Drops of God, Vol. 15

神の雫 #15

by Tadashi Agi, Shū Okimoto (Artist)

Right after the battle over the Fourth Apostle ends, Yutaka Kanzaki's mansion in Karuizawa is victimized by theft.The stolen goods: Five bottles with a combined value of ten million yen! To get this irreplaceable wine back, Shizuku and Issei team up for the first time to solve the mystery. Who's the culprit?!

Genres: Manga, Comics, Wine, Graphic Novels

202 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 22, 2008

About the author

Tadashi Agi, 亜樹直, is the penname of Yuko and Shin Kibayashi, a sister and brother team of Japanese manga storywriters. Shin Kibayashi also uses the pseudonyms Seimaru Amagi and Yuya Aoki.

Reviews

[Sanford Chee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reveal of 4th Apostle 1st love 1994 Lafleur

#139-148
#139 1st love w/ a single tear shed = Issei's pick vs Shizuku #140 a serenade greeted by a smile
1994 vs 1992 Lafleur. Yutaka Kanzaki's 1st love was Issei's mom (1994 Lafleur w/ the sad tear) not the bashful 1992 (Shizuku's mom)
Check out this great Wine from Château Lafleur. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1258306?...

#141 embraced by a mother's image
Shizuku's consolation wine at Shiro Fujieda's wine bar 'Monopole', af losing 4th Apostle battle to Tomine. Oedipus Complex // mother's milk.
Check out this great Wine from Ridge Vineyards. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/5398627?...

#142 uninvited guest to a night of disappointment
Sara treated her brother for his 4th Apostle win with this celebratory champagne
Check out this great Wine from Jacques Selosse. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/15980115...

Honma treats Shizuku to this sparkling Pinot Chardonnay. Not 1st class bubbles but nonetheless tastes good.
https://www.vivino.com/SG/en/santero-...

While standing in for Fujieda who is attending a concert, a mystery guest (Hoshihiko Suwa, a TV producer) orders 1990 Lafite. Overwhelmingly enormous! Yet the customer complains that it has been degraded.
https://www.vivino.com/SG/en/chateau-...

#143 soaking a bitter heart in wine #144 wine be ever so capricious
A wine to win back Rie, Hoshihiko Suwa's estranged wife. Rie left her husband because she thought he treated her like a garbage dump for his bland wines, but the same wine when decanted turned out different.
https://www.vivino.com/SG/en/cos-d-es...

#145 in pursuit of vanished goddesses
Shizuku revealed that this was his father, Yutaka’s 1st love for wine.
https://www.vivino.com/SG/en/chateau-...
Robert Doi was accused of stealing 5 wines from the late Yutaka Kanzaki's Karuizawa house while under housekeeper Murakoshi's watch
1865 Lafite
1899 Latour
1945 Petrus
1959 Henri Jayer Richebourg
1978 DRC
To understand the power of old wines, Issei & Shizuku tried
1900 Margaux w/ chemise (sediments stuck to the bttl) - marbled statue of Cleopatra comes to life

#146 the queen's wine paired w/ a mystery; #147 when the devil's hand brushes the glass
Wines were served at dinner to trap the wine thief
Check out this great Wine from Perrier-Jouët. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1533065?...
Check out this great Wine from Domaine Leflaive. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/1700648?...
The wine glass however reeked of fish for this serving
Check out this great Wine from Domaine Leroy. I just scanned it with the Vivino app. https://www.vivino.com/wines/5407544?...

#148 beyond the stairs to the cellar

[Tasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

That was fun. Wine mystery!

[M · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume finds Issei and Shinzuku each doing a post-mortem of the fourth Apostle competition. Shinzuku is upset with his loss and realizes his selection shared qualities with his mother. Since the winning wine had entirely different qualities, he concludes that his father's first love was not his mother.
Does he know anything about his father's life?

Fortunately, soon a new distraction appears. While Shinzuku is visiting Robert Doi, executor of Yutaki Kanzaki's estate, police arrive and accuse Robert of the theft of 5 nearly priceless bottles of wine from Yutaki's home.

Issei and Shinzuku unite to find the real culprit with a classic mystery trope--gather the suspects for dinner and wine and figure out who is the guilty party.

Of course this leads to a new side quest for Issei and Shinzuku who are tasked with identifying an entire wine cellar of unlabelled bottles.

[Johnathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good wine and mystery story this time. Had to love the 4th apostle being discovered.

[Catherine Bond · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un petit souper mystère, de la coopération entre Shizuku et Issei... Je dis oui!