This Monster Wants to Eat Me - Vol. 9 Ch. 40 - Ahead and Beyond

[MangaDex]

 

[ThanatosKaiAnastasi]

Shiori's unfamiliarity with the human society turned out to be a huge disadvantage for her tricks. Otherwise she'd learn to just hide a secret provision in a boilerplate blood pledge that she offers to Hinako.

 

[Roodypatooti]

Did someone say poly triad?

Shiori is very bad at following instructions.

 

[shemper]

Thank you for your work!

 

[YoFatha]

God dammit I love this mango. 🥭

 

[SaintNero]

Shiori "Bitch don't tell me what to do!"

 

[Okuu]

That dress is fire, how does a creature that lived underwater for centuries have such good fashion sense?

 

[MathMols]

Still wonder how many more chapters until she eats her?

 

[maeribaeri]

I wonder- this could just be Miko being mindful of Hinako, but I don't buy it. If she had just told Shiori not to trouble her on that day, that would have been one thing. But to go as far as to indirectly tell her where she would be able to find her, come Monday....

Could it be possible that she actually wanted, on some level, for Shiori to make sure that Hinako wasn't alone that day?
After all, Miko couldn't do it herself, her relationship with Hinako goes back so far, and there are so many unspoken rules and promises between the two, if she were to visit her on the anniversary of her family's death, that could actually severely damage their relationship.
Shiori, on the other hand, has proven often enough that she does not care much about those kinds of rules, to the point that it feels less personally offensive if she simply breaks them. She can actually be there for Hinako, and I have a feeling that maybe, knowingly or not, that's what Miko was going for here, because I think as much as she dislikes Shiori, she seems to also have realised that she only wants the best for Hinako.

 

[undeadclown]

Still wonder how many more chapters until she eats her?

Well that depends on your definition of “eat.”

 

[helotaku]

Miko: Shiori don’t follow Hinako
Shiori: ...
Miko: especially on Monday
Shiori: ....
Miko: when she'll be at the graveyard.

 

[Orangechrisy]

Did someone say poly triad?

Shiori is very bad at following instructions.

I've been praying for the poly ending since like a few chapters in I think, I BELIEVE

 

[beThereShortly]

Hey. At least shiori knew to wear black when she explicitly went against Miko's instructions!

Thank you very much for the translation. I really love this manga.

 

[WolfenLady]

Hey. At least shiori knew to wear black when she explicitly went against Miko's instructions!

Thank you very much for the translation. I really love this manga.

I was thinking the same thing. And let's be honest... Even if nothing was said, the way they both became sad when they realized what monday was would have been enough of an excuse for Shiori to stalk Hinako.

 

[beThereShortly]

I was thinking the same thing. And let's be honest... Even if nothing was said, the way they both became sad when they realized what monday was would have been enough of an excuse for Shiori to stalk Hinako.

I just hope we wont have another fight between Shiori and Hinako but something a bit more nuanced. Maybe letting them talk things out more calmly than on the beach.
Unless I misremember that was the last time they had a big development together and since then they have mostly been going "through the motions".

 

[dazedaze1111]

Shiori: Rules are meant to be broken

The slowburn gotta kill me, their progress is too slow now

 

[vixawi1793]

do you think she bought that dress or did she just shapeshift into it

 

[Colonel-Picquart]

Do you think Shiori's feelings on her deal with Hinako reflect the author's feelings about the story?
The moment Hinako becomes happy the story ends effectively, so the author has become in a sense a meta-Shiori who must consume Hinako when she gets a new lease on life either through Shiori not avoiding her pact or the simple act of ending the story...
Maybe this is why Shiori drags her feet in the story as well.

 

[TanyaTheEvil]

Thanks for the chapter and translation

 

[Krune]

thanks for the chapter, don't forsake the kitsussy Hinako, the suss fish be planning an op for sure this time.