Tensei Shite High Elf ni Narimashitaga, Slow Life wa 120-nen de Akimashita - Highelf with a Long Life

[dimitris96]

Trash manga I dropped it the mother of the dojo woman said too him the truth of how facking retard and dense as fack could be an isekaid elf retarded person imagine watching your child suffering cause the one who she truly loves is a facking dense as fack person and your daughter goes in a relationship with a 20 or 30 years old person just too get impregnated and have children. So yeah elf the dense as fack Japanese retard that's a nice title too put. He put a facking curse on her and then one moment he had one moment all this years too show his skill of the katana and failed oh well bb manga dropped. Many other stuff It just didn't click with me. I was expecting too have romance with the woman from the dojo but apparently the author is gonna have him be with a mind of a 15 years for maybe 900 more years in a manga until the manga doesn't make anymore money and is dropped .huh imagine 120 years plus isekaid but you don't notice someone has feelings for you trash.

 

[mukimuki_chomolungma]

I came here thinking it would be a slice of life type of deal. I was not wrong but I was not right at the same time. Why I missed the Tragedy tag is beyond me, why I read everything (!) is also beyond me. I avoided Sousou no Frieren for the same reason I now want to avoid this, its too tragic, makes me feel sad for the rest of the day and will make me think back on this for weeks to come.

Great manga. I do not recommend it to people that have a hard time coping with the loss of someone (due to the passage of time).

Woah, thanks for this post. I was curious and wanted to read the light novel of this, but I think this would make me feel down for a while. So I'm just gonna continue reading trash isekais 😄

 

[ScireNavw]

Price of the eternal life is attachment huh. Watching people you know die one by one is hard. Reason why High Elves must not mingle too much with outside.

 

[OrionKaelin]

With a title like that I was expecting something much more generic.
But dang, if this ain't about on the level of Frieren.

 

[Imryse]

If you're ever wondering, this series has a lot of tragedy. Especially that

Spoiler: :ReimuWantToDie:

NTR Tragedy

wait for real? when am I going to have to drop this?

 

[MangaMonger]

This manga is like Frieren... If instead of spending 10 or more years with the hero party in which they experienced an epic adventure with countless unforgettable and poignant moments, he just repeatedly spends anywhere from like a year to 8 years with random people just chilling, then goes and wanders off to do something else usually because it just piques his curiosity, then wanders back a decade or two later just so the readers can feel angsty about the fact he's missing out on being true lifelong companions to these people, and everyone had just like "well he lives super long so of course he can't spend decades with us consecutively" as if that logic isn't completely counterintuitive.

This story would be a lot better if the MC just had a little bit less ADD. Or if they gave a real reason for why he won't even consider, for example, marrying someone and staying by their side until they die. It's not even poignant, the real sad part is the people who are stuck in melancholy because they got attached to this irresponsible high elf.

My opinion might be biased because I just read around chapter 14

 

[Montii26]

The manga does a good job portray the life of a long living creature, but I don't know what to think about that ntr thing from the samurai girl.

 

[HandsomeBananana]

Rereading this, just somehow make me know how an long living creature feel living through their life with constant up and down, the memories that only they remembered in their mind even though its been over hundreds or thousands years. This is a very good story written, very recommended.

 

[QuickWisp99]

COVER 8.... WHY ARE U LIKE THIS COVER 8 ;_; QAQ

 

[Lemon07]

This is too beautiful it made cry so many times and to think that this manga would make me get emotional even for characters that didn't appear for long in the story 10/10.

 

[caylean]

Holy moley!
This is the very first time I ever comment on an Manga, because I usually do not feel inclined to do so. But this Manga is a hidden gem.... a massive gem!
I fell hook, line and sinker for it. It is amazing. The pacing is... CHEF'S KISS!
The passing of time is a huge topic and comes with the drama that we call life, and it is handled perfectly.
The world is big, but not bloated, you see how the world around him changes as time passes on.
Yes, his power level is pretty much GOD-Level, but the way he uses it is PERFECT. It isn't your typical power fantasy, but he does what needs to be done, when he sees them justified and he ISN'T stupid in any way shape or form. You never get this "cringe" feel whenever he is confronted with a problem where he lets a baddie run away, people don't pull a fast one every time the author needs him stupid, because the whole Manga is well thought through and written/drawn that way. So he doesn't need to be dumb. (Yes, I hate those protagonists with a passion, letting their enemy go, only to get back-stabbed by the most obvious suspect, but the protagonists gets called "genius")

 

[elmco]

whenever people talk about frieren and the concept of outliving everyone you care about, i always think this series did it better. frieren has two distinct time periods, but ultimately it's "present time" continues for the entire series and you get flashbacks occasionally to her past and how they're all dead now. this series i feel like actually does it better in that time continually shifts forward. sometimes it's a little strange how big the jumps in time are, but that amount of time is fairly inconsequential to someone as long living as aesir. him grappling with the ever changing present and struggling to adjust i feel applies really well even to people with normal lifespans, sometimes things can change so suddenly and you can't go back to the past, you can only move forward. he wants to see the world and has to come to terms with the fact that every goodbye is probably the final one.

tl;dr controversial opinion but i think this is better than frieren, it's a very unique feeling of sadness you get from this story.

 

[LightMagus]

Currently at ch. 24 at time of writing. Liked it more after the first 15 chapters where the character's growth led me to read more.

Similar themes with a slightly less likeable character (since he starts off as a typical isekai protaganist), but the growth he undergoes as a result of learning and forming relationships is satisfying. Less of the "shortcut" story tropes you'd see in a lot of isekai stories.

Takes after Frieren with world-building that builds out from the perspective/experience of the main character (where the bad ones usually rely too heavily on narrator exposition).

Gives me tonal whiplash because it goes from high fantasy to isekai protagonist dialogue (and talking to self monologue), (explained by him talking out loud to a spirit, but eh)

I do think this story and Frieren tell's a similar story about dealing with "the past's weight on the present" just differing on the main character's starting points.
Frieren's story starts in the middle, bearing the weight of its story's past that's why it's called Beyond Journey's End.
This story starts from the beginning of our character's journey and he's learning the things Frieren has learned but also in an isekai protagonist kind of way.

This one's currently more heavy-handed with its themes where the protag expresses his melancholy directly in his thoughts (the consequence of being an isekai MC lol), but maybe the writing will improve? idk lol.

TL;DR: Starts off like isekai trash, becomes a diamond in the rough. Isekai dialogue mixed with high fantasy is a little weird. More intentional world-building like Frieren. Pretty interesting plotlines and side characters. I enjoy it. I like Frieren better still, though.

 

[rymar]

It's like a dollar store "Frieren" but the speedrun version. So many timeskips. Entire arcs that are supposed to take place over a decade are told in half a chapter

 

[Amahankage]

I rarely use the forums but I really wanted to write about this manga, I've been following it since around the first 10 chapters or so, must been like 2-3 years by now ?

I love this manga to be honest, I understand it can feel "rushed" at times but I believe it's intentional, MC is when we get down to it and adventurer, not the "kill monster, do dungeons" kind of one, but a true adventurer just seeing all there is on the land, this makes the speed understandable, he's know so many people, seen so many things, if he were to "write" (obviously be doesn't, canonically at least, but the author shows the story almost like the memories of him) everything it would be unending, so we go to what's more important, this manga shows perfectly the price one must pay for being pretty much inmortal, MC is rather human, so he gets attached, and he eventually has to deal with the fact every single person he knows (even the elves, normal ones not the other high elves) will die before he does, he will see generations of generations come and go, if you think about it, someone as timeless as a high elf would probably experience time in a different way, this too in my opinion shows why the pacing is as it is.

The way MC uses his godly powers is well done too, he knows perfectly well how absurd he is, this isn't some power fantasy were he will show everyone how strong he is and they will all bow down to his might, his power is honestly terrifying and he comprehends that, he had enough empathy and self awareness to understand how it affects the world and those who dwell on it, so he uses sparingly and only when required, or when at least he feels it's required, it's really mature and quite dissimilar from how power is usually used in fiction.

His relations are obviously just as important as the passings, they feel really natural, I guess the fact no one acts too much like a trope or a dere helps, they are just as much a part of MC as MC is of them, just like in real life, we influence others and they influence us, the reality is Aesir wouldn't be who he is currently if it wasn't for his master's, Kaeha, Wynn etc.

I could keep writing but it would be more of a rant at that point, overall all I have to say is this manga has been with me for years and it's made me think for more hours than I'm willing to admit, it's a beautiful work and an ode to humanity (or the humanity of Aesir), I recommend this to anyone and everyone who reads this, the manga has this special appeal that most works of the genre (I'm an Isekai junkie) lack.

 

[nielspeterdejong]

I rarely use the forums but I really wanted to write about this manga, I've been following it since around the first 10 chapters or so, must been like 2-3 years by now ?

I love this manga to be honest, I understand it can feel "rushed" at times but I believe it's intentional, MC is when we get down to it and adventurer, not the "kill monster, do dungeons" kind of one, but a true adventurer just seeing all there is on the land, this makes the speed understandable, he's know so many people, seen so many things, if he were to "write" (obviously be doesn't, canonically at least, but the author shows the story almost like the memories of him) everything it would be unending, so we go to what's more important, this manga shows perfectly the price one must pay for being pretty much inmortal, MC is rather human, so he gets attached, and he eventually has to deal with the fact every single person he knows (even the elves, normal ones not the other high elves) will die before he does, he will see generations of generations come and go, if you think about it, someone as timeless as a high elf would probably experience time in a different way, this too in my opinion shows why the pacing is as it is.

The way MC uses his godly powers is well done too, he knows perfectly well how absurd he is, this isn't some power fantasy were he will show everyone how strong he is and they will all bow down to his might, his power is honestly terrifying and he comprehends that, he had enough empathy and self awareness to understand how it affects the world and those who dwell on it, so he uses sparingly and only when required, or when at least he feels it's required, it's really mature and quite dissimilar from how power is usually used in fiction.

His relations are obviously just as important as the passings, they feel really natural, I guess the fact no one acts too much like a trope or a dere helps, they are just as much a part of MC as MC is of them, just like in real life, we influence others and they influence us, the reality is Aesir wouldn't be who he is currently if it wasn't for his master's, Kaeha, Wynn etc.

I could keep writing but it would be more of a rant at that point, overall all I have to say is this manga has been with me for years and it's made me think for more hours than I'm willing to admit, it's a beautiful work and an ode to humanity (or the humanity of Aesir), I recommend this to anyone and everyone who reads this, the manga has this special appeal that most works of the genre (I'm an Isekai junkie) lack.

Honestly, I agree. To me, this is just a better version of Frieren, as in this world the elves live long lives with all the side effects that go along with it, but they aren't as detached from others like the elves in Frieren are. Mind you, I absolutely love both, but the world building here feels much more realistic. Though it does help that the elves in Frieren are immortal, whereas the elves in this world live around 700 years tops, with high elves living 1000 years and then turning into spirits. I guess you could see the elves in Frieren as a special case, as living literal immortal lives can wear down even an elf without stimulation from the outside world. Though, seeing as elves naturally live long lives, it would make sense for me that they'd be more mentally resistant to that, which is what this series portraits while still showing that it wears down on them eventually, to an extend.

The character here feels very mature, which makes sense for an elf who has lived for at least 120 years before starting, so in a sense he feels very "elvish", which is another strong point for the series. I know that Frieren has more action and more world building around magic, but I also love how here they are distinct, as the magic of the elves is mostly from spirit communion, whereas the traditional magic is more used by humans, which can't really hold a candle to spirit comunion due to the latter being able to create results faster and without chants. Though they do have their own equivalent by openly asking the spirits for help in case they need to create a really pwoerful effect. Plus, seeing as this series doesn't shy away from an elf being able to study both fields; which, with their long lives, would make them exponentially more powerful in the long run. Heck, they could even potentially combine both Spirit Communion and the Magical Arts and create an art that can (to an extend) influence nature directly like the mystics can (with the spirits empower their spells or their spells better guiding the spirits, or both), and call it "true druidism", for example, the possibilities with this are endless and a testiment at just how great the world building is. It also doesn't demonize humans, nor does it shy away from showing the darker side of humanity. I particulairly like how the elves see the humans as wanting to "conquer and control" the world around them, to compensate for them being such a weak race. Referring to us constantly trying to improve our lives and finding solutions to the problems we face through innovation, as well as our desire to dominate the world around us.

I've also read the light novel ahead, after reading the manga for a bit, and started around this part where Aesir says his goodbyes to Aiha. Honestly, for those reading this, you are in for quite a treat!

 

[Sunspawn]

Isekai may be trash, but at least this one actually delivers on the whole "protagonist is long-lived" schtick and lets time pass.

 

[diidlydoo]

wait for real? when am I going to have to drop this?

there is no ntr the guy is full of crap

 

[Blitzen]

saw this on recommended. Saw the 9.4* and was not disappointed. Definitely a chill story teller type. Shows that hes not all knowing and can still fumble in areas he still learning or not learnt yet. The passage of time is truly like the wind. A good read if you want some fantasy story teller type. With some action peppered in here and there

 

[hone29]

Some r*tards are cursing the author for the tragedy when they can't just...move on from it, honestly this manga is beautiful, from how he enjoyed his life at first but got hit by a brick becuz of the passing away and learned to enjoy new things so u won't feel sad reminiscing the passings or the past(this is how I got away from my nostalgia induced depression so I can enjoy this story even with the bad stuff) and to add it's really nice pacing and the slice of life is nice too it gives u the bad tinges knowing they are gonna pass away too, but hey wuts a life with only good things that's just boring, just like a 120 years of paradise is just hell after a few years. But I have to put out there the story need to come to an end if author is thinking of doing the same thing over and over again, but it's still not much visible so he can change the plot slowly and make it more enjoyable or create sub plots and give the story a well deserved...oh wait I get the feeling a manga this nice is gonna get axed, well now I jinxed it so curse me all u want