This is my first manga review, so please go easy on me. Spoilers ahead, but you can honestly finish this manga in less than a minute, and I recommend you do.

What can I say about this tragic masterpiece, comprised of only thirteen words? It is an obvious parody on the similar "１００-日後に死ぬワニ" or This Crocidile will Die in 100 Days. However, it only took the mangaka 1/50th of the time to make a compelling story about life and death.

We are introduced to our main character on Day 1, an unnamed gorilla we are told will die the next day. And spoiler warning, they do.

Despite the lack of character development, little to no story, symbolism, or anything else your 8th grade English teacher told you is critical in making a story great; it works.

I don't know if anyone else has ever heard about the idea that spoiling a story's ending makes someone more invested. The argument goes that people start to pay more attention to the account. We want to see where it all goes wrong when the sparks began to fly in a relationship, or this case, the character's life and how they died.

Reflect on other media where we are told at the very beginning that our main character dies: Grave of the Fireflies, Hamilton, or I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. We intrude into these characters' lives, seeing how they lived before there is nothing more for us to see. We rejoice in their success, and we anguish in their failures. We grew to understand how they became such a unique part of the world around them, and we mourn with that world when they are gone. Like a firework, they exist momentarily, lighting up the world around them, everyone relishing in its beauty and longing for it after the final ember fades away.

This is where the manga shines best; we are left with a gorilla and thirteen words. There are no complexities to unravel; the gorilla exists, then it dies.

It's abrupt, and at first, I laughed because I knew what to expect, but I couldn't believe it happened. However, after a while, I started to reflect on my own experience. A few months ago, a close family member passed away after complications resulting from their fight with covid-19. The doctors told us that he had a couple of weeks left, but later that day, he passed away.

I'm not going to act all holier-than-thou and tell you what this manga is about or what the author Ishida Sui was thinking when making this manga, but I can speak for what this manga means to me. For me, this manga is about how life waits for no one; it's not going to be full of close calls and moments for people to start pitying you 100 days before you die; it'll be abrupt, and no amount of planning or preparation will make your death any less shocking to those around you.

So live your life to the fullest and tell your loved ones how much they mean to you because one day they will be gone, and you will be too.