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The St. Mikhailov Academy student Oribe Mafuyu comes across a mysterious silver haired boy. His name is Sasha and he is a Qwaser, a being that draws power from Soma and is able to manipulate a specific element. And now, in the 21st century, the mystery revolving around an Icon turns the academy into the battlegrounds for the fight between the Qwaser!

''Seikon no Qwaser'' is written by Yoshino Hiroyuki and drawn by Satou Kenetsu, the artist of the manga adaptations of ''[[Mai-HiME (~~Manga~~)|Mai-HiME]]'' and ''[[Mai-Otome (~~Manga~~)|Mai-Otome]]''. It is a story about Russian Orthodox [[Church Militant|Church Militants]] using [[Functional Magic|alchemy]] with power over one specific element from the periodic table each. However, the Qwaser recharge their power by [[You're Drinking Breast Milk|drinking "Soma" from women's breasts]], and the stronger [[Power of Love|the emotions]] of the woman being sucked, the more potent the Soma. Yes, [[Ho Yay|this rule applies to female Qwaser as well]].

''Seikon no Qwaser'' is written by Yoshino Hiroyuki and drawn by Satou Kenetsu, the artist of the manga adaptations of ''[[Mai-HiME (manga)|Mai-HiME]]'' and ''[[Mai-Otome (manga)|Mai-Otome]]''. It is a story about Russian Orthodox [[Church Militant|Church Militants]] using [[Functional Magic|alchemy]] with power over one specific element from the periodic table each. However, the Qwaser recharge their power by [[You're Drinking Breast Milk|drinking "Soma" from women's breasts]], and the stronger [[Power of Love|the emotions]] of the woman being sucked, the more potent the Soma. Yes, [[Ho Yay|this rule applies to female Qwaser as well]].

As you might guess, this story is definitely [[NSFW]]. On the other hand, if you're looking for a borderline-hentai manga with action, a plot, some chemistry and gratuitous Russian words mixed in, then ''Seikon no Qwaser'' may suit your taste.

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The anime adaptation of this work premiered in January 2010, with a second season that started in April 2011. This time Sasha goes undercover in an all girls school to find a legendary maria. He does this by - you guessed it - sucking the breasts of his fellow schoolmates.

Character sheets can be found [[Seikon no Qwaser ~~(Manga)~~/Characters|here]].

Character sheets can be found [[Seikon no Qwaser/Characters|here]].

The manga was picked up by Tokyopop and given the translated title ''The Qwaser Of Stigmata''.

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* [[Action Girl]]: Teresa, Katja, Lizzy and the majority of the female villains.

* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The anime went for a different aproach than the manga, it can be easily summarized with: the manga has action with [[Fan Service]] included, while the anime has [[Fan Service]] with action included. The change of focus is blatant in the [[Original Video Animation|OVAs]] and extra scenes from the [[Better On DVD|DVD/BD]] releases.

* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The anime went for a different aproach than the manga, it can be easily summarized with: the manga has action with [[Fan Service]] included, while the anime has [[Fan Service]] with action included. The change of focus is blatant in the [[Original Video Animation|OVAs]] and extra scenes from the [[Better on DVD|DVD/BD]] releases.

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Miyuri, though she's considerably more likable than most examples of the trope.

** [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: Skirts the line. Until season 2 when she completely embraces this trope.

* [[Anime Accent Absence]]: Both Sasha and Katja seem to speak fluent Japanese, every once in a while throwing in small fragments of ([[As Long As It Sounds Foreign|sometimes incorrect]]) [[Gratuitous Russian|Russian]]. Sasha even pronounces ''borscht'' like a Japanese native would.

* [[Anime Accent Absence]]: Both Sasha and Katja seem to speak fluent Japanese, every once in a while throwing in small fragments of ([[As Long as It Sounds Foreign|sometimes incorrect]]) [[Gratuitous Russian|Russian]]. Sasha even pronounces ''borscht'' like a Japanese native would.

* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: Sasha, Katja, almost every Qwaser has this attitude except for Lizzy.

* [[Artistic License Biology]]: Lactation (the production of breast milk) only occurs during the latter stages of pregnancy and for a time afterwards. Y'know, to feed a baby on. There are cases where lactation occurs in other circumstances, but natural cases are rare and drugs are required to stimulate breast milk production artificially. So it's clearly just [[Author Appeal]].

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** And the S&M, and the Russian Orthodoxy... also interesting in that the ones that seem to get off during the breast-feeding sessions are the ones being sucked, not the perpetrators.

* [[Badass Adorable]]: Katja, and to a lesser extent Sasha.

* [[Badass Creed]]: All of Sasha´s prayers. But in chapter 15 it reaches the level of [[Fate ~~Stay Night~~|"Unlimited Blade Works"]], maybe it´s even a [[Shout-Out]]!

* [[Badass Creed]]: All of Sasha´s prayers. But in chapter 15 it reaches the level of [[Fate/stay night|"Unlimited Blade Works"]], maybe it´s even a [[Shout-Out]]!

* [[Badass Normal]]: Teresa [[Waif Fu|holds herself pretty well in combat]] despite not having any supernatural powers herself.

* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Averted. Breasts are detailed and even panty shots are quite detailed, bordering on explicit.

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** Even after this event, she continues to make passes at Mafuyu every so often.

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Uradas lecture about bra cup sizes in episode 10.5 is wrong. <ref> One bra cup size is equal to 2.5 cm (or one inch) difference between under and top bust circumference. 10cm is a D-cup, not an A-cup. Teresa with 15cm difference would be an F-Cup and herself with 25cm a J-cup.</ref>

* [[Distracted By the Sexy]]: When the protagonists are being held hostage by Russian soldiers in one scene, Miyuri offers to strip naked for them if they'll let her friends go. Katja takes advantage of this act to run up and refill her Soma, giving her the strength to fight back.

* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: When the protagonists are being held hostage by Russian soldiers in one scene, Miyuri offers to strip naked for them if they'll let her friends go. Katja takes advantage of this act to run up and refill her Soma, giving her the strength to fight back.

* [[Dojikko]]: Tomo can't run without falling down. Must be hard keeping your balance with such huge breasts.

* [[Double Standard Rape (Female On Male)]]: Arguable in Chapter 17 of the manga, while Sasha has amnesia and Lizzy is drunk. Though to be fair, they are interrupted before they start doing it.

* [[Double Standard Rape (Female on Male)]]: Arguable in Chapter 17 of the manga, while Sasha has amnesia and Lizzy is drunk. Though to be fair, they are interrupted before they start doing it.

** Also in episode 13 of the anime, where the school nurse spends a lot of time trying to rip Sasha's towel off just to see him naked while he has amnesia and confusion about his true gender after the events of the previous episode.

* [[Drunk On Milk]]: Lizzy can get drunk from soda.

* [[Drunk on Milk]]: Lizzy can get drunk from soda.

* [[Elemental Powers]]: Played in an unusual way. When we say that each Qwaser controls one element, we are not talking about fire, water, earth and air, but in fact about the chemical elements of the periodic table: Iron, Chlorine, Copper, etc...

** Apparently, Hiroyuki ''also'' [[Order of the Stick|got passing grades in chem]].

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* [[Gratuitous Russian]]: Sasha often comments in Russian, but tons of mistakes make it very funny to read for Russian speakers.

** The male lead's Russian surname (Her) roughly translates to "Dick" in English. Considering Sasha's [[Jerkass|usual demeanor]], perhaps that was intentional.

** In the anime his surname [[Spell My Name ~~With~~ an "S"|is rendered as]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|"Hell"]], which is, accidentally, a nickname of a fairly well-known (and equally dickish) [[Real Life]] hacker who made his name cracking the e-mail accounts and blogs of various notable Russian bloggers and journalists.

** In the anime his surname [[Spell My Name with an "S"|is rendered as]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|"Hell"]], which is, accidentally, a nickname of a fairly well-known (and equally dickish) [[Real Life]] hacker who made his name cracking the e-mail accounts and blogs of various notable Russian bloggers and journalists.

** Also the German of Eva {{spoiler|[[Those Wacky Nazis|Anna Paula Braun]]}} Silver, but it is not used as frequently.

* [[Handsome Lech]]: Tasuku in the manga, though he does have a couple [[Moral Event Horizon|Rape The Dog]] moments.

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** {{spoiler|Also reading stories to the [[Chickification|chickificated]] Sasha '''using her boobs as sock puppets''' does not seem one bit weird to her}}

* [[Japanese Christian]]: The St. Mikhailov Academy is a Christian school with Eastern Orthodox followers. There are also references aplenty to the Eastern Cross and the Theotokos (Greek title for Mary).

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: Aleksandr Her, a.k.a. "Martyr Sasha."

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Aleksandr Her, a.k.a. "Martyr Sasha."

** Miyuri as well, as demonstrated in episode 6.

** Hana too. Seeing her and Mafuyu standing next to each other and talking friendly is almost ironic considering the beginning.

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* [[Sequel Hook]]: Both seasons.

* [[Sexy Priest]]: Father Yuri. It's to be noted that he's a soldier that is a priest in disguise.

* [[Shipper On Deck]]/[[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Both Tomo and Teresa supports Sasha/Mayufu despite the former having a thing for Mafuyu and the latter having a thing for Sasha.

* [[Shipper on Deck]]/[[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Both Tomo and Teresa supports Sasha/Mayufu despite the former having a thing for Mafuyu and the latter having a thing for Sasha.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Chapter 17 contains a few to other series, most notably Fate/stay Night. Chapter 21 has a slightly extended one to ''[[Kamen Rider]]''. There are others, but these are most obvious.

** A panel in the second chapter of the manga has someone who looks quite a lot like [[Street Fighter|Zangief]]. Given the context, [http://www.mangareader.net/474-28972-23/seikon-no-qwaser/chapter-2.html it's obviously not coincidence].

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* [[Sinister Scythe]]: Sasha's main weapon.

* [[Something Completely Different]]: Episode 14, which focuses on the adventures of Lily Mask in her fight against evil.

* [[Spell My Name ~~With~~ an "S"]]: Seems that translators can't quite agree whether the title should be "Seikon no Qwaser" or "Seikon no Quasar". "Kwaser" and variations with a Z instead of an S have been used, but much more rarely.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Seems that translators can't quite agree whether the title should be "Seikon no Qwaser" or "Seikon no Quasar". "Kwaser" and variations with a Z instead of an S have been used, but much more rarely.

** And is the school named St. Mikhailov or St. Mihailov?

** You can stick a fork in the first issue, because Tokyopop went with something completely different.

* [[The Cast Showoff]] - The song "Passionate squall", of the ED. And can you blame them, when you've got [[Yoko Hikasa]], [[Aki Toyosaki]], [[Minori Chihara]], and [[Aya Hirano]]? Two of the main cast of ''[[~~K-On! (Manga)|~~K-On!]]'', [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Haruhi]] herself, and the seiyuu who sings "[[Ga-Rei|Paradise Lost]]" and "Yuki, Muon, Madobe Nite"?

* [[The Cast Showoff]] - The song "Passionate squall", of the ED. And can you blame them, when you've got [[Yoko Hikasa]], [[Aki Toyosaki]], [[Minori Chihara]], and [[Aya Hirano]]? Two of the main cast of ''[[K-On!]]'', [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Haruhi]] herself, and the seiyuu who sings "[[Ga-Rei|Paradise Lost]]" and "Yuki, Muon, Madobe Nite"?

** And then Chihara, who doesn't even voice the main character, sings the second ED.

* [[Tickle Torture]]: Shows up sometimes, specially between Katja and Hana.