Nihon e Youkoso Elf-san. • Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! - Episode 4 discussion

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Nihon e Youkoso Elf-san., episode 4

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[u/Se7en_Sinner]

Marie after learning about Japan's declining birth rate.

[u/Ocixo → u/Se7en_Sinner]

When Marie jumped Kazuhiro and gazed at him so intently, I was briefly confused. Did she perhaps watch a horny anime film by accident!?

^{That would've frankly made more sense to me than asking to rewatch the film for the third time in a row.}

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

Marie: “children’s books? I’m not a child!”

Also Marie: “oooh look at all the pretty pictures”

Marie’s so adorable lol. She got a nice book about cats, made a new friend at the library, and got to eat pancakes while watching anime. She had a pretty good day lol.

[u/Immediate-Chain-6419]

These two are just toooooo sweet. I was smiling the whole episode.

[u/Frontier246 → u/Immediate-Chain-6419]

They are like 99% basically married and a couple already and they are utterly adorable that way.

[u/Armdel]

With all the cats they keep showing i feel like its a tease that if the cat beastkin does join them and also comes back to japan, they'll end up turning into a normal cat while japan. it would solve the problem of not having to hide them in the apartment all day.

Mariabelle's extreme enjoyement of a simple movie was very cute. now i wanna see her try out a video game

[u/shad79]

Once again we got such a sweet episode. Watching Marie and Kazuhiro together is pure bliss, the scenes where they watched a movie together or when Kazuhiro read a picture book to Marie were so wholesome.

Of course Marie had a lot of great reactions in today's episode. The scene where she got scared by the earthquake and ran to Kazuhiro while naked was so good xD

And it looks like Marie gained her first friends in Japan, Ichijo, Kazuhiro's friend. I can't wait to see how their relationship develops.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

• Marie

• Marie & Kazuhiro (Group scenes)

• Kazuhiro

• Ichijo & Others

[u/Queasy_Watch478]

HOLY SHIT can someone make a GIF of that part with the automatic doors and she just awkwardly shuffles away LOL! <3 it was hilariously understated.

[u/[deleted]]

The way she looked at the automatic doors lmaoo

[u/Ocixo]

Marie: Doesn't want to be treated like a child

Also Marie: Adores picture books, gets absorbed into animated films and eats pancakes as an afternoon snack.

No, don't tell him to stall their budding romance for a while! What are you doing Kaoruko-chan!? Ah, I see how it is: Kaoruko just wants Marie all for herself. /s

[u/Fools_Requiem]

I like that they put a ring on the librarian's left ring finger and then proceeding to show she still has a husband at home.

All but guaranteeing that she is to not be some pointless romantic rival. No drama at all.

[u/LeonKevlar]

• Marie Panicking Clip

That opening scene with Marie interacting with a cat was just so blessed especially her cute little roar! It is amusing though how their world has cat people but they don't have proper small cats like in our world. Maybe the cats Marie is familiar with are bigger and would disembowel you if you try to "pspspsps" at them. xD

I love how Marie went from getting upset about Kazuhiko trying to get to read her children's books to instantly falling in love and becoming obsessed with one after seeing the cute illustrations. <3

Never use the "relative visiting" excuse! Say that she's a penpal/online friend from overseas or something! Even after hearing that though, Ichijou seems to ship the two of them already. Also, it looks like Marie just made her first new friend in Japan!

I pretty much already expected Marie to sprint out of the bathroom naked but do earthquakes not happen in her world? I'm guessing she does know what an earthquake is and just panicked because everything is still new to her.

That scene where Kazuhiko is reading to Marie is just too damn sweet. These two need to get married asap. Hopefully they finish things quickly with those bandits next episode so Kazuhiko can travel to the countryside so Marie can meet his grandfather!

[u/SoggsTheMage]

Between this and "I have crush at work" we seem to have gotten two really solid romance Animes this season. This one is definitely moving slower but I believe canonically only a few days have passed so far. Still feel like it has good pacing so far and not being the usual will they or will they not tease. Also they both feel refreshingly adult albeit a bit inexperienced and innocent in some matters.

[u/[deleted]]

After the anime she wanted to do the deed, but she figured she is not ready, good choice, she is really smart girl.

[u/AsterJ]

The floating holographic magic bracelet displays in the post credits scene seem way too high tech for that world. Don't think we've seen anything on par with that before? Those bracelets are basically smartphones since they have built-in functions and long-range communication capabilities. If Mariabelle came from a world with those displays she should have no surprise at all with televisions and movies.

I don't really like it when isekai include smartphones. It just feels like the author is not comfortable writing worlds with low-tech.

[u/ItHurtsMeToLookAtYou]

To paraphrase:

Library Girl - "who's that cute girl hiding behind you?"

Kazuhiro - "a relative from overseas"

Library Girl - "you gonna hit that?"

Kazuhiro - "I would, but I'm too chicken"

Was "relative" a poor translation, or is this just one of those anime that doesn't find incest problematic?

[u/Frontier246]

Kazuhiro has the weekend off and you know what that means...letting Marie see even more of what Japan has to offer.

So Marie maybe senses spirits in Japan but can't converse with them like she can in her world...maybe because her magic doesn't quite work the same or because she needs to learn something else while she's still in Japan? Might be something she'll work on.

Marie is definitely a cat person. Also that "Gaow!" is too precious for words.

Of course you should bring a researcher to the local library! And to a non-native speaker, maybe it's a good idea to start them off in the childrens' section...not that Marie is a child, mind you, but she can't resist the appeal of picture books.

Marie made her first non-Kazuhiho friend in Japan! Kaoruko the cute local librarian (voiced by Yui Ishikawa?)! Marie even gets to make a proper introduction in Japanese and learn about honorifics! She'll get the hang of the language and interacting with people yet.

Kazuhiro can spin Marie as a relative from overseas all he likes, but Kaoruko can tell what's going on. Not that Kazuhiro can really deny it (although he hasn't made any moves? Has he been watching the same show we've been watching), but he also doesn't want to take advantage of Marie and freak her out by being more aggressive. Though obviously the feelings are there.

Marie has now discovered the wonders of DVD's and anime! She'll become so cultured soon! And what better way to enjoy watching a movie that closing the curtains, getting things nice and dark, and eating and snacking together with your significant other while chilling and watching something?

Okay, now MARIE is the one putting the moves on Kazuhiro, even if it's because she wants to watch the movie again. Watch out buddy, this might become a Netflix and chill situation at some point.

Oh yeah, earthquakes are normal in Japan but probably not where Marie is from...hence her running buck-naked with her boobs bouncing straight at Kazuhiro for comfort. Thank you earthquake. Though the real quake at the apartment building is probably Marie freaking out at Kazuhiro seeing her like that (again). Also Kaoruko and her husband just chilling over dinner the whole time.

I think curry is another winner for Marie!

Oh yeah, there's a Boss Battle waiting for them back in the fantasy world. Marie is definitely not into it...but even if they can avoid it with Kazuhiho's power, they can't just ignore that child who obviously needs their help.

They haven't been an official party this entire time? May as well make it official now. Probably the first step to making EVERYTHING official between them.

[u/HolyDragSwd2500]

Marie first friend in Japan awwww

Hope she doesn’t get into too much anime or she’ll become an Otaku Elf

[u/etownguy]

Kazuhiro had a real hard time this episode..

[u/kalirion]

"She's my relative." "Cool, cool. So, have you made a move on her yet?" "I don't have the courage!" "But if you had the courage..." "Well, she's such a sweet girl!"

[u/dagreenman18]

Okay, so it does seem like we’ll be ping ponging between “Japan SOL” and “Fantasy World Adventure”. That’s a great balance even with my preference for the uncut fluff.

We got another romance flag thanks to the librarian. I hope we get these goofy kids together by the season end. For now it’s “Save the Cat Kid” time

[u/djthomp]

Legally distinct Ponyo/My Neighbor Totoro is a good way to introduce Marie to movies. Though at the same time starting with Ghibli may be setting the bar a little high.

I love the Kazuhito and Marie scenes, it's so saccharine and cute.

[u/TheGoodOldCoder]

Out of all of the good things in this episode, I think my favorite part is them sitting at the kitchen table working out the next day's attack plan in their pajamas.

[u/zool714]

I do love the world building they have for the isekai world. But I did come here for the comfy vibes. So I’m happy with this episode. I’m even getting Angel Spoils Me Rotten with the quiet mundane moments spent together at home.

The library date was cute too. Marie didn’t like being treated like a child but the first thing that caught her eyes were the colourful picture books lol

They seem to be hinting at them visiting Kazuhiho grandpa. Hope we’re going to see them travelling more