In fact, this happens more often than not.

It's subverted though, as they turn out to be alive, and their following real deaths are very different.

Bio-Meat: Nectar: The eponymous Bio-Meat are bred to eat anything, and they do.

Quite a few Apostles are fond of this too, such as the female Apostle that Guts kills in the very beginning of the manga, who seduces men and then turns into her true Apostle form to eat them.

The common fate of anyone branded for sacrifice to the Godhand.

At one point, Suzu deliberately feeds him her omokage, and she feels the pain of it being chewed apart and swallowed.

Ayakashi Triangle: Sosuke's Engulfing Shadow is a giant mouth that can eat away someone's Life Energy in an instant, which for ayakashi is also their bodies.

The person responsible said it was a good character-building exercise for his sons. Faye Yeager, Grisha's younger sister, was fed to dogs by a military officer after she and her brother broke the law.Since the power comes with a 13 year time limit, eventually the owner will have to submit to being eaten so someone can inherit their powers. Then there's the power of the Nine Titans, which is passed on when the current host is eaten by another Titan. They don't need to eat you to survive, but that won't stop them from doing it. If you are a human who comes into contact with a Titan, chances are this is going to be how you die.If you were looking for the film Eaten Alive by Tobe Hooper, you'll want this page. Sometimes if you are eaten, you don't have to worry about being digested, because Getting Eaten Is Harmless. When done pragmatically, you have Eating the Enemy.

Compare and contrast Stewed Alive, which is usually Played for Laughs and involves Black Comedy Cannibalism. Super-Trope of Devoured by the Horde, where a character is eaten alive by multiple parties. This is one of the more gruesome ways of pulling a Disney Death if someone sees an animal with some clothing in its mouth (especially clothing stained with blood), he isn't likely to wonder about the lack of a body. See also Fed to the Beast, where someone is deliberately consigned to this awful fate, and Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth, for when the eater changes its mind. Sometimes the victim is Swallowed Whole, but other times, they are savagely ripped apart piece by piece (this is especially common if one is overtaken by multiple creatures out to eat you). It's probably the most common fear we have as kids. This isn't quite the threat it used to be for those of us who live in parts of the world where humans have made most dangerous land animals extinct or endangered (those in the sea, not so much), but stories of monsters of all kinds ( dragons, aliens, demons, zombies, etc.) remind us that we can become prey again very easily. Probably one of our oldest Primal Fears, and quite universal, given that we have long shared this planet with some rather nasty predators.

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