Manga like Yama wo Wataru: Santamadai Gakuburoku

Futari Solo Camp

Also known as Solo Camping for Two.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Gen Kinokura, 34, hobbies: camping. A natural outdoorsman who loves solo camping, he doesn’t need a car; he takes trains, then buses for the final stretch to get into the mountains. He has a deep love for all things nature: fire, wood, water, and earth. And to the same degree, he loves his solitary life…that is until, by a strange coincidence, he meets a young broad, Shizuku Kusano, and she ropes him into solo camping with her! With over 2 million copies sold in total, this neo-camping bible is bound to have you itching to explore the outdoors!!



Tags: Outdoor Activities , Food , Seinen , Camping , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Age Gap , Love Triangle , Educational

Kokou no Hito

Also known as The Climber.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Psychological , Sports

Transfer student Buntaro Mori starts his first day at his new school already on the administration’s radar. He’s withdrawn and sullen, and the teachers are just waiting for him to explode. When his annoying classmate Miyamoto promises to leave him alone forever if he climbs to the top of the school, Mori eagerly takes up the challenge and shocks everyone when he makes it all the way to the roof. Flushed with the victory of his first successful climb, Mori can’t resist the lure of the local peak, despite warnings from more experienced climbers about the risks of climbing alone. But Mori doesn’t care. A little danger is nothing in the face of his new obsession.

Tags: Mountaineering , Travel , Coming of Age , Seinen , Outdoor Activities , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Hikikomori , Survival , Snowscape , Philosophy , Wilderness , Classic Literature , Time Skip , Fitness , Suicide , Anti-Hero , Dissociative Identities , Foreign , Delinquents , School , Nudity , School Club , Marriage , Pregnancy

Yama no Susume

Also known as Yama no Susume.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life , Sports

Aoi prefers indoor hobbies and is afraid of heights, but her childhood friend Hinata loves to show off her passion for mountain climbing. As young children they once watched the sunrise from the top of a mountain, and now they've decided to take up mountain climbing in hopes of seeing that sunrise again. They have cooking battles with mountaineering gear, climb small hills in their neighborhood, and meet new mountaineering friends as they learn the ropes of the hobby. When will they finally see that sunrise again?

Tags: Outdoor Activities , Mountaineering , Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Travel , Wilderness

Climber Retsuden

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Various short stories. That revolve around the lives of mountain climbers, and the trials and tribulations they endure to realize their dreams.

Note: Won the 6th Kodansha Manga Award for shounen in 1982.

Tags: Mountaineering , Seinen , Outdoor Activities