Yutaka Kanzaki, a wine critic whose opinions influence the global market, has passed away, leaving behind a wine collection worth over 2 billion yen. The pinnacle of this collection is the most extraordinary bottle known as “The Drops of God.” Only those who can identify the names and vintages of the 12 wines he selected, known as the “Apostles,” as well as “The Drops of God,” will inherit his estate. His biological son, Shizuku, and his adopted son, Issei, now face off in the battle of the “Apostles”!
The first Japanese person to won the highest honor, the “Hall of Fame,” at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.
Profile of the Original Author “Tadashi Agi”
Tadashi Agi (Author of “The Drops of God”) is a manga story creator. The name is a joint pseudonym used by a brother-sister duo. After writing Psycho Doctor, Psycho Doctor Kai Kyosuke, The Drops of God, and Lupin the Phantom Thief in Morning magazine, they began the serialization of Mariage: The Final Chapter of the Drops of God in 2015. In 2008, they became the first Japanese recipient of the highest honor, the “Hall of Fame,” at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. In 2010, they were awarded the Chevalier of the French Order of Agricultural Merit, and in 2018, the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters of France, among many other accolades.
The English version of the Drops of God is now available as a digital manga.
The smash hit the Drops of God is now available in English! You can subscribe to the digital version via Kodansha’s official website. The first chapter is available for free, so be sure to give it a try! Don’t miss out!
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The award-winning comic about wine that has been a hit not just all over Asia but also in France! Learn about legendary bottles as well as affordable secrets while enjoying a page-turner that’s not about superheroes but people with jobs to keep. When world-renowned wine critic Kanzaki passes away, his will reveals that his fortune of a wine collection isn’t bequeathed as a matter of course to his only son, who in a snub went to work sales at a beer company. To come into the inheritance, Shizuku must identify—in competition with a stellar young critic—twelve heaven-sent wines whose impressions the will describes in flowing terms…
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One last challenge stands between Shizuku Kanzaki and his father’s fortune-to identify the wine his father called “The Drops of God” in his will. Problem is, he’s up against Issei Tomine, a famous wine critic his father adopted shortly before his death. Alone and penniless following his journey around the world to gain knowledge and train his senses for the final showdown, Shizuku stumbles into a western-style izakaya to work for food and a place to stay. But when Shizuku uses his newfound smarts to save the struggling business, a competing chain launches an identical menu and enlists the help of a rising sommelier to go head-to-head with them. In order to stay on top and survive this brutal business, it all comes down to perfecting the food and wine pairings—the blissful mariage of flavors which delights the senses.