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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (Light Novel) Paperback – November 20, 2018

by Yoru Sumino (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars 1,182 ratings
Also known as Let Me Eat Your Pancreas, the coming-of-age tearjerker that inspired two films! A high school boy finds the diary of his classmate—only to discover that she’s dying. Yamauchi Sakura has been silently suffering from a pancreatic disease, and now exactly one person outside her family knows. He swears to her that he won’t tell anyone what he learned, and the shared secret brings them closer together in this deeply moving, first-person story that traces their developing relationship in Sakura’s final months of life.
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  1. Print length
    260 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Airship
  4. Publication date
    November 20, 2018
  5. Grade level
    7 - 9
  6. Reading age
    13 years and up
  7. Dimensions
    5.86 x 0.81 x 8.25 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    1642750336
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1642750331
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Yoru Sumino is a Japanese writer best known for I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. loundraw is a Japanese artist best known for the cover art of the novel I Want to Eat Your Pancreas.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Airship; Translation edition (November 20, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 260 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1642750336
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1642750331
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.86 x 0.81 x 8.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 out of 5 stars 1,182 ratings

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Customers find this light novel to be a deeply beautiful and well-written story that makes them tear up. The characters and their development receive positive feedback, and one customer describes it as a wholesome tale of love and loss.

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27 customers mention "Story quality"27 positive0 negative

Customers love the story of this light novel, finding it touching and uniquely-inspiring, with one customer describing it as a wholesome tale of love and loss.

"...Lovingly crafted characters with unforgettable quirks. I even ventured to watch the movie / adaptation and fell in love with the young actors!..." Read more

"...This story will fill your heart. The characters are strong and relatable. Buy it, read it, and pass it along to someone you care about...." Read more

"...is a deeply-beautiful, wholesome story of love and loss, with a uniquely-inspiring take on the concepts of human mortality, what living truly means,..." Read more

"...It is a very good story, a good movie and is up there with Kimi No Na Wa and A Silent Voice as far as a movie...." Read more

25 customers mention "Readability"25 positive0 negative

Customers find the book deeply beautiful and an amazing read, with one customer noting how it paints a vivid world.

"...author published this light novel and here I am just discovering the beautiful, touching story that it is today. I can't believe I waited this long!..." Read more

"...But overall it was a beautiful, heart wrenching and tear jerking story." Read more

"...of human mortality, what living truly means, and how beautiful it is to be alive! The novel is amazingly well-written and engaging...." Read more

"...It is a very good story, a good movie and is up there with Kimi No Na Wa and A Silent Voice as far as a movie...." Read more

9 customers mention "Character development"9 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book, noting how they feel the characters' emotions throughout the story.

"...I can't believe I waited this long! Lovingly crafted characters with unforgettable quirks...." Read more

"...I loved the chemistry between the main characters, and as I read on, I've gotten attached to them and their struggles...." Read more

"...This story will fill your heart. The characters are strong and relatable. Buy it, read it, and pass it along to someone you care about...." Read more

"...But, this story revolves around two characters...." Read more

6 customers mention "Emotional content"6 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the emotional content of the book, with several mentioning it makes them tear up, and one describing it as a heart-wrenching tear-jerker.

"...But overall it was a beautiful, heart wrenching and tear jerking story." Read more

"...There were some really strong emotional parts in the story thus far and i plan to finish this book on a rainy day for added feels." Read more

"This tore me up, in the best way...." Read more

"Bought it cause the movie made me cry multiple times. As usual, the book is even better." Read more

5 customers mention "Writing quality"4 positive1 negative

Customers praise the writing quality of the book, finding it amazingly well-written and easy to read.

"...The novel is amazingly well-written and engaging...." Read more

"...my favorite light novel at moment it was truly amazing and a very easy read to so if it is your first time reading a light novel this would be my..." Read more

"Easy, fairly enjoyable read, but a bit predictable...." Read more

"...chance to choose, I'd pick the manga because the writing is not this novel's strength, which completely defeats the purpose of choosing the format..." Read more

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Don’t hate on the title of the book.
This story may not be for everyone, but I highly suggest to read the book, even more so if you’ve already seen the movie. The book adds a bit more than you can see in a movie. I loved this book and it met every need. Love, secrets, friendship, all in one. Give it ago! :)
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  • Every Creature Counts
    5.0 out of 5 stars Scintillating young adult romance that will make you tear up...and smile..
    Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2024
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    I've heard mention of this book so many times that I always assumed it was a horror story or some wild kiddie tale. Never even thought it would be a real literary gem. It's 10 years since the author published this light novel and here I am just discovering the beautiful, touching story that it is today. I can't believe I waited this long! Lovingly crafted characters with unforgettable quirks. I even ventured to watch the movie / adaptation and fell in love with the young actors! Great read! I'll research more works by Yoru Sumino.
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  • Javier Delgado
    5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful, heart-wreching, and touching story.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2018
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    Not gonna lie, I found the title hilarious. Since this has been the topic of the anime community since it's anime movie adaptation was announced, I was curious to see what it was about. So after watching the trailer, I was intrigued. I was surprised to see the light novel on sale and decided to buy the paperback after reading the sample on the Kindle app.

    Those who read the "Your Lie in April" manga or watched it's anime adaptation, will find the premise familiar. However, this light novel stands apart from the former. The novel is about a girl named Sakura Yamauchi, a 17 year old high schooler diagnosed with a terminal pancreatic disease. She's kept this secret from everyone outside the family, that is until one day a boy from her class inadvertently discovers her secret.
    The novel it's written from this classmates perspective, and he promises not disclose this secret at school. Without giving too much details of the story, the main protagonist is an introvert and keeps to himself. Yet Sakura spends time with him after learning her secret, and the story goes on to build a relationship between our protagonists.

    I loved the chemistry between the main characters, and as I read on, I've gotten attached to them and their struggles. There are a few typos on this translation were I had to re-read to understand. But overall it was a beautiful, heart wrenching and tear jerking story.
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  • DP
    5.0 out of 5 stars MUST READ!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2024
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    If you are only going to read one book this year, make it this one. Don't let the title turn you away, nor the idea of it being a "Lite Novel". This story will fill your heart. The characters are strong and relatable. Buy it, read it, and pass it along to someone you care about. They'll thank you.
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  • Chris
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, Uplifting, Inspiring, Amazing!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2021
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    This anime light novel will always remain dear to my heart!

    I Want to Eat Your Pancreas is a deeply-beautiful, wholesome story of love and loss, with a uniquely-inspiring take on the concepts of human mortality, what living truly means, and how beautiful it is to be alive!

    The novel is amazingly well-written and engaging. After maybe two-three chapters, the two main protagonists quickly felt like longtime friends to me.

    It's narrated from the perspective of Sakura's classmate, who reads a page from her journal, learning that she's dying of pancreatic disease. I felt the first-person storytelling worked incredibly-well, especially during very emotional scenes and chapters.

    This light novel may always hold a special place in my heart! I loved it so much! Even though their story is over, I can still feel the aura of Sakura and her classmate. I felt like I knew them.

    And I'll be more than happy to meet them again, and to experience their story again!

    A book this good needs a reread!
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  • RJ Macabulos
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Promise I Need to Keep
    Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2019
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    Now, I’m one of the weird ones who watched the movie first, and then bought the book. And I gotta say, I cried as much as the movie. It was my friend Mikaela’s favorite light novel, and she passed away about a year ago. I never got a chance to read it, even though she recommended it to me back in 2018. But this story is very important for me because that was the nature of our short friendship. But, this story revolves around two characters. Sakura and “you”, and their adventures with each other as they are the only people that know that Sakura is dying from Pancreas cancer. She tasks him with fulfilling her bucket list of things to do before she dies, while there is slim hope that she can live. It is a very good story, a good movie and is up there with Kimi No Na Wa and A Silent Voice as far as a movie. I personally have to sit down and read the light novel more. I’m only on the first chapter and I’m already crying.
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  • Rachell Felissa V. Galanta
    5.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading it
    Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2024
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    This story was painfully beautiful. I thought I calm myself down then I turned the pages, I’m tearing again.
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  • Susan Ladley
    4.0 out of 5 stars Isn't what I expected
    Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2019
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    It isn't the manga!
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  • GermanBeaver
    5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites
    Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2020
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    I loved this book! I cannot stress this enough. I found the story an characters amazing. You can really feel all the characters emotion through the detail and story telling. I could always see a clear image in my mind of character expression and placement never feeling confused of how I felt something was playing out. The ending is set from the beginning." I will be talking about the ending here so spoilers albiet if you have looked into this book you know what's coming. " When you start reading this book you know what's going to happen, you know how this all ends, you expect and anticipate it. I have read many books with sad endings "Your Lie in April" "Clannad" just to name two. So I thought that when I got to that conclusion that I was already sure of that I could take it. This was going to be the one that I didn't feel would stab my heart and make me cry my eyes out. I was so wrong. When I got to the part that anyone that reads this book saw coming I broke. When *boy who I get along with*-kun reads back Living With Dying I couldn't help but cry through the whole thing. Especially the letters I could just imagine Sakura as she was writing down all this letter and I felt it. It was a powerful chapter and one that will stick with for a long time. Now I don't want to spoil everything just wanted to talk about something we knew was coming from the beginning. I would recommend this book to everyone i know that reads. "and I have" Please if you are on the fence about this book just get it.
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  • Lyla
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
    Reviewed in Canada on March 27, 2023
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    The movie is my favorite anime movie of all time. I didn't realize that this was a book and not a manga until after I bought it, but I'm not mad. I don't usually read books, but I finished this one in just a few days. It had more insight in the main characters thoughts and more of Sakura's diary entries, and I really ate that up.
    Quality of the paper and print is great too.
    Overall it's just perfect.
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  • bf90er
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great novelization of the film
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2023
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    I had recently watched the film which I immediately fell in love with it so I had to read the book.
    The book is about a high school student who finds a diary in a hospital, upon reading it he discovers that it belongs to a classmate Sakura who is suffering from a disease affecting her pancreas and she hasn't got long to live. He promises to keep her secret (only him and the girl family knows) in return he must become friends of her and help her tick off the things she wants to do before she dies.
    This is a great novelization of the film. I really enjoyed reading to find out the thoughts of the characters which aren't shown in the film.
    If you enjoyed the film I would highly recommend reading the book.
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  • Eduardo Cortez Ribeiro
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mais um livro muito bom do Yoru Sumino
    Reviewed in Brazil on March 17, 2021
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    Embora eu tenha gostado um pouco mais de "I had that same dream again", esse trabalho com certeza não fica para trás, é uma história muito emocionante e reflexiva sobre laços e mudança, vale muito a pena!
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  • Eduardo M. Calvo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Por el precio del producto vale muchísimo la pena y más.
    Reviewed in Mexico on June 8, 2019
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    Esta historia es de las más conmovedoras por la trama, personajes, por los temas que trata, etc. Y no solo eso, sino que también los mensajes que trata sobre la muerte y lo que significa el estar vivo y lo que es vivir.
    Definitivamente una historia que vale la pena leer por lo menos una vez, y aún qué puede que no te guste tampoco o qué puede que no te llame la atención, esta historia realmente se merece la pena que le des un intento.
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  • Daniel Ostermann
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sehr berührender light novel
    Reviewed in Germany on April 8, 2022
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    Der light novel ist sehr angenehm zu lesen. Die geschichte ist erstklassig und der schreibstil aus der "ich perspektive" des Protagonisten lässt einen beim lesen sehr mitfühlen.
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