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Story by: Yoru Sumino

Art by: Idumi Kirihara
 CONTENTS

Chapter 1: [Introverted Classmate]

Chapter 2: Total Opposites

Chapter 3: Places I Want to Go Before I Die

Chapter 4: Truth or Dare

Chapter 5: Things One Shouldn’t Do £ ‘2 4 i

Chapter.6: Our Own Choices a

Chapter 7) What Means todbive

Chapter 8: IWant to FatYour Pancteas

Chapter gi Living with-D yings
ib
Final Chapter: Walking
ae a
 WHEN MY
CLASSMATE
YAMAUCHI
SAKURA
DIED, THERE
WAS A
WAKE
AND A
FUNERAL.
 Ah...
could
you COOK |\——
| some rice,
please?
 Hs
WANT TO
EAT YOLIR
PANCREAS.”
Chapter 1 | [Introverted Classmate]
x
 SHE
AND I
DION’T
HAVE A
SINGLE
THING IN
COMMON.
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SX 8s

ea

CLASSMATES
+&
NES

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WERE
INTERESTED
IN ME,
EITHER.

11
| os
X NEVER
GON,
Ps] CHANGE.
 HEY! You
SHOULD'VE
SAID YOU
WERE
HEADING
I'MA HERE!
LIBRARY
AIDE
REMEM-
BER?
 I WANT
TO EAT
YOUR
PANCREAS.
 WHAT,
ALL OFA
SUDDEN
YOU'RE A
CANN/BAL?

THE SICK

INTERNAL
ORGAN OR
SOMETHING
WAS
DISEASED

LIKE, IF
PEOPLE SOMETHING \
USED TO WAS WRONG
BELIEVE
THAT'D
MAKE
acl ul SOMETHING LIVER.
WAS WRONG
WITH THEIR
 ARE YOU
TALKING
ABOUT
EATING MY
ORGANS?

I WANT
TO EAT
YOUR
PANCREAS.
 Y
POOR
LITTLE
INTERNAL
ORGANS
WOULDN'T
BE UP TO
THE TASK
OF SAVING
BESIDES, YOURS.
I MIGHT
NEED MY
PANCREAS
SOMEDAY, SO
SHOULDN'T
I HANG ON

I BET
YOU DON'T
EVEN KNOW
WHAT A
PANCREAS
DOES.

REGULATES
THE
ABSORP-
TION AND
PRODUCTION
OF ENERGY.

FOR
EXAMPLE,
UF IT MAKES
SOMEONE INSULIN,
DOESN'T WHICH
HAVE A CONVERTS
PANCREAS,
THEY CAN'T
CREATE ENERGY.
ENERGY,
AND THEY
DIE.
 S50
YOU CAN'T
HAVE MINE
FOR YOUR
RITUAL
CANNIBALISM
OR WHAT-
EVER.

IN ME,
[CLASSMATE
WHO KNOWS
MY SECRETI-
KUN?
 See

ANYONE
WOULD
FIND A
CLASSMATE
WITH A
TERMINAL
ILLNESS
INTERESTING.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAD /N COMMON.

INTEREST-
ING AS A
PERSON?
 I FOUND

alr

Donon
Oo

i
1 0

GETTING
STITCHES
OUT
DOESN'T
HURT AS
MUCH
As /T
USED TO.
LIVING
WITH || LOVES _, Ir
DYING. BOOKS.

WRITTEN?
WHAT KIND
OF BOOK
 Starting today,
ve decided to
write down how
| feel and what
ve done each
day in thig
'm not book. I’m
going to tell calling it
anyone but my —Living with
family about Dying.
what’s going on,
but the thing ig,
’m gonna die in
a few years.

’'m writing
NO--/T'S A
thig go [ can
JOURNAL come to terme
ABOUT with it and
L/ dN WITH
|should gay live with my
LIKE IT ff
U

that what’s illnegs.

Not that wrong with
long ago, meis my
most people pancreas.
died really goon
after they were
diagnosed. It’s
aking among
digeages!
So far
|haven’t
been
showing
any
symptoms.
 OH!
[INTRO-
VERTED
CLASSMATE]-
KUN!

WHAT'RE
YOu
DOING
HERE?

APPENDIX
OPERATED
ON
RECENTLY.
EXAMINED. ¢:
 ITS A \|
ee gee
R ME,
I WAS TOO!
MAKING THIS |
BIG FUSS A
Hub? ABOUT HAV- a
NO has ING LOST MY .
AWKWARD : be BOOK, AND =
SILENCE? Ne | THEN, AFTER
i, ALL THAT
2 SEARCHING,
yy IT TURNS OLIT
 MY WHAT
PANCREAS BRA 7 KIND OF
ISN'T
WORKING.

ae
THING I
WROTE IN
DS
Em
S
THERE |S yy /
TRUE! ites |
 / THEN. \.
_[ Yow asour \.
| SOME _ \
| RESPECT FOR
THE FACT
THAT I DIDN'T
RESPOND WITH
AWKWARD
SILENCE?
 You
SINCE
YESTER-
[cLass- VAY...

wll RE
—
muii LL
IE |

HM
1|
ai rnin
|
Mh
 I'M
LOOKING
FORWARD
TO IT!
 ARE YOU
SURE THIS
IS HOW a
WANT
SPEND WHAT'S
LEFT OF
YOUR LIFE?
Le TIDYING THE
/ \ LIBRARY?

32
=
YOU MUST
HAVE THINGS
YOU_WANT

[CLASSMATE
WHO
KNOWS MY
SECRETI-
KUN.

BUT
YOU'RE
NOT DOING
THOSE

D
$0 TOMORROW,
IN THAT SAME AS
SENSE, ME.
THERE'S NO
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
us.
 A DAY
ISA
DAY FOR
EVERYONE.

ISN'T
THAT
WHAT
MATTERS?
 GOOD
JOB, |
SAKURA! |

HE
TOTALLY
IGNORED
YOU, DIDN'T
HE, [CLASS-
MATE WHO
KNOWS MY
SECRETI-

BUT
You HONESTLY--!
HAVE NO
FRIENDS!
 MEET ME
IN FRONT
FTTION
STA
AT ELEVEN,
SUNDAY
MORNING--

HUH...?
UIH...SORRY, \
I PROMISED |
TO GOONA
DATE WITH
MY GIRL-
OH, FRIEND
PLEASE.
Ou'R
LYING!
 SHE'LL
BE ABLE
TO WALK
DOWN
THIS
ROAD?

37
 I STARTED
FEELING--
JUST A
LITTLE
B/T--LIKE
I SHOULD
TRY 70...

THINK
MORE
POSITIVELY
ABOUT
GOING
OUT ON
SUNDAY.

Chapter 1 |
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MMM... /

FOR SOME
REASON,
WE'RE
AT AN
ALL-YOU-
CAN-EAT
GRILLED-
 BUT
I CAN'T
BELIEVE =
I LET HER
TALK ME —
INTO THIS, |=

I WONDER
IF THIS IS

ALL-YOU-
CAN-EAT
<\ BUFFETS.

GROSS, TOO.

Ww
BE RICH IF
RICH, YOU'RE NOT
EVERYTHING TAKING
IS ALL-YOU- ADVANTAGE
CAN-EAT. OF SOME-
THING THIS
GOOD ALL
THE TIME?
 SO, WAIT--
ARE YOU
EATING BEEF
ORGANS
AS PART
OF YOUR
TREATMENT?
 DON'T
you T Be
FOLLOW
A SPECIAL
DIET OR
ANY-
THING?

EVEN
THAT'S ONLY
POSSIBLE
BECAUSE
THERE'VE
BEEN HUGE
MEDICAL BREAK-
THROUGHS IN
THE LAST TEN
YEARS OR SO.

THEY STILL
NEED TO
FIGURE OUT
ACTUAL
CURES FOR
ALL KINDS
OF THINGS,
THOUGH.
( soMEONE fF <= =| = SOMEONE
| WHODoES | WHO DOESN’T
THINK AHEAD. THINK AHEAD.

: DON'T
JUST STUFF
YOURSELF
WITH EVERY-
THING THAT

WHAT'RE
you
cee
~ KNOW I'M
GONNA DIE
SOON, BUT
YOU'RE STILL
HAVIN
HEALTH. IT'S
EASIER, YOU
KNOW?
SEE YOU
TOMOR-
ROW!
You did great!
| hope you get this message!
Thanks for hanging with me today! sy
It was really fun! ©
| really, really hope you'll go to other
fun places with me! ©
Friends to the end, right?!
Good night! ©
See you tomorrow!

"SEE YOU TOMORROW."

 See

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THAT ¢ THEERDAANYD,
EXPLAINS THOSE
IT. ‘y TWO? SAKURA
AREN'T ‘%
PESIETNHEED
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WHY

TO
ey LIBRARY?
OH.

a STHTE
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TW O O F E
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S THEM?
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I CAN
FEEL =
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WHAT'D
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ND
[INTROVERT]E-D
CLASSMAN?TE
KLI
50
 ARE
YOU AND
SAKURA...
CLOSE...7

~ ri
7

NOT
REALLY.
 E'

SOMEWHERE
I'D LIKE
TO GO
BEFORE
 ALL-YOU-
CAN-EAT
HERE, TOO!
AMAZING!
 AWWW, BUT
YOU'RE THE COULDN'T
ONLY ONE I YOU HAVE
DON’T HAVE COME WITH
TO KEEP MY SOME
PANCREAS A FRIENDS
SECRET FROM, INSTEAD?
REMEMBER...?

FRIENDS
TO THE
END,
OKAY?
 I DON'T
WANT TO
TALK TO
PEOPLE
THAT DOESN'T
WHY INTEREST
DO you - .
ASSUME
NO ONE'S
CONSCIOU
Y?
S,
INTERESTED?

IN
PEOPLE.

A cas

THERE FUNDAMEN-
ARE EX- TAL LEVEL,
CEPTIONS, PEOPLE
OBVIOUSLY. ARE ONLY
INTERESTED
IN THEM-
EVEN I SELVES.
GET A BIT
INTERESTED
IN PEOPLE
LIKE YOU,
WITH SPECIAL
CIRCUMSTAN-
CES.
 BUT
I'M NOT
THE TYPE
OF PERSON
OTHER
PEOPLE FIND
INTEREST-
ING.

50 WHY
WOULD
I WASTE
MY TIME
BORING Witte
OTHER Ye
Wea
PEOPLE...? NS
 L
WOULDN'T
ASK SOME-
ONE TO
HANG OUT IF
I THOUGHT
THEY
WEREN'T
INTERESTING.
 IF YOu
ANSWER THE |-
QUESTION. =
LIKE YOU'RE
SUPPOSED

L
THINK IT
STARTED
BACK IN
GRADE
I DON'T SCHOOL.
REMEMBER
EVER
HAVING
FRIENDS.
 HAVE
FRIENDS.

AS
FOR A
GIRLFRIEND,
OBVIOUSLY

FINE
WITH IT.

RIGHT.
YOU
DION'T I FIGURE
WANT PEOPLE
FRIENDS? AR ,

INTERESTED

NOT INTER-
ESTED IN
THEM.
 “Ts
wah

I THINK
FICTIONAL
WORLDS
ARE MORE

ACTUALLY
HAPPENS
IN REAL
WE
BROKE
UP RE-
CENTLY.
 PEOPLE
LIKE YOU
HAVE COMPLEX
INTERACTIONS
WITH OTHERS,
SO I FIGURE
YOU'D THINK IT
WAS FUN OR
SOMETHING,
BUT...

B ELS,
WOULDN ee:
IT?
IF PEOPLE HAD LABELS, I THINK IT'D
MAKE THINGS REALLY EASY FOR ME.

THE
OPPOSITE,
ACTUALLY.

YOU THINK ABOUT STUFF THAT WOULD

NEVER EVEN CROSS MY MIND.
oe
WRIT
CENSOR
W H T o u
THNIK
XRSS
YOU KNOW

VAGUELY
RECALLING... .\%

SHE'S
IN SOME
ATHLETICS
CLUE AT
SCHOOL...
I THINK?

S-SAKURA,
ARE
YOU AND
[DEPRESSING-
OKIN
 DION'T
YOU COME
TO THE
RETURNS
DESK WHILE
I W.

HAVE
WE EVER
EVEN
TALKED
BEFORE,
[DEPRESS-

I
WOULDN'T COME
CALL IT | ON,
THAT, THAT'S
EITHER. NOT
TALKING!
 T HOISDAYS
W
IS T , AND...
I N A R O W

W H E N
A L O N E ,

JUST G I R L S
NOT THAT

TIMES YOU
NEVER GET
TO THE J
POINT!

eee
-

ARE YOU
OKAY WITH
BEING JUST
 AT FIRST I
WAS AFRAID

HOW PUSHY
SHE CAN BE.
BLT...
SEE YOU
(out
rou! i.

ONCE WE
STARTED
TALKING,
WE
BECAME
FRIENDS
RIGHT
AWAY.
 THAT'D
BE NO
I WANT FUN,
PEOPLE RIGHT?
TO IM
THINK -
HEALTHY \ NO, IT'S
UNTIL FINE LIKE
T DIE. é !

IF IT TOLD
HER, SHE'D
PROBABLY
CRY EVERY
TIME SHE
SAW ME.
Hae
 —
a=
—

um

THEY'RE

I THINK
MY FRIENDS
WOULD BE
LIKE THAT

MY _FAMILY
OVERREACTS,
THOUGH. THEY
HANG ON MY
EVERY WORD
AND ARE
COMPLETELY
Ge eee
THAT'S
WHY
I'M ONLY
TELLING
YOU,
[CLOSE]-
KUN.
 HA
DIFFERENCE
DOES IT
MAKE? YOU
AND I BOTH
KNOW IT’S
NOT TRUE.

YOu
SURE DO
HAVE A
GLASS-
HALF-
FULL
TO FALL IN AP-
LOVE?! PROACH.
 SAYING
THINGS LIKE

ON FINDING
A NEW
BOYFRIEND.
 you
WANTED
ME TO
INTRODUCE
YOU TO
MY NON-
EXISTENT
FRIENDS?

HECK DID
YOU...7

ioe

if
epost
|
 = Ny ZzzZ Se)
INTO
EVERY-
THING. Hl

ICLOSE])-
KUN YOu
 TLL LET

“INTERACT
WITH
MORE
PEOPLE”...

Chapter 2 | END
Chapter 3 | Places I Want To Go Before I Die
 HEY, CIN-
TROVERTED
CLASSMATE].
YOU
GOING
OUT WITH
YAMAUCHI?

SOMETHING
UNUSUAL
HAPPENED
TODAY:A

COM-
PLETELY
WRONG.

BUT YOU
MA 4| WERE ON
TO CET - || A DATE,
SOMETHING |,
: RIGHT:
1)

TO EAT,
THAT'S
= tom,

NADBBRIS
 NO
THANKS.
I FIGURED

||
HE'D
SAY NO
BECAUSE
HE NEVER
DOES /T
WHEN /T’S
HIS TURN.

Ca 7
 THE ONLY
UNUSUAL
THING THAT
HAPPENED
WAS HIM
TALKING
7O ME.
 Good job on your exams!
And now we’re on break! Yay! ©
I’ll cut to the chase: are you free?
You're not busy, right?
| wanna take a train trip! 4
Is there anywhere you want to go?

A\y
WOT

BUSY,”
SHE
SAYS...

Don’t you dare You should go

break your somewhere you
promise! want to go before
you die.

NO
FROGLEM.
 M2, A; pila
YOU'RE
TRAVELING WHY
/ TOO LIGHT! ; ARE WE
{\/ WHAT = ms MEETING
nd 4

gz CHANGE Or Mere) Fe\ EARLY...?

LS CLOTHES?! F= \iK “=

Y
THERE.
YOu °
DIDN'T SAY ZS ;
ANYTHING D ney
 I'M
NOT EVEN
PAYING FOR
THIS TRIP,
AND I DION'T
PAY FOR THE
GRILLED
MEAT,
EITHER...
STARTING

THIS IS
MORE
OF A
KIDNAPPING
THAN A
VACATION.
 I
WAS JUST
THINKING
ABOUT
HOW MY
PREDICAMENT
LOOKS.

TRY
LOOKING
AT ME
INSTEAD
OF
YOURSELF.
 PREFECTURE
WHERE THAT
MURDER
HAPPENED?
NEWS |
ANYMORE.

THEY'D DIE
} BEFORE ME
EITHER,
HUH?

REALLY
THINKING
 I GUESS
YOU COULD
SAY I
APPRECIATE
THE
PERSPECTIVE
I HAVE
ON LIFE.

I KNOW ve
TSHOULD «= FEE ;
BE LIVING AY =
EVERY DAY ff
TO THE
FULLEST.

RIGHT?
EVERYONE
HEY,
[CLOSE]-
KUN...7 |J presse,

WHAT'S a, paieee
YOUR oe ia
GIVEN
NAME?
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ISN'T ae
I
Poe
Novenet
WITHA
|i:
| |i:
WHICH NAME LIKE
ONE THAT?
Seka acs
INRE
THU'
YO K |; | § | NOM OEE
ING OF,
THOUGH.

INTEREST-
ING.

IS YOUR
50 aa
YOU LIKE —
DEPRESSING
ON ES,
THEN. hac
DAZAI
OSAMLI'S
MY
A FAVORITE. |
 = —— ts

KATA

I THINK
YOU'RE
SCINING
 USUALLY
I CAN JUST
SAY, “IT'S ONE

LIKE THAT
IS KINDA
HORRIBLE. ABOLIT IT.
I DON'T
THINK THEY'D
UNDERSTAND

WELL,
I LIE AND
TELL THEM
I HAVE
FRIENDS
SO THAT
THEY WON'T
WORRY.

ATA
FRIEND'S.

THAT'S
\) HORRIBLE
 DIARY,
RIGHT?
I DON'T
WANT TO
DEAL WITH

EXCUS
E? I'M
WRITING
IT, AND
TLL WRITE
SSS

7O TELL
THE GOD
THERE WHAT
THEY'RE
DETERMINED
70 DO,
’
 PLEASE
LET HER
FANCREAS
GET
BETTER.
 I DON'T
PRAYERS
AR E
THINGS TO
YOu
ALWAYS
MANAGE
TO STEAM-
FeelNes
ee I PRAYED
You? TO HAVE LOTS
OF ENERGY
RIGHT UP
UNTIL T DIE!
HOW ABOUT
YOU, [CLOSE]-
KUN?

E
THAT, THERE!
[CLOSE]- oer
KUN!

GLAD
YOU'RE
ENJOYING
YOURSELF.
WHAT'S
YOURS?
 I BET
IT SAYS
YOU'LL
HAVE A
MEANINGFUL
RELATION-
SHIP!

IF
THAT'S HOW
YOU FEEL,
WHY'D You
PRACTICALLY
SPIT IT
OUT?
 YOU'RE
JUST
i NOT
7 ~©=HONEST,
ARE
You?
 ae

ITCee
GLIMPSE
OF
WHAT
HAPPENED.

I CAN'T
BELIEVE
OR BOSS SOME-
OR ONE SO é
YOU'RE WHATEVER INCOMPETENT /
GOING OVER HAS A JOB
TO PAY HERE! HERE!
TO GET
THIS DRY
CLEANED!

SHE WAS
TOTALLY
IT SURE WRAPPED LP
SUCKS IN HER OWN
THAT SHE CONVERSA-
HAS TO THE TION AND
DEAL WAITRESS FLUNG HER
WITH A WAS ARM OUT.
CUSTOMER ee
LIKE THAT. GOT HIT.
 BR ARE YOU
FREAKING
OUT
OVER /
lg NOTHING?!
I SAW THAT'S
WHAT RIGHT.
 ET
INVOLVED.

108
 I JUST
HLING
BACK AND
WATCHED,
LIKE
EVERYONE
ELSE.

THERE’RE

JUST
AWFUL!

WHAT'S
NEXT
ON THE
AGENDA? F
OH/
YOU'RE
 IN FORA

NO
KNOW _ SENSE.
WROTE
GOOD A LIST OF
CALL. IT'LL THINGS I
SHOW YOU WANT TO DO
JUST HOW BEFORE I
MUCH TIME
YOU'RE
WASTING
WITH ME.

5 : eon

aby
 WANT
70 GE
ALONE...
 FINALL A

113
 S
THE/R
FAULT,
THEY'LL
DO
SOMETHING
ABOUT IT.
 MISUNDER-
STANDING.

5 i Sey es ME sa
ER ER

gw iy a: :

gigae
 OU! I [|
WASN'T
SURE WHAT
WE'D WIND
up

Me
BED! ISN'T
THAT
EXCITING?!
YOU'RE
BEING

THE
TUBS Ag Ae
AMAZING! ¢ = rie
HAS
JACUZZI FLUFFY!
SETTINGS! |

ANY MONEY,
DO YOU?
DON'T THINK
I'M LENDING
 AW,
AREN'T
YOU EVEN
A LITTLE
BIT HAPPY

EXCITING
BECAUSE
YOU'RE
NOT MY
BOYFRIEND, ;KX
SILLY.

i, Sy
PR en aig
 LOOKING
AT A NIGHT
VIEW LIKE
THIS, JUST
THE TWO
OF US...
ISN'T IT
ROMANTIC?

wow,
GORGEOUS!

I'M
IGNORING
you!

NO
PEEKING!

A BATH!

IGNORING
HER,
 7 igh
and hea
Brning into
that’s no joki

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bit
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urse green oni
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 ll
q

[CLosel- {
KLIN-~!
COULD
YOU
GET MY
CREAM
FACE
WASH,
PLEASE?
 M WHAT'S
WRONG?

I'M
COMPLETELY
NAKED
RIGHT NOW,
REMEMBER!
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J,

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Chapter 3 | END
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Chapter 4 | Truth or Dare

 I GOT
SNACKS
AND STUFF
AT THE
CONVENIENCE
STORE
DOWNSTAIRS.
BROUGHT
CARDS!

ALL THE
REVOLUTIONS
WOULD
JUST WIPE
OUT OUR
 EIGHT
OF
SPADES.
 CUTEST
PERSON
IN OUR
CLASS?

IF THAT'S
YOU PICK HOW
“DARE,” THEN YOU
T'LL ORDER IF YOU
AND you YOU TO DO pon'tT PLAY!
ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING WANT TO
“lion == HAVE
AND You
T R Y T
TO
O
ANSWER A
QUESTION,
YOU PICK
ON O N E
OR THE DO IT. “DARE.”
OTHER!
 YOU'RE
NOT
QUITTING
IN THE

GA 7
RIGHT?!

ROUND 1
OF 10,

TO
REPEAT MY
QUESTION,
WHO

pire
 .
ee WS

MOVING
RIGHT
ALONG...
ROUND 2.

WHERE THEN...

<2aa

<b

ey OREMEMBER,
BUT...

136
 I KNOW
I'M THE ONE
WHO ASKED,
BUT NOW
I'M SO
EMBAR-

I DIDN'T
REALLY
THINK YOU'D
BE HONEST,
[CLOSE]-KUN!
THAT MAKES LED@— E O S S
IT EVEN MORE
EMBARRASSING.

WANT TO
GET THIS
OVER
WITH...

sol
DECIDED
NOT TO
FIGHT.
 TOO TRUE.
THEY

YIKES, I |
GOT THE
TWO OF
HEARTS.

EEEEE!
MY
HEART'S
BEATING \:
SO FAST!
 _

Yy

Gigs
Lee ,

-
_
ROUND 3.
 IF SOME
TINY
THING HAD
BEEN
ioc lt
COULD’ VE
WOUND

I WAS THE
TALLEST KID
IN CLASS.
I HAD
FIGHTS WITH
BOYS AND
EVERYTHING.

MY
PARENTS
SAY SS

I WAS
ALWAYS
FIDGETING.
 ROUND |:
4.
WATCHING
MOVIES, T
GUESS?

WHAT'RE
YOUR
STRENGTHS RA {
AND t CHIUNE!
WEAK- THINK IT'S
MY
STRENGTH
GETTING STAND FOR
ee ALONG WHAT HE
BELIEVED
WAS
RIGHT!

IS THIS
SOME
KIND OF
MY
JOB IN- CHILDHOOD
TERVIEW? pS DOG
DYING
WHEN I
WAS IN
 KEEP
WINNING?!
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YOU THINK
ARE CUTE
ABOUT
ME
 THOUGH. }, , IT WAS
OBVIOUS
MY
ARE
ALL
NOODLY.

THAT'S
WHY
I
SAID...
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WE'RE
DRUNK
RIGHT
NOW.
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SURPRISED
Me!
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OPTION!
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called me!
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them was
really
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can't
wander of F
like a dying
cat! Taking
2 trip all by
yourself
IS.,
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See,

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 THANKS,

You have
to come
And home safe
this and bring
summer, Med
togoona
trip with
me for
real, ditions,
though!

GIVE
[CLASSMATE
WITH A
STRANGE
RELATION-
SHIP WITH
MY CLOSE
FRIEND] A
MESSAGE.
 SOUNDS

ONLY IF
I DO
SOME-
THING
STRANGE,
THOUGH.
RIGHT...7
 I'M NOT
REMOTELY
CUT OUT
FOR WORK
THAT
INVOLVES
OTHER
PEOPLE.

IF YOu
HAVE A
YEAR LEFT,
AT'S
MWAH HA HA HA!
165
Chapter 4 | END
Chapter 5 | Th ings One Shouldn’ a°
 IT WAS WENT
ONLY A BACK TO
FEW SCHOOL.
DAYS
UNTIL
SUMMER
VACA 7/ON,
BUT.

MY
SCHOOL
SLIPPERS
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SOMITE
Lae

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po
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DIRECTLY
BEFORE
[CLASS-
MATE
EVERY-
ONE'S
TALKING
ABOUT]!
 DID you

wi
YAMALICHI?
 LET ME
KNOW IF
ANYTHING
INTERESTING
HAPPENS.
 DAY OF THE
YEAR-END
ASSEMBLY

,
 YOU'RE
| CHECKING
pow IT OUT,
WHERE'S RIGHT?
YAMAU-
CHI-SAN?

I HEARD
SHE'D BE
GETTING
HERE
LATE.

| | THanks. | IN : /

Sie
FOR YOU.
re
DON’T
\ fehl)
Ea
I) THINK IT's
YOU'RE OKAY TO
A SAY THAT
YOUNG TOA
Lavy. | YOUNG
LADY?!
 ON A DAY
LIKE THIS,
WHEN
IT’S TOO
RAINY TO
HANG OUT
OUTSIDE...

YOU'RE
SUPPOSED

OPPOSITE
DIRECTION
FROM
MINE.
 BUT
I'VE BEEN
THINKING
ABOUT THIS

LOVED SINCE
I WAS
LITTLE.

IT'S A
BOOK
MY DAD
GAVE ME.

I GUESS
I’M CURIOUS
TO KNOW
WHAT KIND
OF BOOK
SOMEONE
LIKE YOU
APPRECIATES.

ae
CALLED?

EVER
HEAR
OF THE
LITTLE
PRINCE?
 THE
FACT THAT
YOU THINK
THE LITTLE
PRINCE
ISN'T
ener
THING!

LITTLE
INTEREST
You
HAVE IN BY
BOOKS. SAINT-
EXUPERY?
 BESIDES,
I COULD THE
LIGRARY
PROGAELY \ —
HAS A ae
 NEN) SUTIN
ve at
HHTl A RMIT of
TT]
AAT CTT
 IT
WAS THE
FIRST TIME

I HADN'T
META
CLASSMATE’S

PARENT DAY
BACK IN
ELEMENTARY.

v4
SO fel \\ any
YOu WERE /Y }
IvWS
JUST ENTHU-
SIASTICALLY
GREETING
NO ONE?
 -| SOMEHOW
: I KNEW
IT'D
ALL BE
YP MANGA.

<e

WEREN'T
 FIGHTING
THEM, GAMES,
THOUGH...
GAMES,
YOU NAME
IT!
 HAVE
FRIENDS.
 NO
MATTER
WHAT,
RIGHT...7
 You
PROBABLY
AREN'T
PLANNING

HAVE TO
WORRY
ABOUT? |
 Wi
\ SHE
| ISN'T...
\

TRYING TO
GET A FEEL
FOR IF I
WANT TO
DATE
HER OR
SOMETHING,
/S SHE...?

IS
THAT...
 YOU I HAVE
A LIST OF
I THINGS T
COULD WANT TO
DO DO BEFORE
SOME I DIE?
OF
THOSE
THINGS. I ASKED
IF YOU
WANTED
TO BE MY
BOYFRIEND
SO THAT...
 SOME-
THING I
SHOULON'T
DO...

WITH
A BOY
I'M NOT
INA
RELATION-
SHIP WITH,
WHO T
DON'T
HAVE
FEELINGS
FOR.
ue |
4

TO HER ee peg
HOUSE,OR | SNe
we
ANY OF : tad
aS .
SHOLLEN A
ry ’

SOME-
THING
WwE
z SHOULDN'T
SHOULDN'T D0...
HAVE
FOUND
OUT THAT
SHE'S
SICK.

SO THE
THINGS I
SHOULDN'T
DO...
 BUT YOU...
THINGS
NEED TO FEEL
PRETTY REAL
FOR A JOKE,
RIGHT?
I TRIED
SO HARD!

I
REALLY
HAD TO
WORK
uP MY
COURAGE
TO DO
HUGGING THAT!
YOU LIKE
THAT
AND
ALL!
I'M $O
GLAD I
ASKED IF
YOU LIKED
ME FIRST!

OTHER-
WISE IT'D
SEEM SO
SERIOUS!

THAT
WOULDN'T
HAVE WORKED
WITH ANYONE
ELSE. IT
WAS SO
EXCITING!

HOW
FAR...

WILL
YOU...
 THAT'S P<
ENOUGH!
GO
OF ME
Me RIGHT
yy) Now!
 [HORRIBLE
CLASSMATE]-
KUN...

209
Bi

te
Saeed
 C[UNNOTICE-
ABLE
CLASSMATE]-
KUN!

211
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2
MIEALG EIGT ID

UTTERLY
aE:

UNFORGIV-
ABLE] |S
HANGING
AROUND
HERE!
 IF THE
“SAKURA”
You "RE
TALKING
oe
eee

THE
GIRL IN
MY CLASS
WITH THAT
HE'S IN
L
 LISTEN,
YOU'VE
GOT THE
WRONG IDEA
ABOUT OUR
RELATION-
SHIP.

EVERY-
ONE'S
| TALKING
ABOUT
IT!

ALL OF A
SUDVEN
YOU'RE
CONSTANTLY
HANGING
AROUND
HER!
 EITHER
WAY, IT’S
STILL NOT
WHATEVER

YOU'RE
JUST
SOME...
SOME
DEPRESSING,
UNFRIENDLY
Guy!
 SHE SAID
I’M THE ONLY
PERSON SHE
CAN DO NORMAL
THINGS WITH
AND NOT
PRETEND
EVERYTHING'S
OKAY, BUT I
STILL DON'T
GET IT.

SPENDING
TIME WITH
ME /S
“WORMAL.”

THERE'S
NO POINT
CONTINUING
THIS
CONVER-
SATION.
 DON'T
YOU WALK
AWAY!
WE'RE
NOT DONE
TALKING!
 OY BS
a a w
Ok
BR

HOW
HER EX-
BOYFRIEND
RRR RR

WAS

238
 SSS
ane
SESS
a

EVERY-
THING'S
: BLURRY
| =| THROUGH
HIT ATE MY LEFT
ME...? | EYE,
 We

SLY!
Cie

THIS
PAINFUL ?
 WANT
70 BE
THE ONE
SPENDING

— LONLY
= COINC/DEN-
TALLY FOUND

L :
SHOLILDN'T
BE TAKING

ARE
You
DOING...?
 YOU'LL
CATCH
A COLD,
[HORRIBLE
CLASSMATE]-

HEY,
| _YOU'RE
BLEEDING!
 LVE
NEVER
SEEN
SOMEONE
LOOK SO
GUILTY
IN REAL
LIFE.

231
SOMEONE
LIKE

PRACTI-
CALLY
STALKING
you!
Bieee Saole
AB
Our ONE LIKE
uD
tHoRRipte "AT"
 DON'T
LIKE YOU
ANYMORE,
TAKAHIRO.
ANYTHING
TO ME
OR TO
ANYBODY
AROUND
ME.
 AFTER
I WAS
DRESSED
AGAIN...
 A
TOTALLY
NEW Ex-
PERIENCE
FOR ME.

PERSON.

239
 I WASN'T
EXPECTING YOU'RE I FIGURED
TO FIND STRONG YOU'D JUST
GET THAT
TAKAHIRO, BECAUSE \
TOO, YOU'RE A ‘ AWKWARD
GUY, AND I Recerina °S ‘ . eal
GOT A LITTLE ok <i »\ YOUR FACE
SCARED, AND LAUGH
sole hl z : IT OFF,
THAT'S
ALL.

I DON'T
REALLY
KNOW WHY,
BUT IT FELT
LIKE YOU
WERE MAKING
I THINK FUN OF ME,
YOU'D BE : SO I GOT
MAD.
BETTER
OFF...
SPENDING
TIME WITH
THE PEOPLE
WHO REALLY

cemoie Ee Cate
CARE ABOUT

PEOPLE LIKE
. “4
RO TINY
res
OT
aa pae
ATIT Ne
t I DIDN'T
WANT YOU
i WL ! TO GO WHILE
THINGS WERE
SO AWFUL
BETWEEN
a
FOLLOWED
HAPPENED o e. — y / LZ INSEE YOU.
TO RUN INTO F oo. ;
EACH OTHER = J Pa
AT THE
HOSPITAL.
IT WAS
SOME STUPID
COINCIDENCE.
 THE
FACT THAT BECAUSE OF
WE'RE IN DECISIONS
THE SAME WE'VE
CLASS MADE.
AND...

ALL
OUR THE CHOICES
MEETING YOU'VE MADE
AT THE IN YOUR LIFE,
HOSPITAL AND ALL THE
THAT DAY CHOICES
ARE NOT I'VE MADE,
COINCI- ARE WHY
DENCES. WE MET
THAT
WAY.

242
BECAUSE
THAT'S
WHERE
OUR
CHOICES
THAT I'LL DEFINITELY BE NICE
7O YOU UNTIL YOU DIE.
formula that satisfies these
conditions is (M M)
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Chapter 6 | END
ee
 =
oli
 L5G. Seton
JUST

WANNA DIE
oe ree KNOCKING!
RASSMENT
BEFORE MY
PANCREAS
HAS
TIME TO
KILL Me!
 NOBODY'S
EVER DIED

TLL RASSMENT,
TELL YOU BUT IF You

MY
NUMBERS
WERE A LITTLE
WEIRD, SO MY
FAMILY GOT
WORRIED. RA
THEY MADE BERRIES.
A BIG FUSS
AND MADE

MAKE-UP
CLASSES
WILL BE
OVER BY
THEN.
 SO):
WHAT
ABOUT
LIKE, YOUR
WHAT DID FRIENDS?
I THINK YOU YOU TELL
SHOULD AT KYOKO-
LEAST TELL SAN?
KYOKO-SAN AT
SOME POINT.
ISN'T SHE LIKE
YOUR BOSOM
FRIEND OR
SOMETHING?

I
SAID I'D
HAD MY
APPENDIX
REMOVED.

MY
"BOSOM
FRIEND"?
 NOW THAT
WE'VE HAD
A SNACK,
IT'S TIME
TO STUDY.

THAT'S
WHAT
a

COVERED |
SO FAR. ,

GIRL TALE: hg
WITH us.

DO
YOU NEED
ME TO
TUTOR YOU
ON WHAT
“GIRL TALK”
MEANS?
 OH? YOU OH,
LEARNED
S FINE. BUT
ALREADY? BEFORE
YOU GO,
CHECK
OUT MY
MAGIC
TRICKS!

I'M
WORKING
ON A FEW
MORE,
THOUGH!

THAT'S
OKAY,
AMAZING. I'M PUTTING
THE CARD
YOU PICKED

YOURSELF
uP TO
SEE IT.
 DON'T
FORGET YOU

THE OTHER DAY!

REMEMBER TO
BRING THEM
BACK!
LATE...

\.
 MONDAY, aa
JULY 26TH. nal |
HEY,
[INTRO-
VERTED
CLASS-
MATE].
>
ey a ;: ARE YOU
STALKING

HUH
seed

BE
CAREFUL |:
OR SOME- [/
THING BAD /
coup Wg
HAPPEN.

TO HIM!

258
 TUESDAY,
JULY 27TH.

PEOPLE HAVE
ACTUALLY
SEEN US,
AND I KINDA
FEEL LIKE
SOME OF
THIS IS JUST
PEOPLE BEING
MEAN.
MORNING ON
THE WAY TO
SCHOOL.
WHAT
I DON’T GET
IS HOW PEOPLE
WHO DON'T HAVE
A CLUE ABOUT
ANY OF THIS
JUST DRINK
IT ALL IN AND
BELIEVE
EVERYTHING
IT'S REALLY THEY HEAR.
NOT LIKE INTERESTED
THEY'RE

you
THINK IT’S
ENTERTAINING
WHEN PEOPLE
ARE ALL
GOSSIPING
ABOUT EACH

THAT"
WHAT'S
INTEREST-
ING.

YOU AND
KYOKO AND
EVERYONE
ARE ALL SO
INTERESTING!
 UNDER-

EVERYBODY
Tile (6ALL
HAPPENING
CAN THINK TO YOU
THAT STUFF NOW?
ABOUT YOU
BECAUSE THEY
DON'T KNOW |
I THINK YOU AT ALL,
YOU SHOULD [CLOSE]- ASS a
BE FRIENDLY CLIN.
WITH EVERYONE.
THEN YOU'D
BE ABLE TO

UNDERSTAND
you.

IF
EVERYONE
NEW

OW
INTERESTING
YOU ARE.

ANYONE?

WILL GO
BACK TO
NORMAL.
 yousAyY |.

IMPRESSION
THEY THINK
BADLY

OTHER
THAN
YOU AND
KYOKO-SAN,
EVERYBODY
THINKS OF
ME AS “THAT
INTROVERTED
GUY IN

NOT NEC-
ESSARILY
TRUE AT
 IMAGINING
WHAT PEOPLE
THINK WHEN

LOOK, TI YOU'RE
KNOW YOU
INTERACT WITH SOME
EVERYONE WHO |: ISOLATED
COMES NEAR ISLAND,
YOU, SO IT u
HOW I'VE MUST BE HARD KNOW.
YS FOR YOU TO
UNDERSTAND,

UH...
SOMETHING
LIKE,
"WE'RE
CLOSE"?

262
 BZZ7!
WRONG
ANSWER.

/ IF ft
TOLD YOU,
WOULDN'T
THAT TAKE
ALL THE
FUN OUT OF
ACTUALLY
TALKING
TO EACH
 BEFORE
LI HAD
ANY IDEA
/T WAS
HAPPEN-
ING...

SHE'D
ALREADY
CHANGED
ME SO

I WANT
TO TELL
EVERYONE
THAT...

[277 771-
KUN IS A
GENUINELY
GOOD
PERSON.
 AT
THIS RATE,
IN A YEAR
you
MIGHT BE
NOT... MANAGING
SOME
SERIOUSLY

AMAZING
Lo ll
bel GE ae
 WHY'RE
YOU
SUDDENLY
ACTING ALL
INTERESTED
IN SAKURA?

SHE'S
ASKING
BECAUSE
SHE
GENUINELY
CARES
AND /S
7 WORRIED.
SHOULD
GIVE
HER AN
HONEST
ANSWER.
—
=
 KNOW
HOW SHE
COMES
ACROSS,
BUT...
SHE
GETS
HURT
MORE
EASILY
THAN
MOST
PEOPLE.
MUCH...

SSS

269
 REALLY
DON'T
KNOW...

EXACTLY
HOW I
FEEL OR
THINK
ABOUT
HER.

W EDNESDAY,
J ULY 28TH.

270
 I STILL
DON'T
TO BEA
\ MURDERER.

WANT TO
SNEAK OUT
OF THE
HOSPITAL
WITH ME?!
LIKE THAT
ALL OFA
SUDDEN?
 BUT
THOSE
BUDS GO
DORMANT.
THEY
WAIT UNTIL
IT STARTS
GETTING
WARM AGAIN,
AND THEN BUDS START
THEY BLOOM FORMING.
ALL AT
ONCE.

273
 THEY
WAIT UNTIL
THEY'RE
SUPPOSED
TO BLOOM.

AWW,
BECAUSE THE
THAT'S BLOSSOMS
NOT WHAT | ARE PRETTY?
I WAS DON'T MAKE
THINKING. ME BLUSH.

YOU THINK
THAT MEETING

ARE THINGS
YOU CHOOSE,
INSTEAD
OF BEING
COINCIDEN-
CES.
SOMETHING
DOES
SEEM
KINDA OFF
UT
 Pa
COULDN'T
SHAKE
THAT
FEELING,

THINKING
THINGS.

SATURDAY,
JULY 31ST.
 I
GOTA
BAD
FEELING.
 Is
IT SOME-
THING I'D
REFUSE TO
ANSWER OR
DO IF YOu
JUST ASKED
NORMALLY?

be
fe teave J
\¥/ |
aoe
I SHOULD
ITtTo f- | \ “ask OR
279
 THAT'S
WHY IT'S

I HAVE
TO THINK
UPA
QUESTION,
HUH?

I
 I CAN'T
HELP
pees / FEELING
DEATH, | Sa

IN LK,
YOUR Jane
OPINION... SEEM A
LITTLE...

WHAT
DOES IT
MEAN TO
LIVE?

WHOA!
THAT'S
YOUR
QUES-
TION...7!
 ABOUT
SHARING
SOUL-DEEP
CONNEC-
TIONS WITH
PEOPLE.

282
 UNDER-
STANDING
EACH
OTHER
TOTALLY.

ING OTHER
PEOPLE'S
EXISTENCE,
FALLING
IN LOVE,
HATING
SOMEONE.

HOLDING
HANDS,
HUGGING,
SS
1S)wd Ny z a)
oO ns 0) FINDING
IT FUN OR
HORRIBLE
TO BE
AROUND
SOMEONE.
 IF I WAS
ALONE, I

MY
WAVE ANY
WAY TO
BODY KNOW I
EXISTS EXISTED.
BECAUSE
PEOPLE
ie

THE ME
WHO LIKES
SOMEONE
BUT HATES
THE
ME WHO
ENJOYS
BEING WITH
SOMEONE
BUT ALSO
THINKS IT'S
HORRIBLE
TO BE
AROUND
THEM.
THAT'S
HOW TI
WAS MADE,
AND T HAT 'S TTHINK
Me. BONDS AND
INTERACTIONS
NOW. WITH PEOPLE
ARE WHAT IT
MEANS FOR
ME TO BE
ALIVE.
MY
HEART
EXISTS
BECAUSE
OF
EVERYONE
AROUND
ME.
 Just ene
UKE YOU | er
a e | es WHY
= eae
DECIDED...
TE — 4 MEANING.

IS THIS
REALLY THE OOPS!

OF SERIOUS
CONVERSA-
TION?!
 THE
ANSWERS
LDVE
BEEN
LOOKING
FOR...

THE
THINGS I
HAVEN'T
NOTICED
UNTIL

REALLY
ARE
CONSTANTLY
TEACHING
THE REAL
Me ALL
EMOTIONS SORTS OF
BURIED
SO DEEP THINGS.
INSIDE
ME...

THAT'S
RIGHT.
YOU...
 HEY, SLOW
DOWN!

TIMENTAL!
IT'S EMBAR-

NO, IT'S
NOT
LIKE
THAT.
 IF KYOKO-

| HAPPEN.

289
 458
RS
hts

LATELY
I'VE JUST
REALLY
LIKED _FEEL-
ING OTHER
PEOPLE'S
WARMTH.

LISTEN,
SOME-
THING'S
BEEN
BOTHERING

WHAT, MY
MEASLIRE-
MENTS? .
ARE ~ —
TOUCHING :
YOU?
 HAS
SOMETHING
HAPPENED?

IT'S
JUST THAT
I WANT
TO SAVOR
HAVING
HONEST,
NORMAL
DAYS WITH
you.
 SUNDAY,
AUGUST 1ST.

EXCUSE.

Chapter 7 | END
 TUESDAY,
AUGUST 3RD.
CAN YOU

HERE EVEN
LONGER?!

SHE
DION'T
SEEM
ESPECIALLY
UPSET
ABOUT
7.

TOO BAD
SUMMER
VACATION'S
GONNA
BE MORE
THAN HALF iW
OVER. qt
 NO
SO PROBLEM.
WHAT'RE
YOU GONNA
DO OVER
SUMMER
VACATION,
[77777
29336
1-

THAT'S
IT?

INTO THAT
LION'S

WELL...
I'M GONNA
BE IN HERE
LONGER NOW,
AND SHE'S
GOT TONS OF
STUFF GOING
ON FOR HER
SCHOOL
CLUB.
Ti
a.
 WHY'RE
you...

AND
OBVIOUSLY
IF MY
PANCREAS
GIVES OUT, WELL...
THAT'S IT I GUESS NO
FOR ME. MATTER HOW
HARD I THINK
POSITIVELY,
PART OF ME
STILL MIGHT
BE THINKING
THAT WAY.
YOU'RE
NOT
ABOUT
TO DIE...
 YOU'VE
BEEN
ACTING
STRANGE
LATELY!

IT'S
COMPLETELY
OBVIOUS
THAT
YOU'RE
THERE HIDING
WAS THE SOME-
TRUTH OR THING!
DARE THING,
AND THEN
YOU HUGGED
ME OUT OF
NOWHERE...

DO YOU
THINK I'M
aaa
NOTICE AND
THE WEIRD aaa
SILENCES WHEN I
AND : ASKED IF
STUFF? SOMETHING
HAD
HAPPENED!
 MAYBE
I'M THINKING
POSITIVE TOO,
BUT I'M STILL
WORRIED
ABOUT YOU
AND YOUR
os TERMINAL
ia ILLNE. UU
OKAY?!
 NOTHING'S

I WAS
JUST
THINKING
ABOUT
You!

BASICALLY, THINKING
I WAS OF ASKING
JUST REALLY
HOPING I WASN'T
COULD GET IMPORTANT.
CLOSER
TO YOU.
 TEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE
HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE!
 YOU'RE
T
ULTIMATE
INTROVERT!
AM I
THE FIRST
PERSON
 LOOKS |
LIKE...
I COM-
PLETELY
M/SUN-
DERSTOOD.

MAYBE IF |
YOU DIDN'T
HAVE THAT
DEFECTIVE
PART
WEIGHING
 MAYBE
YOU'RE
STARTING TO
APPRECIATE
HOW WARM
ANOTHER
PERSON
CAN BE?
 NAH,
SHE'S OFF
AT A CLUB
MEETING. KYO KO-
SAN'S NOT
WHAT DO aie pal
YOU THINK
THIS TIME,

ISN'T
IT TOO =
OR WERE SOON ; mile as esses
oes DYING...

I'VE
BEEN
THINKING

a JUST KEEP
ON EDITING
AND MAKING
 YOU'LL
rar APOLOGIZE.
PERSON I
HANG OUT
WITH ONCE
I GET Dis-
CHARGED!

TLL HOME

WE'LL AFTER I'M DIS-

MEET UP
SOMEPLACE
AND THEN
TRAVEL
TOGETHER

ARE
YOU LIS-
TENING?!
 BEST MAGIC
TRICKS
PERFECTED!

THURSDAY,
AUGUST 19TH.
 TODAY'S
THE
DAY I
PROMISED |}———
70 SEE :
THANKS
FOR

314
 you
DON'T?
MAYBE
YOU'RE
I'M NOT INTEREST-
DATING OR ED IN
INTERESTED SOMEONE,
IN HER, AND THEN?
I'M NOT
BRINGING
HER OVER.

I'M JUST
GLAD YOU'VE
FINALLY MET
SOMEONE
WHO'S
TAKING THE
TIME TO
GET TO
KNOW YOU!

You
THINK
I DION'T
UNDERES- KNOW YOU
TIMATE A WERE LYING
MOTHER'S ALL THIS
INTUITION!
 THERE'S
STILL AN
HOUR
BEFORE
WE'RE
SUPPOSED
7O MEET

LSML
HAVEN'T
STARTED
THE ONE
SHE
LOANED
ME--THE
LITTLE
PRINCE.
CS\
‘ WY

318
 I
PROBABLY
WOULD’VE
JUST READ
THIS BOOK
TO KILL
TIME.

LT OION'T
WANT TO
EVER GET
INTERESTED
IN PEOPLE,
ELT...

coe
\
———= z= N
‘ | \ MN‘
OFS

I REALLY
CHANGED
ME.

met
each
other...
tr od Ss s rs i\t t

“because : en | eer
that's
where
our
choices
léd us."
 TO FICK UP
IAT BOOK THAT DAY
DOLNE MIST WHEN I
LYING THERE. DECIDED...

LAUGHING
WITH HER... TEACHING WHEN I
THOSE ARE HER TO BE DECIDED TO
ALL THINGS A LIBRARY eal ce
I DECIDED AICE...

TALKING
70
HER...

HER...
 I ALWAYS
PICTURED

A GRASS
BOAT JUST
GOES WITH
THE FLOW,
GOING
WHEREVER
THE WIND
AND WATER
TAKE /T.

DECIDED
70 DO
SOME-
z ‘ < ; THING
MADE THAT | SaNE | f
DECISION WAS - ' pre
OF MY OWN
FREE WILL,
AND HERE
I AM.
| just got home!
I’m might be a
little late--sorry! &
I'll make myself up
really cute for you! (LOL)

Congratulations
on getting home!
| was just thinking
Hey, it’s unusual for epeuet:
you to say something
nice like that!
What’s wrong, are
you sick?

Unlike you,
I’m totally
healthy.
How mean!
That hurts!
Compliment me to
make up for it!

|can’t think of a
===) compliment, but is that
= aproblem with me or
a problem with you?

That problem is
ALL YOURS
C’mon, think of
something.
 I ALWAYS

PERSON.

"That's
what
living is--
all those
connec-
tions.”

Ir
COULDN'T
FIND THE
RIGHT
WORDS
FOR /T
UNTIL NOW,
BUT...
PEOPLE IN,
EVEN WITHOUT
THEM KNOW-
ING YOU'RE
DYING.

324
REALLY
WANTED
TO BE
LIKE
You.

SOMEONE
WHO
ACKNOWL-
EDGES
SOMEONE OTHER
WHO PEOPLE.
OTHER
PEOPLE
ACKNOWL-
EDGE.
 SOMEONE

AND BE
LOVED BY
SOMEEOLY.

NO,
THAT OLD
SAYING'S
NOT
QUITE IT.
 JEN T
SOMETHING THERE
MORE... SOMETHING
BETTER?

I FEEL
LIKE THERE
WAS A
BETTER
PHRASE...
 7
WANT
° > TOEAT
YOUR
o | PANCREAS.
 I NEVER

SHE
HASN'T
N=
SWERED...
EVENIN /

HAPPENED
TO HER. oe

MAYEE HER
PARENTS
MADE
HER GO
SOMEWHERE
WITH THEM?
 Investiga-
tors are
working on
determin-
ing the
cause,

next story.
Sometime
around
midnight

police were
alerted to a
young girl found
UNCONSCIOUS
and bleeding
In an alley
within city
The victim limits.
was rushed by
ambulance to
the nearest
hospital,
and was
Pronounced
dead shortly
after
arrival,

She
has been
identified as
4 local high
Schoo. 332
student in
the city...
 Named
Yamauchi
Sakura.

The
area ip
which she
was fourd
was quiet
Pol)
and resi-
Z
gpepere dential,
she was
chosen at
random
by her
attacker,
who /s stil!
unidenti-
fied and at
large. The
investiga-
tion Is
oe: Yamauchi
san had been
Stabbed ip the
chest with
a twenty
centimeter
knifeé.
 ONE
OF THE
RANDOM
ATTACKS...

LIT
MUST
HAVE
BEEN...

where
that
Mealhorad ;
appen-
A

KNEW...

QUICKLY. |
I SOME-
HOW
BELIEVED
THAT...

I BELIEVED

ROW, EVEN
IF SHE
DEFINITELY
DION'T
HAVE
YEARS
LEFT.
I BELIEVED

LIFE TO THE
FULLEST
UNTIL
HER BODY
sad ota

I BEWEVED
THAT WAS
JUST HOW
THINGS
WORKED,
0 BUT
THE WORLD
DOESN'T
DISCRIMINATE.
 ia
NOTHING

OR COULD \* ALL I'VE

THINK OF |e
INTERESTED

The Little Prince

WHAT
HER BIG
MAGIC
TRICK
WAS...
OF ME...
- ONY,

: Chapter 8 | END ee
onso: ~ 2:
/
Chapter 9 | Living with Dying
 THERE ARE
PEOPLE
GRIEVING

SORRY
TO, UH,
INTRUDE.
 THERE...
THERE
WERE
SOME
REASONS
IT
COULDN'T

FUNERAL.
eS

sy
Ni
NX
 THERE'S
SOME-
THING I'D
BORROWED
FROM
SAKURA-

344
 ® IN THEORY,
NO ONE

~ KNEW SHE
WWAS SICK,

= y

KNEW
ABOUT
HER
ILLNESS.
)
 SHE
CALLED
IT
LIVING
WITH
DYING.
 SLE E. SELLE
LLELET SAAS ed
JOG a fy Sid
Ho - - : MQ Q QA
AA AW MOMOMOOXX44
ZEEE, 5 NAVA A ANNAN AAA

351
 Se
SAKURA...
TOLD
ME...

THAT
THERE
WAS
SOMEONE... |

THE
ONE
PERSON...

WAS THE
ONE PERSON
WHO KNEW
ABOUT THE
BOOK.
 “He's
pretty shy
and awkward,
“Until then, s0 I don't
don't let think he'll

FOR
ME...?
[ guess
|should
gtart by
talking
about
finding
out [
wag gick.

y vl . At firgt,
So the first a; my rind went
thing |need to completely blank.
P| do ig apologize iagseaearcd
to them
;
for |cried a lot, and
that. ('m really | got mad at
my family and
Thanke for
took thingg out
hanging in on them.
there with me
until |started
to cope.

That's why
'm calling thig lve decided
book Living ’m nat going to
with Dying we about
ingtead of my luck, even
gomething like though luck of
Fighting tor the draw ig why
My Life. I’m gick.
 Today was
the firgt time
| ever talked
to someone
besides my
family about
being gick.

maybe |
wanted
gomeone to
IS THIS
He’e always BECAUSE fo ligten to me
reading, and I ASKED pas talk about
HER NOT
it geome like TO WRITE any friends. | it?
he’s fighting MY NAME
DOWN...7 don't think he'll
gome kind tell anybody
of battle what’s going
Bkun
ingide on with me.
doesn’t
himeelf:
geem like
everyone
elge.
But that’s
not the only
reagon. | wag
curioug about
Zmkun
before all
thig.
 library
aide

When |
TH (feel like talked to
he’s doing SE -kun,
a good job he looked all
teaching me nervoug and
what ['m confuged,
supposed
to do.

[can gee
him slowly
thawing
out.

[wag
right--
he wag
fighting
himeelt.
 Today wag
terrible, but
it wag algo
really good.

To be
honest,
l've been
crying
all day.

[ guegs my
numberg
are
off or
something.
 'm kind
of gcared.
Well, ’'m
really
gcared.

But
('m not
Dretending going to
not to be let it
gcared chow!
isn’t
like lying.

|teared
up because
| wag go
embarragged--
| tried
and algo
not to
becauge | wag He saw
let him me trying
relieved he’d
come to visit. to dance
my fear
away.

26:
Today they
halved the
ectimate of
how much
time |have
left.
 He asked
me if
something
|almost
happened
aa
cried
again.

|almost [think
told today wag
him. the firgt
time |
flat-out

“Nothing,
really."
 He wag
worried

But at
the game
time, |wag
happy...

that he
felt go
etrongly
about me.
working hard
to get them
to bump into
each other.

let them
make up
before
| die.
WHAT SHE
ESPECIALLY
WANTED
YOU TO
READ...
 Firgt off
| want to
apologize for
keeping it a
gecret that
Um sick.

i)! Iknow it wae

Some of you Ww gelfigh. But more
probably have than anything, |
things you ‘ FTE wanted to live a
wish you'd © Gah \ normal life right
gaid to me. é. ts \\ until the end. |
: aes NE wanted to laugh
and play ag
much ag |could.

If go, then
my hope ig
that you'll tell
other people
the things you
haven't told |f
them yet.

can die when

youre not
expecting tt
just like
|did.
 Dad,
Morn,
Oniichan...

thank
you go
much for
every-

were an
amazing
family
and |love

I WAS SO
Mom and
Dad, |hope
Um still
your kid in
heaven.
 FIRST, A
PRACTICAL
THING.
you ANY-
ASKNOT
ME ED WHERE.
TO,

You
CAN DO
WHATEVER
YOU WANT
WITH Z/VING
WITH
 OR
LIKE.
IT's
ONLY BEEN
FOUR MONTHS
SINCE WE
FIRST MET
IN THE
HOSPITAL,
HUH?

IT FEELS

I GUESS
THAT'S
BECAUSE
I LEARNED
50 MUCH
FROM
you.

I's
THE LEAST
I CAN DO
FOR YOU,
AFTER YOU
GAVE ME
50 MUCH.
 rere

WE WERE THOUGHT
PROBABLY
TOTAL
OPPOSITES.

I WAS
CURIOUS
ABOUT YOU,
BUT I NEVER
HAD THE
CHANCE
TO GET TO
KNOW
I KNEW you.
I HAD TO
SEIZE THE AND
OPPORTUNITY THEN IT
AND_GET TO ACTUALLY
KNOW YOU HAPPENED!!!
FOR REAL. ISN'T
= THAT
}\ AMAZING?!

368
BEATING
SO
HARD!
LATELY,
THERE'VE
EVEN BEEN
PEOPLE
SAYING
THAT YOU
AND I ARE
TOO CLOSE
Now!

ESPECIALLY
WHEN I
STARTED
THINKING
THAT MAYBE
WE'D HAVE
A PRETEND
KISS OR
SOMETHING.

OKAY WITH
WHAT
ACTUALLY
HAPPENED,
TOO.
 TO BE
HONEST...

I
THOUGHT
I WAS
IN LOVE
WITH
You.

I DIDN'T
WANT OUR
RELATIONSHIP BUT I
DIDN'T
TO BE WANT TO
DEFINED BE YOUR
BY SUCH GIRL-
A CLICHED FRIEND.
 1\yLOVE,”

"“FRIEND-
SHIP,"
WHAT-
EVER...

THERE'S NO
CONVENIENT

BUT WHAT
WOULD I
HAVE DONE

WHY
DON'T
YOU CALL
ME BY MY
NAME?

OH--
REMEMBER
HOW I
WANTED TO
PLAY TRUTH
T'LL OR DARE
TELL IN THE
you HOSPITAL?
WHAT I
WANTED
TO ASK
 You
NEVER,
EVER SAID
MY NAME.

LIKE ME OR
SOMETHING.

I
COULDN'T
CONVINCE
MYSELF
THAT IT
DIDN'T
MATTER.
 I DON'T
HAVE THE
SELF-
CONFIDENCE
I'M FOR THAT.
THE KIND
OF PERSON
WHO NEEDS
TO SEE
MYSELF
REFLECTED
 I THINK
MAYBE YOU
WERE
SCARED OF
LETTING
ME MEAN
TOO MUCH
TO You.

MAYBE
YOU
REALLY
DID
THINK TI
MATTERED?
 ONCE
THAT
OCCURRED
TO ME, T
STARTED TO
BE SCARED

I HOPED
YOu

BECAUSE
YOU KNEW
YOU'D
EVENTUALLY
LOSE

YOU WERE
SCARED TO
HAVE M
 I'M
GONNA
INTERPRET

IF I'M
RIGHT,
LEAVE
SOME PLUM
WINE OR
SOMETHING
IN FRONT
OF MY
GRAVE.

I HOPE
YOU AP-
PRECIATE

ANSWER THAT
QUESTION
NOW--
YOU KNOW,
ABOUT WHAT
I THINK

376
377
 MAYBE T
WOULD'VE BEEN
ABLE TO LIVE
ENTIRELY FOR
MYSELF, WITH
MY OWN UNIQUE
WORTH AND
RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.

a
WOULDN'T
HAVE
I CAUSED
WOULDN'T _ANYONE
HAVE LEFT TROUBLE.
YOU AND
MY FAMILY

BUT I SAW
HOW You
WERE JUST
YOURSELF,
WITHOUT
NEEDING
ANYONE TO
DEFINE YOU
OR BE
AROUND
You.
 THE
THINGS
ABOUT ME
THAT PEOPLE

I DON'T
THINK IT’S
A BAD
THING TO
RELY ON
INTERACTION
THAT

I DEFINE
MYSELF
AGAINST
OTHER
PEOPLE...

COMPAR-
ING AND
BEING
COMPARED.

THAT'S
WHO WAS

TIONS WITH |
OTHER
PEOPLE.

YOURSELF.

380
 | BECAUSE
4 YOU DIDN'T
NEED _CON-
NECTIONS

THAT
I KNEW
SOMEONE
NEEDED ME
JUST FOR
MYSELF.

FOR THE
FIRST TIME
EVER, I SAW
MYSELF AS
UNIQUE, AND
FELT LIKE IT
MATTERED.
 I WAS
WAITING
FOR ALL
SEVENTEEN

SPRING.
 MAYBE
YOu
WON'T
LIKE IT,
BUT...

Ae
WISH I
COULD
STEEP THE
DIRT UNDER
YOUR
FINGER-
NAILS AND
DRINK
I THINK IT.
ANYWAY.
 TO EAT
YOUR
PANCREAS.
 WOULD
IT BE ALL
RIGHT FOR
E TO...
TO LOOK

ISN'T
EXACTLY
Chapter 9 | END
nal Chapter | Walking Down This Road for the First Time
 I
BROKE.

392
 SHE FELT
LIKE I'D |:
DONE .
SOMETHING |
FOR HER.
 WE
WERE
LOOKING
AT EACH

ENTIRE
LIFE...
ONE...

LIVED SO
THAT I
COULD
MEET

394
 FOR THE
FIRST
BECAUSE TIME, I
OUR REALLY
SOULS LIVED. I
TOUCHED EX/STED
EACH IN THE
OTHER. WORLD,
 NO, NO.
THANK
you...
FOR
LETTING
ME SHARE
SUCH A
SPECIAL
MOMENT.

ferent palit!iN whet sible hi

TOGETHER.
 ALTHOUGH,
I GUESS
YOU TWO
AREN'T ON
THE BEST
TERMS,
HMM?

WHAT'S
YOUR
FIRST
NAME?
HARUKI--
WITH THE
KANJI
FOR
"SPRING-
 ISN'T
THERE A
NOVELIST
WITH THE
SAME
NAME?

WHICH ONE
YOU'RE
THINKING
OF;
THOUGH.
 HER...
FOR HER
FAMILY...
AND FOR
MYSELF,

Sees!
seat
ztf
enees
leer
See
 : SO
NERVOUS,

COM/NG
 I COULD
TELL YOU
SOMETHING,
BUT...

: IT
403 QUICK!
THAT'S...
SAKURA'S
WRITING,
 WH-
WHAT
DO YOU
MEAN,
HER
WILL...?

WHAT
ARE YOU
TALKING
ABOUT?!

PEOPLE.
 CS

oN 4

yi
Wid!
&

W
:
Pom)
ee

THE POINT
IS, EVEN IF
SHE HADN'T
BEEN
KILLED,
SOON SHE
WOULD'VE-- ill
—————
——=——
 SAKURA’S
ay HANOWRITING.
 The firgt
thing
|need to
gay Ig...

: { couldn’t
| love you : |} tell you
and |love a || becauge
gpending '
{ didn’t time with
have the you.
guts to ruin
what little

left with \
you.
——
i=

with you,

Right now, L d laughed,

|love it. el
stupid stuff. | we got
[Ps not in ; mad...
the pact. We cried.
{love it. |loved all j 7 !
of it.
|hope you
have a
wonderful,
happy life.

|know
that no
matter what
happens,
you'll be all
right, because
you're Kyoko.
one thing
| want
to ack
you for.

[hope
you'll read
thig and
think of
it ag mY
lagt wigh.
There’s
someone
('d like
you to be
kind to.
 EVEN
IF IT’S
SLOW
TI HOPE GOING...

YOU CAN
ME.

ALS
OKAY
WITH
YOU...
 WANT
TO BE
YOUR
FRIEND!
REALLY
HARD.
 YOU'RE
AS
WEAK AS
ALWAYS...

AREN'T
YOU?

DO You
TWO REALLY
THINK I
EAT NOTHING
BUT CANDY
AND GUM?

Yamauchi
Family Grave
 Yamauchi
. Sakura

‘i
y| |
4
UNtl
( Ani a

WELL...
TECHNICALLY
YOU'RE
SUPPOSED
TO BE
I BET QUIET,
SHE'D LIKE BUT...
IT BETTER
IF WE
CLAPPED.

Q
NN

SN
epPOOOKOCLO
 OKAY!
SHOULD WE
HEAD_TO
SAKURA'S
HOUSE?

AS EASY
AS You
SEEMED
7O THINK.

SAKURA'S
THAT'S
WHY
THIS HAS
TAKEN A
WHOLE
YEAR.

THIS IS
MY FIRST
TIME GOING
TO HER
HOUSE WITH
SOMEONE
ELSE.
 4
DECIDED
70
BECOME
SOMEONE
LIKE
you.

GOING TO
 ARE YOU
ANNOUNC-

BESIDES, ZI THOUGHT
UNLIKE I HAD TO
HIM... WAIT UNTIL
I LIKE KYOKO-SAN
GIRLS AND I
WHO'RE WERE
LOWER-KEY FRIENDS.
THAN You.

tol
|
HKU
 I ABSO-
J LUTELY
SHOULDN'T
HAVE SAID
ANYTHING.

eee |
 SAID...

HE
WOULDN'T
FORGIVE
ME...

THAT'S
WHAT I
SHOULD
EXPECT
FROM
YOUR
FRIEND,
THOUGH.
 NOW
4
THINK...

THAT WE
LIVED
TO BE
TOGETHER.

NEITHER
OF US
WAS
COMPLETE
ON OUR
OWN.

THAT'S
WHY I HAVE
TO LEARN
7O STAND
Z THINK ON MY OWN
THAT'S FEET NOW
THE WHAT I THAT
7wO CAN DO YOU'RE
/NCOM- NOT HERE.
PLETE 4S...
PEOPLE
 A
SOUVENIR
WE PICKED
UP FOR
YOU ON
OUR TRIP.

IT'S MADE
FROM
PLUMS THAT
GREW /N
THAT PLACE

ees
WHERE THE
AORTA

WAS.
i |

bill
SAKURA'S
WAITING
FOR US.
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 I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
: The Complete Manga Collection
story by YORU SUMINO art by IDUMI KIRIHARA

| WANT TO EAT YOUR PANCREAS VOLS. 1-2

© Yoru Sumino, Idumi Kirihara 2016
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 A Hitferswet Lomance
In this deeply moving first-person story,
an introverted high school boy finds his
classmate’s diary—and learns her biggest
secret. Yamauchi Sakura is dying from a
pancreatic disease and now he is the only
person outside her family to know the
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