Watching: The Climber

Overview

The Climber is a psychological manga about Mori Buntaro, an isolated teenager who finds his life purpose in extreme mountaineering. The story leaves behind standard sports tropes to become a dark character study on loneliness and obsession. Mori prefers the deadly silence of frozen peaks over the anxiety of human society, eventually aiming to solo climb the worlds most dangerous mountains. It is famous for hyper detailed realism and surreal visual metaphors that illustrate the characters breaking mental state and the brutal reality of survival in the death zone.