Forum - View topicWelcome to Japan Ms. Elf! (TV).
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Edjwald
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Welcome to Japan Ms. Elf! (TV) Source: Light Novel (ongoing @ 9 volumes, written by Makishima Suzuki, illustrated by Yappen) Demographic: Shounen Animation Studio: Zero-G Genres: adventure, comedy, fantasy, slice of life Themes: cooking, demi-humans, elves, gourmet, isekai, reverse isekai Plot Summary: Kazuhiro Kitase's only hobby is sleeping. Ever since he was young, he would enter a wondrous world within his dreams and go on thrilling adventures. One day, he goes on an adventure with an elf girl he became friends with in his dream world, but it's put to an abrupt halt when they both get scorched with a dragon's breath. As he wakes up from his dream, he notices a familiar figure sleeping next to him. Join Kazuhiro on his new adventures through Japan with Ms. Elf. Air Date & Platform: January 10, 2025 (Friday) Available on: Crunchyroll Episode Count / Runtime: Pending [EDIT: Fancy opener stuff added. -TK] |
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Edjwald
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This one's a winner winner Bento dinner as far as I'm concerned, an isekai and a reverse isekai and a slice of life all rolled up into one omelet. It's always nice to get an anime that surprises you in a good way, and it's not uncommon to get an anime that disappoints you in some fashion, but I'd argue that the rarest of all is to get exactly what you wanted, and this anime is exactly what I wanted so far. Light hearted. Fantasy element. Slice of life vibe. Female lead who may be wish fulfillment fodder but isn't annoying or cloying. Not a tsundere, not a love struck airhead, not a sex starved near predator.
I may be over-reacting because I've watched a lot of gloomy anime episodes in the last few days and I'm iced into my house today, but I don't have any reservations about putting this one on my to watch list. (Still not a fan of elf ears that stick out in yoda-like fashion though. Seems like it would be evolutionarily unsound...how do you keep animals from biting them off or people from grabbing them during fight? And geez, ear infections must be a bitch...) |
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smurky turkey
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The thing that sold it for me is the charm and the attention to detail. The facial expressions, the sound effects/music fitting the moment and even down to the lightbulb familiars being cute. The same charm goes for the characters in that they actually feel like characters and mesh well together while not being annoying or extreme in some way (which is rare these days). The idea of switching between Japan tourist mode and fantasy world adventure mode is not a bad one either.
So yup, all in. Also yeah, we do have a few fairly grim shows this season, |
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Episode 1
After watching and loving Otaku Elf when it came out, I was fated to check out every other "elf in Japan reverse isekai" show ever created and in this case, that was no hardship. A lot of fun.
WHAT??? How can you gaze upon those succulent triangular flaps of gristle and not want to nibble on them??? You, suh, are a freak. |
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Edjwald
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I wonder about the brunette on the cover and all over the closing music sequence. I'm thinking she was the person watching behind the temple pillar in the shadows. Based on those horns, she's probably a demon or a dragon. Dragon might make more sense given the function of the temple as a dragon birthing place, and I'm tempted to guess the dragon who killed them, but that dragon was apparently asleep when they got there and nestled protectively around some eggs...
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b-dragon
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You apparently had it correct- she is, in fact, the arkdragon- much friendlier after being plied with booze and a handmade lunch. I'd say something pithy about that, but a full belly and good beer makes me a lot happier too. |
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smurky turkey
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Story and concept wise the show is not that special, though ''going back and forth isekai'' are relatively rare I suppose. Like I said in my previous post: the charm is what sells it. Every character actually feels like a character and the mc's have chemistry between them and act reasonable. No outbursts of anger or being over the top pervy. Miss dragon lady also seems like a fun character and beholden to her desires.
I wonder what the balance will be between fantasy world and touring Japan. |
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Edjwald
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@b-dragon - Now my question is, who was that spying from behind the pillar in episode 1?
@Smurky - There are five shows I like on Friday, and when I got home after a long week of work today, this show was the one I put on. .I agree that both leads being likable is a big part of it. Who doesn't enjoy showing off a place they like to a person they like? And the show's depiction of modern day Japan is friggin' gorgeous too. |
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Episode 2
Charming seems to be the word of the week. I used it to describe Bureaucrat to Villainess and it applies equally here. If Marie had asked *me* what would happen to her if she couldn't get back to her own world, my answer would have been a little different than Kazuhiro's: "Welp, in that case, you'll become my personal slave, responsible for cooking all my meals, cleaning my place and anything else I can think of." By the way, that would NOT include sexy time because although I find Marie cute as the dickens, it's not in a "rowr" way. And like smurky, I am curious as to how the split between worlds will play out. I assumed it was going to be mostly in Japan, but perhaps not. |
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