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

Mita, Keiji Producer

Niwa, Masami Producer

Kashiwada, Shinichirou Producer

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Sep 1, 2024

MAKAIT

Recommended

I wasn't planning on leaving a review, but the sheer misunderstanding of the movie made me do it.

First, the movie was never about dealing with grief. It's quite the opposite. The movie is all about enjoying life to the fullest with the people we cherish.

Second, people said that the quirky and goofy interactions were played for longer than they should. It's the point. In order to live our life to the fullest, we most learn how to enjoy these small moments and act as if we're gonna die tomorrow. Otherwise, the inevitable tragedy of losing our beloved ones will leave even a bigger scar, because ... of our inactions and guilt. After finishing the movie, you'll realise that all these silly interactions and the lessons learned along the way were the highlights of Haruki's life.

Third, another critique that comes often is about our main male lead. He comes across and act as the cold and antisocial guy for a long portion of the movie. This characterisation of him was genius. He's acting like everyone of us probably right now. What's the last time you've checked on your mother, father, sibling, friend... We all have these moments when we all lose sight of our close ones in the search of some material and fleeting satisfactions. And the movie hammers this point down.

Fourth, some people criticize the plot and deem it superfluous as we knew that Sakura will die from the first seconds of the movies. Nothing can be more wrong. The plot shows us that even if we all know that everyone who's close to us is dying, we as humans, will either be willfully blind to them and to their needs by not giving them the time they need. Or by dwelling in these negative emotions instead of enjoying these moments with them to the fullest. These moments were you and your lived ones are alive.

Minor spoilers: not related the plot.
Sakura's mask of the strong girl who doesn't fear death is the mask that everyone of us is wearing all the time. Your beloved oneq may seem okay on the surface and may greet you always with a smile. But it's maybe time to check on them and uncover the dragon beneath. And for me the moment when the mask unveils was one the high nots and most memorable moments.

Artistically the movie is gorgeous with some emphasis on symbolism like with the names of our two leads. And I'm sure that by watching the movie for the second time a lot of lessons would be uncovered.


I couldn't help, during the entirety of the movie, but to see Aerith and Cloud in Sakura and Haruki. Their starting point, dynamic and fate is all the same. The thing that ties to the main theme of enjoying life with the people we love.

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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Nov 21, 2023

Kizna_Towryk

Not Recommended

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Tackling the reality that people actually die in real life can be an interesting focus, considering that all of this could happen to literally anyone at any time. Stories revolving the realization and process of death should be very moving, at least to those who have never experienced this type of thing and to those who have an affinity for these type of shows which should be cathartic.

I am of the latter persuasion and dealing with grief is definitely my wheelhouse. You might even say I have an unhealthy obsession with it. Unfortunately this 2 hour forced cliché dumster fire is neither cathartic nor pleasant; ... if you're interested in viewing themes of coming to terms with death executed masterfully in an anime I would suggest viewing Grave of the Fireflies, the series Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 or Magical Shopping Arcade Abenoboshi, not this movie.

NGL, 5 minutes into this and my eyes were already rolling out of my head. Predictable generic mediocre overplayed sobstory: The movie. This is literally Jarmush's 1991 Night on Earth, the Helsinki Cab.

I doubt an individual who is aware of how fragile human existence is can find this work enlightening or moving, much less feel a sudden ephiony over such work. I found it callow and unsophisticated as another one of those fantastical self-insert type of "entertainment" pieces of media serving only those who are proficiently unaware of how life works.

The characters felt one dimensional, leaving much to be desired. In multiple instances I found myself distanced; unable to immerse myself due to the inability to relate to them. They don't feel like authentic realistic people at all. The exchanges between the two feel more often than not, forced and unnatural.

At least in Your Lie In April they broaden the dialogue to include music, these two only talk about death (rigidly, like beating a dead horse) the entirety of the run time of their relationship and didn't feel like genuine conversations one would have. This is especially the case with the concept of the fear of death that was partially addressed at the hour and a half mark, the potential this movie had was utterly wasted and it doesn't seem to care.

Maybe if this was given a show format there could be time to expand and grow the characters and hopefully their interactions and dialogue could be handled better. As someone who's experienced someone ripped from their life by the clutches of violence, I found myself shaking my head with disdain over the "twist" its ensuing fallout and the process of moving on post credit scene. The movies forceful attempts to hammer home that I should empathize with these 2 cookie cutter protagonists left me empty. I never felt moved, sad, or even angry.

The themes of loss and the pursuit of closure when intermixed with a genre ie. sci-fi, romance, or fantasy when executed correctly; are one of the most powerful and beautiful ways to convey life. So it bothers me terribly when the industry reduces raw heartfelt emotions to cheap ploys and force feed me crying teenagers and cliche death throes.

I think this is why I'm super picky about watching certain things of this nature as well. I still haven't watched Death Parade, A Place Further Than The Universe and a handful of others because I'm banking on them to be bangers. So I save them for a day I know I'll probably need a good cathartic cry or a full free day to reflect on the media I consumed.

Not being faithful to the tragedies that befall the female leads is what infuriates me about these kinds of movies. It makes a mockery of people who have had difficult and tragic things happen to them and they're being used as plot points to tell an unfaithful rendition for the sake of 'entertainment' and its unflattering.

At least if they were truthful and honest in the depictions ( citing again Graveyard of Fireflies or HBOs Chernobyl as perfect examples ) or the character died before the start of the program and the work is just showing the fallout after. I would even buy the use of an improbable element at play like they were eaten by monsters or invisible xyz, I would be absolutely inclined to get behind it. But this...This is absurd misrepresentation and borderline pandering.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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