孤高の人 8

孤高の人 [Kokō no Hito] #8

by Shin'ichi Sakamoto

俺もアイツと一緒に、死ぬつもりだったんです――。　北アルプス全山縦走、下界では「部隊遭難」のニュースが広がる。その中で、森文太郎は一人、町に辿り着き、山行の全容を刑事たちに語り始めた。部隊は縦走終盤の烏帽子岳で雪崩に遭遇、文太郎は新美を救出し、孤立無援のビバークに。死と向き合い、生を営んだ極限の時間とは!?

Genres: Manga, Seinen, Sports, Drama, 漫画, Comics, Japan

Paperback

First published November 1, 2009

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

[Kanishka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nighthawk was truly an ugly bird
His face was covered in splotches as if he had been splattered with miso
And his beak was flat and split all the way back to his ears
He was such a sight that just seeing him made other birds uncomfortable
“Please bring me to you I don’t care that I’ll burn and die, even an ugly body like mine will shine as it burns please take me.”

[Amer · Rating 3 out of 5]

(review is for the full work :3) Sakamoto was playing with interesting concepts in his depiction of the overwhelming loneliness in Japanese society. I think the ultimate flaw seen throughout the book is to slowly turn every side character into a cartoonishly evil form of themselves. I understand the idea of showing how a singleminded view of the world slowly corrupts an individual, but it just becomes boring and predictable rather than allowing a full exploration of each member. Mori's loneliness also does not feel completely resolved by the end, and the reconciliation of the two selves seems to undermine the throughline of the plot. It feels like Sakamoto is having his cake and eating it whenever he can. This manga was very good throughout, but I never really got rid of the bad taste in my mouth.

[Dani Wladdimiro · Rating 2 out of 5]

Me sucede algo muy importante acá, porque en vez de sentir pena por los personajes, y tener esa empatía con las historias que me van contando como también los sueños que nunca tuvieron, todo el tiempo decía: Son unos estúpidos, porque tuvieron que llegar a este punto. Por lo tanto, Mori se lleva la peor parte, porque él ha tratado de tomar las mejores decisiones, aunque haya sido llevado al límite por sus pares, siendo incluso participe en la protección y el cuidado de uno de sus compañeros, aunque lo haya tratado de una manera horrible. De ser así, ¿me importa lo que ocurra en este volumen? Sinceramente no, me termina pasando más que Mori sufrí y sufrí, y necesito que él encuentre destellos de felicidad, pero por culpa de las cargas a su alrededor, termina siendo diferente.

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume starts with a cold open as we hear SOMETHING has happened on the mountain, some big disaster, and we slowly watch Mori's perspective unfold. It's a heartbreaker! He finally found people to work with, they abandon him, and try as he might to work with them again bad stuff just keeps happening. So many things get 'revealed' here, I guess, about who these climbers are or were, and despite Mori always trying to go alone it's clear that the people around him still leave memories and consequences that he can't simply be free of.

[clo · Rating 5 out of 5]

bro finally got something akin to a friend and the mf just goes and dies in front of him 😭😭😭

loved the scene with Nimi and the tall fence. him saying man I should have just crawled thru and tried to make friends instead of isolating, but would he have been happy like that? probably wouldn’t have died a horrible way for sure buttttt who knows

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Andy Febrico Bintoro · Rating 3 out of 5]

A story from high altitude, where memory between past and reality resurface. A Will test to go back on memory or keep facing for the future.

[Nuriaaa · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,75/5 took me a while to finish

[Omar Villafane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Only those that stay focused get backed up by the spirit ♾️🗺️

[Agustmarto · Rating 5 out of 5]

peak del manga (no lo se aún no lo termino), mucha muerte en este tomo, la verdad si solté sus lágrimas yy voy a seguir leyendo, el manga me engancho 100%

[Emil Vartušek · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Dagautier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beaucoup d’émotions dans ce tome.
Et de multiples solitudes.

[Абрахам Хосебр · Rating 5 out of 5]

But nighthawk was not a brother nor kin of the true hawk

[Pedro Faria · Rating 5 out of 5]

"What happened there, only the mountain knows."

[Mónica · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5/5⭐

[Ohagi · Rating 4 out of 5]

un poco confuso el tomo ngl pero todo lo de nimi :(

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 again

[Xirimoya · Rating 5 out of 5]

el mejor tomo hasta ahora sakamoto eres el mejor solo siento admiración

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Kynthos-the-Archer (Kyn) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although Mori was rejected by his team members he continued with the traversal mission. Then the team was separated by an accident during their tracking at Eboshi mountain. 

Mori was trapped with an injured Niimi in a snow cave below Mount Eboshi's ridge line. Supplies are running out and Mori has to choose between leaving Niimi to find rescue or to stay beside a needy Niimi. He knew staying would be signing his own death warrant. Was it worth dying together with a selfish ungrateful soul? 

In this volume, Mori's physical and mental strength along with his personal values and ethics was put to a mind breaking test. My heart aches for his pain and I long to soothe his lonely soul. 



* Reviewed on June 26th, 2014

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[Bouilloire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Encore une fin de tome saisissante.

[Danielle's Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honestly did not see this coming. I thought something bad would happen, but did not see this coming.