Kokou no Hito

Kokou no Hito (孤高の人, lit. "Solitary Person") or The Climber is a Japanese manga series written by Shin-ichi Sakamoto and Yoshirō Nabeda and illustrated by Sakamoto, based on a novel by Jirō Nitta. It was originally serialized in Weekly Young Jump from 2007 to 2012, with the 170 chapters later published into seventeen tankōbon volumes by Shueisha. It tells the story of introvert solo mountain climber Mori Buntarō—partially based on real-life mountain climber Buntarō Katō—who is introduced to sport climbing after being transferred to a new high school and later dedicates his entire life to professional mountain climbing, keeping the ascent of K2's East Face as his goal. The manga won an Excellence Prize in the manga division at the 2010 Japan Media Arts Festival.[1] It also won the best seinen manga category at the 2011 Prix Mangawa Awards.[2]

Kokou no Hito
First tankōbon volume cover
孤高の人
Manga
Written by
Illustrated byShin-ichi Sakamoto
Published byShueisha
ImprintYoung Jump Comics
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original run1 November 2007 – 27 October 2011
Volumes17

Synopsis

The story follows a lonesome and "gloomy" student named Buntarō Mori (森 文太郎, Mori Buntarō) and his journey from the discovery of his new passion, climbing, starting from a high school climbing club, to being a world class professional climber. Going through the different stages of his life dealing with loneliness, solo climbing, and depression, in pursue of his dream, conquering the most difficult mountain, K2.

Publication

Written by Shin-ichi Sakamoto and Yoshirō Nabeda and illustrated by Sakamoto, Kokou no Hito was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from 1 November 2007,[3] to 27 October 2011.[4] Shueisha collected its chapters in seventeen tankōbon volumes, released from 18 April 2008[5] to 18 November 2011.[6]

Volume list
No. Release date ISBN
1 18 April 2008[5]978-4-08-877426-8
2 18 July 2008[7]978-4-08-877475-6
3 19 September 2008[8]978-4-08-877522-7
4 19 November 2008[9]978-4-08-877549-4
5 19 February 2009[10]978-4-08-877593-7
6 19 May 2009[11]978-4-08-877642-2
7 19 August 2009[12]978-4-08-877696-5
8 19 November 2009[13]978-4-08-877753-5
9 19 February 2010[14]978-4-08-877807-5
10 19 March 2010[15]978-4-08-877835-8
11 18 June 2010[16]978-4-08-877880-8
12 17 September 2010[17]978-4-08-879030-5
13 17 December 2010[18]978-4-08-879077-0
14 18 February 2011[19]978-4-08-879120-3
15 19 May 2011[20]978-4-08-879145-6
16 19 August 2011[21]978-4-08-879187-6
17 19 November 2011[22]978-4-08-879236-1

References
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  2. "Vainqueurs du prix Mangawa 2011". Manga-News (in French). Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. 【ヤングジャンプ】ヤングジャンプ№48特大号は、11月1日発売!!. manganohi.jp (in Japanese). 1 November 2007. Archived from the original on 15 November 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. ヤンジャンで「パパ聞き！」始動、「孤高の人」は堂々完結. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  5. 孤高の人 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. 【11月18日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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  12. 孤高の人 7 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  13. 孤高の人 8 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  14. 孤高の人 9 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  15. 孤高の人 10 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  16. 孤高の人 11 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  17. 孤高の人 12 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  18. 孤高の人 13 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  19. 孤高の人 14 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  20. 孤高の人 15 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  21. 孤高の人 16 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  22. 孤高の人 17 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on 22 May 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
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