“Bookish loner reluctantly befriends terminally ill classmate, learning to live through their final days together.”
I Want To Eat Your Pancreas
君の膵臓をたべたい
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Synopsis
Bookish loner reluctantly befriends terminally ill classmate, learning to live through their final days together.
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.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 274 sampled reviews
What 274 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.20 · split reception
6.0 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 3.0
↑ 4.14
Running avg · Sep 2018 → Oct 2025
- 8 “I gotta say I came in here with no expectations, but I gotta say this movie really exceeded my expectations. First off, the story, lemme tell you: wowzers! If I had a dollar for every time I cried,...”
- 10 “This story is so special to me. The themes that it explores are so complex and very difficult to explain. It looks at love and friendship in a way that isn’t strictly romantic and examines...”
- 10 “"The story isn't about dying , it is about one finding what it means to be living" - Gigguk -I literally cried at the ending of movie , it was well done , it feel like the movie touched my heart ,...”
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- Format 1 × 108′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 48m all episodes
- Aired Sep 2018 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-13021 catalog
Produced by
- Aniplex Producer
- Asahi Shimbun Producer
- Futabasha Producer
- ABC Animation Producer
- JR East Marketing & Communications Producer
- Tohan Corporation Producer
Licensed by
- Aniplex of America Licensor