Please Don’t Eat Me (Saha)

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She reincarnated in a 19th-century male-oriented fantasy novel. But there was no heroine in this nasty and brutal B-rated dramatic story.

It’s because he had killed everyone.

In this hopeless story devoid of any dreams, she was destined to be eaten alive by the protagonist. But before she could even meet them, her house was ruined.

Be devoured by the protagonist, or starve to death?

After much agonizing, she decided to sell herself.

The main character sealed the deal with a price of 5 billion Marcas.

It’s not such a bad deal for both the hero and her.

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“How could a woman who sold herself in the slums be more important than the Emperor’s name?!”

The voice belonged to a young knight. The other knights hurried to restrain him, but the beans were already spilled. The captain of the knights apologized with a cold sweat.

“I apologize, Your Grace. I have nothing to say. This is all due to my incompetence.”

“No, it’s finished.”

Zahid drew his sword as he spoke gracefully.

While the knights were at their wits’ end, I approached Zahid. He glanced back at me, before turning back to the sword’s blade that shone in the moonlight. I reached out to him.

“Give me the sword.”

“I don’t want to. He insulted you.”

“No, that’s not it.”

I looked directly up at the knights that spoke such insulting words.

“I’ll stab you myself.”

Associated Names
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PDEM
나를 잡아먹지 말아줘
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Yazzyreads
Yazzyreads rated it
May 15, 2020
Status: c9
How good. Both the FL and ML are smart and interesting so far. There are no strange/exasperating misunderstandings. The FL is catious but brave for the sake of her siblings. And the ML is cunning and slick. He knows he's attractive and uses all his tools for his disposal. He's also never been cruel to the FL which is a BIG PLUS.

The translation is excellent. When I read these novels I have no problem dropping them if the translation is bad even if the story might be good. I'm very... more>> happy to say that I don't have to worry about that at all in this case. It's truly good. <<less
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ReadEmUp
ReadEmUp
January 23, 2021
Status: c11 part1
Fun story sort of an "Enemies" to Lover's contract marriage set up. With an actual plot outside all that.

Ertha Arles:FL
Very realistic and smart. She didn't get around to finishing the book in her last life for she was too grossed out by the gore and violence, so her knowledge is enough to know the characters, not the endgame. In the original story,

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Ertha prostituted herself to pay off her family's debt who was only able to retire when her younger sibling's powers awaken at 15 becoming the Fire and Wind Wizard. She becomes a minor vengeful antagonist first enacting revenge on her former boss and clients and then just getting a big head and taking advantage of those around her. Then she drugs the ML (because he's hot) unknowing that he was also a wizard and she was the purifier. So in a drugged madness he literally eats her alive.

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Because of this her freaking out about ML advances is hilarious.

Zahid El- Carno: ML
A Duke who is the ultra wizard with all 4 elements. Is described as a devil by his butler Dimon. He gives Ertha a marriage contract to monopolize her from other wizards and plans to seduce her so she will never think of leaving him.

Bit of world Building
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In this world there are the 4 wizards (4 elements), holy powers, and the purifier. Every generation there are 4 wizards and one purifier. Wizards need a purifier to prevent corruption from magic but they also have a drug effect. Think morphine addiction. This setup was just the book's way to keep up a conflict between wizards. Wizards need to have some contact to feel its effects, the deeper the better. That's why Zahid eating her in the book was a plus for he completely absorbed Ertha's powers, and that's why she is still scared of him in the story.

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Translation fine. The biggest problem is the inconsistency of Ertha's younger siblings Charles and Ethan. They are fraternal twins but Charles's gender will keep changing. If it wasn't for the comic I would never have been 100% sure Charles is a girl. <<less
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Skite
Skite
December 7, 2021
Status: c11
This has been made into a comic which, as of the writing of this review, has considerably more chapters released (40 to the 11 available of the novel). I actually slightly prefer the comic in this case. The story benefitted from the additional pass through it got in the transfer from novel to comic, which removed some of the sharper edges and minor, annoying flaws.

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Nothing too terrible. But, for example, the novel very clearly states upfront that the only reason our MC gets literally eaten alive is because she drugged the ML (who had artificially cut off his emotional affect years before meeting her) with psychotics. It therefore makes no sense that she'd be worried about getting eaten in the novel. She simply has to avoid giving him drugs that make him insane. (He's also caustically rational, so even if he discovered eating her could perfect his powers, he's the type to try it out first by eating an arm, as a just in case)

I avoid drugging people every day, it's not that hard.

The comic leaves it more open, implying the ML had gone too long without the cleansing effects of a Purifier, and consumed her in an accidental frenzy. Also introducing the frisson of danger that all wizards are a lick of blood of way from losing control with her and cannibalizing their one salvation, makes things more interesting and perilous for our MC.

I'm also not digging the undercurrent of sl*t shaming in the novel, which is reduced/ absent in the comic.

In the original storyline, with zero hope and no knowledge of an end date to their absolutely crushing, endless poverty, the MC had made the selfless choice of secretly selling herself as a prostitute after all other options were exhausted, in order to continue supporting her young siblings after the vatican upped her required payments on their parent's debts to unreachable amounts. She planned to sell herself until they were old enough to survive on their own, then send them away and kill herself to take the debt with her. It feels cheap and icky for the MC to call her original self "evil" for burning down the brothel were she worked, or hunting down the scum who had bought and used her once the tides of her fate changed. They deserved it, and more power to her.

The novel also heavily implies that the reason why the ML didn't like her in the original was because she was promiscuous, and that the facts that she must be shared across all of the wizards (seeing as she is the only Purifier alive, and they'll go insane without her) makes her a bit skanky. Thankfully, that undercurrent is removed/ toned down in the comic version.

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The gist: our MC gains late-childhood awareness that the life she's now living is a male-audience adventure story she read in her previous life. One of those extremely dark, graphic, gritty tales of a hyper-powered man who slaughters everything to wind up on top of the world as the supreme ruler. There's no romance, just an gory crawl through bloody battlefields to the top for our ML, a psychotic wizard. Already, we're in unique territory. Most second-life isekais get to wind up in otome games, or fluffy, josei romances, and are cast as a lead, side character, or villainess. We're crossing genres into the men's worlds! It has tons of features of the typical male-action web novel.

Spoiler

Like, really obvious names with too many Z's, X's, or K's. Our carnivorous ML is "Zahid Karnor". The antagonist's name is Zenosius. There's ranks of shadow soldiers. Loyal butlers. Psycho, hyper-powered bosses. Broody leading men every high-ranking woman wants to bang. An elaborate religious mythicism origin story. Lot's of good stuff.

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The world concept: In this world, there are two types of magic users: those with divine powers, who belong to the church, and the extremely rare wizards (only 4-5 born a generation, or one per element, with the rarer omni-elemental). Wizards, unfortunately, lose their sanity and reason the more and more they use their addicting, but corrupting, powers. Eventually, they become so unstable, they unhook from reality and violently collapse into madness, often taking down people or entire countries with them. It's up to the even rarer Purifier, a single human born once a generation, to cleanse wizards of the corrupting effects of using their magic and restore their sanity and humanity.

Our MC is one of these Purifiers, which she did not realize until her own younger siblings are old enough to awaken as the final two wizards of the age (or until she remembered the story). Touching a Purifier is like a shot of pure serotonin coated in rainbow oxytocin sprinkles to the brain for a wizard, who sniff around them like catnip and crave their company. The reliance on a Purifier to prevent their own demise and the elating feel-goods they get from being around one, means the most powerful beings on the planet are heavily invested in keeping a Purifier happy.

But, since she's in a genre aimed at a male audience, rather than a romance novel, instead of getting to set up a reverse harem of high-powered hotties, the original MC was cannibalized in the story our MC recalls reading. Literally eaten while screaming. And thus, having accomplished the ultimate taboo, the psychotic ML in the original had found that he no longer needs to rely on regular purification; eating the Purifier fixed that permanently. The wizards who could have stood against him quickly fester and collapse into madness, while he rises higher and higher.

Starting our story: our MC must balance escaping soul crushing, starvation-level poverty she finds her family in and avoiding prostitution with her desire not to be cannibalized. She initially thought she would be able to hold out, through her own hard work at multiple jobs, until her siblings awakened their abilities. Then they'd pay the debt and she could avoid the other wizards while keeping her siblings sane as a Purifier. But, the reality of their situation was too much, and she needed to approach our ML and prematurely reveal her status and offer her services for protection and sustenance. Shockingly, the ML immediately proposes marriage, rather than an employment contract.

Our mains:

Our MC is reserved, pragmatic, and gracious. She is painfully aware that the ML is a calculating sociopath, incapable of normal feeling, and responds to him accordingly. She is intelligent, and a deft hand at redirecting the ML's homicidal tendencies in ways he will accept without question. She restrains herself, because she can sense exactly how tempting the money, power, beauty, s*x, and fake affection the ML and the others offer her are, and how quickly she could lose control and herself to such luxuries. Her main motivations are saving her siblings and herself, and she never, ever forgets how dangerous and volatile the ML is. Yet, she is not unfair to him, and treats him well and generously, while resisting temptation, holding him at bay, and being fair to the other wizards. She knows she has made a bargain to hold the devil's hand. Some interesting stuff happens as she crosses genres and tries to work with what she is given.

Our ML is a possessive, obsessive yandere of the purest breed. He knows the MC is necessary to the other wizards, yet still wants her to himself, and locks her down as his wife to avoid sharing. He has no idea why he feels the way he feels about her, but doesn't fight it. Rather, he leans into it, despite not understanding. He would burn the world down for her, if she said wanted it as a lump of coal in a box with a bow. Other people don't really register for him, except as annoyances, so he does not quibble at slaughter. He is the devil with the laughing eyes, if that makes sense. He's also remarkably petty, pouty, and manipulative. He wants s*x, (but more because it will help make her love him, and therefore make her easier to manipulate and keep) and will use every seductive tool at his disposal shamelessly, but does not ever force her. He finds the MC delightfully different. The end goal so far does not appear to be making the ML 'human' (fortunately) nor a reverse harem (unfortunately) but rather building trust between these two as they try to achieve their separate goals. The pair are flirtatiously seductive without going the extra inch into graphic, and a refreshing level of forthright with each other. And while it is relationship-focused, there is an actual plot, providing action and motivations. Overall, a very successful blending of male genre novel elements into a typical female genre novel to make something with a whiff of freshness to the tried and true formulas.

If you are a fan of "I lost the Leash of the Yandere Male Lead", you will like "Please Don't Eat Me", though this one is the less dark of the pair. <<less
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ike_00000
ike_00000 rated it
August 9, 2020
Status: c10
This is really quite decent. The main character is extremely promising; she's weak, but she knows her weakness and she knows better than anyone the heart of the ML. She's defended against his beauty traps and determined to escape from him.

Furthermore, given how KR webnovel translations are often very very wonky for some reason, this one is extremely smooth.

I'm excited for more chapters.
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OtomeAddict
OtomeAddict rated it
July 1, 2020
Status: c10
FL knows the story since she has read it though not super thoroughly. She’s a nice girl who loves the little twins of the original owner of the body so she decides to approach the apparent terrifying duke/protagonist of the story. She’s a reasonably smart and calm girl though she’s still a normal girl who can get flustered.

ML in the original story is a cunning / self-interest driven / ruthless man who doesn’t feel things like a normal human. We see that he certainly IS cunning and sly in this... more>> version too but he’s actually quite playful. He’s VERY VERY good looking + charming too and he knows it too so he’s naturally quite a tease. I can’t tell if he genuinely fancies FL yet but he’s been quite friendly/doting so far so I assume she has caught his interest for reasons beyond her special constitution.

The two little siblings are super cute. <<less
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Xynnic
Xynnic rated it
September 17, 2019
Status: c3
Mannn! So, we're up to Chapter three finally! I'm really enjoying this so far!!

The story is great, and the characters are interesting so far! I really like the way the translator has put this together in English!

Beautiful job. No spoilers here~.
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queridamia
queridamia rated it
January 7, 2021
Status: c10
I'm actually in the middle of reading the 10th chapter but had to hurry on over here to write this because of a line in the novel that was so beautiful and poignant

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"While I received a small bit of comfort from the intertwined hands, I did not lean on the warmth emitting from it.

I knew how useless that warmth would be"

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That was the FL's POV. See how strong, how level-headed she is? This is the FL we deserve, brethren!!! Though we know the ML is a sociopath. But I have the tiniest glimmer of hope that something in him would open and break to let our Ertha in. <<less
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Blackrosette
Blackrosette rated it
July 24, 2020
Status: c10
Highly recommend! The chapters are long and it gives you as sense of fulfillment after reading it. FL is smart but careful. I get why she is like that, you can never know what people are actually thinking inside the novel. She is cautious but daring.

ML, what can I say, hot damn. &Lt;—— this should get you to read. Like seriously I mean it.
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BlackTeaAndMallows
BlackTeaAndMallows rated it
July 22, 2020
Status: c10
It's just like the ONE! It hooked me right at the get go.

Just read a few chapters, and fell in love with it right away. If this was a date, I'd say YES at the first meeting. I honestly feel this has a great potential and worth waiting for.

The plot is good. Both MCs are SO smart and cunning. That's a HUGE PLUS. The story is well fleshed out. I'm looking forward to what will happen next.
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totorototoro
totorototoro rated it
April 7, 2020
Status: c8
We're finally onto ch 8 and we're at the cusp of a development. I foresee bickering and fighting for the fl.

The translation is smooth and easy to read. Characters are interesting and quite heartwarming. Looking forward to further updates! Would definitely recommend
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Assa
Assa rated it
June 14, 2020
Status: c9
I just love it, but was it dropped?

There are smart (+/-) FL, cute relationships, interesting plot

Can't wait for update ?
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pam98
pam98
April 22, 2020
Status: c8
I really like the story. I like her siblings too! They are so cute, and they really really love her. I don't know if the ML is gettinh to like her this fast? Or it is just for the sake of keeping her xd.
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