A mountaineer with a natural talent for rock wall climbing who has conquered many difficult spots in Japan, including Mount Tanigawa's Ichinokurasawa demon slab. However, because of his lack of recognition he was unable to travel abroad due of financial difficulties. He is uncooperative and very passionate and stubborn about mountain climbing, so his climbing partners wouldn't last long with him. After losing his partner and mountaneering junior Buntarou Kishi in an accident, he began to prefer solo climbing.
In 1979, he slipped and was injured while attempting to climb the Grand Jorasses alone in winter, but survived owing to his tremendous mental and physical strength. In 1984, he participated in the Everest winter expedition. Dissatisfied with the climb, he descended the mountain and disappeared.
After that he began living in Nepal illegally and started working as a Sherpa with help from Ang Tsering. He planned to climb Everest solo and without oxygen in the winter and his work as a Sherpa helped to familiarise him with the terrain. On one of his climbs he discovered George Mallory's body and his camera, which led to his encounter with Fukamachi.
He is inspired by Masaru Morita.
(Source: Wikipedia)
habu jouji
Characters
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Fukamachi Makoto
Main
The protagonist and narrator of the story, Fukamachi is a 40 year old mountaineering photographer and climber. In 1993, he lost one of his companions in an Everest expedition and considered quitting mountain climbing after that. Shortly after, he found Ge...
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Habu Jouji
Main
A mountaineer with a natural talent for rock wall climbing who has conquered many difficult spots in Japan, including Mount Tanigawas Ichinokurasawa demon slab. However, because of his lack of recognition he was unable to travel abroad due of financial di...
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Hase Tsuneo
Supporting
A genius solo climber, three years younger than Habu. In contrast to Habu he has a bright and friendly personality but he has the same ambition and single-mindedness when it comes to mountain climbing. A rival to him, he was the first person to succeed cl...
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Kishi Buntarou
Supporting
A young man who joined the Seifu Mountaineering Club because of his admiration for Habu, who was isolated there because of his intense personality and like Habu, he lost his parents at an early age. He became Habus climbing partner and had a good relation...
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Kishi Ryouko
Supporting
Buntarou Kishis younger sister and Jouji Habus ex-lover. After being present in the death of her brother and his ordeal on the Grandes Jorasses, Habu entrusts his journal to her. Soon after they started a romantic relationship. She kept her feelings for h...
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Kumar Mani
Supporting
The owner of the mountaineering equipment shop Sagarmatha. He handles not only mountaineering equipment but also second-hand goods, Buddhist articles and even what seem to be stolen goods. After Fukamachi inquired about the camera he found at his shop, he...
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Razendra Naradar
Supporting
A merchant in Kathmandu. He bought the stolen Buddhist altars and the camera and resold them to Sagarmatha. In addition to having many subordinates, he is also familiar with and maintains a presence in the Kathmandu underworld. The camera brings about his...
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Segawa Kayoko
Supporting
Makoto Fukamachis former lover. She had a change of heart and started seeing Noriaki Kakura. (Source: Mangapedia)...
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Tsering Ang
Supporting
A veteran Sherpa with two experiences of climbing Everest. He was the last Sherpa to enter the "Tiger" category and he has been the recipient of a Tiger Badge from the United Kingdom.He also participated in the Everest expedition of the Tokyo Mountaineeri...