Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas by Yoru Sumino

8 reviews

thecatthatflew's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Cancer

james1star's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Awgh this book!! It was an experience with many emotions - heartwarming, heartbreaking, lovely and cute, sad, stressful and almost every other emotion. We follow two high schoolers, Haruki who is socially reserved, awkward and keeps himself to himself who finds Sakura’s journal stating she is dying of pancreatic cancer. He is the only one who know outside of her family and so they start a friendship which turns out to be so necessary for both of them. They go on adventures and a lovely strong bond begins to blossom. There are some unexpected events but I won’t explain anymore as not to ruin anything. Important messages are portrayed, the characters are super lovable and emotive - you crave fulfilment and positivity to come their way. They are also just so cute and the art style pushed this further with lovely drawings really encapsulating the character’s expressions, thoughts and feelings. 

I really loved this and was super close to tears at many points. The bittersweetness really shines through and tugs on your heartstrings from start to end. I read this is nearly one sitting as was so encapsulated by the story and characters. This was my first manga and I will certainly be reading more soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and Murder

sydneybedell's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Grief, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Cancer and Chronic illness

rnbhargava's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What a wonderful tearjerker. I don’t want to elaborate because frankly that might tell too much to other potential readers. Just read it when you’re in the mood for a romance-tearjerker. It’s an exemplary tale in that specific genre.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Violence, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Some of these more aggressive content warnings are there in the book but it’s all in a subjective vein about how aggressive those things are or not. It leaves it up to you the reader to decide. Just for goodness sake give this book a read.

hayleyvem's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

frostbite's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

zykx's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I love this manga. If you don't want to cry at the end, don't read it. It seems so fluffy at parts, but then it hits you like a train.

The plot twists were amazing. I cried at the end. The end was unexpected and it really gave a feeling of "why?? it wasn't supposed to end this way"

Idk why I said manga I fully was talking about the movie when I said that. The manga doesn’t have the magic of the movie for me. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

gracemck's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

so wholesome , but heartbreaking . if " bittersweet " was a manga </3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, and Death

Minor: Cancer, Child death, and Chronic illness