Nihon e Youkoso Elf-san. (Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!)

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Japanese: 日本へようこそエルフさん。

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Dec 21, 2018 to ?

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy

Theme: Isekai

Serialization: Comic Fire

Authors: Makishima, Suzuki (Story), Aono, Sumio (Art)

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Score: 7.35¹ (scored by 3,002 users)

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Ranked: #4286²

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Popularity: #1881

Members: 11,361

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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...the elf girl from his dreams?!

Join Kazuhiro on his new adventures through Japan with Ms. Elf!

(Source: J-Novel Club)

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Nihon e Youkoso Elf-san. has been published digitally in English as Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! by J-Novel Club since June 23, 2021.

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Jan 20, 2025

MewsicMagic

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Preliminary (60/? eps)

Nihon e Youkoso Elf-san, or Welcome to Japan Elf-san, a manga that is made only for those who love the recent elf trend coming from Japan. Nah actually, that's a joke, this manga is just pretty good overall. The gist is, MC guy goes into a Isekai like world in his dreams, when he dies or falls asleep there he wakes up in the morning and works his regular day job. One time he dies from dragons breath while on an adventure with an Elf friend he made, except she instead of dying she actually came back to Japan with him!

Yeah, it's a pretty normal ...

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Preliminary (7/? eps)

A decent isekai.

STORY (8/10)
Despite the first chapter being rather boring, it sets up the story well. The manga is about a dude who goes to another world in his dreams and can take certain things over to that side, such as his bento. So he packs lunch every day and goes to the other world to level up and grind experience and such.

One day, he dies in a dragon's nest. However, he did not die alone but instead with his elf friend Mary. When he wakes up due to dying in the dream world, he finds Mary next to him.

The story basically revolves ... around Mary getting used to life in Japan and their adventures going back to the dream world. It uses lighthearted banter to develop the world and philosophy behind these alternate realities and has cute interactions between the characters.

I like how the author pays a lot of attention to minor details, such as how food might not be as advanced in the other world because cooking has not been developed enough technologically due to everyone becoming an adventurer and fighting over stuff.

ART (9/10)
It's good. Kazuhito is a young single salaryman, not an age group you see too often in this medium. He takes on the role of an elder with Mary in his life as he teaches her what life in Japan is like. He looks happy most of the time because he is happy most of the time, and that's consistent enough for me.

Mary's reactions to things are cute, she's drawn well and not oversexualized like many elves are in fantasy manga. Her reactions to modern Japan are the highlights of this manga.

CHARACTER (7/10)
Kazuhito isn't an overpowered mc in the slightest, and this is one of the main reasons the story appeals to me. He does seem a little broken in some parts but this is explained by his unusually long lifespan relative to the dream world. His friendship with Mary seems to be genuine, despite all the jokes about it revolving around food, and he's an overall normal guy who acts normally.

Mary seems haughty at first, but she is revealed to be a good person—er, elf. This isn't to say that she's a cardboard cut-out tsundere, it's just that she seems to have this air of superiority (she does know more about the other world than Kazuhito, and she helps him in this aspect) that she immediately drops once she tastes Japanese food. She's also a proud magician and it's noted that she doesn't want to ride a car until she understands how it works, which is pretty impressive and fits well with her personality. Her reactions are pretty wholesome.

The dragon is relatively new to the manga but she seems like a rather fun character as well, although a bit cliche. The worldbuilding is consistent, though full of fantasy tropes, as expected.

ENJOYMENT (7/10)
I didn't particularly see any specific aspect of this manga that excels. Of course, this isn't to discredit Nihon e Youkoso Elf-san in any way, because it is a good manga on its own. But it's not anything groundbreaking, even though it is a well-rounded manga that I encourage you to check out if you're interested.

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Preliminary (1/? eps)

The comedy here is extremely weak. So many missed opportunities for reverse isekai jokes and yet they do nothing with it. Is eating food that tastes good supposed to be comedy now? I have no idea what they were thinking with this manga. It's like they couldn't decide between boring isekai adventure and boring isekai romance. There's a lot of action but it's completely forgettable. The characters are silly but there are no jokes. If they actually developed the romance seriously this could have been interesting, but apparently fighting random monsters is where the entertainment is at. It's obvious they took zero risk with this ...

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