History Manga / OtakuElf

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Koito begins to understand Elda better after realizing that part of the reason she's a recluse is to avoid the pain of outliving anyone she meets in the outside world.

* ChromosomeCasting: Nearly every character of note is female. While Koito's grandfather Kikujirou (who runs Takamimi Shrine) is often mentioned and she and Elda interact with him off-screen, [[TheGhost he never actually shows up in person]].

* ChromosomeCasting: Nearly every character of note is female. While Koito's grandfather (who runs Takamimi Shrine) is often mentioned and she and Elda interact with him off-screen, [[TheGhost he never actually shows up in person]].

* EyesAlwaysShut: This trope applies to the Uramimi elf, Hylaria Aira Mirasta.

** It's later revealed that two other elves, Yolde and Haira, are also worshiped as goddesses at other shrines after being summoned to Japan centuries ago (by UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi and Maeda Toshiie, respectively). Like Elda, they don't do anything to correct people's assumptions that they're deities.

** Haira's difference is her gambling habit contrasting with her upper-class style of dress.

* RunningGag: Koito's attempts to appear grown-up by dressing-up, which leads to Koma ruining them.

** Elda is worshiped as a goddess at Takamimi Shrine, but she's really an elf who was summoned to Japan 400 years ago and has since become an otaku shut-in. The only abilities she actually has are {{telepathy}} and [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld being very long-lived]]. Despite this, she's still very well-regarded in the neighborhood since she gives people a sense of comforting stability due to her ageless, unchanging nature and the fact that she remembers everyone who ever lived in the area.

** Played straighter with Haira, who's much older than the other two elves at the age of 726, and she demands that Elda address her as "[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics onee-sama"]]; that said, she's just as prone to obsessive behavior as Elda, namely with her gambling addiction.

* TheOlderImmortal: Averted, since Yoldeleela Leela Fenomenea is only one year older than Elda, and zigzagged since the former acts six years younger than Koito.

* GodGuise: Elda is worshiped as a goddess at Takamimi Shrine, but she's really an elf who was summoned to Japan 400 years ago and has since become an otaku shut-in. The only abilities she actually has are {{telepathy}} and [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld being very long-lived]]. Despite this, she's still very well-regarded in the neighborhood since her ageless nature gives people a sense of comforting stability. That she never forgets anyone she meets is part of it as well. Long after you are gone, Elda will still remember you fondly.

* MeaningfulNames: The names of the shrines where elves are worshiped as gods all describe elf ear shapes (-''mimi'' means "ears"): Takamimi ("tall ears"), Hiromimi ("long ears"), and Uramimi ("lovely ears").

* TheOlderImmortal: Averted, since Yoldeleela Leela Fenomenea is only one year older than Elda, and zigzagged since the former acts six years younger than Koito.

* PunnyName: the elf-kami shrine names all describe elf ear shapes (-mimi means ears): long ears, lovely ears, tall ears.