Kokou No Hito, Volume 2 by Shin'ichi Sakamoto

The second volume plunges deeper into the climber's obsessive solitude as he tackles more hazardous routes and harsher conditions, chronicling technically demanding ascents, near-misses and the mounting physical toll of his pursuit. Sparse but intense interactions with fellow climbers highlight his growing alienation while memories and inner turmoil surface, turning each climb into a confrontation with grief and compulsion. The imagery renders vertigo, weather and minute, exacting movements with almost clinical precision, transforming every pitch into a tense study of endurance, risk and the narrow geometry of passion.