Kamigami no Itadaki (The Summit of the Gods)

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Japanese: 神々の山嶺

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 5

Chapters: 47

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 1, 2000 to Mar 1, 2003

Genres: Adventure, Award Winning, Drama, Mystery, Sports

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Business Jump

Authors: Yumemakura, Baku (Story), Taniguchi, Jiro (Art)

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Ranked: #385²

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Popularity: #1236

Members: 16,441

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Ranked #385Popularity #1236Members 16,441

MangaBusiness JumpYumemakura, Baku (Story), Taniguchi, Jiro (Art)

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In 1924, mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine attempted a daring challenge: to be the first to scale Mount Everest. However, they disappeared during the final stages of their trek, leading to one of mountaineering's greatest mysteries—did the pair ever make it to the summit?

1993, Kathmandu. Japanese photographer Makoto Fukamachi discovers a vintage camera in an antique store, which he believes might have belonged to Mallory. However, the camera falls into the possession of "Bikha Sanp," a burly Japanese man who Fukamachi realizes may very well be Jouji Habu, a legendary Japanese mountaineer who disappeared from the scene several years ago. Unfortunately for Fukamachi however, Bikha Sanp refuses to talk to him and leaves with the camera in tow.

With the trail gone cold, Fukamachi has only one course left to pursue: to delve into Habu's past and see just what may have brought the former climber to Nepal. For the sake of rewriting mountaineering history, Fukamachi begins his investigation, a task that will bring him to the greatest height in the world—the summit of the gods.

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Kamigami no Itadaki is based on the Baku Yumemakura novel of the same name. The manga series won the Excellence Prize in the manga division at the Japanese Ministry of Culture's Media Arts Festival in 2001 as well as the Best Art Award at the French Angouleme Festival in 2005. The original novel won the 11th Shibata Renzaburo Award in 1998.

The series was published in English as The Summit of the Gods by Ponent Mon/Fanfare from September 30, 2009, to March 26, 2015. In 2014, the publisher's translation of the fourth volume was nominated for the Eisner Award in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia category.

A live-action film adaptation titled Everest: Kamigami no Itadaki was released in Japan on March 12, 2016. A French-language CG animation film based on the series premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival on July 15, 2021, before its theatrical release in France on September 22, 2021.

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Habu, Jouji

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Fukamachi, Makoto

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Hase, Tsuneo

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Tsering, Ang

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Kumar, Mani

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Razendra, Naradar

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Kishi, Ryouko

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Segawa, Kayoko

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Kishi, Buntarou

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May 22, 2021

yoyowhatup

Recommended

The manga that inspired Made in Abyss

Tsukushi Akihito has repeatedly said that this manga greatly influenced made in abyss.
There are many obvious similarities with made in abyss

I read it, and i have no regrets.

This manga is a love letter to the world of alpinism.

The art is gorgeous. I have never seen a manga with more beautiful backgrounds.
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Aug 26, 2016

SkyC_12

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From the master Jiro Taniguchi himself comes the greatest and most gripping high altitude stories you will find.
I love Taniguchi's work, the detailed background, soft flow of the reading, the calm moments. His work is poetic and outstandingly beautiful.

For summit of the Gods, it was the first time I was reading a story of his that had a faster pace, lots of action and suspense. And as always he does it brilliantly.

Story: It's about alpinism, it's about the mountains, the cold, the solitude and being one with a hostile environment.
I knew not the slightest thing about mountain climbing and I still LOVED discovering the ... passion of these men who are ready to die for their love of the sport.

Plot --> a photographer for an outdoor adventure type of magazine, Fukamachi stumbles in a shop on a camera that could have belonged to Mallory. Mallory attempted the ascension of the Everest summit in 1927 but disappeared with his colleague Irving and no one knows if they actually made it to the top or not (if so they would have been the first ones on record).
While he's investigating Fukamachi finds out he's a lot more interested in finding out about the man who found the camera Habu Joji and piecing up his past.
We follow the investigation of Fukamachi on both the origins of the camera, how it was found and the mysterious Habu who's been hiding in Nepal for many years. In the alpinism world, he used to be a prodigie, capable of climbing many dangerous summits with ease but he disappeared one day without leaving a trace.

I never imagined a story on the mountains would be so addicting. But it's so well put together, the tension, the emotion, the hard work it takes to carefully, one step after the over claim a difficult summit. It takes courage, it takes instinct and incredible mental strength. Habu Joji is absolutely fascinating with his love for climbing, like nothing else matters. You look at mountain climbing with new eyes after this series. People die every year practicing their passion and the emotion really transpires in the series. I loved this story to bits, I would even give it an 11 out of 10.

Art: it's Jiro Taniguchi. Expect only the best. The backgrounds in Nepal and in the mountains really were my favorite but everything is stunning. Only fault I can find is a lack of diverse facial expressions but that's also his style of having mostly stern characters.

Characters: I gave it only 8/10 because although they were all amazing, some weren't really necessary to the plot. And again, it's sad that there isn't a more diverse ray of facial expressions. I loved the complexity of Habu Joji's personality and all he's been through. Fukamachi was for the longest time just and observer, I couldn't really relate too but he has a lot of development.

Enjoyment: Can't you tell? I loved it. Only thing is, I find Taniguchi's works to be a little mentally taxing, it sucks you into the story so much that sometimes it's a bit overwhelming and I often had to take breaks to read something lighter.
But it's well worth the read because it's epic and amazing. I have never felt so gripped by a manga series before, it pulls you in until you're completely obsessed by it. It took me a while to get over this amazing story.

If there's one thing you should know it that you should read it. It's my favorite manga and I have found no other like it. Taniguchi is a genius and the writer Baku Yumemakura knows how to write an extremely compelling story.
I love this manga.

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May 10, 2024

Yangtze12

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WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAIN SPOILERS

The Summit of the Gods it's about many things, beyond the sport of climbing and the mystery presented at the beginning of it. It's about perseverance, until what point the human obsession can arrive in order to achieve our dreams, inspire others to be better and so much more. For this review, we gonna analyze, first, the positive aspects and, then, a few negative aspects that this manga had. So, let's begin:

POSITIVE ASPECTS

1. Fukamachi: He was a photojournalist that was asigned with the mission of collect the disappeared George Mallory's camera with the evidence of his conquering of the Everest Mount ...

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