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Seikon no Qwaser #1
The Qwaser of Stigmata, Volume 1: Holy Wars Ignite
¡Tiembla! ¡¡Teme y arrodíllate!!
Mafuyu Oribe, de la academia St. Mihailov, se encuentra un día a un chico de pelo plateado. Resulta ser una presencia llamada Qwaser, seres que, al beber leche sagrada, son capaces de manipular a su antojo un determinado elemento.
¡¡Comienza la batalla entre los Qwasers en pos de averiguar el misterio del lienzo que se mantiene desde hace más de dos mil años!!
Mafuyu Oribe, de la academia St. Mihailov, se encuentra un día a un chico de pelo plateado. Resulta ser una presencia llamada Qwaser, seres que, al beber leche sagrada, son capaces de manipular a su antojo un determinado elemento.
¡¡Comienza la batalla entre los Qwasers en pos de averiguar el misterio del lienzo que se mantiene desde hace más de dos mil años!!
208 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2006
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June 30, 2016
There's just so much going on in this comic, and unfortunately it's too much. Would this be resolved and ironed out in subsequent volumes? I'm not sure, but I'm also not interested in reading further.
Plot-wise, I'm not entirely sure what's going on. There's a strange combination of religion and science. Which in modern-day are two things at odds with each other. It's no wonder that they don't work in this comic either.
From what I gather, there are a number of "Qwasers" who have the power to manipulate certain chemicals. Yoshino takes this idea and runs wild with it, adding in explanations based in chemistry to explain how the powers work, and why certain effects were reached. In a way, I appreciated this, but also... *snore*.
The series sits on the foundation of western religious symbolism, reworked for Yoshino's purpose with a particular fascination with women's (or more particularly, Mary's) breasts. yeah. I'm often interested in the reworking of religious symbolism, but that particular fascination with Mary just goes a bit too far. He could have cut that bit out completely.
There is a potential underlining story under all of this "stuff", but it is so weighted down by Yoshino's ideas, in an attempt at combining all of his ideas into one comic, that it is lost.
The art is fair. I did like the character design of the blond-haired Russian, Sasha. The one bleeding eye was a clever reference of certain icons. But, overall, it wasn't impressive.
If it wasn't obvious by now, you can be sure that I didn't like this comic, and I definitely won't recommend it to anyone, especially if you're offended by fan service or belong to certain religious groups. This will be nothing but offensive to you.
Plot-wise, I'm not entirely sure what's going on. There's a strange combination of religion and science. Which in modern-day are two things at odds with each other. It's no wonder that they don't work in this comic either.
From what I gather, there are a number of "Qwasers" who have the power to manipulate certain chemicals. Yoshino takes this idea and runs wild with it, adding in explanations based in chemistry to explain how the powers work, and why certain effects were reached. In a way, I appreciated this, but also... *snore*.
The series sits on the foundation of western religious symbolism, reworked for Yoshino's purpose with a particular fascination with women's (or more particularly, Mary's) breasts. yeah. I'm often interested in the reworking of religious symbolism, but that particular fascination with Mary just goes a bit too far. He could have cut that bit out completely.
There is a potential underlining story under all of this "stuff", but it is so weighted down by Yoshino's ideas, in an attempt at combining all of his ideas into one comic, that it is lost.
The art is fair. I did like the character design of the blond-haired Russian, Sasha. The one bleeding eye was a clever reference of certain icons. But, overall, it wasn't impressive.
If it wasn't obvious by now, you can be sure that I didn't like this comic, and I definitely won't recommend it to anyone, especially if you're offended by fan service or belong to certain religious groups. This will be nothing but offensive to you.
August 11, 2010
A fantasy Manga based on, of all odd pairings, chemistry and Orthodox Christianity. Interesting. Completely incomprehensible, but interesting. The riff on iconography is a bit forced, and the titillating (pun intended) approach to the cult of Mary is more than a bit exploitative. Bring your sense of humor, or just pass.
March 23, 2022
I never would think there’s a manga that shows breastmilk is a way to 1up your superpowers until at this very moment. This was mentioned on Inside Japan Tours in order for yours truly to find out what’s the wackiest manga I could get a hold on. The story was crap like there’s rape undertones among each girl which leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. To think the author of Code Geass would try this type of story out was mind blowing. I still would consider Code Geass a great series anyway.
Overall this is a good idea but yeah it’s just one manga to read without deep thinking because it is pretty dumb tbh………
Overall this is a good idea but yeah it’s just one manga to read without deep thinking because it is pretty dumb tbh………
September 11, 2010
This one is definitely ecchi, just under the ‘this is hentai’ line by a nipple if you’ll excuse the pun. There is no doubt about it, it’s sexualized. Ignore the panty shots, they’re not that many and they pale in comparison to the rest. Mafuyu Oribe’s uncle has disappeared from St. Mihailov Academy, a private school that is entrusted with many Orthodox Christian icons, including a very powerful one of Madonna and Child called the Theotokos of Tsarytsyn. Mostly at the moment, Mafuyu is concerned with protecting her sweet (a little dim if you ask me) cousin, Tomo from the bullies at school, especially now that their uncle/father is missing.
Things go awry quickly when the girls find a very pale young man collapsed by a tree and take him in. Tomo thinks he’s a girl, Mafuyu disagrees. While going for help, Mafuyu sees someone has set fire to the sanctuary on campus as they try to steal the icons. Mafuyu nearly gets killed by an alchemist, someone who can work the elements but to help power their ability they need to get ‘soma.’ Sasha, the pale boy, comes to her rescue, as the iron alchemist (qwaser?).
And here is where the ecchi comes in. There is a definite correlation between mother’s milk and soma (especially the Holy Mother feeding Christ) They have to drink it in from a woman’s breast. So now you have the shota of Sasha nursing off Teresa, a new student who obviously knows Sasha and the alchemists, and some of the villain alchemists doing the same so you get shota, yuri and I’m sure down the road even more variations of this. This is probably where a lot of female readers would jump ship but I find the transgressive sexuality fascinating.
Unlike so many ultra violent manga or highly sexualized manga, that have no real plot or where the girls exist only to be idiots flashing boobs/panties, this one has a fairly complex plot and Sasha is about the only guy, except for the one-eyed priest. Women play roles from the big-boobed bimbo (sigh), to the warriors, to the villains. It’s been made into an anime as well (not in English yet that I can tell). I was interested enough to hope to see #2 but it definitely earns its parental advisory sticker.
Things go awry quickly when the girls find a very pale young man collapsed by a tree and take him in. Tomo thinks he’s a girl, Mafuyu disagrees. While going for help, Mafuyu sees someone has set fire to the sanctuary on campus as they try to steal the icons. Mafuyu nearly gets killed by an alchemist, someone who can work the elements but to help power their ability they need to get ‘soma.’ Sasha, the pale boy, comes to her rescue, as the iron alchemist (qwaser?).
And here is where the ecchi comes in. There is a definite correlation between mother’s milk and soma (especially the Holy Mother feeding Christ) They have to drink it in from a woman’s breast. So now you have the shota of Sasha nursing off Teresa, a new student who obviously knows Sasha and the alchemists, and some of the villain alchemists doing the same so you get shota, yuri and I’m sure down the road even more variations of this. This is probably where a lot of female readers would jump ship but I find the transgressive sexuality fascinating.
Unlike so many ultra violent manga or highly sexualized manga, that have no real plot or where the girls exist only to be idiots flashing boobs/panties, this one has a fairly complex plot and Sasha is about the only guy, except for the one-eyed priest. Women play roles from the big-boobed bimbo (sigh), to the warriors, to the villains. It’s been made into an anime as well (not in English yet that I can tell). I was interested enough to hope to see #2 but it definitely earns its parental advisory sticker.
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April 25, 2023
Very strange…
April 7, 2011
Very good. A must read for manga action fiends.
October 24, 2014
This manga is awesome!!!! Warning has boob shoots 0-0
September 5, 2015
Primer tomo del manga especialmente dedicado a lso mamaros con muchos complejos lactales que resolver. ¡Pero que conste que los adultos responsables también lo podemos leer, eh!
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February 8, 2016Edición española, primer tomo.
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