Quote Originally Posted by MasterOfMoogles View Post
Itami picking out subhumans actually makes complete sense. Wouldn't you want to take the new species back to learn more about them? Regular humans aren't nearly as interesting, and he already has a few refugees back at the hill.
Completely agree. They have all the intel they'll need for a while on the human nations because of the 1000 silver of information they purchased in lieu of more currency.

What the SDF severely lacks is information on non-human cultures and how they tie into the geopolitics of the nearby area. The elves were a neutral village, and there may be many more non-human villages out there that Japan can befriend for access to rare goods and to recruit native spies.

It's not him being an otaku and picking those girls because they are fantasy clichés, so much as him recognizing the potential value of fantasy land non-humans for their political/combat efforts because he is an otaku. A narrow, but very key distinction.