Eat or Be Eaten

For the album by The Firesign Theatre, see Eat or Be Eaten (album).

Eat or Be Eaten (Japanese: 食うか食われるか, Hepburn: Kuu ka Kuwareru ka) 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.^[1]

Eat or Be Eaten
Cover of Eat or Be Eaten as published by Frontier Works
食うか食われるか (Kuu ka Kuwareru ka)
Genre	Yaoi
Light novel
Written by	Jinko Fuyuno
Illustrated by	Yamimaru Enjin
Published by	Frontier Works
English publisher	NA: Digital Manga Publishing
Published	May 2009

Reception

Rachel Bentham, writing for Active Anime, enjoyed the building of the story and the lush illustrations.^[2] 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".^[3] 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'.^[4]

References

1. "Eat or Be Eaten". Juné Books. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016.
2. Bentham, Rachel (26 April 2009). "Eat or Be Eaten (Advance Review)". Active Anime.
3. Beard, Patricia (19 September 2009). "Eat or Be Eaten Vol. #01". Mania. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012.
4. Kusek, Sam; Smith, Michelle (27 May 2009). "All You Need Is Kill and Eat or Be Eaten". Pop Culture Shock. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)