Plus-Sized Elf, Vol. 3

Plus-Sized Elf #3

by Synecdoche

REVENGE WITH A SIDE OF FRIES!

Ever since a satyress set her sights on Naoe, Elfuda has been guarding her friend round the clock. But when the satyress discovers Elfuda’s weakness for fast food, both Naoe and Elfuda are in for a whole ton of trouble!

Genres: Manga, Comics, Fiction, Fantasy

180 pages, Paperback

First published July 25, 2018

Reviews

[Fan of fanservice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great volume overall. Art style continues to impress me with how well it’s shaded and detailed with cartoon flair. The serious faces as the punchlines was hilarious and made me love this series more. Still has uncensored breasts and doesn’t feel hyper sexual. This is something that I would then say I could recommend this series for really everyone but really if you have the taste for bigger girls. Reminds me of “Do you like big girls?” Which I love lol but way more sexual; they both feature small guy with lots of bigger women around him in harem fashion. I like this version of slice of life because I also learn something about health and fitness in every chapter. They even have food recommendations and workouts for specific body areas; all while being hilarious and relatable.

Third book in and I’m sold. Hope the series continues to impress me! (Now I’m in a moment where the re-release is coming January next year so I’m bummed 😓 but I’ll wait lol)

[Jillian -always aspiring- · Rating 3 out of 5]

2020 Read #413

I really do like the characters, but some of the body imagery with the fanservice still seems excessive.

[Brian Cole · Rating 4 out of 5]

One thing I find fascinating about this series so far is how little romance there is. It has the structure of a harem story but not the storyline. Naoe's relationship to these women is very professional and cordial and grows into something like true friendship and yet there is still no romantic tension between our male POV character and the female lead or any of the other women. There's no cringy attempts to seduce him, no overbearing reminders of Japanese gender norms while one of them obsesses over making him food (he actually does most of the cooking) or doing the cleaning. In other words, this isn't Shuffle! or Tenchi Muyo. It's not even Love Hina, because, despite having plenty of pervy scenes, most of them are weird mishaps directed at the other women and not him. There's a bit of a running gag that, because many of them see Naoe as their medical care provider, they could care less if he sees them naked, and he's generally unfazed by it, too. It's wildly refreshing, to be honest. I enjoy romantic stories quite a bit but sometimes it's nice to see male-female relationships that represent some kind of "platonic ideal".

Of course, this could change as we go along and maybe romantic tension will develop between him and our main elf character or maybe someone else. As long as it's handled well I'll be fine with it because at this point our story has sort of earned it by showing restraint.

[Edward · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was much better then I was expecting. It still manages to include facts about how to exercise in a way that is healthy. Good story so far though I think the number of clients the "human-san" character has is getting overly much. This one seems to have taken it from being a manga about health to a manga about the girls who he is helping with a new way they got their selves fat each chapter and/or a new girl that might or might not stay for the later chapters.

[Andres · Rating 5 out of 5]

My job requires me to constantly be reading in order to be able to better recommend books to our guests and I have been preaching the gospel of Plus Sized Elf since I picked up the first volume on a whim. I have lost count of how many copies I've hand-sold, but I'm glad to know some nerds out there are gawking at these monster girls and also working on their personal fitness goals.

[Acacia Weber · Rating 4 out of 5]

More silly fun

[Laura Sanner · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story is cute and I like the fan service too!

[Ryan Shrouder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don't judge me lol I like manga

[Alba · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me gusta mucho porque tiene sus toques graciosos y muchas chicas con diferentes cuerpos, pero tanto fan service y pechos grandes y perfectos me chirria demasiado

[ReBecca Salyer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This really does actually have some good information in it about health and fitness lol

[Lost User · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good volume. I really liked Honeda and Gonda, they were both really cool new characters

[LaPommequirougit]

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J’aime toujours autant l’humour qui est présent dans 50 nuances de gras, par compte plus les tomes passent, plus j’ai l’impression qu’ils se ressemblent. Je suis censé bientôt recevoir le tome 4 de chez Doki doki qui est censé sortir dans le mois. Si le schéma continue encore à être le même, ce qui risque d’être fort le cas, je ne pense pas continuer à lire la série au-delà.

Ici, Naoe a encore repris du poids à cause d’une succube. Elle voulait se venger de l’elfe qui est accro aux frites, mais cela aurait été trop simple, l’humain l’aurait empêché de manger plus de frite que nécessaire. Ainsi, en envoûtant les frites de tel sorte qu’elles soient délicieuses, l’humain en avait envie et ne se concentrait donc pas sur la quantité que l’elfe prenait.

En soit on retrouve toujours et encore le même schéma à chaque tome. Naoe est accompagné de toutes les créatures étranges qui ont divers problèmes de poids qu’il a pu rencontrer, mais en chemin, il en rencontre encore d’autre. Ça reste marrant, mais pas énormément de profondeur, pourtant cela aurait pu être le cas. Je trouve dommage que l’auteur n’est pas exploité la profondeur que pourrait avoir cette série.

En bref, l’humour reste sympa, mais le schéma redondant. Comme dit un peu plus haut je lirais la suite, car je vais la recevoir, mais ensuite, je pense m’arrêter-là. Non pas que ce manga me déplait, mais j’ai juste l’impression de lire et relire la même chose à chaque fois.