Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai (I Want to Eat Your Pancreas)

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Synonyms: KimiSui

Japanese: 君の膵臓をたべたい

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 2

Chapters: 10

Status: Finished

Published: Aug 25, 2016 to May 25, 2017

Genres: Drama, Romance

Serialization: Monthly Action

Authors: Kirihara, Idumi (Art), Sumino, Yoru (Story)

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Ranked: #160²

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Popularity: #387

Members: 46,355

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Ranked #160Popularity #387Members 46,355

MangaMonthly ActionKirihara, Idumi (Art), Sumino, Yoru (Story)

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The novel's story is told from the point of view of an unnamed protagonist who happens to find a diary in a hospital one day. The diary belongs to his classmate, a girl named Sakura Yamauchi, who is revealed to be suffering from a terminal illness in her pancreas, and who only has a few months left to live. Sakura explains that the protagonist is the only person apart from her family that knows about her condition. The protagonist promises to keep Sakura's secret. Despite their completely opposite personalities, the protagonist decides to be together with Sakura during her last few months.

(Source: ANN)

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Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai is an adaptation of Sumino Yoru's novel of the same title.

The series was published in English as I Want to Eat Your Pancreas by Seven Seas Entertainment as a 2-in-1 omnibus volume on January 22, 2019. It was also released in Polish by Dango from March 28, 2018, to May 18, 2018; and in Brazilian Portuguese by NewPOP Editora as a 2-in-1 omnibus volume on December 29, 2022.

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Oct 20, 2024

Nisshokusan

Recommended

I first read this online during high school, I believe I was studying for exams and wanted to sit down and catch up to date with whatever shounen manga I had gotten stuck into recently. After I had finished though, I was browsing and I can't remember exactly how or why I decided to give this manga a read, (maybe it was the shock-value title) but in the end I finished it within the day, both ruining and making my week while helping neglect my studies further. Cut to a few weeks ago, and I had bought a physical compiled edition of 'I Want to ... Eat Your Pancreas' to recapture that day I spent reading this manga in my room...

Nostalgic praise and misty-eyed anecdotes aside...I F*CKING HATE and LOVE this STUPID AMAZING story *ahem* Apologies. This rollercoaster of a tale from the DEPRAVED/BEAUTIFUL mind of Yoru Sumino is so LOVELY/DUMB and has become my go to recommendation on my 'Hey Have You Heard of This?' list. I like to keep reviews spoiler free, (especially so for this book in particular) so unfortunately, I won't be able to fully articulate my love/hate relationship for this book but what I will say is that the 'hate' comes from a place of love for the book as it was probably the first book that has ever made me have to physically take a break before I could continue. Anyway, with that out of the way, let's get to the book.

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (EYP) was originally a light novel written by the talented Yoru Sumino, who to my knowledge is not a stranger to these types of young adult romance/slice of life adjacent stories, although that's based on a quick google search as I am yet to become familiar with the rest of her work. That being said, this manga is in fact an adaptation of that light novel with art done by Idumi Kirihara, whose art was the medium through which I first became familiar with this story. Story wise, the tale follows the shut-in [insert name here]-kun (yes, you're hearing me correctly there) and the terminally ill Yamauchi Sakura, whose chance encounter spirals out of control into a friendship as they both live life to their fullest. The tale is sweet, and concise in a good way, Sumino has a story to tell, and she tells it beautifully through the lens of our [insert name here]-kun via pensive internal dialogues as we are slowly fed info through his faults and actions clumsily following Sakura's whims. Nothing feels rushed or forced and truly is told in a very cinematic way both visually and storytelling-wise (probably why it got adapted into a movie as well). I find it hard to fault the story on anything as while I cannot stand these sorts of narratives in YA novels and the like, I always find that manga and anime tell them much more beautifully and with more tact while still discussing heavier topics, as which is the case with this film. I understand I am being very vague here, and that is intentionally as I do hope for people to experience this story for themselves.

Art direction wise I have a few notes. As is the case with light novel to manga adaptations (ie Sword Art Online) I feel that as the art direction and design is done after the fact, there is often a disconnect between the storyteller and the illustrator/mangaka, in that sometimes the art for the manga adaptation feels soulless, lifeless and overall, quite bland. However, in the case of EYP, I find this to luckily not be the case. Is this a result of me being biased as the manga was the way I was introduced to this story? Perhaps, though I find Kirihara's illustrations to have a certain degree of polish that makes it feel as if it were a manga to begin with and not an afterthought. Sakura's demeanour and emotions are conveyed so powerfully through this visual medium that it makes me want to give the light novel a read just to see how Sumino conveys those emotions through text alone. In fact, Kirihara's art felt so perfect to me in terms of how Sakura and [insert name here]-kun's appearances, that it pained me to see that the anime movie took on a different art style (though that choice is a discussion for another day and probably has larger ramifications pertaining to animation style and ease of production). Overall, Kirihara's art is not a detriment to Sumino's sublime storytelling (alliteration whoo) and if anything elevates some of the most emotional and heartwrenching parts of the story to new, undiscovered heights.

I don't think I'm a harsh reviewer, nor an unfair one, but one who simply reviews based on my overall enjoyment of the piece. So, while I agree elements such as plot holes, simplistic story telling or cliches can ruin and cheapen narratives, as long as they don't take away from my enjoyment of the story they were trying to tell I am relatively unfazed. So let those harsher reviewers pick up my slack and nail this story for being too draggy or played out, or the art style for being too vanilla and bland, I find EYP to be a great comfort piece with a beautiful message on the way we live our lives that I think a lot of us would benefit from hearing.

Final Verdict 10/10
"This manga is sweeter than sweetbreads"

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May 26, 2023

YukiPwns00

Mixed Feelings

I think I first heard of this from a YouTube video. The title stayed with me, even though I retained very little about what it was about. I just remember it being a series that the person in the video recommended highly. When I saw my library had bought the manga, I thought I would give it a try since it was an entire story in just one volume. I predicted the ending almost straight away, and people who are familiar with series with a similar premise probably will, too. For the first few chapters, the story and characters seemed so unremarkable that I considered ...

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Sep 15, 2019

SpinachGreen

Not Recommended

*spoilers*

I have no idea why people like this manga so much. The driving plot device is the heroine is dying of some pancreas disease.

The characters are cliche with no likeable characteristics between them. The boy is sullen and friendless - considering relationships to be a waste of time as they will only hurt him in the end.
The girl is basically a deredere

The girl falls in love at first sight (as usual) and the boy is clueless as to why they're suddenly going on dates all the time. That's basically the manga. They go on dates. Basic romance, nothing interesting happens, it's been done a ...

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