Kanou Jigorou

The Climber

Buntaro Mori is a withdrawn transfer student who struggles to connect with those around him. On his first day at a new high school, a classmate challenges him to climb the school building, promising to leave him alone if he succeeds. Mori accepts and scales the wall without any equipment, reaching the top and shocking everyone. That moment awakens something in him. The rush of overcoming the climb and the sense of accomplishment ignite a deep obsession with rock climbing. Drawn to the solitude and intensity of the sport, Mori begins to pursue it with a dangerous single-mindedness. Ignoring warnings from more experienced climbers, he is pulled toward increasingly risky solo ascents. As he p

The Summit of the Gods

In 1993, Makoto Fukamachi, a Japanese photographer on an Everest expedition, finds an old camera in a Kathmandu shop. He suspects it belonged to George Mallory, the mountaineer who vanished on the mountain in 1924. The camera could rewrite climbing history, but a mysterious man known as Bikha Sanp takes it before Fukamachi can act. Fukamachi becomes convinced that Bikha Sanp is actually Jouji Habu, a legendary Japanese climber who disappeared years ago. Determined to understand Habu's motives and recover the camera, Fukamachi begins to investigate his past. He uncovers a life defined by obsession, rivalry with fellow climber Tsuneo Hase, and a relentless drive to be the first. As Fukamachi

Finest Smiles of the World

A Wonderful World Made by a Fool

The Horizon

A boy walks alone through the ruins of a city devastated by war. After losing his mother, he has nothing left but the road ahead, surrounded by tanks, corpses, and the remains of the life he once knew. He keeps moving because stopping feels impossible. One morning he meets a girl in an abandoned bus. Their encounter is cut short when the area becomes a battlefield, and the two escape together down an empty road. With no adults to rely on, they decide to walk side by side toward whatever lies at the end. As they travel, the pair faces hunger, danger, and the cruelty of broken adults. Their companionship becomes a fragile source of hope, but the world around them offers little mercy. The que

Pandora Hearts

Oz Vessalius, the fifteen-year-old heir of a noble family, is celebrating his coming-of-age ceremony when the mysterious Baskerville Clan interrupts the festivities. Accused of a sin he knows nothing about, he is cast into the Abyss, an inescapable prison realm said to be home to monstrous creatures called Chains. There he meets Alice, a strange girl who is not what she seems. To escape, Oz forms a contract with her and returns to his world, only to find that time has passed and everything has changed. Now Oz must unravel the truth behind his sin, the nature of the Abyss, and a tragedy from a hundred years ago. Pursued by the Baskervilles and haunted by ghosts of the past, he and his compa