
Is The Summit of the Gods Worth Reading? Review & Where to Read
Some of the best-drawn pages in manga, wrapped around a story about why anyone would climb a mountain that could kill them.
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We use the whole 1–10 scale and judge each title against the best version of what it is trying to be — a comedy on how funny it is, a thriller on its tension — not against some other genre. As a rough guide: 9+ is all-time great, 8 excellent, 7 a solid recommendation with caveats, 5–6 mixed or average. A 7 is a genuine yes, not a knock. The “Community score” in each review is the crowd rating from AniList, MAL, and MangaUpdates, shown next to ours for comparison.

Some of the best-drawn pages in manga, wrapped around a story about why anyone would climb a mountain that could kill them.

Baseball is only the board here; the real game is Tokuchi reading his opponents to pieces, and it grips you even if you've never watched an inning.

Horse girls sound like a joke premise; twenty pages in you're watching one of the decade's most sincere sports manga refuse to blink.

Buzo isn't likable in any easy way, and that's the point -- this is a portrait of a man who's only truly himself when he's alone on a rock face with the wind trying to kill him.

Sixty million copies sold isn't an accident: the fights hit hard and the friendships hit harder, even if the humor and pacing show their late-80s age.

The rare sports manga told from the bench — it cares more about the manager's mind games and team chemistry than the star striker, and that's what makes it special.

It makes a 2,000-year-old board game feel like a life-or-death duel — one of the most gripping manga about a hobby ever, and quietly one of the saddest.

Some of the best-drawn movement in any manga, wrapped around a classic sports underdog story — just know it's stuck on hiatus.

One of the great running stories — it asks for patience early, then floors you by the finish.

From the future One-Punch Man artist — a hype, hilarious American-football manga that turns a timid errand boy into a superstar, drawn better than it has any right to be.

One of the most influential manga ever made, and still a gut-punch — a boxing tragedy that burns brighter than almost anything since, dated art and all.

The thinking person's soccer manga — it's less about wonder-goals than about why a player stands where he stands, and it makes that genuinely thrilling.