

Kami no Shizuku
- The Drops of God
- 神の雫
- Les Gouttes de Dieu
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Shizuku Kanzaki is the only son of world-renowned wine critic Yutaka Kanzaki. From a young age, Shizuku has been subjected to strange education from his father all for the sake of wine. From learning to gracefully decant a drink to intently remembering the smell of leather belts and pencils, the training causes him to grow resentful of everything related to wine. Discontent with his father, he leaves home to become an average sales representative for a beer company, refusing to ever touch wine again. When his father suddenly passes away, Shizuku finds himself being dragged back into the world he hates so much. As part of his father's will, the one who will inherit his prized wine collection and estate will be the person who can correctly identify the "12 Apostles" of wines as well as the legendary "Drops of God." In order to inherit the assets, Shizuku has one year to complete the task, but he finds the proposition ridiculous when he is the only living relative of Yutaka. What Yutaka failed to tell his son before his death was that he had adopted Issei Tomine into the family a week prior to his passing. Issei is a famous veteran wine critic competing against Shizuku to claim the estate for himself. With no formal training in wine tasting, Shizuku stands no chance against "The Prince of Wine" and is at risk of losing everything in this competition. Will he be able to correctly identify the elusive "Drops of God" before he runs out of time? [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Publication notes
Kami no Shizuku is known to have boosted wine sales and popularized certain brands in the regions where it was published. La Revue du vin de France, the most prestigious wine magazine in France, awarded the series with the Special Award of the Year in 2010. The manga was featured in the New York Times' Best Selling List of Manga in 2011. The series was published in English as The Drops of God by Vertical Inc., who released the first eight volumes in 2-in-1 omnibuses from October 18, 2011, to June 19, 2012. Vertical released a fifth and final volume, subtitled New World, on September 25, 2012. By the authors' request, the omnibus contained the 22nd and 23rd volumes of the series. It was later published digitally in regular volume format from October 14, 2019, to May 18, 2021. The manga was adapted into a live-action TV show under the same name. Produced by Nippon TV, it was broadcast from January 13, 2009, to March 10, 2009. Another live-action TV series was released on Apple TV+ in 2023.
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Nov 18, 2004 to Jun 12, 2014
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Shizuku Kanzaki6 fan favoritesExternal profileKanzaki Shizuku is the son of a recently deceased, world renowned wine critic Kanzaki Yutaka who owns a vast wine collection. In order to take ownership of his legacy, he must find 13 wines, known as the "12 apostles" and the "Les Gouttes de Dieu" that his father described in his will. He has a competitor called Toomine Issei, a renowned young wine critic, who is his father's adopted son. Shizuku has never drunk or has any previous knowledge about wines, but with strong senses of taste and smell, plus knowledge gained from his time with his father, and with support from his friends and colleagues like sommelier trainee Shinohara Miyabi, Shizuku submerges himself in the world of wine and tries to solve the mysteries of the 13 wines and defeat Toomine Issei. (Source: Wikipedia)
Issei Tomine1 fan favoritesExternal profileIssei Tomine is a young critic who's vowed to stake his entire life on wine. He had himself adopted into Yutaka Kanzaki's family in hopes of acquiring his wine collection, plunging himself into the Apostle battle. His deep knowledge and vivid descriptions have made him a leader in the new generation of wine. (Source: Kodansha)
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