[ The Climber ]

The Climber (孤高の人, Kokou no Hito) is a breathtaking psychological drama illustrated by Sakamoto Shinichi. Solitary high school transfer student Buntaro Mori is challenged to climb his school building. The ascent awakens an all-consuming obsession with mountaineering, setting him on an isolated and perilous path to conquer the world's most treacherous, freezing peaks alone.