Novel

Volumes: 10

Chapters: 93

Status: Finished

Published: May 30, 2011 to Apr 28, 2014

Genres: Mystery, Romance, Supernatural

Theme: School

Serialization: None

Authors: Nomura, Mizuki (Story), Takeoka, Miho (Art)

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Ranked: #603²

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Popularity: #4154

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Light NovelNomura, Mizuki (Story), Takeoka, Miho (Art)

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High school student Koremitsu Akagi finds himself attending the funeral of Hikaru Mikado, who had died in an accident during Golden Week. He's not sure why he's there, as he only exchanged a few words with Hikaru at school.

However, Hikaru doesn't seem to be completely gone from the world, as he comes back as a ghost in order to fulfill a promise to Aoi Saotome, his fiancée. Since Koremitsu is the only one who can see him, he asks him to carry out his promise in his place.

Complying with his request, Koremitsu tries to fulfill Hikaru's promises to the rest of his "girlfriends," helping them overcome past misunderstandings and repair broken relationships. But the situation surrounding Hikaru's death is shrouded in mystery, as it's uncertain whether or not he truly died in an accident...

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Jan 30, 2016

Sashi123

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Hikaru ga chikyuu an ikatoro is a bittersweet romance novel that is really good and enjoyable. It follows the 2 main characters koremitsu and Hikaru and as it usually is ,a wide variety of girls.
Hikaru is the kind of playboy you see in movies or you see women fantasising about. He is that overly pretentious guy who some how turns out to be romantic for reasons we males can never decipher. He is the guy who'd go to a woman watching flowers and say something pretentious like “ the flowers are soothing but not as soothing as you”. Oh he has a nice face ... and manages to make everyone fall in love with him. And by everyone I mean everyone. His character is very well done. He is exactly the way you expect a non manly popular male to be. He gets especially annoying when he goes on long essays about flowers. But this annoying is intentional. The author wants us to shout back at him “ they are just flowers damn it!!”.
Koremitsu In 2 words is a shonen protagonist.
1) pure - check
2) straight forward- check
3) shouting random lines like “I'll protect you” at cliche moments - check
4) not being able to see the most obvious signs that a girl is interested in him - check

Thankfully though he doesn't pull down the series too much and is a nice contrast to Hikaru. He isn't a pervert like Hikaru. And he also knows that the description the women give about Hikaru and the actual Hikaru he knows are so different. It creates a nice dynamic.

Every volume is about a particular girl and a short bittersweet romance. The romance is well done, with enough mystery to keep you entertained. In every volume there is a grandstanding show- off, where our shonen protagonist does something cool and Hikaru fucking randomly becomes Sherlock Holmes. But I can forgive that because the final conclusion is satisfying. Every single time.

In volume-5 the book became harem and full on loli. Normally I'd put it down, but the main romance about the girl of that volume was too interesting for me to give it up. Finally I just skipped parts to know what was going to happen. ( it was a bittersweet story about an online friend Hikaru made. That girl was insecure about our nose and koremitsu tried searching for her as she hid. It was bittersweet)

After volume 4 the series becomes Haremy. Even during volume 4 it was like that. But I did not mind it because this series uses harem to fish for jokes rather than a form of wish fulfilment. I found it fine and easily ignorable. Reminds me the start of Nisekoi where harem was used for laughter. Something I enjoyed because of the sheer ridiculousness. The series isn't loli except volume -5 and 2-3 instances in every other volume from vol-4. While I liked her arc, I disliked everything she did after that and just stared in disbelief.( the underage character) .This story isn't realistic with people being practically treated as queens and what-not but in this case it turns out to be an advantage. A story about solving girls problems wouldn't be same if the girl were absolutely normal. That is reality.

Overall- this series is a well done story with well done enjoyable parts and easily ignorable - unenjoyable parts. That I think is important. Sometimes it can get too preachy but that too is ignorable. It isn't a " o-p protagonist, harem, wish fulfilment” this leaves some hope in the medium. It is a solid 8/10.

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Sep 7, 2016

Yunikonkun

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I don't always read a light novel. This is probably the first light novel I have ever finished. So here is basically my review. I spent 2 days reading 10 volumes.

Story: 9.5/10

If you had read or heard of "Tale of Genji", you probably would have sensed some characters' name related between this two stories.

"Hikaru ga Chikyuu ni Ita Koro" or simply "When Hikaru was on Earth" is a story about ghost. Wait! It is not a horror one. The main character Akagi was haunted by a ghost who needed to fulfill the promise before passed on to either heaven/space/nirvana/idk.

You might think of Anohana ...

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Jun 24, 2017

Freestyle80

Recommended

Since most reviewers already gives you the gist of the story, i'll keep it as short as I can

This is one of the few LNs i read, i dont really read the 'popular' ones since they come out in manga/anime form eventually anyway. I found this through the rankings and was surprised its so highly rated since from the story description it just seems like the MC would be going after some dead guy's girls

It really does deserve its high ratings, might even argue it deserves to be higher up the rankins after reading he first volume i couldnt help but want more.

The MC is ...

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