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New Manga Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 11
Volume 11 of this series continues to be low stakes and chill. This volume, Elda and her Miko visit Osaka for a festival ran by her fellow elf Yorde. It's a fire based festival and it rains, so they work together to make due.
Again, it's low stakes, slice of life of an elf being treated like a goddess who is a massive introvert. It's fun, silly, and a quick read.
Also, Elda saying she people'd too much cause she's such an introvert? I get it.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon #MangaMonday
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New Manga Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 11
Volume 11 of this series continues to be low stakes and chill. This volume, Elda and her Miko visit Osaka for a festival ran by her fellow elf Yorde. It's a fire based festival and it rains, so they work together to make due.
Again, it's low stakes, slice of life of an elf being treated like a goddess who is a massive introvert. It's fun, silly, and a quick read.
Also, Elda saying she people'd too much cause she's such an introvert? I get it.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon #MangaMonday
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New Manga Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 11
Volume 11 of this series continues to be low stakes and chill. This volume, Elda and her Miko visit Osaka for a festival ran by her fellow elf Yorde. It's a fire based festival and it rains, so they work together to make due.
Again, it's low stakes, slice of life of an elf being treated like a goddess who is a massive introvert. It's fun, silly, and a quick read.
Also, Elda saying she people'd too much cause she's such an introvert? I get it.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon #MangaMonday
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New Manga Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 11
Volume 11 of this series continues to be low stakes and chill. This volume, Elda and her Miko visit Osaka for a festival ran by her fellow elf Yorde. It's a fire based festival and it rains, so they work together to make due.
Again, it's low stakes, slice of life of an elf being treated like a goddess who is a massive introvert. It's fun, silly, and a quick read.
Also, Elda saying she people'd too much cause she's such an introvert? I get it.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon #MangaMonday
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New Manga Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 11
Volume 11 of this series continues to be low stakes and chill. This volume, Elda and her Miko visit Osaka for a festival ran by her fellow elf Yorde. It's a fire based festival and it rains, so they work together to make due.
Again, it's low stakes, slice of life of an elf being treated like a goddess who is a massive introvert. It's fun, silly, and a quick read.
Also, Elda saying she people'd too much cause she's such an introvert? I get it.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon #MangaMonday
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 10
My last read of 2025 was, actually, Otaku Elf, Volume 10.
I could say the same thing every time I read a volume - it's chill, it's cute, it's fun.
This volume is no different. Learn a bit of history, enjoy a bit of humor, a lot of just chill slice of life stories of a Miko and her god...who is an nerdy elf.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 10
My last read of 2025 was, actually, Otaku Elf, Volume 10.
I could say the same thing every time I read a volume - it's chill, it's cute, it's fun.
This volume is no different. Learn a bit of history, enjoy a bit of humor, a lot of just chill slice of life stories of a Miko and her god...who is an nerdy elf.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 10
My last read of 2025 was, actually, Otaku Elf, Volume 10.
I could say the same thing every time I read a volume - it's chill, it's cute, it's fun.
This volume is no different. Learn a bit of history, enjoy a bit of humor, a lot of just chill slice of life stories of a Miko and her god...who is an nerdy elf.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 10
My last read of 2025 was, actually, Otaku Elf, Volume 10.
I could say the same thing every time I read a volume - it's chill, it's cute, it's fun.
This volume is no different. Learn a bit of history, enjoy a bit of humor, a lot of just chill slice of life stories of a Miko and her god...who is an nerdy elf.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 10
My last read of 2025 was, actually, Otaku Elf, Volume 10.
I could say the same thing every time I read a volume - it's chill, it's cute, it's fun.
This volume is no different. Learn a bit of history, enjoy a bit of humor, a lot of just chill slice of life stories of a Miko and her god...who is an nerdy elf.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 9
I think I say the same thing about every volume of Otaku Elf. They fly by. Not a lot happens. It's slice of life about a geeky elf who is the local deity for a small temple and her miko (Shrine Maiden). ach volume has some random history stuff about the Edo period of Japanese history lesson mixed in with modern slice of life.
It's chill.
Anyway, wanted to share this one moment in the volume cause it's so funny and...kind of relatable.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 9
I think I say the same thing about every volume of Otaku Elf. They fly by. Not a lot happens. It's slice of life about a geeky elf who is the local deity for a small temple and her miko (Shrine Maiden). ach volume has some random history stuff about the Edo period of Japanese history lesson mixed in with modern slice of life.
It's chill.
Anyway, wanted to share this one moment in the volume cause it's so funny and...kind of relatable.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 9
I think I say the same thing about every volume of Otaku Elf. They fly by. Not a lot happens. It's slice of life about a geeky elf who is the local deity for a small temple and her miko (Shrine Maiden). ach volume has some random history stuff about the Edo period of Japanese history lesson mixed in with modern slice of life.
It's chill.
Anyway, wanted to share this one moment in the volume cause it's so funny and...kind of relatable.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 9
I think I say the same thing about every volume of Otaku Elf. They fly by. Not a lot happens. It's slice of life about a geeky elf who is the local deity for a small temple and her miko (Shrine Maiden). ach volume has some random history stuff about the Edo period of Japanese history lesson mixed in with modern slice of life.
It's chill.
Anyway, wanted to share this one moment in the volume cause it's so funny and...kind of relatable.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 9
I think I say the same thing about every volume of Otaku Elf. They fly by. Not a lot happens. It's slice of life about a geeky elf who is the local deity for a small temple and her miko (Shrine Maiden). ach volume has some random history stuff about the Edo period of Japanese history lesson mixed in with modern slice of life.
It's chill.
Anyway, wanted to share this one moment in the volume cause it's so funny and...kind of relatable.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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Today's #AniAnimal are these sparrows from "Otaku Elf".
今日の #アニアニマル は『江戸前エルフ』のこの雀たちです。
More info and other AniAnimals at: https://www.anianimals.moe/scene/2~_lRdt1TJ-933c~YG7HrsC/
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Today's #AniAnimal are these sparrows from "Otaku Elf".
今日の #アニアニマル は『江戸前エルフ』のこの雀たちです。
More info and other AniAnimals at: https://www.anianimals.moe/scene/2~_lRdt1TJ-933c~YG7HrsC/
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Today's #AniAnimal are these sparrows from "Otaku Elf".
今日の #アニアニマル は『江戸前エルフ』のこの雀たちです。
More info and other AniAnimals at: https://www.anianimals.moe/scene/2~_lRdt1TJ-933c~YG7HrsC/
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Today's #AniAnimal are these sparrows from "Otaku Elf".
今日の #アニアニマル は『江戸前エルフ』のこの雀たちです。
More info and other AniAnimals at: https://www.anianimals.moe/scene/2~_lRdt1TJ-933c~YG7HrsC/
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Today's #AniAnimal are these sparrows from "Otaku Elf".
今日の #アニアニマル は『江戸前エルフ』のこの雀たちです。
More info and other AniAnimals at: https://www.anianimals.moe/scene/2~_lRdt1TJ-933c~YG7HrsC/
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Just re-upped some previous Otaku Elf pics I posted. Including an attempt at recreating a cover in Animal Crossing.
It's a fun, chill series.
When I first got into it, I told my kids the name and they first thought I said "Taco Elf" and, honestly, I'd read that series if it were real.
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Just re-upped some previous Otaku Elf pics I posted. Including an attempt at recreating a cover in Animal Crossing.
It's a fun, chill series.
When I first got into it, I told my kids the name and they first thought I said "Taco Elf" and, honestly, I'd read that series if it were real.
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Just re-upped some previous Otaku Elf pics I posted. Including an attempt at recreating a cover in Animal Crossing.
It's a fun, chill series.
When I first got into it, I told my kids the name and they first thought I said "Taco Elf" and, honestly, I'd read that series if it were real.
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Just re-upped some previous Otaku Elf pics I posted. Including an attempt at recreating a cover in Animal Crossing.
It's a fun, chill series.
When I first got into it, I told my kids the name and they first thought I said "Taco Elf" and, honestly, I'd read that series if it were real.
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Just re-upped some previous Otaku Elf pics I posted. Including an attempt at recreating a cover in Animal Crossing.
It's a fun, chill series.
When I first got into it, I told my kids the name and they first thought I said "Taco Elf" and, honestly, I'd read that series if it were real.
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 8
Every volume of Otaku Elf flies by. Not a lot happens. it's a slice of life series about a geeky elf who is the local deity for a small temple and her miko (Shrine Maiden). It's day to day life of the elf not wanting to go out much, playing games, talking about her past as she has lived a long, long life, and day to day stuff of our miko as she is in school.
It's a mix of Japanese history lesson with about their culture in the past with slice of life.
It's very chill. And I appreciate that.
Anyway, enjoyed it. Will probably enjoy Volume 9 whenever it drops.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 8
Every volume of Otaku Elf flies by. Not a lot happens. it's a slice of life series about a geeky elf who is the local deity for a small temple and her miko (Shrine Maiden). It's day to day life of the elf not wanting to go out much, playing games, talking about her past as she has lived a long, long life, and day to day stuff of our miko as she is in school.
It's a mix of Japanese history lesson with about their culture in the past with slice of life.
It's very chill. And I appreciate that.
Anyway, enjoyed it. Will probably enjoy Volume 9 whenever it drops.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 8
Every volume of Otaku Elf flies by. Not a lot happens. it's a slice of life series about a geeky elf who is the local deity for a small temple and her miko (Shrine Maiden). It's day to day life of the elf not wanting to go out much, playing games, talking about her past as she has lived a long, long life, and day to day stuff of our miko as she is in school.
It's a mix of Japanese history lesson with about their culture in the past with slice of life.
It's very chill. And I appreciate that.
Anyway, enjoyed it. Will probably enjoy Volume 9 whenever it drops.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 8
Every volume of Otaku Elf flies by. Not a lot happens. it's a slice of life series about a geeky elf who is the local deity for a small temple and her miko (Shrine Maiden). It's day to day life of the elf not wanting to go out much, playing games, talking about her past as she has lived a long, long life, and day to day stuff of our miko as she is in school.
It's a mix of Japanese history lesson with about their culture in the past with slice of life.
It's very chill. And I appreciate that.
Anyway, enjoyed it. Will probably enjoy Volume 9 whenever it drops.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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New Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 8
Every volume of Otaku Elf flies by. Not a lot happens. it's a slice of life series about a geeky elf who is the local deity for a small temple and her miko (Shrine Maiden). It's day to day life of the elf not wanting to go out much, playing games, talking about her past as she has lived a long, long life, and day to day stuff of our miko as she is in school.
It's a mix of Japanese history lesson with about their culture in the past with slice of life.
It's very chill. And I appreciate that.
Anyway, enjoyed it. Will probably enjoy Volume 9 whenever it drops.
#Manga #MangaReview #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #MangaPost #MangaRecommendation #InstaManga #MangaLover #MangaReader #AmReading #AkihikoHiguchi #HiguchiAkihiko #OtakuElf #江戸前エル #EdomaeElf #Bookstodon
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Today's #AnimeKnockoff is WcDonald's, a knockoff of McDonald's, from "Otaku Elf".
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Today's #AnimeKnockoff is WcDonald's, a knockoff of McDonald's, from "Otaku Elf".
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Today's #AnimeKnockoff is WcDonald's, a knockoff of McDonald's, from "Otaku Elf".
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Today's #AnimeKnockoff is WcDonald's, a knockoff of McDonald's, from "Otaku Elf".
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Today's #AnimeKnockoff is WcDonald's, a knockoff of McDonald's, from "Otaku Elf".
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So, I decided to take a stab at recreating another manga cover in Animal Crossing
This time, I went with Otaku Elf, Volume 6. I figured I could try to get the angle and the room setup with Gloria and Shino serving as Koito and Elda, respectively.
Making the screenshot LOOK like a manga cover was...harder. But, I like it!
If only I had any Photoshop skills at all...
#ACNH #AnimalCrossing #VideoGames #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #ACNHScreenshots #ACNHCommunity #あつもり #あつ森 #CozyGames #ACNHInspo #ACNHIdeas #ACNHCreator #CozyGamer #CozyGaming #Manga #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #OtakuElf #AkihikoHiguchi #江戸前エルフ #EdomaeElf
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So, I decided to take a stab at recreating another manga cover in Animal Crossing
This time, I went with Otaku Elf, Volume 6. I figured I could try to get the angle and the room setup with Gloria and Shino serving as Koito and Elda, respectively.
Making the screenshot LOOK like a manga cover was...harder. But, I like it!
If only I had any Photoshop skills at all...
#ACNH #AnimalCrossing #VideoGames #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #ACNHScreenshots #ACNHCommunity #あつもり #あつ森 #CozyGames #ACNHInspo #ACNHIdeas #ACNHCreator #CozyGamer #CozyGaming #Manga #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #OtakuElf #AkihikoHiguchi #江戸前エルフ #EdomaeElf
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So, I decided to take a stab at recreating another manga cover in Animal Crossing
This time, I went with Otaku Elf, Volume 6. I figured I could try to get the angle and the room setup with Gloria and Shino serving as Koito and Elda, respectively.
Making the screenshot LOOK like a manga cover was...harder. But, I like it!
If only I had any Photoshop skills at all...
#ACNH #AnimalCrossing #VideoGames #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #ACNHScreenshots #ACNHCommunity #あつもり #あつ森 #CozyGames #ACNHInspo #ACNHIdeas #ACNHCreator #CozyGamer #CozyGaming #Manga #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #OtakuElf #AkihikoHiguchi #江戸前エルフ #EdomaeElf
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So, I decided to take a stab at recreating another manga cover in Animal Crossing
This time, I went with Otaku Elf, Volume 6. I figured I could try to get the angle and the room setup with Gloria and Shino serving as Koito and Elda, respectively.
Making the screenshot LOOK like a manga cover was...harder. But, I like it!
If only I had any Photoshop skills at all...
#ACNH #AnimalCrossing #VideoGames #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #ACNHScreenshots #ACNHCommunity #あつもり #あつ森 #CozyGames #ACNHInspo #ACNHIdeas #ACNHCreator #CozyGamer #CozyGaming #Manga #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #OtakuElf #AkihikoHiguchi #江戸前エルフ #EdomaeElf
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So, I decided to take a stab at recreating another manga cover in Animal Crossing
This time, I went with Otaku Elf, Volume 6. I figured I could try to get the angle and the room setup with Gloria and Shino serving as Koito and Elda, respectively.
Making the screenshot LOOK like a manga cover was...harder. But, I like it!
If only I had any Photoshop skills at all...
#ACNH #AnimalCrossing #VideoGames #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #ACNHScreenshots #ACNHCommunity #あつもり #あつ森 #CozyGames #ACNHInspo #ACNHIdeas #ACNHCreator #CozyGamer #CozyGaming #Manga #Mangagram #MangaCommunity #OtakuElf #AkihikoHiguchi #江戸前エルフ #EdomaeElf
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Recently, I’ve been catching up on Dungeon Meshi, and I’ve been entertained by how Marcille reacts to Laios’ dietary ideas in the dungeon. Her panicky and rather frantic personality is so opposite of Frieren. As if it’s not apparent enough, each of them has their own quirks.
Frieren loves weird magic spells, procrastinate almost everything for months, and enjoy her own company. So much so, she was oblivious to Himmel’s attention years ago when they were in an adventuring party together. However, Frieren is still at least more sociable than Elda from Otaku Elf.
If we think about it, the elves in recent anime are far from the typical fantasy elves. Elves, in these past few seasons, have been receiving a new-found love in the community. Where the usual elves of fantasy world are often mystical, sacred, or even evilish in nature, what we’ve gotten so far are some of the quirkiest elves ever.
In anime and western media, they do have a bit of difference. I think anime elves are more playful compared to the other. This is true even in older anime. I finished watching Record of Lodoss War (the 1990 one) a few weeks ago, and in that anime there is the best anime elf so far, Deedlit. To me, she shows the best of a character with a charming personality blended in the typical elven myths and stories.
How Elves Are Usually Depicted Anyway?
Deedlit by Yutaka IzubuchiElves have been associated to mystical tropes since the earliest of its depiction in literature. As I was doing the research for this, what tickled me is that elves were thought to be the possible cause of a sudden twitching in an old English medical text.
The elves like we know today might be closer to those in Norse mythology. They even have terms for two contrasting type of elves, Dökkálfar (Dark Elves) and Ljósálfar (Light Elves). Just like in Record of Lodoss War with Deedlit who is a high elf, and Pirotess who is a dark elf.
Of course, modern media like anime takes inspiration from myths and folklore. But, some are more faithful to the olden legends, so to speak. For example, Cate Blanchett’s Galadriel in LOTR pretty much exudes the expected sacredness and beauty a traditional elf would have.
Tsundere Elf from Isekai OjisanHowever, anime is more playful with their idea of elves. There are no shortage of elves with the typical anime tropes like the tsundere. Take Elga from Isekai Ojisan for instance. She’s a tsundere, but with her full name Suzailgiererzegalnelvzegilreagranzelga Elga, there is a bit of “classic mythical elf” trope in her.
Plus, she wields ancient artifact armor and weapon. Still, when it comes to today’s elves, they’re just so different from those who preceded them. Let me explain for a bit.
Today’s Elves Are Way More Relatable
Now this is “literally me!”Now, elves feel more like a group of people we could stumble upon anywhere, in random bars, perhaps. If anything, they are more relatable than ever. We might admire elves like Deedlit and Galadriel, but I see less way we can say, “she’s just like me” in them.
Some people are picky eaters, some are introverts who enjoy their figurines. Some would just hyperfixate on their hobby and by the time they “wake up” they’re already sixty, so are our elves in these anime I’ve mentioned.
Marcille from Dungeon MeshiFrieren, Marcille, and Elda are much more relatable. If we had to eat monster meat, of course, we would have the same reactions as Marcille’s. If we have lived for a thousand years, of course, we’d think of time differently, like Frieren. And for some people, spending the day the way Elda does, staying inside and not meeting anyone, sound like heaven.
What does raising their relatability do to elves? Does it simply make them more captivating to the audience? Are we taking advantage from the parasocial fans who get overly attached to the characters? Not really, in my humble opinion, making these elves more relatable means highlighting very human stories.
Humanizing The Long Ears Folk
Twelve more hours, please.The big thing with relatability is what kind of audience the anime is trying to bring in. We don’t live in a fantasy world, so of course, all the relatable problems will be humans problem.
Frieren touches themes of grief, death, and regret. Something heavy, yet every one of us will or have experienced them at one point in our lives. Despite that, this anime lightheartedly shows the usual daily life of hers. It adds to the relatability, after all.
By showing her not able to wake up early, fumbling the best man to ever lived, really makes her feels very human. After all, those are common issues that we have as regular people. Even if she’s supposed to be a thousand years old great mage, there is an imperfect side of her that we can all see, relate, and empathize.
Losing The Mythical Aura
If you tell people who don’t watch anime that this stuck-in-a-mimic-elf is the world’s savior, they’ll look at you weird.There is one downside in twisting the usual elf trope. In old stories, we mostly see them shrouded in a mythical aura. Take Skyrim for example, the high elves are the most attuned with magic, thus the Thalmor often see themselves to be superior to others. The dunmer, or dark elves, have to live with a curse after the event of Oblivion. And, the wood elves are a tribe of ritualistic cannibalism lorewise. There is so much lore to discover behind the elves of Tamriel.
There is something creepy yet enticing in each type of elves in Skyrim. The feeling that I get from them is like when I first learned about the lore of Predator and the blooding ritual, especially when it comes to the wood elves. It’s something that lacks or even outright nonexistent with the relatable elves.
Maybe, this is an inevitable trade-off. When we strip the myth out of fantasy characters, they’ll appear as the human who wrote them. If there is an anime that showcases the daily life of a mythical elf, the elf would have extremely different lifestyle and culture, rendering them to sound out of touch from humanities.
https://seinenrider.com/2024/02/17/the-elves-in-todays-anime/
#Anime #animeTropes #Deedlit #DungeonMeshi #Elf #fantasy #Frieren #OtakuElf #RecordOfLodossWar #TropesInAnime
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Recently, I’ve been catching up on Dungeon Meshi, and I’ve been entertained by how Marcille reacts to Laios’ dietary ideas in the dungeon. Her panicky and rather frantic personality is so opposite of Frieren. As if it’s not apparent enough, each of them has their own quirks.
Frieren loves weird magic spells, procrastinate almost everything for months, and enjoy her own company. So much so, she was oblivious to Himmel’s attention years ago when they were in an adventuring party together. However, Frieren is still at least more sociable than Elda from Otaku Elf.
If we think about it, the elves in recent anime are far from the typical fantasy elves. Elves, in these past few seasons, have been receiving a new-found love in the community. Where the usual elves of fantasy world are often mystical, sacred, or even evilish in nature, what we’ve gotten so far are some of the quirkiest elves ever.
In anime and western media, they do have a bit of difference. I think anime elves are more playful compared to the other. This is true even in older anime. I finished watching Record of Lodoss War (the 1990 one) a few weeks ago, and in that anime there is the best anime elf so far, Deedlit. To me, she shows the best of a character with a charming personality blended in the typical elven myths and stories.
How Elves Are Usually Depicted Anyway?
Deedlit by Yutaka IzubuchiElves have been associated to mystical tropes since the earliest of its depiction in literature. As I was doing the research for this, what tickled me is that elves were thought to be the possible cause of a sudden twitching in an old English medical text.
The elves like we know today might be closer to those in Norse mythology. They even have terms for two contrasting type of elves, Dökkálfar (Dark Elves) and Ljósálfar (Light Elves). Just like in Record of Lodoss War with Deedlit who is a high elf, and Pirotess who is a dark elf.
Of course, modern media like anime takes inspiration from myths and folklore. But, some are more faithful to the olden legends, so to speak. For example, Cate Blanchett’s Galadriel in LOTR pretty much exudes the expected sacredness and beauty a traditional elf would have.
Tsundere Elf from Isekai OjisanHowever, anime is more playful with their idea of elves. There are no shortage of elves with the typical anime tropes like the tsundere. Take Elga from Isekai Ojisan for instance. She’s a tsundere, but with her full name Suzailgiererzegalnelvzegilreagranzelga Elga, there is a bit of “classic mythical elf” trope in her.
Plus, she wields ancient artifact armor and weapon. Still, when it comes to today’s elves, they’re just so different from those who preceded them. Let me explain for a bit.
Today’s Elves Are Way More Relatable
Now this is “literally me!”Now, elves feel more like a group of people we could stumble upon anywhere, in random bars, perhaps. If anything, they are more relatable than ever. We might admire elves like Deedlit and Galadriel, but I see less way we can say, “she’s just like me” in them.
Some people are picky eaters, some are introverts who enjoy their figurines. Some would just hyperfixate on their hobby and by the time they “wake up” they’re already sixty, so are our elves in these anime I’ve mentioned.
Marcille from Dungeon MeshiFrieren, Marcille, and Elda are much more relatable. If we had to eat monster meat, of course, we would have the same reactions as Marcille’s. If we have lived for a thousand years, of course, we’d think of time differently, like Frieren. And for some people, spending the day the way Elda does, staying inside and not meeting anyone, sound like heaven.
What does raising their relatability do to elves? Does it simply make them more captivating to the audience? Are we taking advantage from the parasocial fans who get overly attached to the characters? Not really, in my humble opinion, making these elves more relatable means highlighting very human stories.
Humanizing The Long Ears Folk
Twelve more hours, please.The big thing with relatability is what kind of audience the anime is trying to bring in. We don’t live in a fantasy world, so of course, all the relatable problems will be humans problem.
Frieren touches themes of grief, death, and regret. Something heavy, yet every one of us will or have experienced them at one point in our lives. Despite that, this anime lightheartedly shows the usual daily life of hers. It adds to the relatability, after all.
By showing her not able to wake up early, fumbling the best man to ever lived, really makes her feels very human. After all, those are common issues that we have as regular people. Even if she’s supposed to be a thousand years old great mage, there is an imperfect side of her that we can all see, relate, and empathize.
Losing The Mythical Aura
If you tell people who don’t watch anime that this stuck-in-a-mimic-elf is the world’s savior, they’ll look at you weird.There is one downside in twisting the usual elf trope. In old stories, we mostly see them shrouded in a mythical aura. Take Skyrim for example, the high elves are the most attuned with magic, thus the Thalmor often see themselves to be superior to others. The dunmer, or dark elves, have to live with a curse after the event of Oblivion. And, the wood elves are a tribe of ritualistic cannibalism lorewise. There is so much lore to discover behind the elves of Tamriel.
There is something creepy yet enticing in each type of elves in Skyrim. The feeling that I get from them is like when I first learned about the lore of Predator and the blooding ritual, especially when it comes to the wood elves. It’s something that lacks or even outright nonexistent with the relatable elves.
Maybe, this is an inevitable trade-off. When we strip the myth out of fantasy characters, they’ll appear as the human who wrote them. If there is an anime that showcases the daily life of a mythical elf, the elf would have extremely different lifestyle and culture, rendering them to sound out of touch from humanities.
https://seinenrider.com/2024/02/17/the-elves-in-todays-anime/
#Anime #Frieren #TropesInAnime #animeTropes #fantasy #Elf #OtakuElf #DungeonMeshi #Deedlit #RecordOfLodossWar
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Recently, I’ve been catching up on Dungeon Meshi, and I’ve been entertained by how Marcille reacts to Laios’ dietary ideas in the dungeon. Her panicky and rather frantic personality is so opposite of Frieren. As if it’s not apparent enough, each of them has their own quirks.
Frieren loves weird magic spells, procrastinate almost everything for months, and enjoy her own company. So much so, she was oblivious to Himmel’s attention years ago when they were in an adventuring party together. However, Frieren is still at least more sociable than Elda from Otaku Elf.
If we think about it, the elves in recent anime are far from the typical fantasy elves. Elves, in these past few seasons, have been receiving a new-found love in the community. Where the usual elves of fantasy world are often mystical, sacred, or even evilish in nature, what we’ve gotten so far are some of the quirkiest elves ever.
In anime and western media, they do have a bit of difference. I think anime elves are more playful compared to the other. This is true even in older anime. I finished watching Record of Lodoss War (the 1990 one) a few weeks ago, and in that anime there is the best anime elf so far, Deedlit. To me, she shows the best of a character with a charming personality blended in the typical elven myths and stories.
How Elves Are Usually Depicted Anyway?
Deedlit by Yutaka IzubuchiElves have been associated to mystical tropes since the earliest of its depiction in literature. As I was doing the research for this, what tickled me is that elves were thought to be the possible cause of a sudden twitching in an old English medical text.
The elves like we know today might be closer to those in Norse mythology. They even have terms for two contrasting type of elves, Dökkálfar (Dark Elves) and Ljósálfar (Light Elves). Just like in Record of Lodoss War with Deedlit who is a high elf, and Pirotess who is a dark elf.
Of course, modern media like anime takes inspiration from myths and folklore. But, some are more faithful to the olden legends, so to speak. For example, Cate Blanchett’s Galadriel in LOTR pretty much exudes the expected sacredness and beauty a traditional elf would have.
Tsundere Elf from Isekai OjisanHowever, anime is more playful with their idea of elves. There are no shortage of elves with the typical anime tropes like the tsundere. Take Elga from Isekai Ojisan for instance. She’s a tsundere, but with her full name Suzailgiererzegalnelvzegilreagranzelga Elga, there is a bit of “classic mythical elf” trope in her.
Plus, she wields ancient artifact armor and weapon. Still, when it comes to today’s elves, they’re just so different from those who preceded them. Let me explain for a bit.
Today’s Elves Are Way More Relatable
Now this is “literally me!”Now, elves feel more like a group of people we could stumble upon anywhere, in random bars, perhaps. If anything, they are more relatable than ever. We might admire elves like Deedlit and Galadriel, but I see less way we can say, “she’s just like me” in them.
Some people are picky eaters, some are introverts who enjoy their figurines. Some would just hyperfixate on their hobby and by the time they “wake up” they’re already sixty, so are our elves in these anime I’ve mentioned.
Marcille from Dungeon MeshiFrieren, Marcille, and Elda are much more relatable. If we had to eat monster meat, of course, we would have the same reactions as Marcille’s. If we have lived for a thousand years, of course, we’d think of time differently, like Frieren. And for some people, spending the day the way Elda does, staying inside and not meeting anyone, sound like heaven.
What does raising their relatability do to elves? Does it simply make them more captivating to the audience? Are we taking advantage from the parasocial fans who get overly attached to the characters? Not really, in my humble opinion, making these elves more relatable means highlighting very human stories.
Humanizing The Long Ears Folk
Twelve more hours, please.The big thing with relatability is what kind of audience the anime is trying to bring in. We don’t live in a fantasy world, so of course, all the relatable problems will be humans problem.
Frieren touches themes of grief, death, and regret. Something heavy, yet every one of us will or have experienced them at one point in our lives. Despite that, this anime lightheartedly shows the usual daily life of hers. It adds to the relatability, after all.
By showing her not able to wake up early, fumbling the best man to ever lived, really makes her feels very human. After all, those are common issues that we have as regular people. Even if she’s supposed to be a thousand years old great mage, there is an imperfect side of her that we can all see, relate, and empathize.
Losing The Mythical Aura
If you tell people who don’t watch anime that this stuck-in-a-mimic-elf is the world’s savior, they’ll look at you weird.There is one downside in twisting the usual elf trope. In old stories, we mostly see them shrouded in a mythical aura. Take Skyrim for example, the high elves are the most attuned with magic, thus the Thalmor often see themselves to be superior to others. The dunmer, or dark elves, have to live with a curse after the event of Oblivion. And, the wood elves are a tribe of ritualistic cannibalism lorewise. There is so much lore to discover behind the elves of Tamriel.
There is something creepy yet enticing in each type of elves in Skyrim. The feeling that I get from them is like when I first learned about the lore of Predator and the blooding ritual, especially when it comes to the wood elves. It’s something that lacks or even outright nonexistent with the relatable elves.
Maybe, this is an inevitable trade-off. When we strip the myth out of fantasy characters, they’ll appear as the human who wrote them. If there is an anime that showcases the daily life of a mythical elf, the elf would have extremely different lifestyle and culture, rendering them to sound out of touch from humanities.
https://seinenrider.com/2024/02/17/the-elves-in-todays-anime/
#Anime #animeTropes #Deedlit #DungeonMeshi #Elf #fantasy #Frieren #OtakuElf #RecordOfLodossWar #TropesInAnime
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Otaku elf is real, guys.
They're adding roombas to clean the Kanda Shrine. The shrine in the manga/anime is an amalgamation of various IRL shrines, but this is one of them.
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Otaku elf is real, guys.
They're adding roombas to clean the Kanda Shrine. The shrine in the manga/anime is an amalgamation of various IRL shrines, but this is one of them.
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Otaku elf is real, guys.
They're adding roombas to clean the Kanda Shrine. The shrine in the manga/anime is an amalgamation of various IRL shrines, but this is one of them.
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Otaku elf is real, guys.
They're adding roombas to clean the Kanda Shrine. The shrine in the manga/anime is an amalgamation of various IRL shrines, but this is one of them.
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Otaku elf is real, guys.
They're adding roombas to clean the Kanda Shrine. The shrine in the manga/anime is an amalgamation of various IRL shrines, but this is one of them.
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Otaku Elf is a pretty cozy anime. But, I wish it went more into the negative impact being immortal has had on Elda. It's the whole reason she became a hikikomori, after all.
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Otaku Elf is a pretty cozy anime. But, I wish it went more into the negative impact being immortal has had on Elda. It's the whole reason she became a hikikomori, after all.
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Otaku Elf is a pretty cozy anime. But, I wish it went more into the negative impact being immortal has had on Elda. It's the whole reason she became a hikikomori, after all.
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Otaku Elf is a pretty cozy anime. But, I wish it went more into the negative impact being immortal has had on Elda. It's the whole reason she became a hikikomori, after all.
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The three shrines containing elves in Otaku Elf are Takamimi, Hiromimi, and Uramimi. Mimi (耳/みみ) is the word for ear. Can you guess why these shrines are named after ears?
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The three shrines containing elves in Otaku Elf are Takamimi, Hiromimi, and Uramimi. Mimi (耳/みみ) is the word for ear. Can you guess why these shrines are named after ears?
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The three shrines containing elves in Otaku Elf are Takamimi, Hiromimi, and Uramimi. Mimi (耳/みみ) is the word for ear. Can you guess why these shrines are named after ears?
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The three shrines containing elves in Otaku Elf are Takamimi, Hiromimi, and Uramimi. Mimi (耳/みみ) is the word for ear. Can you guess why these shrines are named after ears?
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Otaku Elf is a comedy, slice of life anime about an elf summoned from another world and enshrined as a local deity. Obviously, the elf is also an otaku.
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Otaku Elf is a comedy, slice of life anime about an elf summoned from another world and enshrined as a local deity. Obviously, the elf is also an otaku.
