One word : Weird. It's not bad, it's not especially good, but it's weird.

Akazukin Eliza is about a girl named Eliza who fell in love with Wolf, a boy accompagned by his pet worm who can eat poison (yes). Eliza bring soup to her bodybuilt grandma everyday. Grandma who by the way doesn't want any man to come near her beloved grand daughter.

Even if the setting is kinda special, the art style is very cute (except for the gigantic worm). With its pretty heroine and considering it is an ecchi, the fanservice is obviously very present. After realizing it, the presence of this huge phallic-looking worm takes all its meaning. Or maybe I just have the brain deformed by too much hentai.

The story is some kind of rewrite of the tale of the Red Riding Hood. We can find some elements of the tale, like the fact that Eliza have to bring food to her grandmother or that the boy is called Wolf as a reference to the Big Bad Wolf, with just a massive worm of several meters added to the story. Yes, it's been several times that I criticize this particular "character", but I think it's time that we talk about it. What's he doing here ? Its function is to detect poison, which is very useful for the advancement of the story, yes, but why a worm ? It could have been any animal of whatever creature related to the original tale, but no, the author said to himself : "What if I used one of the most disgusting animal of this planet and who has, by pure chance, the same shape as a male genitalia ?" I know that his goal was probably to use an uncommon animal to add originality to his manga. But I don't know, I guess worms aren't my thing.

I'm probably a little too harsh with this manga. After all, this is only a cute little comedy. It is stupid, yes, but it can be funny. Maybe if the story had been longer, I could have become more attached to the characters. If it didn't please me more than that, it could still please someone else with different tastes and a different sense of humor.

So, if you like comedies who leans toward the absurd and you're not disgusted by worms, go read Akazukin Eliza. It won't become the manga of your life, but it is still enjoyable.