Wow, was this a great volume. In Watashi o Tabetai, Hito de Nashi, Volume 11 (私を喰べたい、ひとでなし), Hinako, Miko and Shiori are enjoying the school festival for which they and their classmates have worked so hard.
But first, Shiori has something she needs to tell Hinako. And she knows that, although she pours her heart out to the human girl in front of her, telling Hinako that she intends to be with her as long as she lives, she is only partially successful. But she is rewarded with a real smile from Hinako, at last.
We also get a little interlude in which we once again see the two-mouthed woman, Ayame, in her new job at an ice cream truck. Upon seeing a mysterious woman walk by, Ayame quits.
Back at the school, Hinako’s aunt lets her know she’ll be dropping by the school festival. Miko has some questions, but before she can ask them, Tsubame the tanuki arrives with a gift for Hinako and a warning…there is a strange human walking around the festival. Hinako has already gone to the gate to meet her aunt….and all of us, Shiori, Miko and Tsubame and we readers, head over to see this aunt.
When they arrive, Miko asks Hinako “what do you see?” If your hackles weren’t up before, they are now. Who they see is another piece of the puzzle that is Hinako and Shiori’s story….
This was another fantastic volume of a slow, creeping sensation that something is not right. It was just so good. The juxtaposition of the cheerful school festival, Miko and Shiori being the most “human” we’ve seen them…and this fear the yokai feel…is just fab.
Yuri in this series has always been Miko’s possessive friendship of Hinako, but in this volums we see that beyond just a yokai harem, whatever Shiori feels for Hinako might be something more than protection, or obsession. Maybe, it might be a kind of love? We’ll have to tune in next time and see.
Ratings:
Art – 8
Story – 9
Characters – 9
Service – 0
Yuri – something is building.
Overall – 9
This Monster Wants To Eat Me, Volume 1-5 are out now from Yen Press, Volume 6 is on the way in May!
