For context, I think it needs to be mentioned that I don't cry over books that often. As a result, some weird part of me seeks out all the 'tear-jerker' media I can get my hands on to see if it 'works' on me. (Typing this out makes me seem like even more of a weirdo than I already am/have accepted I am. If you're concerned, don't worry, because I'm concerned too.) It's original and it's honest. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas will certainly tug at your heart strings. I did not cry at this one but it did make my heart swell to double its size. It's one of those books that you finish, put down, and then sit in silent reflection for a few minutes before you're able to move on. He begins to want to be more like her. More open to relationships of all kinds and he starts to grow as a person because of her. a b c d e "Kimi no Suizō o Tabetai Coming-of-Age Novel Gets Anime Film in 2018". Anime News Network. August 6, 2018 . Retrieved January 15, 2018.

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live." - Norman Cousins Overall, this manga manages to be insightful without shoving weighty, profound pinnacles of philosophy into your head. It leaves you to draw your own conclusions without seeming patronizing, and maintains a healthy balance of humor and looming grief. Thank you, Yamauchi. You helped me through one of my darkest days. I am still grieving but you are comforting me now. She's starting to be the part of his life now where he uses his time to visit her in his free time and clearly I did not expect him to change from someone who's a complete loner and introverted who's focusing only on himself to someone who's starting to even observe other people and showing an interest in other people after just a few months meeting her. Keep in mind that at the point of writing this review, I have yet to see the movie, so however well the adaptation performed, it bears no influence on my evaluation of the novel.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.

From the title, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, you may think that this is a Marvel comic book about Venom. Alas, it is something completely different. A beautifully touching manga about a dying girl and a true friend. Kimi no Suizō o Tabetai Live-Action Film Opens in Malaysia in November". Anime News Network. September 11, 2017 . Retrieved January 15, 2018. There are many subtle details that slowly develop and showcase their relationship. They are perhaps too subtle for the manga. The art wasn't developed in a way to showcase these subtitles so that the reader could put together their import later. The art isn't bad... in fact I found the art in the last 25% so beautiful with these delightful screens that added so much depth to the art. This is a time where the fact this was adapted from a light novel caused the I Want to Eat Your Pancreas manga to suffer a little. I could see that the mangaka artist started to really get in stride with the art, but too late for it to impact the middle of the story like it needed to. In the end the frames were better developed to showcase the idea of an event better in a single frame.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. Mary and The Witch's Flower Lead Actress Hana Sugisaki Awarded at BIFF". Anime News Network. October 14, 2017 . Retrieved January 15, 2018. In the I Want to Eat Your Pancreas manga the story builds to this crescendo. You aren't sure how everything will be resolved even though we know how this must tragically end. Certainly it is a realistic ending and true love doesn't suddenly change things. I can appreciate that! However, the lessons and conclusions are unexpectedly focused in a different direction that you would normally expect dealing with death and grief... And that is a beautiful thing.