Seikon no Qwaser (Manga)

Title: Seikon no Qwaser

Author: Yoshino Hiroyuki

Released: 2006

Genre(s): Action, adult, ecchi, drama, school life, mature, romance, shounen, yuri, supernatural, breastmilk

Completed or Ongoing: Completed

Plot Summary: This was a complicated, yet beautifully intricate story of two sisters who got involved in a battle for humanity. A religious war between the Catholics and Orthodox had begun. The end goal is to find out the real truth behind Jesus Christ. People named Qwasers have powers that needs to charge by sucking women's breast(s). What they draw out of suckling is something called soma. A type of strength giving force; mother's milk I guess?

Not all Qwasers are "good" or "evil". Maybe misunderstood or extremists is the better term. Seikon no Qwaser had so many betrayals that you will second guess who is on what side. Or, if there is even a side at all.

Review: This manga was great. The romance between the characters was a little frustrating, but worth the wait. Even the side characters' relationship developments had to work for their love interest. I don't usually give the plot away and I still won't now, hoever, if someone asks nicely, I may put it on my blog (or vlog), My Animanga Cray Show where I discuss the chapters or episodes of my usual genres.

I have read in the comment section (on the site that I read the mangas on) that my fellow otakus were lost. That's why I say Seikon is complicated. But, I will break it down, but sgsin, only if asked. Seikon no Qwaser is well worth the time. I recommend you go slow as soon as you get lost. 

Opinion: I didn't know this manga had an anime until I was surfing for a pic.As I was reading Seikon, I kept thinking that this should have been an anime too. The storyline, however, is so tricky and unbelievable that I understood why some readers got lost. That is not including the amount of adult, ecchi, romantic, yuri, content included. 

Have you ever watched a show called CrashBox on HBO? They had a segment on the 15 minute show called Distraction News. In this segment ,they told a fact while a shit load of random things popped up all over the screen while she was talking. At the end of her lecture, they asked a series of questions to see how distracted you were. This manga used breast, violence, and rape, sex, S&M, etc as distractors, thus preventing you from following along with the story. Don't fall for it! The story is good!

It was also extremely religious and "historical" (<= depending on which way your beliefs lean). Giving up any more than this would give the twists, secrets, and surprises away. It is well worth the time invested though.

Rating: Everything about this manga rates high for me. Storyline, character development and profile, its genres levels, and illustrations. In terms of originality, it may have been done before, but I haven't seen it. This ended up being one of my favs, (Kaikan Phrase being my #1) so I hope that the anime doesn't disappoint. 

I give this manga 9 soma drained titties out of 10. You won't feel bad wasting your time on this one

NeW tErMiNoLoGy AlErT!!!!!!!

breastmilk: Some animangas have lactating women, This is means that when she gets her breast sucked, milk will squirt, or leak...depending on the author and situation.

As always, I do not own this image! Also, the pic is from the anime, not the manga...

Shokugeki no Soma (Anime and Manga)

Title: Shokugeki no Soma (Anime and Manga)

Author: Tsukudo Yuuto and Saeki Shun

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Ecchi, Romance, School Life, Shounen

Ongoing or Completed: Both are ongoing. The anime is on season 2. The manga is on chapter 176

Plot Summary: A young boy is thrown into a tough culinary school where he battles against other students in an "Iron Chef" like match called Shokugeki.

Review: The anime is well drawn. I must warn you that it's very ecchi. On all angles of the gendersphere. This anime takes food/ingredient descriptions to a whole new level. It is also very censored. 

This doesn't take away from the ecchiness known by most animes. Of course, there are uncensored ecchi, but that's not the focus for this animanga (sry, I got lazy). If you like cooking shows or anything similar, you shouldn't be disappointed.

Opinion: This is one of my favorite animangas. I don't watch it for the ecchi, although the fact that it was ecchi was what led me to this manga and consequently it's anime. Like all (from the ones I've read) manga remakes, the anime misses and remakes a few of the scenes. Not that it was a bad thing. Like I said I like Shokugeki, they've made me a fan. 

Oh, and the anime stretches the scenes to be longer than they should be. For example, it's season 2 and we're still trying to figure out who won the big tournament. I will not give spoilers, but I do recommend this anime and it's manga. I prefer to read mangas first. Depending on the storyline, though.

Rating: The characters' profiles, developments and illustrations are good. I like the storyline because it's not overly complicated and it caught me hook, line and sinker in both forms. Shokugeki, I wouldn't think, has originality since I imagine a lot of cooking animangas run along similar tales. 

If I were to compare the level of ecchi to spicy food, I'd say it was fairly mild. Yes, they have foodgasms in the nude, (spontaneous stripping is what I'll call it) but it's censored. However, like I said, it isn't a deal breaker. Ecchi is there, strongly at that, but I've seen worse IMHO.

Out of 10 jiggly titties, (because that's ecchi), I give Shokugeki no Soma, the anime, an 8 out of 10. I give the manga a 9 out of 10.

NeW tErMiNoLoGy AlErT!!!:

Shounen: The gender counterpart of shoujo. Instead of romance, it focuses more on fighting and violence.




Also, I don't own this picture!