Plus-Sized Elf | |
エルフさんは痩せられない。 (Erufu-san wa Yaserarenai) | |
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Genre | Comedy [1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Synecdoche |
Published by |
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English publisher | |
Imprint |
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Magazine |
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Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | December 21, 2016 – May 29, 2021 |
Volumes | 8 |
Manga | |
Plus-Sized Elf: Second Helping! | |
Written by | Synecdoche |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
English publisher |
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Imprint | Young Champion Comics |
Magazine | Dokodemo Young Champion |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | October 26, 2021 – present |
Volumes | 3 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Toshikatsu Tokoro |
Written by | Yuki Takabayashi |
Music by | Cher Watanabe |
Studio | Elias |
Licensed by | Sentai Filmworks |
Original network | Tokyo MX, BS11, AT-X |
Original run | July 7, 2024 – present |
Episodes | 2 |
Plus-Sized Elf ( Japanese: エルフさんは痩せられない。, Hepburn: Erufu-san wa Yaserarenai, lit. 'Ms. Elf Can't Lose Weight') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Synecdoche. It was originally serialized on Wani Books' Comic Gum website from December 2016 to June 2020, with its individual chapters collected into eight tankōbon volumes. [2] After Wani Books' license to the series expired, Synecdoche self-published the series from April to May 2021, then started a continuation manga titled Plus-Sized Elf: Second Helping! (新・エルフさんは痩せられない。, Shin Erufu-san wa Yaserarenai, lit. 'Ms. Elf Can't Lose Weight New') in Akita Shoten's monthly seinen magazine, Dokodemo Young Champion, in October 2021, with its individual chapters collected into three tankōbon volumes. Both manga are licensed for English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. [3] An anime television series adaptation produced by Elias premiered in July 2024.
One night, Tomoatsu Naoe, an osteopathic massage therapist, meets a new client. She is Elfuda, an elf who gained an excessive amount of weight during her stay in the human world by eating french fries, and needs his help shedding pounds so she can be able to return through the portal that leads to her home universe. As Tomoatsu assists with Elfuda's weight loss, many other overweight mythical beings come seeking his help.
Plus-Sized Elf is written and illustrated by Synecdoche. [7] The manga was published digitally by Wani Books on their Comic Gum website from December 21, 2016, [8] until June 17, 2020, [9] at the manga's 45th chapter, before Synecdoche announced that Wani Books' license with the series had ended and that the manga would enter on hiatus in order to find a new publisher; [10] Synecdoche took over posting the 46th and 47th chapters on Twitter, released on April 30 [11] and May 29, 2021, respectively. [12] On September 1, 2021, after revealing that Akita Shoten would be taking over as the series' publisher, Synecdoche ended the first manga and started a sequel, Plus-Sized Elf: Second Helping!, which continues the story. [13] Plus-Sized Elf's chapters have been collected into individual tankōbon volumes across both series. Eight volumes of the original manga were published from June 26, 2017 to November 18, 2021, with Wani Books publishing volumes 1–7 and Akita Shoten publishing the eighth. The first seven volumes were reprinted by Akita Shoten from June 20, 2022 to February 20, 2023. As of January 2024, three volumes of the continuation has been published.
Seven Seas Entertainment acquired Plus-Sized Elf for English publication in North America on November 17, 2017. [14] On March 8, 2023, they acquired its sequel. [15]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | June 26, 2017 (original)
[16] June 20, 2022 (reprint) [17] |
978-4-8470-6801-0 (original) 978-4-2533-0612-6 (reprint) | October 23, 2018 (original)
[18] August 1, 2023 (reprint) [19] |
978-1-6269-2906-7 (original) 978-1-6857-9798-0 (reprint) |
2 | January 25, 2018 (original)
[20] July 20, 2022 (reprint) [21] |
978-4-8470-6811-9 (original) 978-4-2533-0613-3 (reprint) | April 30, 2019 (original)
[22] September 5, 2023 (reprint) [23] |
978-1-6269-2970-8 (original) 978-1-6857-9799-7 (reprint) |
3 | July 25, 2018 (original)
[24] August 19, 2022 (reprint) [25] |
978-4-8470-6823-2 (original) 978-4-2533-0614-0 (reprint) | October 8, 2019 (original)
[26] October 24, 2023 (reprint) [27] |
978-1-6427-5029-4 (original) 979-8-8884-3030-9 (reprint) |
4 | February 25, 2019 (original)
[28] September 20, 2022 (reprint) [29] |
978-4-8470-6836-2 (original) 978-4-2533-0615-7 (reprint) | December 10, 2019 (original)
[30] January 9, 2024 (reprint) [31] |
978-1-6427-5735-4 (original) 979-8-8884-3103-0 (reprint) |
5 | August 24, 2019 (original)
[32] October 20, 2022 (reprint) [33] |
978-4-8470-6848-5 (original) 978-4-2533-0616-4 (reprint) | August 18, 2020 (original)
[34] March 19, 2024 (reprint) [35] |
978-1-6450-5483-2 (original) 979-8-8884-3377-5 (reprint) |
6 | March 25, 2020 (original)
[36] January 20, 2023 (reprint) [37] |
978-4-8470-6853-9 (original) 978-4-2533-0617-1 (reprint) | December 8, 2020 (original)
[38] June 18, 2024 (reprint) [39] |
978-1-6450-5812-0 (original) 979-8-8884-3597-7 (reprint) |
7 | October 24, 2020 (original)
[40] February 20, 2023 (reprint) [41] |
978-4-8470-6857-7 (original) 978-4-2533-0618-8 (reprint) | September 14, 2021 (original)
[42] September 24, 2024 (reprint) [43] |
978-1-6482-7358-2 (original) 979-8-8884-3598-4 (reprint) |
8 | November 18, 2021 [44] | 978-4-2533-0611-9 | December 20, 2022 [45] | 978-1-6385-8562-6 |
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | June 20, 2022 [46] | 978-4-2533-0716-1 | September 26, 2023 [47] | 978-1-6857-9523-8 |
2 | February 20, 2023 [48] | 978-4-2533-0717-8 | February 20, 2024 [49] | 979-8-8884-3080-4 |
3 | January 18, 2024 [50] | 978-4-2533-0718-5 | October 29, 2024 [51] | 979-8-8916-0486-5 |
4 | August 20, 2024 [52] | 978-4-2533-0719-2 | — | — |
An anime television series adaptation was announced on January 15, 2024. [53] [6] It will be produced by Elias and directed by Toshikatsu Tokoro, with scripts written by Yuki Takabayashi, characters designed by Katsuyuki Sato, and music composed by Cher Watanabe. [54] The series premiered on July 7, 2024. [55] [5] [a] The opening theme song is "Fried☆Pride" (フライド☆プライド, Furaido☆Puraido), performed by Real Akiba Boyz, while the ending theme is "Minna de Diet" (みんなDEダイエット, Min'na de Daietto, lit. 'Let's Diet Together!'), performed by the cast of the show. [56] Sentai Filmworks licensed the series in North America, Australia and British Isles for streaming on HIDIVE, simulcasting the uncensored version. [57] [58]
No. | Title [59] [60] | Directed by [b] | Written by [b] | Storyboarded by [b] | Original air date [61] [a] | |
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1 | "The Elf of the Forest" Transliteration: "Mori no Yōsei" ( Japanese: 森の妖精) | TBA | TBA | TBA | July 7, 2024 | |
Tomoatsu Naoe, an employee at the Smiley Boar relaxation clinic, is charged with taking care of the last customer of the day, an extremely obese woman by the name of Elfuda who wants to slim down. As he gives her a massage, her cap slips off, revealing a set of long pointed ears identifying her as an elf. Elfuda has come through a portal from another world to partake in Earth's French fries, which she has come to enjoy over her own world's bland diet, but is now unfortunately stuck on Earth because she must have the same weight she had at her arrival to be able to use the portal again. Forced to cooperate, Naoe subjects Elfuda to a strictly regulated dietary and exercise regimen. One month later, Elfuda is back to her former slender self. She returns home, but soon afterward Naoe encounters her again in a fast food restaurant, once more with an obese figure from overeating on fries and overconfident about Earth's weight-loss treatments. At a nearby convenience store, a female employee is revealed as a dark elf. | ||||||
2 | "The Dark Elf and the Beautiful Flower" Transliteration: "Yami no Yōsei to Uruwashi no Hana" ( Japanese: 闇の妖精と麗しの花) | Toshikatsu Tokoro | Yuki Takabayashi | Toshikatsu Tokoro | July 14, 2024 | |
Late at night, Naoe and Elfuda happen to run into each other at a convenience store, where they are both buying snacks. Here, they both meet Kuroeda, the store's cashier and only employee. With Elfuda being an elf and Kuroeda being a dark elf, the two women are immediately at odds, as their races are sworn enemies towards each other in their world. Having learned about Elfuda's prior results with Naoe's weight loss regimen, Kuroeda requests his assistance to help slim down her big butt in order for her to properly wear her special garment that allows her to use magic. Naoe helps her by giving her a calf massage, then further suggests lower body exercises like calf raises, lunges, and squats. Afterwards, Naoe meets Kusahanada, an Alraune who runs a flower shop and suffers from shoulder pain due to a large flower growing on her head in the continuous sunny weather. Noticing her poor posture, he gives her a corrective back brace, plus a umbrella to shade her flower in the sunlight. As a token of her thanks, Kusahanada gives Naoe two spa coupons, but tells him to beware of an ogre that appears at the sauna at night. |
Plus-Sized Elf | |
エルフさんは痩せられない。 (Erufu-san wa Yaserarenai) | |
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Genre | Comedy [1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Synecdoche |
Published by |
|
English publisher | |
Imprint |
|
Magazine |
|
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | December 21, 2016 – May 29, 2021 |
Volumes | 8 |
Manga | |
Plus-Sized Elf: Second Helping! | |
Written by | Synecdoche |
Published by | Akita Shoten |
English publisher |
|
Imprint | Young Champion Comics |
Magazine | Dokodemo Young Champion |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | October 26, 2021 – present |
Volumes | 3 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Toshikatsu Tokoro |
Written by | Yuki Takabayashi |
Music by | Cher Watanabe |
Studio | Elias |
Licensed by | Sentai Filmworks |
Original network | Tokyo MX, BS11, AT-X |
Original run | July 7, 2024 – present |
Episodes | 2 |
Plus-Sized Elf ( Japanese: エルフさんは痩せられない。, Hepburn: Erufu-san wa Yaserarenai, lit. 'Ms. Elf Can't Lose Weight') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Synecdoche. It was originally serialized on Wani Books' Comic Gum website from December 2016 to June 2020, with its individual chapters collected into eight tankōbon volumes. [2] After Wani Books' license to the series expired, Synecdoche self-published the series from April to May 2021, then started a continuation manga titled Plus-Sized Elf: Second Helping! (新・エルフさんは痩せられない。, Shin Erufu-san wa Yaserarenai, lit. 'Ms. Elf Can't Lose Weight New') in Akita Shoten's monthly seinen magazine, Dokodemo Young Champion, in October 2021, with its individual chapters collected into three tankōbon volumes. Both manga are licensed for English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. [3] An anime television series adaptation produced by Elias premiered in July 2024.
One night, Tomoatsu Naoe, an osteopathic massage therapist, meets a new client. She is Elfuda, an elf who gained an excessive amount of weight during her stay in the human world by eating french fries, and needs his help shedding pounds so she can be able to return through the portal that leads to her home universe. As Tomoatsu assists with Elfuda's weight loss, many other overweight mythical beings come seeking his help.
Plus-Sized Elf is written and illustrated by Synecdoche. [7] The manga was published digitally by Wani Books on their Comic Gum website from December 21, 2016, [8] until June 17, 2020, [9] at the manga's 45th chapter, before Synecdoche announced that Wani Books' license with the series had ended and that the manga would enter on hiatus in order to find a new publisher; [10] Synecdoche took over posting the 46th and 47th chapters on Twitter, released on April 30 [11] and May 29, 2021, respectively. [12] On September 1, 2021, after revealing that Akita Shoten would be taking over as the series' publisher, Synecdoche ended the first manga and started a sequel, Plus-Sized Elf: Second Helping!, which continues the story. [13] Plus-Sized Elf's chapters have been collected into individual tankōbon volumes across both series. Eight volumes of the original manga were published from June 26, 2017 to November 18, 2021, with Wani Books publishing volumes 1–7 and Akita Shoten publishing the eighth. The first seven volumes were reprinted by Akita Shoten from June 20, 2022 to February 20, 2023. As of January 2024, three volumes of the continuation has been published.
Seven Seas Entertainment acquired Plus-Sized Elf for English publication in North America on November 17, 2017. [14] On March 8, 2023, they acquired its sequel. [15]
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | June 26, 2017 (original)
[16] June 20, 2022 (reprint) [17] |
978-4-8470-6801-0 (original) 978-4-2533-0612-6 (reprint) | October 23, 2018 (original)
[18] August 1, 2023 (reprint) [19] |
978-1-6269-2906-7 (original) 978-1-6857-9798-0 (reprint) |
2 | January 25, 2018 (original)
[20] July 20, 2022 (reprint) [21] |
978-4-8470-6811-9 (original) 978-4-2533-0613-3 (reprint) | April 30, 2019 (original)
[22] September 5, 2023 (reprint) [23] |
978-1-6269-2970-8 (original) 978-1-6857-9799-7 (reprint) |
3 | July 25, 2018 (original)
[24] August 19, 2022 (reprint) [25] |
978-4-8470-6823-2 (original) 978-4-2533-0614-0 (reprint) | October 8, 2019 (original)
[26] October 24, 2023 (reprint) [27] |
978-1-6427-5029-4 (original) 979-8-8884-3030-9 (reprint) |
4 | February 25, 2019 (original)
[28] September 20, 2022 (reprint) [29] |
978-4-8470-6836-2 (original) 978-4-2533-0615-7 (reprint) | December 10, 2019 (original)
[30] January 9, 2024 (reprint) [31] |
978-1-6427-5735-4 (original) 979-8-8884-3103-0 (reprint) |
5 | August 24, 2019 (original)
[32] October 20, 2022 (reprint) [33] |
978-4-8470-6848-5 (original) 978-4-2533-0616-4 (reprint) | August 18, 2020 (original)
[34] March 19, 2024 (reprint) [35] |
978-1-6450-5483-2 (original) 979-8-8884-3377-5 (reprint) |
6 | March 25, 2020 (original)
[36] January 20, 2023 (reprint) [37] |
978-4-8470-6853-9 (original) 978-4-2533-0617-1 (reprint) | December 8, 2020 (original)
[38] June 18, 2024 (reprint) [39] |
978-1-6450-5812-0 (original) 979-8-8884-3597-7 (reprint) |
7 | October 24, 2020 (original)
[40] February 20, 2023 (reprint) [41] |
978-4-8470-6857-7 (original) 978-4-2533-0618-8 (reprint) | September 14, 2021 (original)
[42] September 24, 2024 (reprint) [43] |
978-1-6482-7358-2 (original) 979-8-8884-3598-4 (reprint) |
8 | November 18, 2021 [44] | 978-4-2533-0611-9 | December 20, 2022 [45] | 978-1-6385-8562-6 |
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
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1 | June 20, 2022 [46] | 978-4-2533-0716-1 | September 26, 2023 [47] | 978-1-6857-9523-8 |
2 | February 20, 2023 [48] | 978-4-2533-0717-8 | February 20, 2024 [49] | 979-8-8884-3080-4 |
3 | January 18, 2024 [50] | 978-4-2533-0718-5 | October 29, 2024 [51] | 979-8-8916-0486-5 |
4 | August 20, 2024 [52] | 978-4-2533-0719-2 | — | — |
An anime television series adaptation was announced on January 15, 2024. [53] [6] It will be produced by Elias and directed by Toshikatsu Tokoro, with scripts written by Yuki Takabayashi, characters designed by Katsuyuki Sato, and music composed by Cher Watanabe. [54] The series premiered on July 7, 2024. [55] [5] [a] The opening theme song is "Fried☆Pride" (フライド☆プライド, Furaido☆Puraido), performed by Real Akiba Boyz, while the ending theme is "Minna de Diet" (みんなDEダイエット, Min'na de Daietto, lit. 'Let's Diet Together!'), performed by the cast of the show. [56] Sentai Filmworks licensed the series in North America, Australia and British Isles for streaming on HIDIVE, simulcasting the uncensored version. [57] [58]
No. | Title [59] [60] | Directed by [b] | Written by [b] | Storyboarded by [b] | Original air date [61] [a] | |
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1 | "The Elf of the Forest" Transliteration: "Mori no Yōsei" ( Japanese: 森の妖精) | TBA | TBA | TBA | July 7, 2024 | |
Tomoatsu Naoe, an employee at the Smiley Boar relaxation clinic, is charged with taking care of the last customer of the day, an extremely obese woman by the name of Elfuda who wants to slim down. As he gives her a massage, her cap slips off, revealing a set of long pointed ears identifying her as an elf. Elfuda has come through a portal from another world to partake in Earth's French fries, which she has come to enjoy over her own world's bland diet, but is now unfortunately stuck on Earth because she must have the same weight she had at her arrival to be able to use the portal again. Forced to cooperate, Naoe subjects Elfuda to a strictly regulated dietary and exercise regimen. One month later, Elfuda is back to her former slender self. She returns home, but soon afterward Naoe encounters her again in a fast food restaurant, once more with an obese figure from overeating on fries and overconfident about Earth's weight-loss treatments. At a nearby convenience store, a female employee is revealed as a dark elf. | ||||||
2 | "The Dark Elf and the Beautiful Flower" Transliteration: "Yami no Yōsei to Uruwashi no Hana" ( Japanese: 闇の妖精と麗しの花) | Toshikatsu Tokoro | Yuki Takabayashi | Toshikatsu Tokoro | July 14, 2024 | |
Late at night, Naoe and Elfuda happen to run into each other at a convenience store, where they are both buying snacks. Here, they both meet Kuroeda, the store's cashier and only employee. With Elfuda being an elf and Kuroeda being a dark elf, the two women are immediately at odds, as their races are sworn enemies towards each other in their world. Having learned about Elfuda's prior results with Naoe's weight loss regimen, Kuroeda requests his assistance to help slim down her big butt in order for her to properly wear her special garment that allows her to use magic. Naoe helps her by giving her a calf massage, then further suggests lower body exercises like calf raises, lunges, and squats. Afterwards, Naoe meets Kusahanada, an Alraune who runs a flower shop and suffers from shoulder pain due to a large flower growing on her head in the continuous sunny weather. Noticing her poor posture, he gives her a corrective back brace, plus a umbrella to shade her flower in the sunlight. As a token of her thanks, Kusahanada gives Naoe two spa coupons, but tells him to beware of an ogre that appears at the sauna at night. |