Already watched A Walk to Remember? This anime is a perfect replacement.
We have found the perfect bittersweet anime for the spring atmosphere. It's time to remind you of the emotional hit from VOLN Studio – I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. The movie, based on the light novel by Yoru Sumino, was a great boost for director Shinichiro Ushijima's career.
What Is I Want to Eat Your Pancreas About?
High school student Haruki is cold and prefers the world of books to real people. Because of his love for books, the young man finds himself in a rather awkward situation: after taking an interest in a book left at the hospital, he accidentally reveals the secret of his classmate Sakura.
He gets hold of a diary in which his classmate describes in detail a life that will come to an end in the unknown, but tragically near future.
It is the secret of Sakura's illness and impending death that Haruki now shares with her, which means, in the girl's opinion, that it is written into her story. Open, bright and courageous, Sakura decides to befriend Haruki and lure him out of the book world and into the real one.
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas Is a Movie About Love for Life
Don't let the anime's title fool you – it gets a charming motivation literally in the first 20 minutes. The plot of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas may not be the most original, but it certainly doesn't get old.
When Sakura finds herself on the verge of death, she begins to appreciate and feel life with an overwhelming force. She wants to share such an intense feeling of everyday life with the one who needs it most.
The Anime Is Full of Warm and Nostalgic Feelings
With such a beginning, the story could easily have gone for a bright love experience and romantic catharsis, but the creators carefully avoid the straight path.
There is a lot of tenderness and warmth in this anime, but the feelings the characters eventually encounter are too complex and extensive to be confined to a purely romantic framework. This is definitely love, but in a different manifestation and understanding.
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas Is a Perfect Anime for a Warm Spring Evening
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas is a charming anime that will definitely find its audience, as it is not lacking in warmth, romance and pictures of airy everyday life.
Maybe it will not find the unconditional love of every viewer, because sometimes it is difficult to understand all the experiences of the characters, and Haruka's final transformation can cause some mistrust. However, if you do not try to analyze everything, you start to see some things more simply.
For a melancholy evening when you want to dispel melancholy or boredom with something life-affirming, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas is the perfect choice.