The story is an admittedly unique one, touching base on a rarely discussed topic i.e what happens after the story ends? Though that is about it.
The part which angers me the most in the story is it's "peaceful" nature which is true. But how are you meant to have a story devoid conflict? It is like being isekai'd but choosing not to be an adventurer or not having any relation to an adventurer. The scenes showing our protagonist's facing any sort of challenge are immediately overcome due to the fact that the elf has already done this before and the side character is usually the cause of concern, needing to be protected and serving no other purpose other than being a cookie cutter female from the early 80's.
The power rangers-esque nature of changing of the villains every arc with almost no relation to each other remind me of fairy tale but at least the villains in fairy tale served the purpose of building up their characters to reach the end point in the story.
The story is aimless with no vision of the ending nor any clues as to how it will end. I understand that this series is meant to embody the saying, "It's about the journey, not the destination." But if the journey does not have a destination to look forward to then why bother going on the journey in the first place?
The one saving grace of this manga is the magic system that is in place. It is initially simple at a first glance but the theory behind it is very well established. I, however see this as a waste of a good power system because most fights can be resolved by the protagonist and the "vast amounts of magic power within them". There is no real thought placed behind the action other than how could we show that the elf is the wizard that was part of the party that defeated the demon king and has an insane amount of "magic power" that was cultivated with her many years of experience.
Themes of building a deeper connection with the elf and her companions are overshadowed by the fact that the elf will inevitably outlive everyone and does not bother to build these relationships in the first place and this is ultimately true. The elf has no reason to feel any empathy for any other characters for they are simply a small paragraph in her long life and I find this to be utterly devastating to my immersion. This world had many small details that were able to bring this story to life only to be stopped short by the character having an irrational attachment to others and even seeing them on the same level as herself when she has no real reason to be compelled to do so. You might say that I missed the point of the hero slowly opening up the elf's shell but without seeing it for myself I believe this is a cheap way to skip ahead in the story and rush it along to the cute secondary protagonist.
Ultimately, this is a story without real stakes or consequences. The characters are simply secondary and unimportant, being used only as tools to create situations where it looks like complications have occurred. There is a reason why fantasy stories about what the hero party does after defeating the demon lord are not popular and that is because it is not very interesting.
