History Manga / ThoseWhoHuntElves

* OurElvesAreBetter: A notable aversion. They all ''look good'', but otherwise their society seems to have integrated well into that of human's, and several are villains.

* RememberTheNewGuy: How Annette's introduction into the manga was handled. With the main cast acting like they've always known and that she always was one of Celcia's advisers like in the anime, even though in the manga it was originally just the two old elves.

* ChickMagnet: Several of the elves end up falling for Junpei, they even willingly strip because of it. Celica and Ritsuko also have a clear crush on him.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Be very afraid when Junpei finally stops fooling around and fights seriously.

* SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler:Junpei and Celcia, believe it or not. Junpei sure doesn't. As in, he's completely oblivious even when Celcia confesses to him. Though Junpei does admit finding Celecia's true form attractive.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''ThoseWhoHuntTheButterfly'', aka ''AgehaOOuMonotachi'', which is basically Junpei as an ex-prison guard trying to hunt down Airi while she hides in plain sight ([[AC:InSpace]]...), by simply stripping everyone naked he can and checking for a tattoo. Unlike ''Elves'', though, Junpei tends to end up arrested/beat up/etc for his trouble.

* TeamPet: Celcia, for most of the series.

* ButtMonkey: If there is anyone who has earned this title for the sheer amount of [[EpicFail Epic Fails]] alone, it is Cecelia, who is considered to be, ironically, the best magician in the land. Especially true in the manga where she loses the fragments they've collected multiple times whenever they get all five or are close to getting all five.

* CriticalFailure: Celcia, a ''lot''. She screws up the spell to send the trio home [[spoiler:not once, but twice]]. [[spoiler:Not only that, but she's the one who cast the spell that summoned Junpei, Ritsuko, and Airi to her world in the first place!]] Despite exemplifying this trope for the sake of the plot, she's reasonably competent when the stakes aren't returning the heroes home.

* SlapSlapKiss: [[spoiler:Junpei and Celcia, believe it or not. Junpei sure doesn't. As in, he's completely oblivious even when Celcia confesses to him. Which leads to EpicFail number two.]]

* ButtMonkey: If there is anyone who has earned this title for the sheer amount of [[EpicFail Epic Fails]] alone, it is Cecelia, who is considered to be, ironically, the best magician in the land.

* ChickMagnet: Several of the elves end up falling for Junpei, they even willingly strip because of it. Celica and Ritsuko also have a clear crush on him

* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: For one, they can remove their tails and walk around looking like elves in bikinis.

* UnscaledMerfolk: One episode involves some elven mermaids who showcase in the epilogue that they can get rid of their tails as easily as taking off a skirt (they still wear bikini bottoms, by the way). The whole group does this at the same time to show Those Who Hunt Elves if they have any magic marks.

* IdiotHero: Junpei. Though how dumb varies between the manga and anime. For example in the manga he finds the portal to the mermaid temple by himself, while in the anime he needed Airi's help. Similarly in the manga Junpei explains Heliocentrism on his own, while he asks Airi to give the explanation in the anime.
* IGaveMyWord: Junpei takes his fighter's honour very seriously.

* IdiotHero: Junpei. Though how dumb varies between the manga and anime. For example in the manga he finds the portal to the mermaid temple by himself, while in the anime he needed Airi's help.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Airi doesn't voice her frustrations over not being able to return to Japan as often as Junpei and Ritsuko, but she does complain internally. Like in episode nine of the anime where she has an inner monologue complaining about having to work a retail job selling dresses because she finds it beneath her.

* IdiotHero: Junpei. Good God, Junpei.

** So little in fact that we Yanks got away with slapping it with a PG rating because of the violence. Even though the plot involves ''people stripping Elves down to their birthday suits''!

* SaveBothWorlds: Brought up explicitly near the end of the first season is the idea that both Earth and the magical world to which the cast has been sent are fundamentally connected and in danger of some sort of magical cataclysm if the cast are not sent back to Earth. Then averted, or maybe just forgotten by the writers, because it's never mentioned again.

* ShamefulStrip: Multiple examples. Lots of examples. It's the RunningGag that is central to the TitleDrop and the whole damn plot.

* CensorSteam: Even during the initial fantastic tearing of clothes, the camera rarely catches inappropriate elf bits.

* EvilCounterpart: Bartz, Kilica, and Teesen in the manga who serves Dawn Baxton. Their roles are similar to Junpei, Ritsuko, and Airi respectively, i.e. Bartz is a BareFistedMonk, Teesen is a ShapeShifter, and Kilica...well, hers is actually slightly different as she's actually a PuppetMaster who specializes with PeoplePuppets and StandardStatusEffects instead of being a FriendlySniper. Oh, she also used a PortalBook to capture people. Add to that that they're ''also'' hunting elves to use as magical batteries.

* PlayboyBunny: Junpei accidentally bursts into a room where girls are dressing into them.
* PottyDance: Junpei, Season 2 Episode 2, complete with a graph and flashing alarm showing his current state. His dilemma leads to some [[{{Squick}} uncomfortable images.]] Ends with [[spoiler:the discovery of a teddy bear that can excrete toilet paper, in perfect rolls, complete with cardboard tube. Yeah.]]

* AnachronismStew: Justified in that [[spoiler:Celcia's spell summons objects from our world to hers]] (so having a tank makes perfect sense [[RuleOfCool and is awesome]]), but also played straight in the pop culture references and the many religious profanities used. And Elf Mc Burger. ''You cannot escape Mc Donalds.''
** This eventually becomes a plot point.

In 2017, after 20+ years, [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-09/those-who-hunt-elves-2-manga-listed-as-ending-with-10th-volume/.125052 the series ''finally'' ended]] [[spoiler:and they're finally back home]].

* [[spoiler:ButNowIMustGo]]: [[spoiler:Ultimately the fate of the Elf Hunters sans Celcia at the end of the sequel manga]]

* GagDub: The English dub for episodes 5-13 certainly falls into this territory, seeing as it was written/directed by Steven Foster. They were filled with excessive profanity, now-dated American pop culture references (such as to Music/BritneySpears and Music/CelineDion), and in many cases seems to be making fun of the characters and the show itself. All other episodes have more faithful scripts.

* GagDub: The English dub for episodes 5-13 certainly falls into this territory, seeing as it was written/directed by Steven Foster. They were filled with excessive profanity, now-dated American pop culture references (such as to Creator/BritneySpears and Creator/CelineDion), and in many cases seems to be making fun of the characters and the show itself. All other episodes have more faithful scripts.

* PrettyInMink: A few outfits.

* ShamefulStrip: Multiple examples.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: More details below, under Voluntary Shapeshifting.

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