Kokou no Hito

Vagabond addpermalink

Make me feel similarly. 
Vagabond - about great samurai.
Kokou no Hito - about great mountain climber.

Both are loosely based on real people/story.

Both arts are interesting and enjoyable. Though, Vagabond has more fine details (and is the best what I've seen in manga).

Don't let Koko no Hito to let you think that it is a typical shounen sport manga if you start reading the first couple of chapters. 
It will become a real seinen story later.

Closer to the end of the story:
Both main characters are looking deep within themselves. They are trying to find why did they come to this almost perfection in what they do. Why were they doing what they were doing? And they still push themselves to go beyond what they are capable of.

This is what creates similarity between these 2 manga. The feeling they give you about struggle, even if you are at your best. Ask why were you pursuing it? But you do what you are. You became it what you do. 

This is live of those who pushes themselves in area (way of a sword/climbing) they love.
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The series both follow the life of an interesting male character from adolescence through adulthood with similar pacing and art. Both main characters are loners that lead minimalist lifestyles. Both series showcase art with an appreciation for the setting (which is depicted very well). Read them both! 

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In both mangas, the main protaganists are deeply connected to their passions, and are willing to  abandon any distraction such as love and companionship that may hinder their progress towards their ultimate goals.
Both are seinen manga and art-wise are very similar. Characters are given a realistic look in design and background.
I am really enjoying both, so if you like one perhaps you may like the other. 

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One is about samurai and the other one is about climbing. But that is the only "unimportant" difference between these two series. In the core, both series are really similar. One is about a wandering samurai and the other is about a sole climber, both are searching for something. There are little dialogues, (gorgeous) art do more works. Psychological aspects of the MCs are the focus. 

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A very similar feel from both main characters as they are isolated and cast away from the people around them. Both male leads have a goal and will do anything to see it through no matter the cost or how dangerous it may be. Both protagonists have similar characteristics them being fearless, reckless, and stubborn, but they both show amazing character development as they start to think about putting others before their life long goals. Both manga's have breathtaking art work and character design not to mention a exceptionally well paced and told story that can keep any reader engaged wanting more.  

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Both are extremely realistic and absolutely fantastic seinen manga with a slight psychological element (moreso in The Climber than in Vagabond) about a man who sets out to be the best in his field, and is extremely talented from the start.

Whereas Vagabond is a historical samurai manga, and The Climber is a modern-day sports manga, I found that The Climber is one of the best series to read alongside Vagabond.  If you enjoy one, chances are you will enjoy the other just as much. 

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Both series have based on human's psychological development with a great art. Beginning of series both characters are wild. They gain wisdom through their experience 

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Both points towards self-realization or enlightenment through near-death experiences (rock-climbing for kokou no hito and sword-fighting for vagabond).
Both the protagonists truely feel alive and the state of no-mind or meditativeness when their lives are at stakes. 

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Similar ways of storytelling, following the journey of a man passionate about something (swordsmanship, climbing). Both has amazing art, relatable characters, and a large number of chapters that turns from an initial hook into a large journey that's made throughout dozens of encounters and events that are packed into a short amount of chapters (compared to the content). You feel like you're going through the journey of the main characters each step of the way. The main characters, Miyamoto Musashi and Mori Buntarou respectively, feel very similar to each other, having this charisma that's extremely rare to find in other works.  

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They seem very similar in the main character's personal journey. The story of an isolated man opening his heart to others, being betrayed, and drifting along. The two stories feel so similar but are so very different 

They both have similar art styles, both focusing on heavy realism. They both suffer in the same fashion and they both go through the similar journeys.

I would recommend either to anyone and I bet if you liked one you'd like the other 

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Both of these mangas contain main characters with incredible journeys and the progression they get is unmatched  

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Both depict how social misfits (The Climber - an introvert who distances himself from others due to his own personality and unfortunate past; REAL - people who need to rediscover their place in society due to their disability) who find solace in the passion of sports, to escape from the crushing loneliness as a result of their respective circumstances. They both showcase incredible depth in storytelling and breathtaking artwork. The Climber and REAL are mature, soul-searching dramas that are certain to grip the reader in more ways than one. 

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Oyasumi Punpun addpermalink

The struggles of a young man who doesn't exactly fit into society and the personal drama of his life. Depressing yet rewarding reads. These manga also frequently use the greatly detailed art to depict a metaphorical scenery for the story, so althrough the plot is set in real world, the art definitely doesn't leave you bored. 

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Glaucos addpermalink

Both leads are stubborn kids who have a natural talent for an extreme sport (free climbing/diving), but their reckless nature constantly puts them in danger as they over-evaluate their abilities 

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Ashita no Joe addpermalink

While it may not seems like it at first, Ashita no Joe and Kokou no Hito have the same essence and try to convey the same things...through very different approaches. While Kokou no Hito tries to convey feelings in a very graphical and lyrical way, using (or abusing, depending of your view) a lot of visual metaphors, Ashita no Joe does it with dense storyteling, in a more "classical" way. 
In the end, they both can be summarized as this: "the travel through life of a young man, discovering a sport and dedicating his life to it, no matter the obstacles, no matter the meanness of human minds, no matter the pains... until the end." read more 

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Peak addpermalink

Both are about mountain climbing, show the possible outcomes doing such a climb. Both also delve into climbing techniques, and show the psychological effect of mountain climbing. If you enjoyed Peak, you will enjoy Kokou no hito. Vice versa. 

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Homunculus addpermalink

Mature themes; Great artwork; Catharsis. 

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Holyland addpermalink

I just finished marathoning a hundred or so chapters of The Climber, and I must say, The Climber and Holyland are two great mangas that achieve their messages both strongly and similarly.

Enter in two character that struggles with loneliness and identity. They are somewhat introverted, mysterious, quiet, but nonetheless different from others. To channel their concentration, frustration, relaxation, happiness, and essentially, their everything, they find an activity that they fall in love with. Both mangas strongly represent the loneliness aspect of each person's life, and both do so differently. And the characters--remarkably considering other stuff I'm sure we know of--grow throughout the story, and we begin to see--actual!--maturity/develop over the course of the series.

But what is most prominent is of course the sports aspect that we are introduced with. Holyland is the indepth sports commentary of street fighting and boxing, and The Climber is the indepth sports commentary of climbing. The amount of detail, in reality, description, imagery, hell even throw in history are all phenomenal. By sports description alone, I would recommend these series to individuals.

However, don't expect some easy-going, shounen, arc-based, romantic-comedy, blah blah, you know what I'm talking about. If you may, excuse the language, but to put it bluntly, this is, in all honestly, some hardcore motherfucking shit. Remember guys, these mangas are about loneliness, and the reality of these kinds of plot is that life isn't just some lovely dovely pleasant adventure someone gets plopped in. Oh sure, there maaaybe some nice lovely parts here or there, but this isn't like some supercomeback Eyeshield stuff going on, this is some deeply psychological, well-thoughtout plots. The bleakness and harshness, infused in the loneliness and identity aspect, infused in two different sports, brings you two excellent, innovative, breakthrough mangas, Holyland and The Climber. read more

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Ping Pong addpermalink

Both manga belong to the psychological/sports/seinen genre. As such, they focus mainly on the psychology of their characters instead of the actual sport. Both have amazingly written, fleshed out and developed characters. They both have a unique artstyle, although Kokou no Hito looks gorgeous while Ping Pong looks eccentric. Even during the execution of the respective sport (Ping Pong and Mountain Climbing) the characters are given the focus, with lots of imagery and symbolism interrupting the actual sport

Read both, you won't regret it! 

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Shamo addpermalink

Both Kokou no Hito and Shamo follow stories of social outcasts focused on one goal - mountaneering and fighting, respectively. Both offer extensive sports trivia, explanations and glossaries. Detailed art. 

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Berserk addpermalink

Both depict the struggle of the Main Character with his inner demons. Both authors draw violence and energy in a similar technique. 

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Aku no Hana addpermalink

To be fair, there are works a lot more similar to Aku no Hana and they have more differences than similarities but I think they might appeal to a particular niche of readers.

In case you're looking for a manga that follows a main character that has a distorted view on society and can't establish healthy relationships with "normal" people, both have that. Aku no Hana MC also really reminded me of Kokou no Hito MC due to the tendency for both of them to picture the darkest side of society in their minds and at some point in the story be corrupted by a girl. Both artists also use heavy symbolism to represent what's going inside the mind of the protagonist.

But yeah, Aku no Hana has nothing to do with sports and Kokou no Hito only uses a high school setting for the first couple of volumes and then uses a time-skip to adulthood. read more 

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Nononono addpermalink

Both feature incredibly naturally talented (in some sort of winter sport) protagonists who face competitions and have their own pasts to deal with. Nononono is more ecchi, however, and includes a cross-dressing element. 

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3-gatsu no Lion addpermalink

The story flow and particular manner of introspection is very similar in both of these manga. Sangatsu is basically what Kokou with more words would look like. 

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Blue Giant addpermalink

The MC pursues his own dreams and objectives regardless of how many times people around him disagree. This is sort of an adventure with lots of ups and downs.

*Beautiful how panels are stretched and not per se completely filled with text, meaning you're free to think what he'd do and think about in various situations.

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Blue Period addpermalink

Both protagonists discover a passion in something and dedicate their life to it. , Kokou no Hito is about rock climbing and later about mountaineering. At first he surrounds himself with people who also enjoy rock climbing, but later is all alone. Has a lot of psychological elements.  

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Gantz addpermalink

Both series exclusively centers around the protagonist and their life, there will indeed be a lot of side characters that will occur by itself, their presence will impact the protagonist but they are not all so important to the progression of the story. Similar to Gantz, The climber will start off as a more light and fun series but the more you go through each chapter, it'll get heavier. 

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Kamigami no Itadaki addpermalink

-Mountain climbing as a common theme
-Beautiful artwork focusing on the magnificence of nature
-The idea of socially isolated individuals obsessively pursuing their passions (in both cases rock climbing) to resolve some internal issues)
-Both based on novels concerning Japanese mountain climbers 

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K addpermalink

Mature manga about mountain climbing and personal drama, combined with nicely done art fitting the tone. 

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Planetes addpermalink

Both series focus a lot on the psychological development of a main character obsessed with a goal and both have a romantic subplot.   

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Waga Na wa Umishi addpermalink

Same vibe. Male protagonist becomes infatuated with climbing mountains/salvaging ships. Same type of hurdles and atmosphere. 

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Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou addpermalink

Wolf Guy and Kokou no Hito not only are akin in art style, but also their protagonists show some amazing similarities. Optically, but especially in their characteristics. Both are rather sociophobic and try to remain isolated, both partially have a very sinister and dramatic atmosphere.
Wolf Guy feels like an "aggressive brother" to Kokou no Hito to me. 

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Gaku addpermalink

They both have an enthralling plot that focuses on rock and mountain climbing. The questioning of morals in life-threatening situations is also a common theme between the two. Unlike The Climber, Gaku doesn't have an ongoing plot. 

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Subaru addpermalink

They both focus on one character's very long journey to perfection and extremely in-depth understanding and mastery of their respective fields (Kokou no Hito - mountain climbing, Subaru - dancing). The protagonist is all that matters, Subaru gets a lot of people who help or try to hinder her in her task, recurring characters, while Kokou no hito much less, i literally cannot remember more of them than like 2 that show up for more than a few chapters. Both protagonists only care about achieving greater heights and understanding of what they do, neglecting social life whatsoever, feeling lonely, isolated and not understood by anyone. Both often border on supernatural with what the protagonists experience and achieve. read more 

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Vinland Saga addpermalink

Both Main Characters are lone wolfs and like to handle dangerous situations alone isolated from the world around them. Both Main Protagonists show amazing skill and natural talent  in their stories. Both Manga's show amazing character development as the narrative starts to reach it's climax. These two manga's also have great art work and the detail for each page is awesome. 

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Over Drive addpermalink

These two are really similar. The hero of the story has basically never done the sport and falls in love with it, in both it seems as if they were meant to do the sport that they are doing since it comes natural to them.  

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Ningen Shikkaku addpermalink

The portrayal of a man from his younger day to an adulthood as he struggles to be a part of the society and deems himself unable to. Both feature high quality illustrations that metaphorically depict the protagonists's inner state.

The Climber as well as No Longer Human are modern-day adaptations of older novels. 

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Survival: Shounen S no Kiroku addpermalink

Both mangas deal with extreme conditions of survival as an individual and fighting nature to grow stronger in order to reach their goals. 

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Koe no Katachi addpermalink

Both main protagonists have a very damaged and scared past which leads to them becoming anti social and being isolated from the world. Both manga's show the struggles and consciences the lead characters go through trying to erase the past they established. The two stories get really dark so much so that both main characters care little about their own life, not thinking things through to the end of dangerous situations. Both manga's share drama, Psychological genre elements.  

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Ningen Shikkaku addpermalink

The portrayal of a man from his younger day to an adulthood as he struggles to be a part of the society and deems himself unable to. 

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