![]() When the film talks about encounters, it doesn’t chalk them up to fate or coincidences, and it doesn’t label its relationships. The jealous friend isn’t jealous just because a new romantic prospect is eating up precious hang-out time with the female protagonist, or from being secretly in love with her all along. The hug from behind doesn’t come from a place of passion. In terms of tropes, we’re used to seeing the first fated encounter, convenient coincidences, embarrassing girly clumsiness, the anime-specific hug from behind (glomp), and the jealous friend, but I Want to Eat Your Pancreas takes it a step beyond. Trope-based drama set-ups start off most of Sakura and Shiga’s interactions you would expect end up turning out cliche, but they don’t. This makes their interactions refreshingly authentic and therefore believable. The scenarios between Sakura and Shiga play out naturally. ![]() You might think you know what to expect walking into this film from watching other anime dramas featuring two highschoolers of the opposite sex, but I Want to Eat Your Pancreas stands apart. Predicting the story’s trajectory in I Want to Eat Your Pancreas’ narrative is easy-peasy lemon- squeezy, but Sakura and Shiga’s interactions are themselves shockingly unpredictable.
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