Kami-sama no Iu Toori

As The God's Will (神さまの言うとおり, Kamisama no Iutoori) is a Japanese manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Akeji Fujimura. The series is composed of two parts with the second part still on-going.

The first part was adapted into a live action film directed by Takashi Miike^[1][2][3] released 15 November 2014.

Plot

As The God's Will (Kamisama no Iutoori)

Takahata Shun's day at high school begins just as normal and boring as ever, but it doesn't end that way. After his teacher's head explodes, he and his classmates find themselves forced to play children's games, such as Daruma ga Koronda (a game like Red Light/Green Light), with deadly stakes. With no idea who is behind this mysterious deadly game session, and no way of knowing when it will finally end, the only thing Shun and other students can do is keep trying to win...

As The God's Will: The Second Series (Kamisama no Iutoori: Ni)

During the same timeline as the first part, Yasuto Akashi skipped school the day the games began, after having a fight with his best friend, Senichi Aoyama. While his classmates competed in the games at school, Akashi and other students who skipped school must compete in a separate set of games in order to survive.

Media

Manga

As The God's Will started as a manga series, written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Akeji Fujimura. The series completed with 21 Chapters under 5 Volumes. It began serialization in the 28th issue of Bessatsu Sounen Magazine, released on February 9, 2011, published by Kōdansha, with the concluding chapter released in 2012's 38ths issue, released on October 9, 2012. As The God's Will was published in Italian by Star Comics from November 15, 2014 to March 14, 2015.

On January 16, 2013, a on-going parallel sequel manga titled As The God's Will: The Second Series written and illustrated by the same authors as the first part began its serialization in the 635th issue of Weekly Shounen Magazine, still published by Kōdansha, moving from Bessatsu Sounen Magazine. The series starts at the same time as the original but follows the survival story of new characters, particularly the ones who didn't go to school at the first day, who face different challenges than those in the first series. Kamisama no Iutoori Ni has been simulpub in English as As the Gods Will: The Second Series by Crunchyroll since October 30, 2013. Kodansha Comics USA has been releasing e-books of the series since November 3, 2015. It has also been published in Italian by Star Comics since April 11, 2015.

Live-action film

A live-action film based on the first arc of the manga, Kamisama no Iutoori, was announced in 2013 with Takashi Miike (director of the films Aku no Kyōten, Mogura no Uta and Ace Attorney) set to direct the film. The cast includes Sota Fukushi as Takahata Shun, Hirona Yamazaki as Akimoto Ichika and Ryunosuke Kamiki as Amaya Takeru.^[4] In 2014's 32nd issue of Weekly Shounen Magazine, the release date for the film was revealed to be November 15 of the same year. In the same issue, Mio Yuki was confirmed as joining the cast as Takase Shouko, an original movie character counterpart of the original story's character Hirai Shouko.^[5]

Characters

As The Gods Will (Kami-sama no Iutoori)

Shun Takahata (actor - Sota Fukushi)

Ichika Akimoto (actress - Hirona Yamazaki)

Takeru Amaya (actor - Ryunosuke Kamiki)

Shouko Hirai

Yukio Sanada

Takumi Enokida

Tadakatsu Okuhira

Kamimaro Kaminokouji

Satake (actor - Shota Sometani)

Aya

Haruhiko Kikkawa

Morikawa

Matsuwa

Hanaoka

Yuu Shirosaki

Mikami

Kobayashi

Daigorou

Yuuta

Mako

Takamatsu

Kotarou Maeda

Eiji Oku

Hamauchi

Masakun

Junko Bandou

Mudou Imura

Genki Yamada

Heita Tadano

Maki Ootsuka

Kouhei Shida

Takuto Tokuta

Takahiro Kaburagi

Masashi Ookuma

Shouta Kageura

Michio Hirano

Kyouko Hirai

Atomu Katsumata

Ryou Sera

Musashi Mizuhara

Ippei Shirato

Naitou

Ashiddo Mana

As The Gods Will The Second Series (Kami-sama no Iu Toori Ni)

Senichi Aoyama

Yasuto Akashi

Sein Kami

Takahashi

Rui Mochida

Kiyoshirou Ushimitsu

Mei Hoshikawa

Kai Hara

Masami Tsuge

Megu Natsukawa

Akira Toroi

Kagemaru Shimura

Yae Hourai

Tasuku Higashihama

Yuu Tenma

Reception

The manga sold 1.5 million copies.^[6]

References