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The Climber (manga)

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Alternative title:
Kokou no Hito (Japanese)
Solitary Person
孤高の人 (Japanese)
孤高之人 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Plot Summary: The life of the extremely solitary Buntarou Mori as he discovers climbing, falls in love with the sport, and devotes his life to ascending higher and higher objectives. He dreams of one day reaching his ultimate goal, the deadly K2 mountain.
User Ratings: 14 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Excellent: 4 votes (Eng:3, others:1
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 Very good: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Good: 4 votes (Eng:4)
 Decent: 2 votes (Eng:2)
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Seen in part or in whole by 18 users, rank: #2838 (of 7116)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.000 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.3093, rank: #839 (of 8046)
Weighted mean: 7.976 (Very good), rank: #1501 (of 8046) (seen all: 8.03 / seen some: 8.23 / won't finish: 7.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.910 (Very good), rank: #626 (of 3567)
Number of tankoubon: 17
Number of pages: 213
Chapter titles: We have 20
Vintage: 2007-11-01 to 2011-10-27 (serialized in Young Jump, 2007 #48-2011 #48)
Release dates: We have 21
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Graphic novel
    The Climber (GN 1) 2025-04-15 (from $22.99)
    The Climber (GN 2) 2025-07-15 (from $22.99)
    The Climber (GN 3) 2025-10-21 (from $22.99)
    The Climber (GN 4) 2026-01-20 (from $22.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Shin'ichi Sakamoto (vol. 5-17)
Story:
Hiroshi Takano (vol. 2-4)
Yoshio Nabeta (vol. 1-2)
Original creator: Jirō Nitta
Art: Shin'ichi Sakamoto (vol. 1-4)
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Japanese companies
Publisher: Shueisha
English staff
English cast
Translation: John Werry

Design: Yukiko Whitley
Editing: Pancha Diaz
Touch-up Art & Lettering: Joanna Estep
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English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Marco Franca
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Italian companies
Publisher: J-Pop
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
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Licensed by: Sharp Point Press
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
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