Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

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"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live." - Norman Cousins

Adapted from the novel of the same name, this manga is simply amazing in so many ways. Just by reading the synopsis, you can feel a huge load of emotions welling up right away. The novel has already touched the hearts of thousands of people, winning numerous awards. I bet it will do the same to you as well.

I've read the novel AND the manga. One thing I can tell you is that I was a bit disappointed by the manga, as some important ... aspects of the story were not covered in depth enough to have the same effect on the reader. But that's something obvious, since novels almost always show more than mangas.

The title:
I want to clear this up first. You may want to know why the title of this manga is like a horror manga title. For that, I must take a little extract from the manga/novel:

“If someone in the past had a part of their body that wasn’t well, they would eat the corresponding part of another animal.” - Sakura

Story: 10
I loved the story so much I read the novel and the manga 3 times. The story is simple: a girl suffers from terminal pancreatic cancer and only has a few years to live. She chooses to hide it and tries to live a normal life. She keeps a 'Disease Coexistence Journal", a diary describing her days before her death. However, this journal is accidentally read by a boy from the same school. She decides to share her secret with him and chooses to spend more time with him, as she is interested in their "polar-opposite personalities".

The manga focuses on their differences of these 2 very different people by showing a lot of their interactions: a boy who has been isolated from society and has decided to submerge himself into the world of novels instead, and a girl who has had numerous friends and has spent happy memories with them throughout her life, but without showing her secret. An odd pair, I first thought. But I didn't think this novel would be so successful in presenting them together throughout the story.

The story is told from the boy's perspective, which is quite interesting since we don't get to know the girl's feelings directly, only assumptions from the boy. This helps to make the girl all the more mysterious to me.That is the case until we discover what she wrote in the "Disease Coexistence Journal", where we are finally shown her thoughts. Also, another interesting part of this story is that we don't know the boy's name until the very end. He is always called "Secret-Knowing Classmate-kun" by Sakura, along with other nickname always ending with "Classmate-kun" by everyone else. I didn't really understand why the author kept the boy's name anonymous, my only guess is that it could have been used to emphasise his isolation, the fact that he doesn't care about what he's called.

Overall, perfect story with things that you may not expect at all connecting. 10/10.

Art: 10
Really liked it, the art carrying a melancholic feel but also a bright atmosphere as well. Perfect for this kind of story. I hope the anime adaptation does just as well on that.

Character: 10
Sakura:
The centre of the story, she is a merry girl who has many friends but chooses to hang out with the boy. The girl's determination to spend her days as happily as possible to create joyful memories of her last days surprised me a lot. She is almost always presented as a cheerful girl who seems to take the idea of death lightly (she often uses her death as an excuse when annoying the boy, which is quite funny.). But at the same time we are also shown indications that she is worried. I don't know how to convey this feeling but whenever she mentioned the word "death" I felt like my heart was about to stop. I questioned myself a lot, why can't this brave girl be spared from this disease? Honestly, Sakura had a really big impression on me after I finished reading the story.

Classmate-kun:
For the sake of you guys not knowing the boy's name I'm going to call him the same way the manga called him. He likes to read novels and prefers to stay alone than having friends as he sees no reason in having any. He is surprised by Sakura's behaviour as it is completely different from what you would expect from someone who suffers from a disease slowly killing her. He increasingly cares for her and becomes more and more attached to her as the story develops. An interesting character as well, as he is the one who learns most in this story.

Kyouko:
Sakura's friend, who always glares at Classmate-kun. She doesn't know about Sakura's disease even if she is her best friend.

The development is excellent. I can't use any other words than that. The boy's realization of the importance of being able to live and spend his days with his new friend (Sakura) and Sakura's amazing. I cried so much after reading this...

Enjoyment: 10
Rather than enjoying it, I was fascinated by this beautiful story. Of course, I give 10.

Overall: 10. You are very likely to cry for this one.

A tragic story about a young, energetic high school girl diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that is terminal enjoying her last days with your average, gloomy high school boy who subsequently never decided to socialize with his peers until he met Sakura. it's not only tragic, but absolutely romantic with a ointment of comedy.

This manga has taught me a lot about self improvement! The courage touch society again! And most importantly, to love...!

It's all about living your very last days to the fullest with your love interest.


This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.
This...

... THIS.....

This is boring and absolutely uninspired.

I don't understand why is this manga is getting a lot of praise. I think this is one of the most overrated anime that just plasters the plot point "Terminal cancer" just to imply that this is going to be a tragic, romantic story when in reality it's just an average love story that is also discount Your Lie in April that just plays with your heart because it makes you emotional...for no reason whatsoever.
The art is very boring, and pretty much generic if I have to sum it up. Literally nothing special to even call it a masterpiece.
Some of the characters were pretty much left out, and some that were introduced were very boring and was forced to love each other because the plot calls for it.

If anyone says that I'm a cruel, ignorant, and a no-soul person for disliking something that is a common problem in the real world then I'm just gonna say that you're really wrong.

Overall, this manga is absolutely boring because the chemistry between Shiga and Sakura is incredibly weak to call it emotional, the art is generic with no unique styles, the terminal cancer plot in this story just plays with your emotions, some characters are left out, and god I don't know why this is getting an adaptation in a form of a movie.

I was just going to write this off as a writer that got too into his story and screwed it up for the sake of catching the reader by surprise. Then I saw how the top reviews were all 10 stars so now I have to give a counterpoint so that you all don't get blindsided by the people that were saying how this is perfect the way it is flaws and all.

I'll say this right now the story, character, and art are superb. I firmly enjoyed this story...until a certain point. I won't give direct spoilers but the writers ruined the story with a ... twist. The twist undermines everything the story was meant to be for a cheap surprise. They gutted the entire theme just for a cheap knock off. I won't say writers don't do this all the time but there is well done twists and a twist for the sake of a twist. You want an example of both think about the timeline of M Night Shyamalan movies, this story would be more of the tail end of his career like The Happening.

It pisses me off that I had to write this. Sorry guys but you will get emotionally invested just for the author to be a complete dick for no reason that enhances the story.