Imagine yourself on a beach, pouring suntan lotion on your body and getting ready for a nice warm day of soaking up the sun. You could describe the same thing almost similarly about the hearty Asian cuisine of live octopus.
Sannakji is the term for live dish, or eating the freshest thing on the planet, an almost alive octopus. After cutting the tentacles of the creature off, it is served immediately to preserve and ensure that it is extremely fresh, or you can eat it without cutting it up. It's going to move around or twitch on your plate and in your mouth either way. The regular consumers of Sannakji enjoy the feeling of the octopus moving around in their mouth, as it has a rather bland taste, so seasoning is encouraged.
The creature is usually dead, however, when coming in contact with salt when you pour your soy sauce over it, the limbs that were once dead start moving again as the nerves and muscles become active. Seasoning and adding taste to the octopus is much different from sprinkling crushed red peppers onto your pizza, as the pizza will not "come back to life".
If you enjoy your food still moving, disregard the pizza because Sannakji is definitely for you.
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