"Warning: spoilers ahead.

I've never liked slice of life mangas or animes, but I decided to give this one a try since one of my friends seemed to have enjoyed reading it. "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" is a manga with an extremely simple and predictable plot. The girl who's always happy is secretly suffering from a terminal illness, and the loner guy who she accidentally meets at the hospital finds out about her secret. They get closer and spend as much time together as they can within one year before her scheduled death time.

I am sure a lot of people are intrigued by the title. You'd probably think this was some sick manga about a cannibal. The reason behind the title was actually quite nice, especially with it being his last message to her to show his affection towards her. However, I was unable to enjoy this manga as many others have. The two main characters are both annoying in their own 'polar opposite' ways. The girl wants to experience everything she can before her one year time limit is over, and because the guy found out about her illness that no one else knew about, he is dragged by the girl to go to multiple places and experience everything that she has on her long bucket list. The girl is rather a 'dreamer', and him a very pessimistic and stagnant character. He doesn't seem to care about her at first, but after spending a night at a hotel somewhere (nothing explicit, don't worry) and looking at the amount of medications she has in her bag, reality finally dawned on him -- she was dying.

But that was it. They continued to live. I don't remember the other times they went out and she kept 'surprising' him with how much she wants to get involved with other people, in contrast to his sad self who has not had even one friend since he was born. Somewhere along the way the both of them tell each other how they admire the other for their contrasting ways of living.

Her condition worsens and she is put into the hospital. Her condition worsens further. She finally gets discharged after a long while. The two agree to go on a date to a cafe. The guy waits for her in the cafe and they text each other like a pair of teens sickeningly in love, disregarding the fact that she was probably going to die real soon and he shouldn't have developed any feelings for her. The guy thinks of something he could say that would express how much he adores her, and ends with "I want to eat your pancreas" so that he could have a part of her and be cool like her or whatever.

She never came to the cafe.

He stays in the cafe until their closing time and wonders where she went. He goes home and the living room TV is on, and the news anchor reports of a young teenage girl being stabbed. It was her. His world collapses.

Now, this was supposed to be tragic and evoke tears or whatever, but somewhere at the beginning, there had been a scene where his mother was watching the TV and they were airing news about a serial killer on the loose at a certain area, yet he paid no real mind to it. Although the writers probably wanted to convey the message/warning to the readers of how you don't really know when, where, or how you'll die, that was a poor attempt at a foreshadow.

Everything was so predictable from beginning to end, it's a miracle I even finished reading this. I don't even remember their names -- that's how insignificant this manga is to me. The characters were rather static and had bare minimum character development and relationship buildup. I literally couldn't stand the both of them and the cheap and weak attempts at philosophical beliefs regarding life and how to live it. It's as if all you need is a sick character and another that somehow for some obscure reason ends up falling in love with the former, fully acknowledging the fact that their love is 'forbidden' or better off non-existent. This was not enjoyable, but at least just slightly better than the movie adaptation."