Food Chain (Im Ae Ju)

Description

Elite high school teacher by day, gay playboy king by night: Ian Woo has it all in his double life of polar opposites. But his carefully constructed world is thrown into jeopardy when Hyundo Kye -- the school director’s grandson, of all people -- spots Ian at the heart of the gay night scene. But instead of blackmail or threats, Hyundo has a shocking request: he wants Ian to be his first male lover and show him what it means to be gay! In this unexpected fling between a dominant player and a young hotshot, who will come out on top?

Original Webtoon

Official Translations:
R19:
English: Tappytoon, Pocket Comics, Lezhin
French: Tappytoon, Lezhin
German: Tappytoon, Lezhin
Spanish: Lezhin
R15:
English: Pocket Comics
Thai: Lezhin, Boomtoon
French: Lezhin
German: Lezhin

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Cadena Alimentaria

Cadena alimenticia

La chaîne Alimentaire

Nahrungskette

Пищевая цепочка

ห่วงโซ่อาหาร

攻めたい二人〜ヤるか、ヤられるか〜

食物链

먹이사슬

Groups Scanlating

N/A

Latest Release(s)

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Status in Country of Origin

38 Chapters + 6 Side Stories (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 5.6 / 10.0 (46 votes)

Bayesian Average: 5.85 / 10.0

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15%

Last Updated

August 9th, 2025 1:57am PDT - 5 days ago

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Genre

Adult Drama Mature Romance Yaoi
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

Im Ae Ju

Artist(s)

Im Ae Ju

Year

2014

Original Publisher

Andb

Bola Books

Haksan

Serialized In (magazine)

N/A

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Mangatoon (Expired)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #687

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Monthly Pos #1764

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3 Month Pos #2681

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6 Month Pos #5072

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Year Pos #5810

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List Stats

On 87 reading lists

On 124 wish lists

On 110 completed lists

On 11 unfinished lists

On 83 custom lists

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Disgusting

by rukiamara
3 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

Honestly, if someone considers such behavior and cheating to be a 'realistic relationship', then I feel sorry for them... truly toxic relationship, especially uke...angst scenes added without any reason, didn't enjoy the read

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I am pretty tolerant but...

by YuriTachikawa
3 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

Cheating in a relationship can be an interesting plot point to explore, but in this case it was just plain toxic. They at least know that their dynamic is fxxxxd up, but it strangely still works between them. Between the plot points was a lot of unecessary drama. Though the comedy was delivered fitting to the pace, I felt it was also to gloss over the rape and toxicity. Apart from that, the MC being a teacher was like not important at all to the story, there were no important scenes at school or whatever. I liked that the ending didn't just call it happy end though, but recognizes that the relationship is dysfunctional.

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Cheating, assault, but at least everybody admits both suck

by bobaja
3 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

The only redeeming thing here is that the pair that starts the story isn't the one that ends it. Hyundo (or Hyeon) is horrible, and I only continued when I saw the spoiler for Ian (or Ieon) not ending up with him.

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THIS IS GOOD

by heroyin
4 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I've been avoiding this web comic and i feel completely in awe once i finished reading it. FINALLY WEB COMIC ABOUT ADULT CHEATING PROBLEMS AND REALISTIC DATING, wow, and the plot twist was awesome. I wish we have more works like this one

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Surprisingly good

by Ah_Cat
5 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I thought it's gonna be a disaster looking at couple of first chapters but it actually turned out really good! I wish author whould show more of Ian's and his final lover life together cause that was one of the sweetest, most wholesome relationships I've seen. And from the author of Easy Target, who would have thought, huh? The best part is that they don't lose themselves even when they start to be together.

It's terrible that Ian goes with other boys and makes his partner sad but I guess this is him sticking to the character and he actually response very well when he sees him hurt. I'm not even writing who the boyfriend is in here because honestly, even though I was rooting for this outcome, by a manga principles, I was sure he will end up with the other one and that would be terrible.

Honestly, just bare with couple of first chapters. I know the art there is not the best and there is just too many text to follow it nicely, but it suddenly get better later. Reaaaally better, so stick to it!

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