Kokou No Hito, Volume 3 by Shin'ichi Sakamoto
The volume follows the protagonist as he plunges deeper into high-stakes alpine climbing, relentlessly testing his body and nerve on technical rock and ice routes; his solitary determination distances him from ordinary life and brings him into fraught, intense relationships with temporary climbing partners. Meticulous, cinematic artwork captures every precarious handhold and sheer ridge while the narrative probes the psychology of obsession, the thrill and terror of risk, and the thin line between mastery and self-destruction. Amid triumphs and near-disasters, he confronts what it truly means to live for the mountain.
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- Alternate Titles
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- The Climber
- 孤高の人
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