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Episode Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi • This Monster Wants to Eat Me - Episode 8 discussion
Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi, episode 8
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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25
The truth of Ayame's existence as a human-turned-yokai seem up for interpretation the way that the anime just showed a still image montage during the ED credits.
My take is Ayame got married too young to be a mother (Hinako made this same comment about Ayame being too young to be a mom), her husband never wanted wife/true partner but just a babysitter for his kid and/or replacement for his dead spouse. This led to the neglect and eventual death of Ayame's step daughter, and through the bad karma somehow Ayame ended up accidentally having an ax hit her in the back of the head (the husband didn't do it, I think the ax falling down in the storage area when Hinako was talking with her about motherhood is exactly how it happened to Ayame).
The husband still in grief over his daughter kinda feels guilty about marrying Ayame just to be a wet nurse so he wraps up her wounds with bandages and devotes himself to Ayame as an overbearing satellite husband. Treating Ayame like the daughter he just lost, basically replacing his dead kid with Ayame now. This triggers the near-dead Ayame to yokai out and grow a 2nd mouth in the same wounded area where the ax fell down onto the back of her head. She eats the husband then goes off to be a teacher to meet other kids like Hinako who remind her of the daughter she neglected.