I'd love to rave about the (mostly) lower quality of the writing, since all it serves is for us to get in the next fan-service moment, while trying to keep the audience engaged with some freshness. Right from the get-go; the story centers around an elf girl who, upon encountering the delicious food from this world, can't help but consume until she can't go back home. You have the bullshit reason to not end the manga, you have more characters with the same problems, and different amounts of thickness, focused on different places. Perfect formula for a manga that can virtually end whenever it pleases.
All around, I enjoy the characters, their dynamics, and even if there's not much here to munch into, I was entertained. The comedy works surprisingly well; I laughed, I cackled, even if many times I was just waiting for some bits to end. I have to appreciate the attempt to engage an audience in the absurdity, rather than just leaning into the horniness of it all. However, the special thing about the manga, is giving the audience the tools with which to lower weight while still enjoying life to the fullest. Simple exercises, entry-level things to lower weight while showing reasons one may start gaining it. What foods to avoid, how to enjoy life while still eating fair amounts; cooking, things like that. The amount of information that'll serve many people to start a weight loss journey makes the manga deserving of my respect.
The art, designs, and the detail on the shine of the skin may be the focus, and purpose of telling this story, but you have to respect an author that studies to tell an informed narrative. He could've just made a gag, horny manga without much thought, but he didn't. That in itself deserves extra points. And hell, even the final act of the story felt less forced than most slice-of-life manga I've read these past few months. It wraps the story, while talking about the evolution of the character's relationships. It leaves the opening for the (now releasing) sequel, and it wraps our story nicely.
6.4/10. I enjoyed it. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it at all. Fun manga, that many people will love for various, volumetric reasons.
