Alicia’s Diet Quest

A comedy manga about a priestess in a fantasy RPG world who is more obsessed about losing weight than fighting the Demon King.

Look, I get that this is supposed to be a comedy but I really thought it was just pretty stupid and borderline offensive with it’s fat jokes. The priestess Alicia isn’t even drawn in an obese fashion but when she falls on an enemy she does a critical blow because, what? She’s supposed to be fat? You’re only failing at representation of body types at this point.

I give Aoi Fujiwara a little credit for making a lot of jokes that relate directly to classic RPG troupes but the endless amount of fan service Alicia goes through just grossed me out.

It’s available in English from Kodansha but this definitely isn’t for me and I also don’t really recommended it. Maybe for an RPG fan who likes T&A.

~dakazu