Shinju no Nectar

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I got recommened this series by a guild member. I will admit, I did not like this series at first, but as I read on, it got so much better. I thought it would be a shameless ecchi manga having fanservice just for the sake of it, but the mystery, plot twists, action and political conflicts are what actually kept me reading.

I only started to enjoy the series at Chapter 13.

Story: 8
The story is set in a fantasy world that is basically going through the industrial revolution. The Kingdom of Albion, an elven kingdom, is at war with the Dhala Empire, an empire of ... dark elves, over expansion and colonization of the world. The Kingdom of Albion is basically the good guys, while the converse is true for the other.

Kai, a modern Japanese boy, got isekai-d into this world. He was summoned by Sakura, a princess of the fallen Adarl Kingdom, as Sakura's power required a human (which is considered a rare race) to fully utilize it. While Kai is inept in combat without the aforementioned powers, he is able to use his knowledge from the modern world and act as a strategist, while also bringing modern technology to this world through his knowledge. This quickly earns him the title of a major, all while he gets embroiled between the conflict of the kingdom and the empire.

Art: 10
The artist is talented in drawing tiddies, so the art gets a 10 lmao.
The action scenes are also well drawn as well, as they are hype as hell. (I am a big fan of armour / transformations like in Akame ga Kill and Mato Slave)

Characters: 8
I did not like Kai at first, as he was basically a wimp that is a total pushover. However, when push comes to shove, he was able to steel himself and continue to grow from there in later chapters. Yes, he basically keeps pulling deus ex machinas everywhere (to the point where it could be a running gag lol), but I still found it beareable.

The early chapter's characters seem extremely shallow, but the characters introduced later in the series start to get more complex. Most of the important characters have their own hidden goals or secrets. Some characters start to overcome their own shortcomings, past or trauma. In my opinion, this gives the characters enough depth to make them interesting and for us to care about.

Enjoyment: 10
While the fanservice and ecchi are not the main focus of the series, it's there and it's good LOL
The plot is interesting enough to grab my attention and give me an enjoyable adventure.

Overall: 10
I hope this gets an anime adaptation lol
This series is good if you can get past the initial few chapters. It is a bit text heavy with a lot of exposition, but it was still an enjoyable journey for me.

An isekai manga which the main character takes power from breast milk that IS also enjoyable to read? Hell yeah!

Story: 7
- The story is pretty much about Kai, our main character saving the world and in the process, hooking up with girls with special boobies along the way. Eh? Is it instead the opposite? Anyways, the story part of this manga is pretty ordinary with some notable points in the world-building part.
- World-building: The world SnN takes place is heavily inspired by our world's state in early 19th century, with big industrial Empires making colonies all over the world, the twist here, is ... that the human race is a rare sight, and the world is populated by magical races, such as elves, dwarves or oni. The overall of world-building is done quite well with some level of research from the author.

Art: 8
- The art is really nice! Thanks to the fact that the manga is monthly, the art is really polished, especially Da bodey and Da booties ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), background art is well-done but nothing that commendable.

Character: 8
- Characterization in this manga, while having nothing notable, is done quite well. The main character development is satisfactory with him being scared and wimpy at the start but gradually he gain confidence and become much more admirable. Other characters, while not having any in-depth development, are all very likable, or in the antagonists case, pretty believable.

Enjoyment: 9
- The enjoyment is real in this one. The satisfactory development of the main character, the appropriate amount of struggle, the both relaxing and enticing intervals , the authors have done very well welding all those elements to create a very enjoyable experience for the readers.

Overall: 8
- This manga is written for the sake of bringing satisfaction for the readers and the authors understand that, at least up until this moment, the authors have stayed true to that purpose and not straying to any other path that would make the readers feel uncomfortable while reading (rape, ntr, too gory, etc).
- Since the manga is still on-going, this review is susceptible to later changes.

No reviews, huh.

Alright, first thing first - it is an extremely ecchi title, adults only. That's the cue for those under 18 to excuse themselves.

Alright. This work is done by the author of Seikon no Qwaser. And it has the same feitsh. That's the cue for people who didn't like seikon no qwaser to excuse themselves. Same fetish means breasts and breast sucking. I'm not sure why the hell the author is into this, but that's how it is. It'll happen. A lot.

The interesting thing is that the manga has interesting thing going in its art (it has a nice style with heavy use of ... black), and in the world (there's lore, and it is interesting), but "boob powerup" gets into your way, all the time. Interestingly there isn't actual sex in it, as far as I remember.

Breakdown.

Story: 5/10: It looks like there are some interesting details about the world, like magic history, races, there are conspiracies, plots and so on, but the "boob powerup" gets in the way and detracts from both the story and art.

Art: 6/10: Surprisingly well done, and the style is heavy on use of black ink, which gives it more dynamic look. One work that is somewhat simialr was.... "Tensei shitara Dragon no Tamago datta". Except "dragon no tamago" took the style even further to the point where it was just ink with little outlines.

Character: 3/10 - eh, character? Half of heroes and heroiens are there to fill in some stereotype, and while they can be nice to look at, they are very predictable and stereotypical.

Enjoyment: 5/10 - It was a "Meh". Art was nice, story was messy, ecchi concentrated on a very specific fetish. I got bored and dropped it.

Overall: 4/10 - Proceed at your own risk. I liked the visuals, but the work would've been better if someone steered the artist and script writer away from the fetish they were so fascinated with. If you watched or read Qwaser, however, you'll have rough idea of what you're getting into.