Elf-san wa Yaserarenai.

Tomoatsu Naoe leads an ordinary life working as a massage therapist, but this changes when he encounters a peculiar client named Erufuda. During her visit, Naoe discovers her secret: she is actually an elf! After leaving her world, Erufuda fell in love with junk food and now cannot return home because of her weight gain.

Naoe decides to help the elf with dieting so that she can eventually go back to her world. Although Erufuda puts in the work and reaches her goal, it does not take long for Naoe to stumble upon her again—and she has regained the lost pounds. As Naoe continues to give her advice, the two begin encountering other people from another world, all with the same desire to lose weight.

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Erufuda Main

Itou, Ayasa Japanese

Naoe, Tomoatsu Main

Ishii, Takahide Japanese

Oga Supporting

Fukuhara, Ayaka Japanese

Kuroeda Supporting

Hasegawa, Rena Japanese

Satero Supporting

Iguchi, Yuka Japanese

Gonda Supporting

Shimada, Aino Japanese

Raika Supporting

Asahina, Madoka Japanese

Mero Supporting

Tokui, Sora Japanese

Kusahanada Supporting

Kubota, Miyu Japanese

Ooeda Supporting

Ishigami, Shizuka Japanese

Tokoro, Toshikatsu Director

Yamaguchi, Takayuki Sound Director

Iguchi, Yuka Theme Song Performance

Uchida, Aya Theme Song Performance

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Sep 21, 2024

bossunhimeswitch

Recommended

This anime took a standard anime idea "find all the reasons for the cast to take their clothes off" and really made it entertaining and funny. The characters were endearing and at times absurd. They also managed to ride the line of lovable aholes too. I wasn't sure what kind of humor I'd encounter when I started watching it since frequently things with plus sized in the title can nose dive into just straight up bullying to audience, but this anime didn't come off like that to me. It came off more like the creator realized that he could draw all the big boobs he ... wanted if he just made the ladies big too, and I appreciated that.

If you're looking for a silly, flirty, lulzy time then this anime is for you. If you want something with a little more substance and less focus on exercise and diet, then you might want to look elsewhere.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 22, 2024

ashwin_88

Mixed Feelings

not sure about the show its like watching a bad porn but like some aspects like their training detail stuff the methods the protagonist uses in progress of weight reduction but its like watching ecchi stuff without getting a bonner.The show has a unique take but fails to deliver like manga some suggested,not super sure about the future of this anime but hopes are high if it gets a second season. Majority believe the characters require more development and details completely lacked on that stuff,the art system is okay but can do more justice to the characters. If you have not read manga maybe you ... will enjoy a bit

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 21, 2024

KANLen09

Not Recommended

Plus-Sized Elf - Now that's an elf that full of savoury umami...that you don't want to associate with.

With elves slowly taking over the anime realm with perfect examples ranging from Sousou no Frieren a.k.a FrierenL Beyond Journey's End's Frieren to Dungeon Meshi's Marcille Donato, the age of the elves taking over anime would be a dream come true, even if by fantasies alone. But sometimes, having a goal sometimes be tripped up by some acid-fueled deterioration, and this would result in some unsatisfactory results, as in the case for Hentai mangaka Synecdoche's Elf-san wa Yaserarenai. a.k.a Plus-Sized Elf.

Get this: pair Queen's iconic Bohemian Rhapsody lyrics ... of "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a (plus-sized) landslide, no escape from reality!" with the combination of a world that's both human and fantasy, and you get a rather unhinged world where humans are typical, and fantasy beings like elves are atypical, maybe even more when they're fat, plus-sized, gluttons. This is the scenario of the osteopathic seitai massage practitioner Tomonatsu Naoe helping to relieve his clients' musculoskeletal systems in the relaxation clinic that is Smiley Boar alongside his director Ahiko Ino, with the latter not realizing that the clients that her co-workers handle aren't quite the human figures they are, ranging from the series' titular female MC Elfuda to mythical creatures like an alraune, ogre and the like. Elfuda's problem is simple: she does not exercise, consumes way too much fat through a rather obsessive addiction to French fries, and seeks help in order to go back to her world through a lift-like mountain apparition that crosses between fantasy and reality. Luckily for her, Naoe is also a dietician since he also preps meal plans for his clients, and the pursuit to lose weight thus begins.

Being as ultra uncensored as it is, I can't help but think that the anime still fails in many regards. First off, if you're the type of person who loves big boobs and the like, you're going to love this show because it literally flashes right in front of your face, and it's quite excessive to a degree that it feels overdone just for the comedic effect. I don't mind the anime operated being a half-episode run series, since most of the manga's stories, while having the semblance of Elfuda's goal and objective to lose weight, cram in as many characters to give diversity not just to Elfuda, but the others...who are also vying for Naoe's human heart...? OK...?

The other characters, say, for example, dark Elf Kuroeda and lycanthrpe Raika, are easily my favourite characters, for the former being a big butt girl and Elfuda's antithesis of natural enemies enough to constantly bicker without fail, and the latter just being fed human food so much that she gained weight just like everyone else. But truth be told, it's a Hentai manga to begin with, so aside from the intentional sexualized poses, nudity, and the like, you want to take as much chance as you can with the human frolicking with as many "dirty" people who're just as frenetic as they come. And as they say: two's a company, three's a crowd, and ten or more just feels overcrowded.

Naturally, Hentai works always have a way to bond together, and in the anime's case, it's Hentai studio Elias producing this rather underwhelming show that is a serious degrade over the manga. If you're a man of culture, I shall withhold my opinions, but let's just say that production values are just mediocre in this one. Same goes with the music, it's all white noise and composed rather poorly, even from a famed group like Real Akiba Boyz for the OP collab.

Nope, I just cannot in good faith recommend Hentai anime this bad, even if it uses exercising and promotion of healthy eating as a way of fitness, as a way to form a story out of it. The one good thing that this show has going for when it does is the teaching intention, which I actually quite enjoy for infotainment at times. But then again, if forcing the expose of boobs and private parts is the sole way for Hentai works to gain notoriety, then it's just in-your-face disgust and not respecting its ecchi origin to begin with.

Skip the show and read the manga, winner winner, healthy eating, plain and simple.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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