“I WANT TO EAT YOUR PANCREAS” REVIEW
- About “I want to eat your pancreas” in general
- Plot
- Expressions about music
- Expressions about ending
- Moral of the anime
- Conclusion
“I want to eat your pancreas” is the anime-adaptation of eponymous novel by Yoru Sumino. It was premiered on September 1, 2018. There is also a live-adaptation of the novel called “Let me eat your pancreas” premiered in 2017, but this review is only about anime-film.
Spring. April. Last days, when cherry blossoms. An aloof boy which name was mystery till the end of the movie finds a diary of his popular classmate Sakura Yamauchi in hospital waiting room which is called “I live dying” due to her fatal pancreatic illness. Sakura has few months of life remaining. He becomes the only person in class who knows about Sakura’s illness. But Sakura doesn’t even feel upset and decides to spend last days with him and maximally funny and unforgettable. They play games, travel, find adventures and He notices the changes inside him. He becomes more open and started socializing which we can see in some interesting details: he accepts a gum from his classmate (when in the past he ignored everybody) and starts talking to Kyoko even if she doesn’t like the mysterious relations between Him and Sakura.
The way how bright person can change another opposite to her and closed person is insanely catching, especially after reading deep plays (“At the bottom”) and stories (“Konovalov”) of Maxim Gorky where he develops high idea of human’s grace and greatness. It became interesting to me to discover human connections and bonds, but let’s end with the plot.
When He totally changes and becomes easy-going and open person, he calls her to have a dinner together. Sakura gets discharged from the hospital and goes to the café, but on the way, she was murdered and He knows this only after hours of waiting…
It is indisputably good when person changes to the better, but it is bad when he gets attached to a person, especially when he knows about her destiny after some months… When he knows about the murdering, his inner world crushes fundamentally, depression and helplessness attack his heart and feelings. He reads a diary that she kept for him and in the end of the film, he becomes friend with Kyoko and they visit Sakura’s grave together…
