Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai

The aloof protagonist: a bookworm who is deeply detached from the world he resides in. He has no interest in others and is firmly convinced that nobody has any interest in him either. His story begins when he stumbles across a handwritten book, titled Living with Dying. He soon identifies it as a secret diary belonging to his popular, bubbly classmate Sakura Yamauchi. She then confides in him about the pancreatic disease she is suffering from and that her time left is finite. Only her family knows about her terminal illness; not even her best friends are aware. Despite this revelation, he shows zero sympathy for her plight, but caught in the waves of Sakura's persistent buoyancy, he eventually concedes to accompanying her for her remaining days.

As the pair of polar opposites interact, their connection strengthens, interweaving through their choices made with each passing day. Her apparent nonchalance and unpredictability disrupts the protagonist's impassive flow of life, gradually opening his heart as he discovers and embraces the true meaning of living.

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Yamauchi, Sakura Main

Lynn Japanese

Shiga, Haruki Main

Takasugi, Mahiro Japanese

Takimoto, Kyouko Supporting

Fujii, Yukiyo Japanese

Miyata, Issei Supporting

Fukushima, Jun Japanese

Yamauchi, Mother Supporting

Wakui, Emi Japanese

Takahiro Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Shiga, Mother Supporting

Tanaka, Atsuko Japanese

Shiga, Father Supporting

Miki, Shinichiro Japanese

Takahashi, Yuuma Producer

Kashiwada, Shinichirou Producer

Niwa, Masami Producer

Mita, Keiji Producer

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Mar 16, 2025

Mallad

Recommended

"I Want to Eat Your Pancreas"

The film reminds us that death is not the true tragedy never truly living is. We often wait for the "right moment" to connect, to love, to change, without realizing that time is indifferent to our hesitation. Sakura’s presence is fleeting, but the impact she leaves behind is eternal, just like the memories we carry of those who have shaped us.

The animation and soundtrack enhance the emotional depth of the story, creating a delicate yet powerful atmosphere. The film doesn’t rely on melodrama but instead finds beauty in subtlety quiet conversations, stolen moments, and unspoken emotions that linger ... long after the credits roll.

"I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" is not merely a tearjerker; it’s a reminder to live fully, to love fearlessly, and to embrace the uncertainty of life. Because in the end, what truly matters is not how long we live, but how deeply we connect with those around us

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jun 18, 2024

Kcmichalson

Mixed Feelings

Pancreas is a decently run of the mill Dram-rom. The film sets out to be a pretty standard romance and it accomplishes such without exceeding expectations.

The film begins with a good start, a solid beginning to the main characters' relationship and establishes the conflict that arises later on. However, after the beginning, the film does little to connect its core premise to the plot until the very end. The non-main characters are inconsequential outside of a few scenes, and the two main characters offer little substance to push the film along for two hours. Towards the end the writing of these characters seems to ... falter and the side characters are little more than plot devices to push the romance along.

Evidently, people really liked this film, and I can see why, but I can't say for sure that you'll be a fan of this if you don't already find yourself interested in other Dram-rom plots with basic characters. The art is fine and the music is pretty good, but it can only do so much to elevate the average writing and plot.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Apr 1, 2025

1stDecame4Danime

Not Recommended

There are no characters here. The main duo are: Generic self-insert guy who is explicitly a blank slate devoid of any character aside from the 1-note of the original novel author's self-fellation of books, he likes books, he reads books, he's a librarian, books books books, library library library, Le Petite Prince, diary diary diary, texting texting texting. The girl is generic dying perfect dreamgirl who exists to throw herself at the MC and force him to learn the wonders of generic socialization one childish platonic crush date at a time.
The other students (who are all laughably barely present noncharacters) are assumptive angry manipulative assholes ... who refuse to allow her any agency as a person and bully the guy they don't know for no reason just because he interacted with her. Of course the author has no awareness of this bizarre narcissism because he wrote the girl to be hypocritically forcing her will onto MC in exactly the same way as she complains about in others and her ex(another aforementioned noncharacter asshole student who does nothing but be jealous once).
There's 1 laughable side plot of the only other 2 characters, who would've been better off cut from the movie instead of having one sitting around offering bubblegum and the other shouting pointlessly every scene until the end when it is used for a pointless 'and then they started dating' ending despite having the side characters literally never interact in a single scene for the entire movie.
Lastly is the mother of FMC who exists for 1 scene to say "thanks, read this."

Character explicitly name dropping "I want to eat your pancreas" like some kind of cringe Hot Tub Time Machine.

The plot spoils itself from the first scene: She dies after they get to know each other and caring about each other. It generically and mundanely presents the very basic notion of memento mori(remember you will die). It doesn't actually dig into anything of its themes, instead filling the movie with small talk and ultimately concluding with a bunch of generic empty fluff words about how "there are no words to describe our relationship, null character guy. Thank you for spending time with me." The end.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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	I feel like the Chekhov's Gun detracted from the experience TheCornerBro - Feb 18	16 replies	by Ryan_Melvin15 »» Feb 20, 3:10 AM
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	*SPOILER* did anyone cry in this movie? ( 1 2 ) ichigo23sterling - Apr 11, 2021	96 replies	by shanheartsanime »» Jan 5, 8:21 AM
	Am I the only one not feeling any attachment to Sakura, making the whole movie less sad? griddyweeb - May 21, 2024	25 replies	by tacaloking »» Aug 26, 2024 10:15 AM