To Live Towards Death - A Simple Interpretation of "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas"

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

In fact, why some people feel that they can't understand it and feel that there is no logic is because this is not a pure love film, but has a deeper meaning, mutual redemption, and a discussion of life and death. Hope you find the answer after reading this review.

live to death

When a bird is about to die, its singing is also mourning; when a man is about to die, its words are also good. ——"The Analects of Confucius Taber"

We live in the world, and sometimes, we have to carefully disguise our true self to avoid harm. But once you accept the fact that you are not long in the world, you will find how ridiculous and useless these are, and you will always want to show your true self.

In the face of the maliciousness of the world, most people choose to escape.

But, somewhere deep in your heart, is there really no sense of justice, even a little bit, of righteous indignation?

I believe it’s not that you don’t have it, but that the world has already smoothed the edges and corners. The so-called more things are worse than less things. Everyone is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river and it is difficult for them to protect themselves. If it doesn't work, it will also get inflamed, which is thankless.

This kind of thing has nothing to do with the attitude of hanging up high, and there is no way. I'm not criticizing, and I don't think I'm qualified to criticize, because I'm the same way, and most people are like that.

The heroine is a dying person, and she herself has accepted this reality, so she can do it and show her truest self.

But does the hero have no sense of justice in his heart? the answer is negative. The attitude of the male protagonist represents most people. After all, this kind of thing is indeed risky, and it is easy to be thankless.

Although this episode is more idealistic, I like it very much, and it caused me to think a lot.

The hero and heroine's daily laughter and bickering, as well as having meals together and going out to play together, are not escaping from reality, forcing grief to cover up their grief, or being in a water plot . On the contrary, it is the heroine 's acceptance of her own death and destiny .

So the heroine's family took special care of her, deliberately avoiding the topic of death, as if to say, I don't think you can accept this reality , but it can be seen that the heroine hates such false calm, so she did not put This incident told her classmates that she didn't want to make others sad, and she didn't want others to endure their grief and deliberately use a fake smile to take special care of her.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is not " I don't think you can accept this reality ", but her parents themselves do not want to accept this reality .

And the reason why the male protagonist is so special to the female protagonist is because of this. He has accepted the fact that she is not long in the world from the beginning , and he treats her very ordinary. , and even joked about it, which made the heroine feel unprecedented freedom and authenticity.

A story of mutual redemption

The male protagonist went to visit the doctor, chatted with the female protagonist, and talked about the reactions of the classmates in the class

"What did the classmates say?"

"It's because of my stalker behavior that you didn't come to school. I really convinced them."

"Do you know why it's like this?"

"Because I'm with you."

"No! It's because you haven't communicated with everyone seriously. If you explain it well, everyone will understand such an interesting thing."

"No one would want to talk to a humble classmate like me, right?"

"You're still the same, always imagining what everyone thinks of you. Change it? I still think you should have a good relationship with your classmates."

"No one will do worthless things."

"Say that again...I really want you to have a good relationship with Kyoko..."

Reject Gum Boy again and again

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Some people say why the female lead has to change the male lead, what's wrong with being alone?

In fact, it’s not like this. It’s not good. It’s not about being alone, but about refusing to communicate with others. Moreover, communicating with others and being alone are not in conflict.

Moreover, this is not to say that the heroine is morally kidnapped and unreasonable as a dying person, but the result of mutual choice. The heroine chooses the hero, and the hero also chooses to accept the heroine. If the male protagonist is really not interested in the female protagonist, then he can ignore the female protagonist.

It seems that the male protagonist's growth experience is not mentioned in the movie, and I have not read the original book, so I don't know if there is any relevant description, but it is definitely not a good experience, otherwise it will not be such a character.

In the repeated injuries, I have the idea of ​​"I won't understand me anyway, but I may hurt myself, so it's better not to say it", which closes the communication with others. This is actually an escape, and the reality escape. Over time, you will lose the ability to recognize others and communicate with others, and you may also have an imbalance in your self-judgment. In extreme cases, you will be extremely conceited (thinking that no one else understands me) and at the same time extremely inferior (feeling that you have achieved nothing and nothing. than others)

Not communicating with others is actually a kind of disapproval of others, distrust, and fear of others hurting themselves.

But after meeting the female protagonist, the male protagonist gradually discovered that it was such a happy thing to communicate with others and recognize each other, and he had the idea of ​​changing himself.

While watching the movie, I often had some pessimistic thoughts in my mind. If I hadn't picked up the diary, if the heroine hadn't gotten sick, the worlds of the two would probably never have intersected.

But the heroine's suicide note made me dispel these thoughts.

Reality is reality, if there is no if, this is probably fate. El Psy Coongroo

After talking about the male lead, talk about the female lead

Why is it called mutual redemption?

Pretending to be happy when you are sad is much harder than pretending to be sad when you are happy.

The heroine hides this huge secret every day, no one talks about it, and the fear of death appears and disappears from time to time, and it must be exhausted.

At this time, she noticed the male protagonist and approached him actively. Slowly, the male protagonist became her spiritual support.

Some people may have some questions, for example, does the male protagonist like the female protagonist or sympathize with the female protagonist? Does the female protagonist like the male protagonist or just use him as a spiritual pillar? In fact, the world is not black and white. The male protagonist may sympathize with the female protagonist at first, and then gradually like the female protagonist. Sympathy and liking coexist. The female protagonist may also just want to talk to someone at first, and then he likes it. male lead. These questions do not have a clear answer, and they may not even be able to say it themselves, so how do we know it?

From our point of view, the male protagonist accompanies the female protagonist through the rest of her life, while the female protagonist changes the male protagonist's attitude towards life and helps the male protagonist grow.

Moreover, the story is mainly advanced from the perspective of "I", so I think that the protagonist of this work is the most protagonist, and the most important description is "I", which is Shiga Haruki .

Therefore, I personally think that the ending of the heroine being assassinated by a gangster is unexpected, but it is not conventional, and combined with the following plot, you will find that it is actually better to handle this way, and it can improve the role of Kyoko. More details later talk.

Interpretation of some other episodes

The role of Kyoko actually has a role in promoting the relationship between the two, mainly to promote the male protagonist. Kyoko really cares about the heroine, just like an old father. Think about it, if a wild man who didn't know where he came from wanted to slap your cabbage, would you be willing? Don't say that Kyoko is like a shrew or something, the characters in the play do not have the perspective of God, and misunderstandings are normal. (Speaking of which, I can't remember the protagonist's name after reading it, but Kyoko remembers it clearly 233)

It is this plot that drives the subsequent development of the plot.

Ironically, it was the female protagonist who hurt the male protagonist.

"that..."

"Ok."

"You definitely don't think of me as your girlfriend, do you?"

"Eh?"

...

"What are you saying all of a sudden?"

"Just to confirm."

"Will not."

"That's fine, don't worry."

This expression seems to be saying, "Look, it's just like that, you shouldn't have any expectations."

"Lend me the book, I'm going back."

"Eh? Stay a little longer..."

But the heroine's sudden operation made the hero not know what to do

"It's not okay to have no one around to protect him, can you do this?"

These two detailed descriptions represent that the male protagonist has made up his mind, takes responsibility, and protects the female protagonist. That's right, who else is it?

The result was unexpected

"You've been silent, you feel like you're serious, aren't you excited? I'm so ashamed~ But it's very successful~~"

Here, as for whether it is really a joke, I think so, probably I really wanted to do it at first, but later I felt that it was too sorry for the male protagonist, so I changed my mouth and said it was a joke, but... ..

The male protagonist here is completely angry, because he has always closed his heart for fear of being hurt again. Now he thinks that he can finally open his heart. However, the female protagonist is playing with the feelings of the male protagonist by doing this. The determination that was made was so easily disintegrated, which deeply hurt the male protagonist.

At this time, the male protagonist suddenly realized that he had indeed gone a bit too far, so he picked up his bag and rushed out the door.

I think the female protagonist's cry here actually contains very complicated feelings. First, I feel that I am sorry for the male protagonist for doing so, and I am afraid that the male protagonist might ignore her. Second, I feel very guilty and feel that I should not do this. And it's really scary.

The male protagonist here should also have some self-blame, as well as anger, and self-defeating, in short, a very complicated mood.

The harm between people is inevitable, that is to say, if you have a connection with a person, you must be prepared to hurt him at the same time. As the "Porcupine Theory" says, the so-called growth is to gradually learn to find a suitable distance in the process of hurting each other, approaching and alienating again and again.

I believe that the male protagonist must also understand this later.

About Kyoko Takimoto

I think the role of Kyoko is quite successful.

As mentioned earlier, the final outcome of the heroine is to be assassinated by a gangster. This kind of ending is not conventional and clever at the same time. The ingenuity lies in the ingenuity. If the heroine really died because of the problem of the pancreas, then everyone would know about it.

In this way, the following plot can be drawn, and the male protagonist invites Kyoko out alone.

In this way, when Kyoko learns the truth, the impact will be greater, and the feelings will be rendered more intense.

This is actually a bit of jealousy. Think about it, your best and most valued friend has a secret that you don't tell yourself, but has such a good relationship with a person who doesn't know where it came from, and no one will feel good about it.

About half of this sentence is angry words, but also the feelings are very complicated, angry because of why the heroine and the hero do not trust her, do not believe that she can accept the reality that the heroine will die soon, and refuse to tell her the truth, causing her I have been misunderstanding the male protagonist, making myself a villain. He was also angry that the male protagonist didn't tell her the truth, so he couldn't accompany the female protagonist more.

At the same time, the male protagonist's pursuit here also reflects the change in the male protagonist's mood, and he has become able to take the initiative to communicate with people.

By the way, one more thing to say is that in the last scene, it's not that the male protagonist and Kyoko are going to date, but that Kyoko and Miyata Ichiharu (that Gum Boy) are going to date. It seems that many people have misunderstood (including me). , I thought it was weird at the time. After I came back and watched the BD, I found out that it was like this. 233)

"Have you ever liked chewing gum?"

"I just liked it recently."

Summary and miscellaneous talk

In my heart, "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" is a very good work (however, why the goose only has a score of 7.0, I am not convinced), the description of emotions is very delicate, and it is not all for you to see , some parts require the audience to think for themselves to understand. If you have time, make up movies and novels.

But I want to complain, the crying here is too inconsistent, right? I can tell, I almost laughed when I first heard it in the movie theater, it felt so disruptive, I felt that the male protagonist was crying too hard, and Kyoko's crying was not strong enough.

In fact, I read a comic before, called "I sold my life with 10,000 yen a year", adapted from the novel "Three Days of Happiness". I also like this work very much, and I bought this novel to collect. This work also tells the story of life and death, as well as mutual redemption, if you are interested, you can go and see it. But I think "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" is a bit more reasonable than the plot of "Three Days of Happiness".

Finally, thank you for reading, Thanks♪(･ω･)ﾉ~

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