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Rika stares at her food in disdain, observant of how none of it appeals to her tastes and she gets up to toss it. Her friend stops her but Rika claims it can't be helped, she doesn't like any of this. She also doesn't like milk, several vegetables and meat, among several other things. If it was candy and sweets that'd be different.
Rika gets caught by her teacher and he scolds her, forcing her to take the wrapped raisin bread. While trying to determine how she can dispose of it she bumps into an old doll. It's been in their room for years apparently, her friend recognizing the doll as ''Mary'' and bringing up that it was there even when her sister attended this school. As a joke Rika politely offers the bread to the doll, but when she returns from gym class she sees a bite has been taken out of it. One classmate says Mary probably ate it, recalling a story he was told. Rika's friend berates the boy as Rika casually slips Mary into her backpack.
That evening, Rika is once again left in a foul mood seeing what her mother prepared and as her mother launches into yet another rant about the importance of food, she sets Mary on the floor, sliding the plate of food beneath the table when her mom gets distracted. She hurriedly sets the plate back on the table as her mom returns, and she checks around Rika to make sure she didn't hide it, like usual. She makes a bewildered remark and walks away with the dirty dishes. Rika is delighted as she showers Mary with attention in her bedroom, deciding that she can feed her unpleasant things to get everyone off her back. They'll be so impressed!
The following day Rika puts her plan into action, discarding her food by placing it on the floor for Mary to eat. Everyone is astounded, along with her Teacher, who gifts her with a reward for being so attentive to her health and for getting over her pickiness. Her friend is especially surprised by the "''sudden change''", and asks how she managed. Rika teases her, but then she begins to realize that even though she hasn't been eating, she doesn't hungry at all. Not only that but Mary looks better than she did the other day.
The following day, Rika gets stopped by her mom before leaving for school. She brings up what happened at school and she's very happy that Rika is starting to realize the importance of eating. This makes Rika start to question whether or not she's doing something bad. Everyone is happy, but she's starting to feel guilty for the deception. Her friend joins her to announce that she's finally conquered her disdain for mushrooms, and it's because of Rika inspiring her. Rika is very surprised, and she realizes that with everyone giving their best efforts she really isn't trying. She decides not to use Mary today, and during lunch she forces herself to eat the meal given to her. It's difficult but she manages to do it, her Teacher is very happy. Rika cheers up seeing this, and she realizes that she enjoys this feeling knowing she earned it.
Rika continues to put in the honest effort of eating the foods she dislikes so much. Her mother and classmates are shown to give her support to keep her going, and she's returned Mary to class deciding she no longer needs her.
Then one day, during gym class Rika struggles to keep up with the rest of the class and can't understand her suddenly low stamina considering she's been eating- but she doesn't even feel hungry anymore either. Her friend worriedly mentions that she looks sickly, and Rika's body suddenly locks up causing her to fall down. She is shaken as her friend runs off for help and she's taken to the Nurses office. She appears to be fine, and with everyone back outside she returns to her classroom. To her alarm, she finds bite marks covering her desk and her items, and she looks at Mary while wondering how she could have done this. Her friends return to check on her, and Rika makes an attempt to tell them about Mary, but when one her friends sees that her hand looks weird, Rika becomes frightened while noting it resembles that of a jointed doll. She yells at Mary and throws a book at her, then she runs back home.
Arriving, Rika calls her mom for help but she only sees Mary sitting on her table. She pleads with Mary to end this, offering to feed her again. Just then, she hears a pulsating beat; it belongs to Mary. She then realizes her heartbeat is slowing down, and she slowly loses consciousness.
Hours pass when Rika awakens again, and she realizes she must have had a bad dream. She feels relieved to see her mom is making breakfast, but when she calls out to greet her, she makes no sound. She attempts to move forward but nothing happens. She is shocked when a girl with curled pigtails and fancy clothing walks into the room to greet her mother, and in return her mom greets ''Rika'', much to the real Rika's alarm. She desperately tries to yell but she goes unnoticed as her mom happily talks about Rika not being picky anymore and how she's been having fun experimenting with cooking lately. "Rika" giggles and repeats her mothers words; "''Eating is Living''".
The real Rika can only shed a tear as she sits on the shelf.
Rika gets caught by her teacher and he scolds her, forcing her to take the wrapped raisin bread. While trying to determine how she can dispose of it she bumps into an old doll. It's been in their room for years apparently, her friend recognizing the doll as ''Mary'' and bringing up that it was there even when her sister attended this school. As a joke Rika politely offers the bread to the doll, but when she returns from gym class she sees a bite has been taken out of it. One classmate says Mary probably ate it, recalling a story he was told. Rika's friend berates the boy as Rika casually slips Mary into her backpack.
That evening, Rika is once again left in a foul mood seeing what her mother prepared and as her mother launches into yet another rant about the importance of food, she sets Mary on the floor, sliding the plate of food beneath the table when her mom gets distracted. She hurriedly sets the plate back on the table as her mom returns, and she checks around Rika to make sure she didn't hide it, like usual. She makes a bewildered remark and walks away with the dirty dishes. Rika is delighted as she showers Mary with attention in her bedroom, deciding that she can feed her unpleasant things to get everyone off her back. They'll be so impressed!
The following day Rika puts her plan into action, discarding her food by placing it on the floor for Mary to eat. Everyone is astounded, along with her Teacher, who gifts her with a reward for being so attentive to her health and for getting over her pickiness. Her friend is especially surprised by the "''sudden change''", and asks how she managed. Rika teases her, but then she begins to realize that even though she hasn't been eating, she doesn't hungry at all. Not only that but Mary looks better than she did the other day.
The following day, Rika gets stopped by her mom before leaving for school. She brings up what happened at school and she's very happy that Rika is starting to realize the importance of eating. This makes Rika start to question whether or not she's doing something bad. Everyone is happy, but she's starting to feel guilty for the deception. Her friend joins her to announce that she's finally conquered her disdain for mushrooms, and it's because of Rika inspiring her. Rika is very surprised, and she realizes that with everyone giving their best efforts she really isn't trying. She decides not to use Mary today, and during lunch she forces herself to eat the meal given to her. It's difficult but she manages to do it, her Teacher is very happy. Rika cheers up seeing this, and she realizes that she enjoys this feeling knowing she earned it.
Rika continues to put in the honest effort of eating the foods she dislikes so much. Her mother and classmates are shown to give her support to keep her going, and she's returned Mary to class deciding she no longer needs her.
Then one day, during gym class Rika struggles to keep up with the rest of the class and can't understand her suddenly low stamina considering she's been eating- but she doesn't even feel hungry anymore either. Her friend worriedly mentions that she looks sickly, and Rika's body suddenly locks up causing her to fall down. She is shaken as her friend runs off for help and she's taken to the Nurses office. She appears to be fine, and with everyone back outside she returns to her classroom. To her alarm, she finds bite marks covering her desk and her items, and she looks at Mary while wondering how she could have done this. Her friends return to check on her, and Rika makes an attempt to tell them about Mary, but when one her friends sees that her hand looks weird, Rika becomes frightened while noting it resembles that of a jointed doll. She yells at Mary and throws a book at her, then she runs back home.
Arriving, Rika calls her mom for help but she only sees Mary sitting on her table. She pleads with Mary to end this, offering to feed her again. Just then, she hears a pulsating beat; it belongs to Mary. She then realizes her heartbeat is slowing down, and she slowly loses consciousness.
Hours pass when Rika awakens again, and she realizes she must have had a bad dream. She feels relieved to see her mom is making breakfast, but when she calls out to greet her, she makes no sound. She attempts to move forward but nothing happens. She is shocked when a girl with curled pigtails and fancy clothing walks into the room to greet her mother, and in return her mom greets ''Rika'', much to the real Rika's alarm. She desperately tries to yell but she goes unnoticed as her mom happily talks about Rika not being picky anymore and how she's been having fun experimenting with cooking lately. "Rika" giggles and repeats her mothers words; "''Eating is Living''".
The real Rika can only shed a tear as she sits on the shelf.
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Rika stares at her food in disdain, observant of how disdain before betting up to toss it. It can't be helped that none of it appeals to her tastes and taste; she gets up to toss it. Her friend stops her but Rika claims it can't be helped, she doesn't like any of this. She also doesn't like milk, several most vegetables and meat, among several other things. If it was candy and sweets that'd be different. Rika gets caught and her Teacher scolds her, forcing her to hold onto the still-wrapped raisin bread she didn't touch.
Rika gets caught by her teacher and he scolds her, forcing her to take the wrapped raisin bread. While trying to determine how she can dispose of it she bumps into an old doll. It's been in their room for years apparently, her Her friend recognizing the recognizes it as ''Mary'', a doll as ''Mary'' and bringing up that it was there even when her sister would see when she attended this school. As a joke Rika politely offers the bread to the doll, but when she returns from gym class she sees upon return they discover a bite has been taken out of now missing from it. One classmate says theorizes that Mary probably ate it, recalling then recalls a story he was told. As Rika's friend berates the boy as him for telling scary stories, Rika casually slips Mary into her backpack.
That evening, Rika is once again left in a foul mood seeing what her mother prepared and grumpily stares at dinner as her mother launches into yet another rant about lectures her on the importance of food, she food and eating. She sets Mary on the floor, sliding the floor and lowers her plate of food beneath the table when to her, then pulls it back up before her mom gets distracted. returns. She hurriedly sets the plate back on the table as her mom returns, and is instantly suspicious, but dumbfounded after she checks around Rika to make sure she didn't hide it, and can't find any sign of her hiding the food like usual. She makes a bewildered remark and After she walks away with the dirty dishes. dishes, Rika is delighted as she showers heads to her bedroom and has a laugh at her expense.
With that, Rika decides to use Marywith attention in her bedroom, deciding that she can feed her to dispose of unpleasant things to get everyone off foods she dislikes. She does it at school and impresses her back. They'll be so impressed!
The following day Rika puts her plan into action, discarding her food by placing it on the floor for Mary to eat. Everyone is astounded, along with herclassmates and Teacher, who gifts gives her with a reward for being so attentive to her health and for getting over her pickiness. Her friend is especially surprised by the "''sudden change''", and asks how she managed. what happened, but Rika teases her, but then her rather than give a straight answer, and she begins to realize that even becomes distracted. Even though she hasn't been eating, she doesn't hungry at all.feel hungry. Not only that but Mary looks better than she did the other day.
The following day, Rika gets stopped by her mom before leaving for school. Shebrings up happily reveals that her Teacher called to let her know what happened at school happened, and she's she feels very happy that proud of Rika. Rika is starting to realize the importance of eating. This makes Rika start to question whether or not she's doing something bad. Everyone is happy, but she's starting to feel feels a little guilty for the deception. Her friend joins knowing she is being deceptive, and she meets up with her to announce friend, who proudly announces that she's finally she managed to conquered her disdain for mushrooms, and it's because of mushrooms. Rika inspiring her. inspired her and she feels really good about herself now. Rika is very surprised, surprised to hear this, and she realizes this causes her to realize that with everyone giving their best efforts she really isn't wasn't trying. She decides not to use Mary today, and during lunch she forces herself to eat the meal given to her. It's difficult but she manages to do it, get it all down and please her Teacher is very happy. Teacher. Rika cheers up seeing this, and she realizes that she enjoys this feeling knowing she that she's earned it.his praise makes her feel happy.
Rika continues to put in the honest effort of eating the foods she dislikes so much. Her mother and classmatesare shown to give her support to and it helps her keep her going, and she's going. In this time she also returned Mary to class deciding she no longer needs her.class.
Then one day, during gym class Rikastruggles to keep up with the rest of the class and can't understand her suddenly has low stamina considering she's and doesn't feel good. She's been eating- but eating so she doesn't even understand why that is, or why she doesn't feel hungry anymore either. Her friend worriedly mentions that she looks sickly, and Rika's body suddenly locks up causing her to fall down. She is shaken as her Her friend runs off for help grabs their Teacher and she's she is taken to the Nurses office. office until she feels better a short while later. She appears to be fine, and with everyone back outside she returns to her classroom. To her alarm, she finds class while everyone remains outside and is alarmed to find bite marks covering her desk and her items, and items. As she looks at wonders if Mary while wondering how she could have done this. Her friends return did it, her friend and some classmates come by to check on her, and her. Rika makes an attempt to tell them about Mary, Mary but when becomes frightened after one her friends sees points out that her hand looks weird, Rika becomes frightened while noting it resembles that of weird: it's become jointed, like a jointed doll. dolls. She yells at Mary and throws a book at her, then she runs back home.her before running away.
Arriving, Rika runs home and calls out to her mom for help but she in desperation, only sees to find Mary sitting on her at the table. She pleads with Mary begs for her to end this, stop, offering to feed her again. Just then, again when suddenly, she hears a pulsating beat; it belongs to Mary. beat coming from the doll. She then realizes her heartbeat is slowing down, and she slowly loses consciousness.
faints shortly after.
Hours pass when Rika awakensagain, and she realizes she again to find her mom making breakfast. She must have had a bad dream. She feels relieved to see her mom is making breakfast, been dreaming, but when she calls out tries to greet her, her mother, she makes no sound. can't hear anything. She attempts to move forward but nothing happens. She is shocked when happens, and much to her shock, a girl with curled pigtails and fancy clothing walks about her age steps into the room to greet room, wearing fancy clothing. She greets her mother, and in return she addresses her mom greets ''Rika'', much to the real Rika's alarm. She as ''Rika''. Rika desperately tries to yell but she goes unnoticed as her mom happily talks about Rika not being picky anymore and how she's been having fun experimenting with cooking lately. "Rika" giggles and repeats her mothers words; "''Eating is Living''".
The Stuck on the shelf as a doll, the real Rika can only shed sheds a tear as she sits on the shelf.tear.
With that, Rika decides to use Mary
The following day Rika puts her plan into action, discarding her food by placing it on the floor for Mary to eat. Everyone is astounded, along with her
The following day, Rika gets stopped by her mom before leaving for school. She
Rika continues to put in the honest effort of eating the foods she dislikes so much. Her mother and classmates
Then one day, during gym class Rika
Hours pass when Rika awakens
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* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Rika receives a pat on the head from her teacher when he praises her for working hard to finish her meals. The gesture makes her happy and she becomes more determined to do her best.
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* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Rika receives a pat on the head from her teacher when he praises her for working hard to finish her meals. The gesture makes This encouraged her happy and she becomes to become more determined to do her best.best.
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* BodyHorror: As Rika starts to transform into a doll, her limbs become stiff and jointed like a doll's, and she loses the ability to move around on her own and speak.
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* BodyHorror: As Rika starts to transform into a doll, her limbs become stiff and jointed like a doll's, ball-jointed, and she loses the ability to move around on her own and speak.
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* PickyEater: Rika originally, she had a LongList of things she won't eat.
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* PickyEater: Rika originally, she Rika, who had a LongList of things she won't eat.
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* SweetTooth: Apparently the only kind of food Rika ''isn't'' picky about are candies and sweets.
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* SweetTooth: Apparently the only kind of food Rika ''isn't'' picky about are candies and sweets.about, as long as they don't have raisins.
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** TheDollEpisode: The first in the series.
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Rika stares at her food in disdain, observant of how none of it appeals to her tastes and she gets up to toss it. Her friend stops to point out that she ate none of it but Rika can't help it if she doesn't like them. She doesn't like milk, several vegetables and meat, and several other items. If it was candy and sweets that'd be different. As she thinks about this her teacher stops her before she can dump the tray and takes the still-wrapped raisin bread she didn't touch, forcing her to take it while scolding her.
Annoyed by this, Rika tries to determine how she could get rid of it when she suddenly bumps into an old doll that's been in their classroom for years. Her friend sees her discard the bread and brings up that Mary, the doll, was even there when her sister attended the school. As a joke Rika politely offers the bread to the doll, she is shocked upon returning from gym class when she finds a large bite taken out of it. A few other classmates join her when one of them points out that Mary must have eaten it and recalls a story he was told, of Mary once eating the class fish. Rika's friend berates the boy as she stares at Mary, then quickly slides her into her backpack.
That evening, Rika is once again left in a foul mood seeing what her mother prepared and as her mother launches into yet another rant about the importance of food, she takes Mary out and sets her on the floor. With her mother distracted, she slides the food onto the floor- just in time for her mother to notice she isn't listening. But when she comes over to find the plate empty and no sign of the food being hidden, she makes a bewildered remark and walks away with the dirty dishes. Delighted, Rika returns to her room and hugs Mary while making fun of her mothers expression from moments ago. She then decides to hang onto Mary for now, realizing that if she can keep plying her with food then everyone will get off of her back about eating and she won't need to worry about feeding herself with foods she hates. Everyone would be so impressed.
The following day Rika is shown to put her plan into effect. She casually discards her foods to the floor for Mary and surprises her entire class, including her teacher, who even gives her a reward for being more thoughtful of her health. Her friend expresses surprise to see this "sudden change", and asks how she managed, but after teasingly responding to it, Rika starts to think of how strange it is that she has yet to feel hungry- despite giving everything to Mary. Not only that but Mary has been looking brand new.
One day, Rika prepares to leave for school when her mom stops her to bring up how impressed her Teacher was. He called a little while ago to tell her about the reward she was given, which makes her very happy. However, as Rika leaves for school she suddenly begins to wonder if it's really such a bad thing if everyone is happy, asking Mary what she thinks before feeling a hint of guilt. She hides her as a friend joins, delightfully announcing to Rika that she managed to conquer her hatred of mushrooms and can eat them with no problem now. Surprised, Rika asks how she did this; only to get the same response that she gave to her the other day. She runs off and Rika remains in her spot, realizing that with everyone else giving their best she hasn't been putting in much effort herself.
She decides for today to just not use Mary, and during lunch she forces herself to eat the meal given to her, pushing herself to finish as her friend remarks on how slowly she's eating today. She tearfully recoils after choking down the remainder of food and her Teacher approaches to show support, causing Rika to cheer up as she realizes how much she enjoys this feeling of being complimented knowing she deserved it.
Knowing this, Rika continues to put in the honest effort of eating the foods she dislikes so much. Her mother and classmates are shown to give her support to keep her going. She even returns Mary to class upon realizing she's no longer needed.
Then one day, during gym class Rika struggles to keep up with the rest of the class and can't understand her suddenly low stamina considering she's been eating so much. However she hasn't been feeling hungry either. It's then her friend mentions how sickly she looks and feeling her body lock up, Rika falls to the ground, momentarily paralyzed. Her friends run off to get help as she is left helplessly thinking, realizing something is wrong. She is taken to the nurses office and appears to be fine again, and with everyone still outside she returns to class, startled to find bite marks covering her desk and her items. She looks over to Mary, wondering how she could have done this as her friends return to check up on her due to being so worried. Rika attempts to speak about Mary and what happened, but when one her friends panics seeing how strange her hand looks, Rika is frightened noticing to see how much it resembles that of a dolls and finds that it extends to her arms. Her friends worriedly watch as she freaks out, yelling at Mary and throwing a book at her before running from the room.
At home Rika rushes inside, calling her mother for help- but she only finds Mary observing her from the dinner table. Rika begins to plead with Mary to end this and resume feeding her, unable to make sense of whats going on. She starts to hear a strange, pulsating beat. As she looks at Mary again she realizes it's a heartbeat before becoming aware of her own slowing down and growing quiet until she loses consciousness.
Hours pass when Rika awakens again. She realizes she had just experienced a horrible dream as she spots her mother nearby in the middle of making breakfast. She happily calls out to her and attempts to move forward, but for some reason she can't. Trying to determine what happened, she is shocked to find a girl with curled pigtails wearing a fancy outfit walk into the room to greet her mother. In return her mother greets "Rika", much to the real Rika's alarm. She desperately tries to call out for her mother but they go unnoticed as she remarks on how happy she is with Rika's pickiness being gone. She's been able to experiment with cooking lately and has a lot of fun now. "Rika" giggles and recalls what her mother said a few days ago, that "Eating is Living" and begins to enjoy the meal as the real Rika, now a doll on her shelf can only shed a single tear.
Annoyed by this, Rika tries to determine how she could get rid of it when she suddenly bumps into an old doll that's been in their classroom for years. Her friend sees her discard the bread and brings up that Mary, the doll, was even there when her sister attended the school. As a joke Rika politely offers the bread to the doll, she is shocked upon returning from gym class when she finds a large bite taken out of it. A few other classmates join her when one of them points out that Mary must have eaten it and recalls a story he was told, of Mary once eating the class fish. Rika's friend berates the boy as she stares at Mary, then quickly slides her into her backpack.
That evening, Rika is once again left in a foul mood seeing what her mother prepared and as her mother launches into yet another rant about the importance of food, she takes Mary out and sets her on the floor. With her mother distracted, she slides the food onto the floor- just in time for her mother to notice she isn't listening. But when she comes over to find the plate empty and no sign of the food being hidden, she makes a bewildered remark and walks away with the dirty dishes. Delighted, Rika returns to her room and hugs Mary while making fun of her mothers expression from moments ago. She then decides to hang onto Mary for now, realizing that if she can keep plying her with food then everyone will get off of her back about eating and she won't need to worry about feeding herself with foods she hates. Everyone would be so impressed.
The following day Rika is shown to put her plan into effect. She casually discards her foods to the floor for Mary and surprises her entire class, including her teacher, who even gives her a reward for being more thoughtful of her health. Her friend expresses surprise to see this "sudden change", and asks how she managed, but after teasingly responding to it, Rika starts to think of how strange it is that she has yet to feel hungry- despite giving everything to Mary. Not only that but Mary has been looking brand new.
One day, Rika prepares to leave for school when her mom stops her to bring up how impressed her Teacher was. He called a little while ago to tell her about the reward she was given, which makes her very happy. However, as Rika leaves for school she suddenly begins to wonder if it's really such a bad thing if everyone is happy, asking Mary what she thinks before feeling a hint of guilt. She hides her as a friend joins, delightfully announcing to Rika that she managed to conquer her hatred of mushrooms and can eat them with no problem now. Surprised, Rika asks how she did this; only to get the same response that she gave to her the other day. She runs off and Rika remains in her spot, realizing that with everyone else giving their best she hasn't been putting in much effort herself.
She decides for today to just not use Mary, and during lunch she forces herself to eat the meal given to her, pushing herself to finish as her friend remarks on how slowly she's eating today. She tearfully recoils after choking down the remainder of food and her Teacher approaches to show support, causing Rika to cheer up as she realizes how much she enjoys this feeling of being complimented knowing she deserved it.
Knowing this, Rika continues to put in the honest effort of eating the foods she dislikes so much. Her mother and classmates are shown to give her support to keep her going. She even returns Mary to class upon realizing she's no longer needed.
Then one day, during gym class Rika struggles to keep up with the rest of the class and can't understand her suddenly low stamina considering she's been eating so much. However she hasn't been feeling hungry either. It's then her friend mentions how sickly she looks and feeling her body lock up, Rika falls to the ground, momentarily paralyzed. Her friends run off to get help as she is left helplessly thinking, realizing something is wrong. She is taken to the nurses office and appears to be fine again, and with everyone still outside she returns to class, startled to find bite marks covering her desk and her items. She looks over to Mary, wondering how she could have done this as her friends return to check up on her due to being so worried. Rika attempts to speak about Mary and what happened, but when one her friends panics seeing how strange her hand looks, Rika is frightened noticing to see how much it resembles that of a dolls and finds that it extends to her arms. Her friends worriedly watch as she freaks out, yelling at Mary and throwing a book at her before running from the room.
At home Rika rushes inside, calling her mother for help- but she only finds Mary observing her from the dinner table. Rika begins to plead with Mary to end this and resume feeding her, unable to make sense of whats going on. She starts to hear a strange, pulsating beat. As she looks at Mary again she realizes it's a heartbeat before becoming aware of her own slowing down and growing quiet until she loses consciousness.
Hours pass when Rika awakens again. She realizes she had just experienced a horrible dream as she spots her mother nearby in the middle of making breakfast. She happily calls out to her and attempts to move forward, but for some reason she can't. Trying to determine what happened, she is shocked to find a girl with curled pigtails wearing a fancy outfit walk into the room to greet her mother. In return her mother greets "Rika", much to the real Rika's alarm. She desperately tries to call out for her mother but they go unnoticed as she remarks on how happy she is with Rika's pickiness being gone. She's been able to experiment with cooking lately and has a lot of fun now. "Rika" giggles and recalls what her mother said a few days ago, that "Eating is Living" and begins to enjoy the meal as the real Rika, now a doll on her shelf can only shed a single tear.
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Rika stares at her food in disdain, observant of how none of it appeals to her tastes and she gets up to toss it. Her friend stops to point out that she ate none of it her but Rika claims it can't help it if be helped, she doesn't like them. any of this. She also doesn't like milk, several vegetables and meat, and among several other items.things. If it was candy and sweets that'd be different. As she thinks about this her teacher stops her before she can dump the tray and takes the still-wrapped raisin bread she didn't touch, forcing her to take it while scolding her.\n\nAnnoyed by this, Rika tries to determine how she could get rid of it when she suddenly bumps into an old doll that's been in their classroom for years. Her friend sees her discard the bread and brings up that Mary, the doll, was even there when her sister attended the school. As a joke Rika politely offers the bread to the doll, she is shocked upon returning from gym class when she finds a large bite taken out of it. A few other classmates join her when one of them points out that Mary must have eaten it and recalls a story he was told, of Mary once eating the class fish. Rika's friend berates the boy as she stares at Mary, then quickly slides her into her backpack.
Rika gets caught by her teacher and he scolds her, forcing her to take the wrapped raisin bread. While trying to determine how she can dispose of it she bumps into an old doll. It's been in their room for years apparently, her friend recognizing the doll as ''Mary'' and bringing up that it was there even when her sister attended this school. As a joke Rika politely offers the bread to the doll, but when she returns from gym class she sees a bite has been taken out of it. One classmate says Mary probably ate it, recalling a story he was told. Rika's friend berates the boy as Rika casually slips Mary into her backpack.
That evening, Rika is once again left in a foul mood seeing what her mother prepared and as her mother launches into yet another rant about the importance of food, shetakes sets Mary out and sets her on the floor. With her mother distracted, she slides the food onto the floor- just in time for her mother to notice she isn't listening. But when she comes over to find floor, sliding the plate empty and no sign of the food being hidden, beneath the table when her mom gets distracted. She hurriedly sets the plate back on the table as her mom returns, and she checks around Rika to make sure she didn't hide it, like usual. She makes a bewildered remark and walks away with the dirty dishes. Delighted, Rika returns to her room and hugs is delighted as she showers Mary while making fun of with attention in her mothers expression from moments ago. She then decides to hang onto Mary for now, realizing bedroom, deciding that if she can keep plying feed her unpleasant things to get everyone off her back. They'll be so impressed!
The following day Rika puts her plan into action, discarding her food by placing it on the floor for Mary to eat. Everyone is astounded, along with her Teacher, who gifts her withfood a reward for being so attentive to her health and for getting over her pickiness. Her friend is especially surprised by the "''sudden change''", and asks how she managed. Rika teases her, but then she begins to realize that even though she hasn't been eating, she doesn't hungry at all. Not only that but Mary looks better than she did the other day.
The following day, Rika gets stopped by her mom before leaving for school. She brings up what happened at school and she's very happy that Rika is starting to realize the importance of eating. This makes Rika start to question whether or not she's doing something bad. Everyone is happy, but she's starting to feel guilty for the deception. Her friend joins her to announce that she's finally conquered her disdain for mushrooms, and it's because of Rika inspiring her. Rika is very surprised, and she realizes that with everyonewill get off of giving their best efforts she really isn't trying. She decides not to use Mary today, and during lunch she forces herself to eat the meal given to her. It's difficult but she manages to do it, her back about eating Teacher is very happy. Rika cheers up seeing this, and she won't need to worry about feeding herself with foods realizes that she hates. Everyone would be so impressed.enjoys this feeling knowing she earned it.
The following day Rika is continues to put in the honest effort of eating the foods she dislikes so much. Her mother and classmates are shown to put give her plan into effect. She casually discards support to keep her foods to the floor for going, and she's returned Mary and surprises her entire class, including her teacher, who even gives her a reward for being more thoughtful of her health. Her friend expresses surprise to see this "sudden change", and asks how class deciding she managed, but after teasingly responding to it, Rika starts to think of how strange it is that she has yet to feel hungry- despite giving everything to Mary. Not only that but Mary has been looking brand new.no longer needs her.
One Then one day, during gym class Rika prepares struggles to leave for school when keep up with the rest of the class and can't understand her mom stops her to bring up how impressed her Teacher was. He called a little while ago to tell her about the reward she was given, which makes her very happy. However, as Rika leaves for school she suddenly begins to wonder if it's really such a bad thing if everyone is happy, asking Mary what low stamina considering she's been eating- but she thinks before feeling a hint of guilt. She hides her as a doesn't even feel hungry anymore either. Her friend joins, delightfully announcing to Rika worriedly mentions that she managed to conquer looks sickly, and Rika's body suddenly locks up causing her hatred of mushrooms and can eat them with no problem now. Surprised, Rika asks how she did this; only to get the same response that she gave to fall down. She is shaken as her the other day. She friend runs off for help and Rika remains in her spot, realizing that she's taken to the Nurses office. She appears to be fine, and with everyone else giving their best back outside she hasn't been putting in much effort herself.returns to her classroom. To her alarm, she finds bite marks covering her desk and her items, and she looks at Mary while wondering how she could have done this. Her friends return to check on her, and Rika makes an attempt to tell them about Mary, but when one her friends sees that her hand looks weird, Rika becomes frightened while noting it resembles that of a jointed doll. She yells at Mary and throws a book at her, then she runs back home.
Arriving, Rika calls her mom for help but she only sees Mary sitting on her table. Shedecides for today pleads with Mary to just not use Mary, end this, offering to feed her again. Just then, she hears a pulsating beat; it belongs to Mary. She then realizes her heartbeat is slowing down, and during lunch she forces herself to eat the meal given to her, pushing herself to finish as her friend remarks on how slowly she's eating today. She tearfully recoils after choking down the remainder of food and her Teacher approaches to show support, causing loses consciousness.
Hours pass when Rikato cheer up as awakens again, and she realizes how she must have had a bad dream. She feels relieved to see her mom is making breakfast, but when she calls out to greet her, she makes no sound. She attempts to move forward but nothing happens. She is shocked when a girl with curled pigtails and fancy clothing walks into the room to greet her mother, and in return her mom greets ''Rika'', much to the real Rika's alarm. She desperately tries to yell but she enjoys this feeling of goes unnoticed as her mom happily talks about Rika not being complimented knowing she deserved it.picky anymore and how she's been having fun experimenting with cooking lately. "Rika" giggles and repeats her mothers words; "''Eating is Living''".
Knowing this, The real Rika continues to put in the honest effort of eating the foods she dislikes so much. Her mother and classmates are shown to give her support to keep her going. She even returns Mary to class upon realizing she's no longer needed.
Then one day, during gym class Rika struggles to keep up with the rest of the class and can't understand her suddenly low stamina considering she's been eating so much. However she hasn't been feeling hungry either. It's then her friend mentions how sickly she looks and feeling her body lock up, Rika falls to the ground, momentarily paralyzed. Her friends run off to get help as she is left helplessly thinking, realizing something is wrong. She is taken to the nurses office and appears to be fine again, and with everyone still outside she returns to class, startled to find bite marks covering her desk and her items. She looks over to Mary, wondering how she could have done this as her friends return to check up on her due to being so worried. Rika attempts to speak about Mary and what happened, but when one her friends panics seeing how strange her hand looks, Rika is frightened noticing to see how much it resembles that of a dolls and finds that it extends to her arms. Her friends worriedly watch as she freaks out, yelling at Mary and throwing a book at her before running from the room.
At home Rika rushes inside, calling her mother for help- but she only finds Mary observing her from the dinner table. Rika begins to plead with Mary to end this and resume feeding her, unable to make sense of whats going on. She starts to hear a strange, pulsating beat. As she looks at Mary again she realizes it's a heartbeat before becoming aware of her own slowing down and growing quiet until she loses consciousness.
Hours pass when Rika awakens again. She realizes she had just experienced a horrible dream as she spots her mother nearby in the middle of making breakfast. She happily calls out to her and attempts to move forward, but for some reason she can't. Trying to determine what happened, she is shocked to find a girl with curled pigtails wearing a fancy outfit walk into the room to greet her mother. In return her mother greets "Rika", much to the real Rika's alarm. She desperately tries to call out for her mother but they go unnoticed as she remarks on how happy she is with Rika's pickiness being gone. She's been able to experiment with cooking lately and has a lot of fun now. "Rika" giggles and recalls what her mother said a few days ago, that "Eating is Living" and begins to enjoy the meal as the real Rika, now a doll on her shelfcan only shed a single tear.
tear as she sits on the shelf.
Rika gets caught by her teacher and he scolds her, forcing her to take the wrapped raisin bread. While trying to determine how she can dispose of it she bumps into an old doll. It's been in their room for years apparently, her friend recognizing the doll as ''Mary'' and bringing up that it was there even when her sister attended this school. As a joke Rika politely offers the bread to the doll, but when she returns from gym class she sees a bite has been taken out of it. One classmate says Mary probably ate it, recalling a story he was told. Rika's friend berates the boy as Rika casually slips Mary into her backpack.
That evening, Rika is once again left in a foul mood seeing what her mother prepared and as her mother launches into yet another rant about the importance of food, she
The following day Rika puts her plan into action, discarding her food by placing it on the floor for Mary to eat. Everyone is astounded, along with her Teacher, who gifts her with
The following day, Rika gets stopped by her mom before leaving for school. She brings up what happened at school and she's very happy that Rika is starting to realize the importance of eating. This makes Rika start to question whether or not she's doing something bad. Everyone is happy, but she's starting to feel guilty for the deception. Her friend joins her to announce that she's finally conquered her disdain for mushrooms, and it's because of Rika inspiring her. Rika is very surprised, and she realizes that with everyone
Arriving, Rika calls her mom for help but she only sees Mary sitting on her table. She
Hours pass when Rika
Then one day, during gym class Rika struggles to keep up with the rest of the class and can't understand her suddenly low stamina considering she's been eating so much. However she hasn't been feeling hungry either. It's then her friend mentions how sickly she looks and feeling her body lock up, Rika falls to the ground, momentarily paralyzed. Her friends run off to get help as she is left helplessly thinking, realizing something is wrong. She is taken to the nurses office and appears to be fine again, and with everyone still outside she returns to class, startled to find bite marks covering her desk and her items. She looks over to Mary, wondering how she could have done this as her friends return to check up on her due to being so worried. Rika attempts to speak about Mary and what happened, but when one her friends panics seeing how strange her hand looks, Rika is frightened noticing to see how much it resembles that of a dolls and finds that it extends to her arms. Her friends worriedly watch as she freaks out, yelling at Mary and throwing a book at her before running from the room.
At home Rika rushes inside, calling her mother for help- but she only finds Mary observing her from the dinner table. Rika begins to plead with Mary to end this and resume feeding her, unable to make sense of whats going on. She starts to hear a strange, pulsating beat. As she looks at Mary again she realizes it's a heartbeat before becoming aware of her own slowing down and growing quiet until she loses consciousness.
Hours pass when Rika awakens again. She realizes she had just experienced a horrible dream as she spots her mother nearby in the middle of making breakfast. She happily calls out to her and attempts to move forward, but for some reason she can't. Trying to determine what happened, she is shocked to find a girl with curled pigtails wearing a fancy outfit walk into the room to greet her mother. In return her mother greets "Rika", much to the real Rika's alarm. She desperately tries to call out for her mother but they go unnoticed as she remarks on how happy she is with Rika's pickiness being gone. She's been able to experiment with cooking lately and has a lot of fun now. "Rika" giggles and recalls what her mother said a few days ago, that "Eating is Living" and begins to enjoy the meal as the real Rika, now a doll on her shelf
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* BodyHorror: As Rika starts to transform into a doll, her limbs become stiff and jointed like a doll's, and she loses the ability to move around on her own and even speak.
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* AndIMustScream: Rika, Rika is trapped in a doll's body at the end of the story.
and nobody can hear her, and because Mary took over her identity nobody will notice she's missing.
* BodyHorror: As Rika starts to transform into a doll, her limbs become stiff and jointed like a doll's, and she loses the ability to move around on her own andeven speak.
* BodyHorror: As Rika starts to transform into a doll, her limbs become stiff and jointed like a doll's, and she loses the ability to move around on her own and
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* HopeSpot: Rika begins making an honest effort to eat all her meals when she begins to get praise for it, leading readers to think that the story might end on a high note.
** Happens again during the end of the story, when Rikka awakens and sees her mom cooking after having passed out.
* HumanityEnsues: Mary at the end of the story.
* KillAndReplace: Sorta. Rika's not ''killed'' as much as she's turned into a doll and Mary becomes a human in her place.
* MeaningfulEcho: "Eating is living" - said by Rika's mother when trying to get her to eat, and then repeated by Mary after ingesting enough food has caused her to come to life as a human.
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Averted. Rika's mother fully believes that the transformed Mary is Rikka, and pays no mind to the doll that suddenly showed up on the shelf.
* PickyEater: Rika is so picky with food that she has a LongList of things she won't eat!
** Happens again during the end of the story, when Rikka awakens and sees her mom cooking after having passed out.
* HumanityEnsues: Mary at the end of the story.
* KillAndReplace: Sorta. Rika's not ''killed'' as much as she's turned into a doll and Mary becomes a human in her place.
* MeaningfulEcho: "Eating is living" - said by Rika's mother when trying to get her to eat, and then repeated by Mary after ingesting enough food has caused her to come to life as a human.
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Averted. Rika's mother fully believes that the transformed Mary is Rikka, and pays no mind to the doll that suddenly showed up on the shelf.
* PickyEater: Rika is so picky with food that she has a LongList of things she won't eat!
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* HopeSpot: Rika begins making an honest effort to eat all her meals when she begins to get praise for it, leading readers to think that the story might end on a high note.
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** Happens again during the end of the story, whenRikka Rika awakens and sees her mom cooking after having passed out.
* HumanityEnsues:Mary at the end of the story.
* KillAndReplace: Sorta. Rika's not ''killed'' as much as she's turned into a doll and Mary becomes a human in her place.for Mary.
* KillAndReplace: Somewhat, Rika's not ''killed'' as much as she's turned into a doll and Mary takes over her identity as a human.
* MeaningfulEcho: "Eating is living" - said by Rika's mother when trying to get her to eat, and then repeated by Mary after ingesting enough food has caused her tocome to life as a human.
become human.
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Averted. Rika's mother fully believes that the transformed Mary isRikka, and pays no mind to the doll that suddenly showed up on the shelf.Rika.
* PickyEater: Rikais so picky with food that originally, she has had a LongList of things she won't eat!eat.
** Happens again during the end of the story, when
* HumanityEnsues:
* KillAndReplace: Sorta. Rika's not ''killed'' as much as she's turned into a doll and Mary becomes a human in her place.
* KillAndReplace: Somewhat, Rika's not ''killed'' as much as she's turned into a doll and Mary takes over her identity as a human.
* MeaningfulEcho: "Eating is living" - said by Rika's mother when trying to get her to eat, and then repeated by Mary after ingesting enough food has caused her to
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Averted. Rika's mother fully believes that the transformed Mary is
* PickyEater: Rika
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* HopeSpot: Rika begins making an honest effort to eat all her meals when she begins to get praise for it, leading readers to think that she may have the story might end on a happy ending.high note.
** Happens again during the end of the story, when Rikka awakens and sees her mom cooking after having passed out.
** Happens again during the end of the story, when Rikka awakens and sees her mom cooking after having passed out.
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* MeaningfulEcho: "Eating is living". First said by Rika's mother when trying to get her to eat, and then repeated by Mary after ingesting enough food has caused her to come to life as a human.
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Averted. Rika's mother fully believes that the transformed Mary is her own daughter, and pays no mind to her ''real'' daughter trapped in a doll's body on the shelf.
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Averted. Rika's mother fully believes that the transformed Mary is her own daughter, and pays no mind to her ''real'' daughter trapped in a doll's body on the shelf.
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* MeaningfulEcho: "Eating is living". First living" - said by Rika's mother when trying to get her to eat, and then repeated by Mary after ingesting enough food has caused her to come to life as a human.
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Averted. Rika's mother fully believes that the transformed Mary isher own daughter, Rikka, and pays no mind to her ''real'' daughter trapped in a doll's body the doll that suddenly showed up on the shelf.shelf.
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* KillAndReplace: Sorta. Rika's not ''killed'', but she's turned into a doll and Mary becomes a human in her place.
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* KillAndReplace: Sorta. Rika's not ''killed'', but ''killed'' as much as she's turned into a doll and Mary becomes a human in her place.place.
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* BodyHorror: As Rika starts to transform into a doll, her limbs become stiff and jointed, and she loses the ability to move around on her own.
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* BodyHorror: As Rika starts to transform into a doll, her limbs become stiff and jointed, jointed like a doll's, and she loses the ability to move around on her own.own and even speak.
* HopeSpot: Rika begins making an honest effort to eat all her meals when she begins to get praise for it, leading readers to think that she may have a happy ending.
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* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Averted. Rika's mothertreats fully believes that the transformed Mary at is her own daughter, and pays no mind to her ''real'' daughter trapped in a doll's body on the end as though Mary were Rika.shelf.
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* SingleTear: The chapter ends with Rika shedding one.
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* SweetTooth: Apparently the only kind of food Mary ''isn't'' picky about are candies and sweets.
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* PickyEater: Rika's problems began due to this. She had a list composed of everything she hated!
* SingleTear: How the chapter ends.
* CreepyDoll: The titular character, an old ElegantGothicLolita doll that ingests food.
** TheDollEpisode
* KillAndReplace: Sorta. More like turned into a doll and replace.
* PickyEater: Rika's problems began due to this. She had a list composed of everything she hated!
* SingleTear: How the chapter ends.
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* AndIMustScream
AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Rika receives a pat on the head from her teacher when he praises her for working hard to finish her meals. The gesture makes her happy and she becomes more determined to do her best.
* AndIMustScream: Rika, trapped in a doll's body at the end of the story.
* BodyHorror: As Rika starts to transform into a doll, her limbs become stiff and jointed, and she loses the ability to move around on her own.
* CreepyDoll: The titular character, an oldElegantGothicLolita doll that ingests food.
**TheDollEpisode
TheDollEpisode: This is not the only story to feature dolls, but it is the first one.
* GirlishPigtails: Both Rika and Mary have them. As part of her [[ElegantGothicLolita design,]] Mary's are styled into ringlets.
* HumanityEnsues: Mary at the end of the story.
* KillAndReplace: Sorta.More like Rika's not ''killed'', but she's turned into a doll and replace.
Mary becomes a human in her place.
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Averted. Rika's mother treats the transformed Mary at the end as though Mary were Rika.
* PickyEater:Rika's problems began due to this. She had a list composed of everything Rika is so picky with food that she hated!
has a LongList of things she won't eat!
* SingleTear:How the The chapter ends.ends with Rika shedding one.
* AndIMustScream: Rika, trapped in a doll's body at the end of the story.
* BodyHorror: As Rika starts to transform into a doll, her limbs become stiff and jointed, and she loses the ability to move around on her own.
* CreepyDoll: The titular character, an old
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* GirlishPigtails: Both Rika and Mary have them. As part of her [[ElegantGothicLolita design,]] Mary's are styled into ringlets.
* HumanityEnsues: Mary at the end of the story.
* KillAndReplace: Sorta.
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Averted. Rika's mother treats the transformed Mary at the end as though Mary were Rika.
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Rika stares at her food in disdain, observant of how none of it appeals to her tastes and she gets up to toss it. Her friend stops to point out that she ate none of it but Rika can't help it if she doesn't like them. She doesn't like milk, several vegetables and meat, and several other items. If it was candy and sweets that'd be different. As she thinks about this her teacher stops her before she can dump the tray and takes the still-wrapped raisin bread she didn't touch, forcing her to take it while scolding her.
Annoyed by this, Rika tries to determine how she could get rid of it when she suddenly bumps into an old doll that's been in their classroom for years. Her friend sees her discard the bread and brings up that Mary, the doll, was even there when her sister attended the school. As a joke Rika politely offers the bread to the doll, she is shocked upon returning from gym class when she finds a large bite taken out of it. A few other classmates join her when one of them points out that Mary must have eaten it and recalls a story he was told, of Mary once eating the class fish. Rika's friend berates the boy as she stares at Mary, then quickly slides her into her backpack.
That evening, Rika is once again left in a foul mood seeing what her mother prepared and as her mother launches into yet another rant about the importance of food, she takes Mary out and sets her on the floor. With her mother distracted, she slides the food onto the floor- just in time for her mother to notice she isn't listening. But when she comes over to find the plate empty and no sign of the food being hidden, she makes a bewildered remark and walks away with the dirty dishes. Delighted, Rika returns to her room and hugs Mary while making fun of her mothers expression from moments ago. She then decides to hang onto Mary for now, realizing that if she can keep plying her with food then everyone will get off of her back about eating and she won't need to worry about feeding herself with foods she hates. Everyone would be so impressed.
The following day Rika is shown to put her plan into effect. She casually discards her foods to the floor for Mary and surprises her entire class, including her teacher, who even gives her a reward for being more thoughtful of her health. Her friend expresses surprise to see this "sudden change", and asks how she managed, but after teasingly responding to it, Rika starts to think of how strange it is that she has yet to feel hungry- despite giving everything to Mary. Not only that but Mary has been looking brand new.
One day, Rika prepares to leave for school when her mom stops her to bring up how impressed her Teacher was. He called a little while ago to tell her about the reward she was given, which makes her very happy. However, as Rika leaves for school she suddenly begins to wonder if it's really such a bad thing if everyone is happy, asking Mary what she thinks before feeling a hint of guilt. She hides her as a friend joins, delightfully announcing to Rika that she managed to conquer her hatred of mushrooms and can eat them with no problem now. Surprised, Rika asks how she did this; only to get the same response that she gave to her the other day. She runs off and Rika remains in her spot, realizing that with everyone else giving their best she hasn't been putting in much effort herself.
She decides for today to just not use Mary, and during lunch she forces herself to eat the meal given to her, pushing herself to finish as her friend remarks on how slowly she's eating today. She tearfully recoils after choking down the remainder of food and her Teacher approaches to show support, causing Rika to cheer up as she realizes how much she enjoys this feeling of being complimented knowing she deserved it.
Knowing this, Rika continues to put in the honest effort of eating the foods she dislikes so much. Her mother and classmates are shown to give her support to keep her going. She even returns Mary to class upon realizing she's no longer needed.
Then one day, during gym class Rika struggles to keep up with the rest of the class and can't understand her suddenly low stamina considering she's been eating so much. However she hasn't been feeling hungry either. It's then her friend mentions how sickly she looks and feeling her body lock up, Rika falls to the ground, momentarily paralyzed. Her friends run off to get help as she is left helplessly thinking, realizing something is wrong. She is taken to the nurses office and appears to be fine again, and with everyone still outside she returns to class, startled to find bite marks covering her desk and her items. She looks over to Mary, wondering how she could have done this as her friends return to check up on her due to being so worried. Rika attempts to speak about Mary and what happened, but when one her friends panics seeing how strange her hand looks, Rika is frightened noticing to see how much it resembles that of a dolls and finds that it extends to her arms. Her friends worriedly watch as she freaks out, yelling at Mary and throwing a book at her before running from the room.
At home Rika rushes inside, calling her mother for help- but she only finds Mary observing her from the dinner table. Rika begins to plead with Mary to end this and resume feeding her, unable to make sense of whats going on. She starts to hear a strange, pulsating beat. As she looks at Mary again she realizes it's a heartbeat before becoming aware of her own slowing down and growing quiet until she loses consciousness.
Hours pass when Rika awakens again. She realizes she had just experienced a horrible dream as she spots her mother nearby in the middle of making breakfast. She happily calls out to her and attempts to move forward, but for some reason she can't. Trying to determine what happened, she is shocked to find a girl with curled pigtails wearing a fancy outfit walk into the room to greet her mother. In return her mother greets "Rika", much to the real Rika's alarm. She desperately tries to call out for her mother but they go unnoticed as she remarks on how happy she is with Rika's pickiness being gone. She's been able to experiment with cooking lately and has a lot of fun now. "Rika" giggles and recalls what her mother said a few days ago, that "Eating is Living" and begins to enjoy the meal as the real Rika, now a doll on her shelf can only shed a single tear.
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* AndIMustScream
* CreepyDoll: The titular character, an old ElegantGothicLolita doll that ingests food.
** TheDollEpisode
* KillAndReplace: Sorta. More like turned into a doll and replace.
* PickyEater: Rika's problems began due to this. She had a list composed of everything she hated!
* SingleTear: How the chapter ends.
Rika stares at her food in disdain, observant of how none of it appeals to her tastes and she gets up to toss it. Her friend stops to point out that she ate none of it but Rika can't help it if she doesn't like them. She doesn't like milk, several vegetables and meat, and several other items. If it was candy and sweets that'd be different. As she thinks about this her teacher stops her before she can dump the tray and takes the still-wrapped raisin bread she didn't touch, forcing her to take it while scolding her.
Annoyed by this, Rika tries to determine how she could get rid of it when she suddenly bumps into an old doll that's been in their classroom for years. Her friend sees her discard the bread and brings up that Mary, the doll, was even there when her sister attended the school. As a joke Rika politely offers the bread to the doll, she is shocked upon returning from gym class when she finds a large bite taken out of it. A few other classmates join her when one of them points out that Mary must have eaten it and recalls a story he was told, of Mary once eating the class fish. Rika's friend berates the boy as she stares at Mary, then quickly slides her into her backpack.
That evening, Rika is once again left in a foul mood seeing what her mother prepared and as her mother launches into yet another rant about the importance of food, she takes Mary out and sets her on the floor. With her mother distracted, she slides the food onto the floor- just in time for her mother to notice she isn't listening. But when she comes over to find the plate empty and no sign of the food being hidden, she makes a bewildered remark and walks away with the dirty dishes. Delighted, Rika returns to her room and hugs Mary while making fun of her mothers expression from moments ago. She then decides to hang onto Mary for now, realizing that if she can keep plying her with food then everyone will get off of her back about eating and she won't need to worry about feeding herself with foods she hates. Everyone would be so impressed.
The following day Rika is shown to put her plan into effect. She casually discards her foods to the floor for Mary and surprises her entire class, including her teacher, who even gives her a reward for being more thoughtful of her health. Her friend expresses surprise to see this "sudden change", and asks how she managed, but after teasingly responding to it, Rika starts to think of how strange it is that she has yet to feel hungry- despite giving everything to Mary. Not only that but Mary has been looking brand new.
One day, Rika prepares to leave for school when her mom stops her to bring up how impressed her Teacher was. He called a little while ago to tell her about the reward she was given, which makes her very happy. However, as Rika leaves for school she suddenly begins to wonder if it's really such a bad thing if everyone is happy, asking Mary what she thinks before feeling a hint of guilt. She hides her as a friend joins, delightfully announcing to Rika that she managed to conquer her hatred of mushrooms and can eat them with no problem now. Surprised, Rika asks how she did this; only to get the same response that she gave to her the other day. She runs off and Rika remains in her spot, realizing that with everyone else giving their best she hasn't been putting in much effort herself.
She decides for today to just not use Mary, and during lunch she forces herself to eat the meal given to her, pushing herself to finish as her friend remarks on how slowly she's eating today. She tearfully recoils after choking down the remainder of food and her Teacher approaches to show support, causing Rika to cheer up as she realizes how much she enjoys this feeling of being complimented knowing she deserved it.
Knowing this, Rika continues to put in the honest effort of eating the foods she dislikes so much. Her mother and classmates are shown to give her support to keep her going. She even returns Mary to class upon realizing she's no longer needed.
Then one day, during gym class Rika struggles to keep up with the rest of the class and can't understand her suddenly low stamina considering she's been eating so much. However she hasn't been feeling hungry either. It's then her friend mentions how sickly she looks and feeling her body lock up, Rika falls to the ground, momentarily paralyzed. Her friends run off to get help as she is left helplessly thinking, realizing something is wrong. She is taken to the nurses office and appears to be fine again, and with everyone still outside she returns to class, startled to find bite marks covering her desk and her items. She looks over to Mary, wondering how she could have done this as her friends return to check up on her due to being so worried. Rika attempts to speak about Mary and what happened, but when one her friends panics seeing how strange her hand looks, Rika is frightened noticing to see how much it resembles that of a dolls and finds that it extends to her arms. Her friends worriedly watch as she freaks out, yelling at Mary and throwing a book at her before running from the room.
At home Rika rushes inside, calling her mother for help- but she only finds Mary observing her from the dinner table. Rika begins to plead with Mary to end this and resume feeding her, unable to make sense of whats going on. She starts to hear a strange, pulsating beat. As she looks at Mary again she realizes it's a heartbeat before becoming aware of her own slowing down and growing quiet until she loses consciousness.
Hours pass when Rika awakens again. She realizes she had just experienced a horrible dream as she spots her mother nearby in the middle of making breakfast. She happily calls out to her and attempts to move forward, but for some reason she can't. Trying to determine what happened, she is shocked to find a girl with curled pigtails wearing a fancy outfit walk into the room to greet her mother. In return her mother greets "Rika", much to the real Rika's alarm. She desperately tries to call out for her mother but they go unnoticed as she remarks on how happy she is with Rika's pickiness being gone. She's been able to experiment with cooking lately and has a lot of fun now. "Rika" giggles and recalls what her mother said a few days ago, that "Eating is Living" and begins to enjoy the meal as the real Rika, now a doll on her shelf can only shed a single tear.
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!!Tropes:
* AndIMustScream
* CreepyDoll: The titular character, an old ElegantGothicLolita doll that ingests food.
** TheDollEpisode
* KillAndReplace: Sorta. More like turned into a doll and replace.
* PickyEater: Rika's problems began due to this. She had a list composed of everything she hated!
* SingleTear: How the chapter ends.
