# This Monster Wants to Eat Me

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 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 is set to premiere in October 2025.

## Synopsis

Since losing her family in an accident, Hinako has had a vague wish to die, though feels 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. Wanting to eat Hinako herself, Shiori promises to protect her from other yōkai until she is at her most delicious, at which point Shiori will eat her. Due to her feelings regarding the accident, Hinako accepts this fate.

## Characters
### Hinako Yaotose (八百歳 比名子, Yaotose Hinako)

    Voiced by: Reina Ueda

### Shiori Oumi (近江 汐莉, Oumi Shiori)

    Voiced by: Yui Ishikawa

### Miko Yashiro (社 美胡, Yashiro Miko)

    Voiced by: Fairouz Ai

## Media
### Manga

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. The series has been collected in nine tankōbon volumes as of October 2024.
The series is licensed for an English release in North America by Yen Press.

#### Volumes

| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | February 27, 2021 | 978-4-04-913658-6 | June 18, 2024 | 978-1-97-539048-8 |
| 2 | June 25, 2021 | 978-4-04-913873-3 | September 17, 2024 | 978-1-97-539050-1 |
| 3 | November 27, 2021 | 978-4-04-914079-8 | January 21, 2025 | 978-1-97-539052-5 |
| 4 | May 27, 2022 | 978-4-04-914429-1 | May 27, 2025 | 978-1-97-539054-9 |
| 5 | September 26, 2022 | 978-4-04-914606-6 | — | — |
| 6 | March 27, 2023 | 978-4-04-914947-0 | — | — |
| 7 | August 25, 2023 | 978-4-04-915196-1 | — | — |
| 8 | February 26, 2024 | 978-4-04-915531-0 | — | — |
| 9 | October 25, 2024 | 978-4-04-916065-9 | — | — |

### Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 21, 2024. It is set to be produced by Studio Lings 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. The series is set to premiere in October 2025.

## Reception

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."
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."