The Climber (manga)

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The Climber (Japanese: 孤高の人, Hepburn: Kokō no Hito; lit. 'Solitary Person') is a Japanese manga series written by Shin-ichi Sakamoto, Yoshio Nabeta (first two volumes), and Hiroshi Takano (volumes 2–4), and illustrated by Sakamoto, based on a two-volume 1973 novel by Jirō Nitta. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from November 2007 to October 2011, with its chapters collected in 17 tankōbon volumes. It has been licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media.

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CreatedbyJirō Nitta
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IllustratedbyShin-ichi Sakamoto
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The Climber
First tankōbon volume cover
孤高の人
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Created byJirō Nitta
Manga
Written by
Illustrated byShin-ichi Sakamoto
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintYoung Jump Comics
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
Original run1 November 2007 – 27 October 2011
Volumes17
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The series tells the story of introvert solo mountain climber Mori Buntarō—partially based on real-life mountain climber Buntarō Katō [ja]—who is introduced to sport climbing after being transferred to a new high school and later dedicates his entire life to professional mountain climbing, keeping the ascent of K2's East Face as his goal.

In 2010, The Climber won an Excellence Prize at the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival.

Synopsis

The story follows a lonesome and "gloomy" student named Buntarō Mori (森 文太郎, Mori Buntarō) and his journey from the discovery of his new passion, climbing, starting from a high school climbing club, to being a world class professional climber. Going through the different stages of his life dealing with loneliness, solo climbing, and depression, in pursuit of his dream, conquering the most difficult mountain, K2.

Publication

Based on Jirō Nitta's two-volume 1973 novel,[2][3] The Climber manga was written by Shin-ichi Sakamoto, Yoshio Nabeta (first two volumes),[4][5] and Hiroshi Takano (volumes 2–4),[5][6][7] and illustrated by Sakamoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from 1 November 2007[8] to 27 October 2011.[9] Shueisha collected its chapters in seventeen tankōbon volumes, released from 18 April 2008[4] to 18 November 2011.[10]

In May 2024, Viz Media announced that they licensed the series for English publication.[11] The volumes are being released in an edition that combines two of the original Japanese volumes into one, with the first volume released on 15 April 2025.[12]

Volumes

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
118 April 2008[4]978-4-08-877426-815 April 2025[12]978-1-9747-5152-5
218 July 2008[5]978-4-08-877475-615 April 2025[12]978-1-9747-5152-5
319 September 2008[6]978-4-08-877522-715 July 2025[13]978-1-9747-5516-5
419 November 2008[7]978-4-08-877549-415 July 2025[13]978-1-9747-5516-5
519 February 2009[14]978-4-08-877593-721 October 2025[15]978-1-9747-5866-1
619 May 2009[16]978-4-08-877642-221 October 2025[15]978-1-9747-5866-1
719 August 2009[17]978-4-08-877696-520 January 2026[18]978-1-9747-6190-6
819 November 2009[19]978-4-08-877753-520 January 2026[18]978-1-9747-6190-6
919 February 2010[20]978-4-08-877807-521 April 2026[21]978-1-9747-6258-3
1019 March 2010[22]978-4-08-877835-821 April 2026[21]978-1-9747-6258-3
1118 June 2010[23]978-4-08-877880-821 July 2026[24]978-1-9747-6458-7
1217 September 2010[25]978-4-08-879030-521 July 2026[24]978-1-9747-6458-7
1317 December 2010[26]978-4-08-879077-0——
1418 February 2011[27]978-4-08-879120-3——
1519 May 2011[28]978-4-08-879145-6——
1619 August 2011[29]978-4-08-879187-6——
1719 November 2011[30]978-4-08-879236-1——
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Reception

The Climber won an Excellence Prize in the Manga Division at the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2010.[31][32] It also won the Best Seinen Manga category at the 2011 Prix Mangawa Awards.[33]

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