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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai

2018, Movie, 1 ep, 84%, Studio VOLN

Recommended by 18 Looking Up at the Half-Moon fans on AniList. The same kind of story: tearjerker youth romances.

Spring time in April and the last of the cherry blossoms are still in bloom. The usually aloof bookworm with no interest in others comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. Handwritten on the cover are the words: "Living with Dying." He soon discovers that it is a diary…

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  1. Cover of Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

    2020, Movie, 1 ep, 83%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  2. Cover of Insomniacs After School
    Insomniacs After School

    2023, TV, 13 eps, 80%

    The same kind of story: tearjerker youth romances.

  3. Cover of Cross Game
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    2009, TV, 50 eps, 82%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  4. Cover of Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky
    Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky

    2026, TV, 12 eps, 84%

    Disability, Heterosexual, Primarily Adult Cast

  5. Cover of A Silent Voice
    A Silent Voice

    2016, Movie, 1 ep, 88%

    The same kind of story: tearjerker youth romances.

  6. Cover of March comes in like a lion
    March comes in like a lion

    2016, TV, 22 eps, 83%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  7. Cover of Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
    Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

    2011, TV, 11 eps, 80%

    The same kind of story: tearjerker youth romances.

  8. Cover of sola
    sola

    2007, TV, 13 eps, 68%

    Recommended by 11 Looking Up at the Half-Moon fans on AniList.

  9. Cover of Looking for the Full Moon
    Looking for the Full Moon

    2002, TV, 52 eps, 76%

    Female Protagonist, Afterlife, Idol

  10. Cover of Rumbling Hearts
    Rumbling Hearts

    2003, TV, 14 eps, 67%

    Love Triangle, Heterosexual, Netorare

  11. Cover of Rurouni Kenshin OVA: Trust & Betrayal (Tsuioku-hen)
    Rurouni Kenshin OVA: Trust & Betrayal (Tsuioku-hen)

    1999, OVA, 4 eps, 85%

    Samurai, Tragedy, Historical

  12. Cover of Medalist
    Medalist

    2025, TV, 13 eps, 83%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  13. Cover of She, The Ultimate Weapon
    She, The Ultimate Weapon

    2002, TV, 13 eps, 66%

    Recommended by 3 Looking Up at the Half-Moon fans on AniList.

  14. Cover of Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
    Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

    2018, TV, 13 eps, 81%

    The same kind of story: tearjerker youth romances.

  15. Cover of Air
    Air

    2005, TV, 13 eps, 69%

    Magic, Homeless, Family Life

  16. Cover of The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
    The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity

    2025, TV, 13 eps, 84%

    The same kind of story: tearjerker youth romances.

  17. Cover of Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
    Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu

    2005, OVA, 6 eps, 64%

    Recommended by 16 Looking Up at the Half-Moon fans on AniList.

  18. Cover of Clannad
    Clannad

    2007, TV, 23 eps, 77%

    Recommended by 5 Looking Up at the Half-Moon fans on AniList. The same kind of story: tearjerker youth romances.

  19. Cover of Violet Evergarden
    Violet Evergarden

    2018, TV, 13 eps, 85%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  20. Cover of Ranking of Kings
    Ranking of Kings

    2021, TV, 23 eps, 83%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  21. Cover of I Want to End this Love Game
    I Want to End this Love Game

    2026, TV, 12 eps, 75%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  22. Cover of Plastic Memories
    Plastic Memories

    2015, TV, 13 eps, 77%

    Recommended by 3 Looking Up at the Half-Moon fans on AniList.

  23. Cover of Land of the Lustrous
    Land of the Lustrous

    2017, TV, 12 eps, 83%

    Both have Coming of Age.

Manga for fans of Looking Up at the Half-Moon

Kimi wa Tsukiyo ni Hikarikagayaku2018, Manga, 11 ch, 79% Saikano2000, Manga, 72 ch, 74% Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu2001, Light novel, 17 ch, 73% Three Days of Happiness2016, Manga, 18 ch, 86% I Want to Eat Your Pancreas2016, Manga, 10 ch, 83% Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky2023, Light novel, 13 ch, 86% Koisuru Kiseichuu2016, Light novel, 9 ch, 81% Spirit Circle2012, Manga, 46 ch, 83%

About Looking Up at the Half-Moon

2006, TV, 6 eps, 70%, Group TAC

After contracting hepatitis A, Ezaki Yuuichi has been confined to a hospital away from his friends and family, much to his displeasure. To relieve his boredom, he has taken to sneaking out of the hospital, usually putting himself on the receiving end of a beating from his nurse. Upon meeting a girl his age also staying in the hospital, he is immediately captivated by her beauty. Akiba Rika's personality is not quite as captivating as her beauty however. In fact, she is rather selfish, moody, and bossy. But as the two spend more time with each other, they become closer, sharing the ordinary joys and trials of a budding teenage romance, even when darkened with impending tragedy - for Rika's condition does not leave her much longer to live.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

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