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| ShortSummary = As Hinako heads to school, she continues to remember Ayame’s words. As she spends time with Miko, Hinako confesses about Shiori’s blood being mixed with hers and seeing her true form. Hinako suggests taste testing her blood, but Miko instead tells her to ask Shiori. Because Miko is on cleaning duty today, Hinako has to look for Shiori herself. After meeting up with her, Hinako questions Shiori about her blood being mixed into hers, and Shiori finally admits that what Ayame said is true. It turns out they actually met ten years ago, which is when Shiori gave some of her blood to Hinako as a blessing, which also altered her body and allowed her to survive the crash. Shiori intended to keep her alive for her own means. Hinako is hurt that Shiori kept this secret from her and leaves. Witnessing this, Miko confronts Shiori, who asks Miko to hang out with her the next day at the zoo. As they watch penguins being fed, Shiori reveals that she sees all humans and animals as food while Miko explains her relationship with humans, with Shiori also revealing that she too lived among humans before.

| ShortSummary = As Hinako heads to school, she continues to remember Ayame’s words. As she spends time with Miko, Hinako confesses about Shiori’s blood being mixed with hers and seeing her true form. Hinako suggests taste testing her blood, but Miko instead tells her to ask Shiori. Because Miko is on cleaning duty today, Hinako has to look for Shiori herself. After meeting up with her, Hinako questions Shiori about her blood being mixed into hers, and Shiori finally admits that what Ayame said is true. It turns out they actually met ten years ago, which is when Shiori gave some of her blood to Hinako as a blessing, which also altered her body and allowed her to survive the crash. Shiori intended to keep her alive for her own means. Hinako is hurt that Shiori kept this secret from her and leaves. Witnessing this, Miko confronts Shiori, who asks Miko to hang out with her the next day at the zoo. As they watch penguins being fed, Shiori reveals that she sees all humans and animals as food while Miko explains her relationship with humans, with Shiori also revealing that she too lived among humans before.

Japanese manga series

This Monster Wants to Eat Me (Japanese: 私を喰べたい、ひとでなし, Hepburn: Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi) is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Sai Naekawa. It has been serialized in ASCII Media Works‘ Dengeki Maoh magazine since August 2020, and is licensed in English by Yen Press. The series follows Hinako, a regular girl, and Shiori, a mermaid who wishes to one day eat her. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Lings premiered in October 2025.

Since losing her family in an accident, Hinako has had a vague wish to die, though she feels that she cannot go through with it herself. One day, she meets a mermaid named Shiori, who tells Hinako that her flesh and blood are especially delicious to yōkai; Shiori is one of them. Wanting to eat Hinako herself, Shiori promises to protect her from other yōkai who also want to eat Hinako until she is at her most delicious, and that is when Shiori will eat her. Due to her feelings regarding the accident, Hinako accepts this fate.

Hinako Yaotose (八百歳 比名子, Yaotose Hinako)

Voiced by: Reina Ueda^[2]

The main character and a student at Shiomi High School. After losing her parents and older brother Mutsuki in a tragic accident, she desires to die so she can reunite with them, but cannot bring herself to end her own life. Her unique blood attracts yōkai who want to eat her, which was triggered by some nasty bruises that she had following the accident. Upon meeting a yōkai named Shiori, who intends to eat her once she is at her peak and protect her from other yōkai, Hinako agrees to this as she sees it as a way out of her painful situation. It is later discovered that some of Shiori’s blood mixed with hers that altered her DNA, allowing her to not get sick and ward off other yōkai, which also enabled her to survive the accident.

Shiori Oumi (近江 汐莉, Ōmi Shiori)

Voiced by: Yui Ishikawa^[3]

A powerful mermaid yōkai who plans to eat Hinako when she is at her most tasty point while also promising to protect her from other yōkai who are also targeting her until then. Despite her goal, she grows close to Hinako. She presents herself as an ordinary human girl and only reveals her true form when fighting another yōkai. It is soon revealed that Shiori mixed some of her blood when her family died, ensuring her survival. So far, Miko is the only yōkai who is strong enough to fight Shiori at an equal level.

Miko Yashiro (社 美胡, Yashiro Miko)

Voiced by: Fairouz Ai^[3]

Hinako’s classmate and childhood friend, who is very protective of her, to the annoyance of the other classmates. She grows jealous of Shiori’s relationship with Hinako. However, it is discovered that she is also a yōkai, who at first wants to eat Hinako, but soon desires to protect her instead at the request of her family and slowly gives up her yōkai powers so to continue being friends with Hinako; she now eats fish to calm her hunger. Even so, it is hinted that she has ulterior motives. Her true form is a giant kitsune. She is also powerful enough to match Shiori’s strength.

Iso-onna

An ocean vampire yōkai, who has many arms and long hairs used to capture prey. She is the first to try and eat Hinako, but is stopped and killed by Shiori.

Noyama

A male student who once saw Shiori enter the principal’s office, but she escaped before he can catch her. He seems to have a fear of ghosts.

Mutsuki Yaotose

Hinako’s deceased brother, who was killed in an accident alongside their parents.

Daichi Yaotose and Yuri Yaotose

Hinako and Mutsuki’s parents, who were killed in an accident alongside Mutsuki.

Mrs. Taka

A teacher from Shiomi High School.

Ayame Chiba

A woman who works at a basketball training camp. She and Hinako get along well. It is later discovered that she is a yōkai who was once a human, having the ability to twist her head all the way around to reveal a second mouth with a big tongue on the back. She is technically an undead yōkai and can’t die again. Although she intended to eat Hinako, she instead left her alone as Shiori’s blood found within Hinako’s body doesn’t make her tasty enough to her anymore.

Ako, Fuyuka, and Yu

Three students who attend basketball training camp with Hinako, Shiori, and Miko.

Written and illustrated by Sai Naekawa, This Monster Wants to Eat Me has been serialized in ASCII Media Works‘ Dengeki Maoh magazine since August 27, 2020.^[4] The series has been collected in eleven tankōbon volumes as of October 2025.

The series is licensed for an English release in North America by Yen Press.^[5]

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	February 27, 2021[6]	978-4-04-913658-6	June 18, 2024[7]	978-1-97-539048-8
“Wanting to Die, She Waits for the Sea” (死にたがりの彼女は海を待つ, Shinita gari no kanojo wa umi o matsu) “The Unknown Beneath the Dappled Light” (木漏れ陽の下に未知, Ki-more yō no shita ni michi) “Sunset Beast and Festival Music” (斜陽の獣と祭囃子, Shayō no kemono to matsuri hayashi) “Bloom by Night, Scatter to the Sea” (夜に咲く海に散る, Yoru ni saku umi ni chiru)
2	June 25, 2021[8]	978-4-04-913873-3	September 17, 2024[9]	978-1-97-539050-1
“Sea of Hope” (希望の海, Kibō no umi) “That Which Changes, That Which Doesn’t” (変わるもの変わらないもの, Kawaru mono kawaranaimono) “Memories of You by My Side” (君の隣と思い出と, Kiminotonari to omoide to) “Ephemeral Bond” (泡沫の結び目, Utakata no musubime) “What Remains of a Prayer is a Promise” (約束は願いの残滓, Yakusoku wa negai no zanshi)
3	November 27, 2021[10]	978-4-04-914079-8	January 21, 2025[11]	978-1-97-539052-5
“Huddled Light” (寄り添う光, Yorisou hikari) “Affectionate Beast” (親愛の獣, Shin’ai no kemono) “Dividing Deep-Sea Trench” (別つ海溝, Betsutsu kaikō) Intermission: “The Shape of Affection” (親愛の形, Shin’ai no katachi) “Clear-Skied Summer and Far-Off Clouds” (夏晴と遠い雲, Natsu Haru to tōi kumo) Bonus Comic: “Drifting Shadows of Summer” (揺蕩う夏の影, Tayutau natsu no kage)
4	May 27, 2022[12]	978-4-04-914429-1	May 27, 2025[13]	978-1-97-539054-9
“Warm Rains on Scars” (傷跡に温い雨, Kizuato ni nukui ame) “Where the Heart Lies” (心の在処, Kokoro no arika) “A Kind One” (優しいひと, Yasashī hito) “True Nature’s Hidden Side” (本性の裏側, Honshō no uragawa) “Within the Obscurity” (不明瞭な内側, Fumeiryōna uchigawa)
5	September 26, 2022[14]	978-4-04-914606-6	November 25, 2025[15]	978-1-97-539056-3
“Where Cracks Begin to Form” (ひび割れの起点, Hibiware no kiten) Intermission: “Wound of Regret” (後悔の傷口, Kōkai no kizuguchi) “Unraveling at the Fingertips” (紐解く指先, Himotoku yubisaki) “Scorched Prayer” (焼け付いた祈り, Yaketsuita inori) “Lingering Boundary” (棚引く境目, Tanabiku sakaime)
6	March 27, 2023[16]	978-4-04-914947-0	May 26, 2026[17]	979-8-85-540642-9
ひとりの波間 (Hitori no namima) 祈りを込めて (Inori o komete) 庶幾の裏目 (Shoki no urame) Intermission: 在りし日 (Arishi hi) 落陽 (Rakuyō) 冷たい朝 (Tsumetai asa)
7	August 25, 2023[18]	978-4-04-915196-1	—	—
愛し子 (Itoshigo) 再構築 (Sai kōchiku) 温かな海底 (Atatakana kaitei) 傷付けあい (Kizutsuke ai) Extra: わたたべつ！ (Wata tabetsu!) Bonus Comic
8	February 26, 2024[19]	978-4-04-915531-0	—	—
昔日の足音 (Sekijitsu no ashioto) 罪過 (Zaika) Intermission: 社美胡 (Yashiro Miko) 慚愧の轍 (Zanki no wadachi) 陽を緑取るもの (Yō o midori toru mono) 変化 (Henka) Extra: わたたべつ！２ (Wata tabetsu! 2)
9	October 25, 2024[20]	978-4-04-916065-9	—	—
執着点 (Shūchaku-ten) 花の枷 (Hana no kase) 慈愛の獣 (Jiai no kemono) Intermission: 隠神刑部 (Komo kami osakabe) Extra: わたたべつ！３ (Wata tabetsu! 3) 先へ、その先は (Saki e, sono-saki wa) 真心の傷 (Magokoro no kizu)
10	May 27, 2025[21]	978-4-04-916495-4	—	—
夏の終わり (Natsunoowari) Extra: わたたべつ！４ (Wata tabetsu! 4) ニ律背反 (Ni ritsu haihan) それはよく似た愛の首 (Sore wa yoku nita ai no kubi) 残照 (Zanshō) 夕景、その向こう (Yūkei, sono mukō)
11	October 27, 2025[22]	978-4-04-916743-6	—	—
黎明、あの風景 (Reimei, ano fūkei bangai-hen) Extra: わたたべつ！ (Wata tabetsu!) 瞬きの交わり (Mabataki no majiwari) Intermission: 浅む影 (Asa mu kage) 知らない子 (Shiranai ko) 薊が咲う (Azami ga warau) 哀話 (Aiwa) Bonus Comic

An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 21, 2024. It is produced by Studio Lings with Infinite [ja] handling general production, and directed by Yūsuke Suzuki, with Naoyuki Kuzuya serving as chief director, Mitsutaka Hirota writing the scripts, Sō Ikuyama designing the characters, and Keiji Inai composing the music.^[2][23] The series premiered on October 2, 2025, on AT-X and other networks.^[3] The opening theme song is “nie” (“贄-nie-“; ‘Sacrifice’), performed by Yoshino, while the ending theme song is “Lily” (リリィ, Rirī), performed by Reina Ueda as her character Hinako Yaotose.^[24] Crunchyroll is streaming the series.^[25] Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia.^[26]

The series has been well-received. It featured in MyAnimeList‘s 2025 “You Should Read This Manga” list within the Unique Art/Story category.^[30]

Rebecca Silverman writing for Anime News Network praised the series, believing it to be an “interesting combination of genres that works better than it should.”^[31] Erica Friedman of Yuricon gave the first volume an overall positive review, noting that the end of the first volume “contains a scene so creepy and violent that I ought to have been both startled and a little grossed out, but both art and story work so beautifully that it was merely a breathtakingly excellent scene.”^[32] Adam Symchuk of Asian Movie Pulse wrote of the series that it was a “perfect companion piece to the acclaimed BL horror title The Summer Hikaru Died,” and that due to their close release dates it may be difficult for readers not to draw comparisons between the two. He further expanded that This Monster Wants to Eat Me is a “slightly less profound and visually striking version [of The Summer Hikaru Died but] will be a welcome treat for many still salivating for more terror twisted with romance.”^[33]