Plus-Sized Elf (Japanese: エルフさんは痩せられない。, Hepburn: Erufu-san wa Yaserarenai., lit. "Elf can't [go] on a diet."), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Synecdoche about an elf girl trying to lose weight. It was originally serialized on Wani Books' Comic Gum website from December 2016 to May 2021, with its individual chapters collected into eight tankōbon volumes. After Wani Books' license to the series expired, a continuation manga titled Shin Elf-san wa Yaserarenai. (Japanese: 新・エルフさんは痩せられない。, Hepburn: Shin Erufu-san wa Yaserarenai., lit. "New Elf can't [go] on a diet.") started serialization in Akita Shoten's monthly seinen magazine, Dokodemo Young Champion, in October 2021, with its individual chapters collected into one tankōbon volume. The manga is licensed for English r