What is this genre all about? The origin of Elves (Norse; álfar(elves), álfr(elf)) can be found in ancient Norse mythology, in which, elves are described as divine, or near-divine, race of humanoids (Vættir), likened to the Æsir. In common description they are described as sage and immortal beings occupying the threshold between humans and the gods. In some cases humans that were beloved by the gods became elves within their lives. Ancient Elves are delineated into a pair of similar but distinct races; Light Elves (Ljósálfar) and Dark Elves (Svartálfar), each originating from separate homes within the nine worlds of Yggdrasil. Within the Poetic Edda the differences are commonly ascribed as:
"There is one place there that is called the Elf Home (Álfheimr which is the elven city). People live there that are named the light elves (Ljósálfar). But the dark elves (Dökkálfar) live below in earth, in caves and the dark forest and they are unlike them in appearance - and more unlike them in reality. The Light Elves are brighter than the sun in appearance, but the Dark Elves are blacker than pitch." (Snorri, Gylfaginning 17, Prose Edda)
We present you the list of Elf manga you should read right now.
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Top 18 Elf manga you should read right now. [2024 List]
- 18. Sousou no Frieren
- 17. Dungeon Meshi
- 16. Maou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii?
- 15. Wo Zhen Bushi Xie Shen Zougou
- 14. Craft Game no Nouryoku de Isekai Kouryaku!!
- 13. Fuguushoku [Kanteishi] ga Jitsuwa Saikyou Datta: Naraku de Kitaeta Saikyou no [Shingan] de Musousuru
- 12. Geim Sok Babarianeuro Saranamgi
- 11. Shijou Saikyou Orc-san no Tanoshii Tanetsuke Harem Zukuri
- 10. Sekkaku Cheat wo Moratte Isekai ni Teni shita n dakara, Suki na You ni Ikitemitai
- 9. Foreigner on the Periphery
- 8. Grand Dwarf: Machi Kou Shokunin, Takumi no Waza de Isekai Musou
- 7. Tensei Shite High Elf ni Narimashita ga, Slow Life wa 120-nen de Akimashita
- 6. Isekai Ojisan
- 5. Boroboro no Elf-san wo Shiawase ni Suru Kusuriuri-san
- 4. Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de
- 3. Ie ga Moete Jinsei Dou Demo Yoku Natta kara, Nokotta Nakenashi no Kin de Dark Elf no Dorei o Katta
- 2. Hiraheishi wa Kako wo Yumemiru
- 1. Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu
18. Sousou no Frieren
The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about.
Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. With the great struggle over, they all go their separate ways to live a quiet life. But as an elf, Frieren, nearly immortal, will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to terms with the mortality of her friends? How can she find fulfillment in her own life, and can she learn to understand what life means to the humans around her? Frieren begins a new journey to find the answer.
Notes:
- Winner of the Grand Prize at the 14th Manga Taisho Awards.
- Nominated for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
- Placed 3rd at the 7th Annual Next Manga Award.
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 葬送のフリーレン, Frieren at the Funeral, Frieren the Slayer
17. Dungeon Meshi
When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member! They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem: If they set out with no food or coin to speak of, they're sure to starve on the way! But Laios comes up with a brilliant idea: "Let's eat the monsters!" Slimes, basilisks, and even dragons...none are safe from the appetites of these dungeon-crawling gourmands!
Delicious in Dungeon has finished publishing and it has 97 Chapters. It is also Known as: ダンジョン飯, Dungeon Food, 迷宫饭
16. Maou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii?
Zagan is feared by the masses as an evil sorcerer. Both socially awkward and foulmouthed, he spends his days studying sorcery while beating down any trespassers within his domain. One day he's invited to a dark auction, and what he finds there is an elven slave girl of peerless beauty, Nephy. Having fallen in love at first sight, Zagan uses up his entire fortune to purchase her, but being a poor conversationalist, he has no idea how to properly interact with her. Thus, the awkward cohabitation of a sorcerer who has no idea how to convey his love and his slave who yearns for her master but has no idea how to appeal to him begins.
An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔王の俺が奴隷エルフを嫁にしたんだが、どう愛でればいい？, I, a Demon Lord, Took a Slave Elf as My Wife, but How Do I Love Her?
15. Wo Zhen Bushi Xie Shen Zougou
Lin Jie, a transmigrator, is the owner of a bookstore in another world. He’s kind and warm-hearted, often recommending healing books to customers who are going through a tough time. From time to time, he secretly promotes his own work too. Over time, these customers begin to respect him greatly, some even frequently bringing local specialties to repay his favor. They often seek his professional opinion when it comes to selecting books, and share their experiences with this ordinary bookstore owner to people around them. They respectfully and intimately refer to him using names such as the “Demon God’s Lackey” and “Propagator of the Flesh and Blood Gospel”.
Source: MU
I'm Really Not the Evil God's Lackey is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Flame of Countless Adversity
14. Craft Game no Nouryoku de Isekai Kouryaku!!
Kousuke suddenly wakes up alone in a vast forest that clearly isn’t anywhere on Earth. Now he has to find some way to eat, drink, and survive! Luckily, Kousuke also has the power to craft using a special video game menu that allows him to harvest resources and build whatever he can imagine. However, every time he goes to sleep, he’s attacked by one of the many non-human races of this world, all of whom despise humankind. Enter Sylphy, the beautiful dark elf who lays claim to Kousuke and vows to protect him–after all, she’s taken him as her property!
Survival in Another World with My Mistress! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 跟主人一起在异世界生存!, Different World Survival to go with the Master, Goshujinsama to Yuku Isekai Survival!, Capture a different world with the power of craft games!, Isekai Minecraft Захватить другой мир с силой майнкрафта!, Захватить другой мир с силой ремесленных игр!, ご主人様とゆく異世界サバイバル！
13. Fuguushoku [Kanteishi] ga Jitsuwa Saikyou Datta: Naraku de Kitaeta Saikyou no [Shingan] de Musousuru
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When a child is born, they are granted a Job by the goddess of light. Unfortunately, Ain is granted the unfavourable job of an [Appraiser]. All he can do is appraise materials, and so he is treated horribly by his own party. Then, one day, he happens to come across an S-Ranked tree hidden in a dungeon. Following this encounter, Ain slowly but surely changes...
The Unfavourable Job [Appraiser] was actually the strongest - unsurpassed with the strongest [God's Eye] that was trained in the abyss. is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 不遇職【鑑定士】が実は最強だった～奈落で鍛えた最強の【神眼】で無双する～, Fuguushoku [Kanteishi] ga Jitsuwa Saikyou Datta: Naraku de Kitaeta Saikyou no [Shingan] de Musousuru
12. Geim Sok Babarianeuro Saranamgi
The protagonist, Lee Hansoo, finally reached the boss stage after nine years of playing the game “Dungeon and Stone”, which no one had been able to clear until now. However, just as he entered the boss room, he saw a notification alerting him that he had cleared the tutorial and that he had possessed the body of the barbarian, Bjorn Jandel, who was a playable character in the game. In the world of “Dungeon and Stone”, only one city remained standing after the destruction of the world. A labyrinth would open every month, offering explorers a chance to clear it for rewards. In this world where barbarians are seen as useless in everything but battle, a barbarian who does not fight will not be able to survive. If one cannot pay the outrageous taxes demanded by the city, the only fate that awaits is a downgrade in status to a ‘lower-class citizen’. If it is revealed that you are possessing the character you are playing, you will be named an “evil spirit” and killed. The only way for Lee Hansoo to survive is to enter the labyrinth and fight while risking his life. With the skills he has accumulated over nine years of gameplay and a stupidly strong barbarian physique, he strives to survive in this game…
Surviving The Game as a Barbarian is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Geim Sok Babarianeuro Saranamgi
11. Shijou Saikyou Orc-san no Tanoshii Tanetsuke Harem Zukuri
Our protagonist Oruku, is the son of a female knight and an orc. Due to his appearance taking more after his mother, he was harassed and bullied by the orcs of his village. After meeting a beautiful elf and other demi-human girls, and being rejected for his lineage, the strength of his blood awakens and plots a plan to become the strongest warrior in history in order to make a harem of beautiful women.
The Fun Life of the Most Powerful Orc in History, Creating a Harem in an Alternative World has finished publishing and it has 112 Chapters. It is also Known as: 史上最強オークさんの楽しい異世界ハーレムづくり, Shijou Saikyou Orc-san no Tanoshii Isekai Harem-zukuri
10. Sekkaku Cheat wo Moratte Isekai ni Teni shita n dakara, Suki na You ni Ikitemitai
A manga adaptation to a novel of this same name. The protagonist gets transported to another world after dying and god grants him the power of healing any wound, sickness or poison and uses that ability to make potions to sell and enjoy the highest class brothel in the city but he will soon be involved with issues that need his healing abilities aside from just selling pots.
Might as Well Cheat: I Got Transported to Another World Where I Can Live My Wildest Dreams! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: せっかくチートを貰って異世界に転移したんだから、好きなように生きてみたい, Sekkaku Cheat, Since I received a cheat and was transported to another world, I'm going to live as I want
9. Foreigner on the Periphery
I don’t want to work. Like at all. But I don’t have a choice. On earth where Humans, Elves, Orcs, Trolls, Dragons, and Alien immigrants live, it is an endless repetition of incidents. This is the story of a man that’s had to work in secrecy for 800 years because he’ll die if he doesn’t work.
Foreigner on the Periphery is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: The Foreigner on the Periphery, TFOP
8. Grand Dwarf: Machi Kou Shokunin, Takumi no Waza de Isekai Musou
For 52 years, Takumi Fujimura, a craftsman who has continued to hone his skills at a town factory, finds himself in a predicament when he has a dispute with a client and stops getting loans from banks. After many years of hard work, he finally collapses, but he awakens in a different world where he meets Frau, a girl who aspires to become a hero. With the benefit of modern technology and decades of crafting skill, can Takumi take this new world by storm?
Grand Dwarf: Machi Kou Shokunin, Takumi no Waza de Isekai Musou is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: グランドワーフ〜町工職人、匠の技で異世界無双〜, Grand Dwarf: Machi Kou Shokunin, Takumi no Waza de Isekai Musou
7. Tensei Shite High Elf ni Narimashita ga, Slow Life wa 120-nen de Akimashita
With a lifespan of a thousand years, the eccentric high elf embarks on a journey at will. 120 years after he became conscious of his memories of his previous life, Acer got tired of living in a dull forest.
"Well, I don't want to live as a High Elf anymore. This life isn't for me."
If you have a long life anyway, you should go out and experience a lot of things! So instead he became a disciple of the Dwarves who were interested in blacksmithing and didn't get along well with him, waved his sword in the dojo, visited distant port towns to eat seafood, and sometimes helped people in need.
The whimsical high elf thus begins his free-spirited journey. If anyway life is long, do not you want to experience a lot of things out of the world!
Enough with This Slow Life! I Was Reincarnated as a High Elf and Now I’m Bored is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 転生してハイエルフになりましたが、スローライフは120年で飽きました, Growing Tired of the Lazy High Elf Life After 120 Years, I Was Reborn and Became a High Elf, but I Got Tired of My Slow Life after 120 Years
6. Isekai Ojisan
Takafumi's uncle was in coma for 17 years after being hit by truck. He awakens one day and claims to Takafumi that he was in another world all this time and has even learned to use magic!
Uncle from Another World is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 異世界おじさん, My Uncle in Another World, Ojisan in Another World, Isekai Uncle
5. Boroboro no Elf-san wo Shiawase ni Suru Kusuriuri-san
Story about an injured slave elf is saved by an apothecary.
The Apothecary Will Make This Battered Elf Happy has finished publishing and it has 64 Chapters. It is also Known as: ボロボロのエルフさんを幸せにする薬売りさん, The Apothecary Is Gonna Make This Ragged Elf Happy, Mr. Medicine Merchant Who Will Make Ms. Beaten-Up Elf Happy, A Pharmacist Saves a Dying Elf
4. Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de
All of a sudden, out of nowhere. "Renya Kunugi, you have passed away!" So said the young girl who styled herself God. Apparently, Renya Kunugi the protagonist had lived long and prospered. His life already came to a peaceful and fulfilling end, but at the request of Her Holiness, he was transported to an alternate world to start a new life as a young man. Thus did Renya, who was definitely your average everyday guy, end up fighting off bandits and vanquishing monsters. Eventually, after his successively blossoming talents coalesce into a force of sheer awesomeness, he will go on to leave his mark upon this alternate world.
Note: Includes 6 extra chapters.
Second Life in Another World has finished publishing and it has 55 Chapters. It is also Known as: 二度目の人生を異世界で, [New Life+] Young Again in Another World
3. Ie ga Moete Jinsei Dou Demo Yoku Natta kara, Nokotta Nakenashi no Kin de Dark Elf no Dorei o Katta
He lost his new home and all his property, but found a cute girl!
Harold, a poor laborer who saved for years, finally obtained the house of his dreams, only to lose it to a fire the very same day. Feeling like nothing mattered anymore, Harold finds himself at an auction, where he ends up spending all of his savings on a slave, Atie...
Harold, with his secret technique, and Atie, with her skills as an adventurer, begin their freewheeling journey now!
Since I Didn't Have Anything Left to Lose in Life After My House Burned Down, I Bought a Dark Elf Slave With the Remains of My Meager Savings. is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 家が燃えて人生どうでも良くなったから、残ったなけなしの金でダークエルフの奴隷を買った。, Ie ga Moete Jinsei Dou Demo Yoku Natta kara, Nokotta Nakenashi no Kin de Dark Elf no Dorei o Katta
2. Hiraheishi wa Kako wo Yumemiru
It details the life of a mid-rank soldier who died at the very end of the war against the Demon Race. Fortunately for him, he wakes up to find that he's a baby again, in the embrace of his real mother, years in the past. Determined to avoid the chain of tragedies that took his beloved ones away from him, he takes advantage of the advancements in swordsmanship and magic that developed during the war (as we all know, wars are when many scientific breakthroughs tend to happen), and tries his best to prepare for the demon invasion as well as strengthen himself with maximum efficiency.
Hiraheishi wa Kako wo Yumemiru has finished publishing and it has 62 Chapters. It is also Known as: 平兵士は過去を夢見る, Hiraheishi wa Kako o Yumemiru
1. Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu
Just when an unemployed thirty-four-year-old otaku reaches a dead end in life and decides that it's time to turn over a new leaf—he gets run over by a truck and dies! Shockingly, he finds himself reborn into an infant's body in a strange new world of swords and magic.
His new identity is Rudeus Grayrat, but he still retains the memories of his previous life. Follow Rudeus from infancy to adulthood, as he struggles to redeem himself in a wondrous yet dangerous world.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation has finished publishing and it has 330 Chapters. It is also Known as: 無職転生 ～異世界行ったら本気だす～, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
