The Climber, Vol. 2

孤高の人 [Kokō no Hito] #2

by Shin'ichi Sakamoto, Jirō Nitta (Original Story), Yoshio Nabeta

Dietro consiglio del professor Onishi, Buntaro partecipa a un meeting di climbing. Desideroso di fare una scalata in solitaria, cerca di tenersi al passo con gli altri del gruppo. La sua intrepida scalata verrà documentata dal reporter Kurosawa e la vita di Buntaro non sarà più la stessa...

Genres: Manga, Seinen, Sports, Comics, Graphic Novels, Drama, Japan

224 pages, Paperback

First published July 18, 2008

About the author

Sakamoto Shin'ichi (坂本眞一) is a Japanese mangaka.
He is mostly famous for his series Innocent and Innocent Rouge.
He is currently working on #DRCL midnight children based on the classic by Bram Stoker.

Reviews

[aleksandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5

"Understand? Don’t let go of that rope. A person who cuts their ties with other people is a person who cannot live."

Yep, it’s only the second volume, and I already love this story.

[Bingus Boingus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Main character is a bit of an edgelord but I’m still enjoying it

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Starting to build up a bit here.

No pun intended.

Mori begins to take a trip with everyone after training a bit with the insane blond who beats everyone up who I can't recall his name now. So when he does he's taught he must use the rope. But as everyone goes off, and Yumi falls and is stuck on a cliffside, he must climb to rescue her! Some legit intense parts, and good art from the climbing to the mountains looking beautiful. I don't like how these characters are either over the top yelling or mega edgy all the time, but I'm assuming they will grow as they get older.

A 3.5 out of 5.

[Mackenzie Marrow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would and should be a 2 star because of its distaste of women, but goddamn if it's not compelling.

The second volume in this series about this fucking freak! (not affectionate) I want to put Mori in a jar and shake him.

Female characterization remains piss poor. They're either the angel or the whore. sometimes both! and I'm not exaggerating!!

I'm still going to read though just to see what this guy gets up to next, his life is like a car crash you can't look away from and written to pull you in. I thought about it all day when I wasn't able to read so that gives it some merit definitely.

[Asvini · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mori is #edgelord

[Абрахам Хосебр · Rating 3 out of 5]

Очікую, коли шкільництво нарешті закінчиться і всі наступні томи будуть просто зображеннями підйомів без слів.

[Ryuta Fukuya · Rating 5 out of 5]

小説とは違う、でも漫画のロッククライミングを題材にしているほうが孤高Lonelinessの雰囲気が出ててずっといい。

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like how the main tension so far is trying to have our main character decide between going alone, and trusting others. He wants to climb solo! But that's dangerous and others are trying to convince him to be safe. He doesn't want to be around anyone! But climbing with others helps him learn and do new things. He thinks he's to blame for everything- but the coach wants to him to grow as a person and the only way to do that is interacting with others. There's one dude trying to convince Mori to go alone, some others trying to take advantage of his skills for their own benefit, a rival of sorts using him as someone to compete with and get stronger, everyone is wanting something from him. And so far we don't get a whole lot of what Mori himself wants, though we are seeing moments of peace where he can be one with nature compared to how shitty all the other people in the world are. I get that, I hope he does find some sort of peace.

[Dani Wladdimiro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este volumen es interesante porque, en un principio, da la impresión de que seguirá el clásico cliché. Tras la formación del club de escalada y el reconocimiento que los jóvenes escaladores han ganado, la historia toma un giro más terrenal, casi como si se sumergiera en la realidad.

Este cambio implica que, en ocasiones, experimentemos cierta rabia ante los eventos narrados. Aunque los spokon suelen buscar inspirarnos y darnos esperanza, entiendo la intención del mangaka de alejarse de ese enfoque convencional, y me gusta. Mori tiene mucho que ofrecer, y será interesante ver hasta dónde puede llegar.

[Simon Gaudy · Rating 4 out of 5]

"It's so strange, even though my arms and legs are all beat up and I can't move my body well, I feel like I could climb anywhere. I don't want to stop, I want to keep climbing like this forever. Endlessly higher, endlessly farther."

[Ohagi · Rating 3 out of 5]

y comienza el drama, aunque un poco forzado. por supuesto q el periodista es malvado jasjasj

sigo esperando que ojalá Yumi sea un personaje con algo de profundidad

primera mención de escalada en nieve >:)

[francesca · Rating 3 out of 5]

i enjoyed this volume more than the previous one: it finally seems like the story is really taking off.

i'm not keen on the exaggeration in the drawings, especially when it comes to miyamoto's expressions, but i must say I found it more interesting here

[Sierra Dean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for TLP

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far really great rock climbing manga, pretty great art and loving the story so far😁😻🧗‍♂️🧗‍♀️

[MG]

lazy to add the rest of the books in the series so yes, I finished everything lol.

[Andy Febrico Bintoro · Rating 4 out of 5]

School life X sports fiction. Hope it's not just about training and saving a girl life in danger. Need a real adrenaline taking scene.

[Olive rigsby · Rating 4 out of 5]

one day we will win. one day.

[Recep · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Altin · Rating 4 out of 5]

"What’s happened before is not the problem. The question is how to live on from here."

Great following volume from the first one.

[Nicolás Agustín · Rating 5 out of 5]

El primer tomo me gustó pero me pareció un poco lento, sin embargo este segundo tomo me ha encantado la verdad. Tiene muchísimo más ritmo y la trama se pone realmente interesante.

[Mónica · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25/5

[Omar Villafane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Soul food

[Lilac A. Penda · Rating 3 out of 5]

The main character sounds edgy, and doesn't show a whole lot of nuance. Yet, you begin to grow attached to some of the side characters.

[Guilherme Faria · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Snowy mountains are pretty nice ya know? All of the dirty and unpleasant things of the world below get washed away in the pure whiteness."

[Emil Vartušek · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Víctor Soho]

case imposible que non acabe sendo meu manga de deportes favorito.

[Hugo_isnt_here · Rating 4 out of 5]

8.4/10

[clo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like you Miyamoto please don't die

[VK · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think I just really like sports mangas. there’s this pattern in sports mangas… always has something to do with the alphabet maphia but I fw it

[woodpecker · Rating 3 out of 5]

I still think it’s typical, and edgy. And … dare I use the word cringe?
But I’m hooked, and I’ll continue the series.