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While the literal interpretation is grotesque, literary critics (and generous readers) often interpret the story as an extreme metaphor for codependency and the "consuming" nature of overbearing parental relationships. The protagonist’s desire to "eat" his mother is a physical manifestation of a psychological inability to separate from her—a desire to internalize her completely so they never have to be apart. Okaa-san Itadakimasu

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While the literal interpretation is grotesque, literary critics (and generous readers) often interpret the story as an extreme metaphor for codependency and the "consuming" nature of overbearing parental relationships. The protagonist’s desire to "eat" his mother is a physical manifestation of a psychological inability to separate from her—a desire to internalize her completely so they never have to be apart.