The Last Words of Satoshi Kon

[theotherbaldwin]

Satoshi Kon, the man behind Paranoia Agent, Paprika, Perfect Blue and Tokyo Godfathers as well as several other works died of pancreatic cancer on August 24. These are his touching, sublime and hear-wrenching final words. He was 46.

They are translated here, and what he had to say before he died was eloquent and moving.

Read what he had to

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[snoozenstein]

Man. This hit me pretty hard. I didn't happen upon Kon's work until I saw Paprika a few years back, but when I did, he instantly became one of my favorites. :(

[theotherbaldwin]

What absolutely destroyed me was this part:

I can never forget the first words out of my mother's mouth when she saw me lying there.

"I'm so sorry, for not bringing you into this world with a stronger body!"

I was completely speechless.