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The Climber

The harder you climb, the higher you live.

Created by Yoshio Nabeta and Hiroshi Takano, Art by Shin-ichi Sakamoto, Based on the novel by Jiro Nitta | MoreLess about The Climber

Buntaro Mori is a loner, but being alone in a crowd is almost as bad as being forced to fit in. When a dangerous bid for solitude introduces Mori to the rush of solo climbing, he becomes addicted to the brilliant sense of freedom he finds as he pits his body and soul against the heights. But how high does he have to climb to leave humanity behind?

Shin’ichi Sakamoto debuted as a manga artist in 1990. His series The Climber and Innocent have both won the Excellence Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival. His series #DRCL midnight children is also available in English from VIZ Media.

Jiro Nitta was a Japanese novelist and meteorologist. Born in 1912, he pioneered the field of mountain novels, writing while working at the Central Meteorological Observatory. Nitta won the 1955 Naoki Prize for Goriki Den. His other works include The Climber and Death March on Mount Hakkoda.

Yoshio Nabeta was born in Tokyo and graduated from the University of Tokyo. After working at a bank and experiencing a wandering life in South America, Nabeta became a writer and manga artist. His major books include Conde Koma, Present Bureaucratic MOF (Ministry of Finance), and Learning by Manga: History of Japan.

Hiroshi Takano is a Japanese manga creator and color designer, born in Nagasaki in 1971. He is the author of Dr. DMAT and Good Job, and the creator of Kokkyo wo Kakeru Ishi Ikoma (Dr. Ikoma Who Crosses Borders).

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The Climber, Vol. 4

Mori and the 14 Mountain assault team are more than a week into their complete traverse of the Japanese Alps, but bad weather and worse personalities are making the training seem harder than ascending K2 itself. After Mori is singled out for praise by the expedition leader, he finds himself pushed to the edges of the group as the team is beset by a series of increasingly terrible misfortunes. As conditions worsen, can the team pull together, or will it be each man for himself against the cold mercy of the mountains?

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