Before her illness can even take her life, Sakura is stabbed in the streets and dies at the age of seven-teen. No one knows when they will die though-not even Sakura. Everyone’s time will eventually end, and, unfortunately for Sakura, her time will end a bit earlier than most. She tries to come to terms with her situation and live her remaining days as the same carefree girl she was before. As anyone would be in this predicament, Sakura is terrified. The first is spelled out on for us on the heroine’s, Sakura’s, dairy, “Living with Dying.' Sakura has a pancreatic illness that will eventually cut her life short. There are two main themes of Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai. If you choose to opt out here, know that I highly recommend this film. Spoiler Warning: I am going to spoil the entire movie (but so does the movie itself).

I also want to try and dig into why this movie hits so hard, for so many. I honestly doubt most people could misinterpret the themes of Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai, so Why, though? Well, the film uses its predictability, heavy-handedness, and unoriginality to craft a message that is so unbelievably powerful, and it struck a chord with me and left my emotions in absolute, complete shambles. I do not love the movie in any sort of guilty-pleasure way either I unironically think Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai is one of the best anime films I have ever seen. Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai (I Want to Eat Your Pancreas) is predictable, heavy-handed, unoriginal, and, yet, I still love this film. 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. 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.Īs the pair of polar opposites interact, their connection strengthens, interweaving through their choices made with each passing day. Only her family knows about her terminal illness not even her best friends are aware. She then confides in him about the pancreatic disease she is suffering from and that her time left is finite. 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. He has no interest in others and is firmly convinced that nobody has any interest in him either. The aloof protagonist: a bookworm who is deeply detached from the world he resides in.

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