Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi

In the quiet coastal town where she lives alone, Hinako moves through a life shadowed by profound loss, simply waiting for it to pass. Her solitude is shattered when a mysterious girl named Shiori saves her from a monstrous threat. Shiori reveals herself as a mermaid with a startling declaration: she intends to devour Hinako—but not yet.

Until that promised moment, Shiori vows to stay by her side as a protector. This strange, intimate pact awakens a complex and desperate hope within Hinako. The anime weaves a poignant and unsettling narrative exploring themes of loneliness, the desire for a meaningful end, and the fragile bonds that form in the shadow of inevitable fate.