Japanese: 孤高の人
English: The Climber
Synonyms: Ascension, Koko no Hito
Type: Manga
Volumes: 17
Chapters: 170
Status: Completed
Published: 2007 to 2012
Genres: Drama, Sports, Psychological, Seinen
Mangaka: Sakamoto Shinichi (Story & Art)
Serialization: Young Jump
Synopsis: On his first day of transferring to a new high school, a loner named Mori Buntarou, is cajoled by a classmate into climbing the school building. Despite knowing that one misstep could send him spiraling to his death, he moves forward, and upon finally reaching the top, Mori experiences a sense of fulfillment. That feeling, which seems to be telling him, " You're alive!" gives birth to an adrenaline for rock-climbing.
Background:
Sakamoto Shinichi did both the story and the art from Volume 4 onwards. Before that he worked only with art while NABEDA Yoshiro & NITTA Jirou wrote the text.
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Source: MAL manga info, Baka updates
Side notes: I'm not now totally sure how I ended up reading this manga but it's been some time since I finished it up. I liked it quite a bit 'cause it's different from the mangas that I'd read before it and it let the story develope in its own pace without hurrying it up. Art is well above the average level but also rough at some times, so you can't call it "pretty." It's also a great survival story and tells the story of a strong willed person who lives in the way they wish and don't follow the masses.
Reason to pick it up now is on the other manga that also relates with the same type of story, Gaku - Minna no Yama, that is still under translation and it may take some time before it's finished (total of 18 volumes).
Buntarou Mori (森 文太郎)
A transfer student, who after being talked into climbing the school building, discovered a sense of fulfillment upon reaching the top. After which he became interested in rock-climbing. He is a loner who says he doesn't need friends, and seems to have gone through something in the past. He would rather climb a mountain alone than with a partner.
Source: MAL
Side notes: I'm not now totally sure how I ended up reading this manga but it's been some time since I finished it up. I liked it quite a bit 'cause it's different from the mangas that I'd read before it and it let the story develope in its own pace without hurrying it up. Art is well above the average level but also rough at some times, so you can't call it "pretty." It's also a great survival story and tells the story of a strong willed person who lives in the way they wish and don't follow the masses.
Reason to pick it up now is on the other manga that also relates with the same type of story, Gaku - Minna no Yama, that is still under translation and it may take some time before it's finished (total of 18 volumes).
Buntarou Mori (森 文太郎)
A transfer student, who after being talked into climbing the school building, discovered a sense of fulfillment upon reaching the top. After which he became interested in rock-climbing. He is a loner who says he doesn't need friends, and seems to have gone through something in the past. He would rather climb a mountain alone than with a partner.
Source: MAL
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