Eat or Be Eaten

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| ja_kanji = 食うか食われるか

| ja_romaji = Kuu ka Kuwareru ka

| genre = Yaoi

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| type = light novel

| author = Jinko Fuyuno

| illustrator = Yamimaru Enjin

| publisher = Frontier Works

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| published = May 2009

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{{nihongo|Eat or Be Eaten|食うか食われるか|Kuu ka Kuwareru ka|lead=yes}} is a light novel with homoerotic themes written by Jinko Fuyuno and illustrated by Yamimaru Enjin, author of works such as The Way To Heaven and Voice or Noise. It was published by Frontier Works in Japanese, and was published in English by Digital Manga Publishing in May 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://www.junemanga.com/books/127/ |title=Eat or Be Eaten |work=Juné Books |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731175621/http://www.junemanga.com/books/127/ |archivedate=31 July 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Reception

Rachel Bentham, writing for Active Anime, enjoyed the building of the story and the lush illustrations.{{Cite web |last=Bentham |first=Rachel |url=http://activeanime.com/html/2009/04/26/eat-or-be-eaten-advance-review/ |title=Eat or Be Eaten (Advance Review) |work=Active Anime |date=26 April 2009 }} Patricia Beard, writing for Mania Entertainment, found Tsubaki difficult to relate to, as he is a "food-centric" character, and found the use of the phrase "Just relax" to signify anal sex to "sound odd".{{Cite web |last=Beard |first=Patricia |url=http://www.mania.com/eat-or-eaten-vol-01_article_114487.html |title=Eat or Be Eaten Vol. #01 |work=Mania |date=19 September 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005191039/http://www.mania.com/eat-or-eaten-vol-01_article_114487.html |archivedate=5 October 2012 |url-status=dead }} Michelle Smith, writing for Pop Culture Shock, appreciated that the characters were adults who thought about more things than just their romance, but found the language 'simplistic', with some 'cheesy lines'.{{Refn | {{Cite web |last1=Kusek |first1=Sam |last2=Smith |first2=Michelle |url=http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/otaku-bookshelf/kill/ |title=All You Need Is Kill and Eat or Be Eaten |work=Pop Culture Shock |date=27 May 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229062036/http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/otaku-bookshelf/kill/ |archivedate=29 December 2010 |url-status=usurped |access-date=4 November 2009 }} }}

References

Category:Digital Manga Publishing titles

Category:Light novels

Category:Yaoi light novels

Category:2009 LGBTQ-related literary works