Kokou no Hito Chapter 170 Discussion

Such a great ending. I'm a bit sad that he became crippled, but at least he's alive.

Pretty good read. It started off like shit (I remember dropping the manga because I was not interested), but I gotta say, it was worth it to keep reading to witness the KINO PEAK of the 14 mountain arc aswell as the last couple of chapters in this manga. Seeing Mori mature from a loner who indirectly got his sensei killed into a married man was truly an incredible journey. He yearned for loneliness, and then later, he yearned for companionship.

I guess there were SOME consequences to climbing k2, as his mountaineering career is pretty much dead (which I assume that's what the one panel of "the immortal katou buntaro is dead" meant. not that he actually died, but moreso his career is over). seeing him lose everything from climbing k2 sucked, but atleast he was smiling in the end. even if he cant climb bigger mountains, he still has family to look forward to. thats another benefit of companionship i suppose.

i kinda found it icky that everyone from 14 mountain died from the all traversal, while mori was able to climb k2 all by himself. i felt like it kinda went against the themes of how you cant mountain climb solo. you NEED a group, or YOU WILL DIE. but i guess not? eh, whatever i guess. i can suspend my disbelief for the time being considering how superhuman mori is. maybe it also shows how loneliness can be better than companionship...(?) but thats only if your companions are incompetent dumbasses like takemura and that one vice captain...

with that being said, im kinda glad that this manga didnt focus too much on the side characters anyway. its clear that this manga is a character study of mori and mori alone. there's no need for extra filler fluff. this manga was very well paced in that regard.


overall, crazy ass adventure. i loved most parts of it.
the artwork was simply a treat to the eyes, every couple of panels i'd genuinely just gaze at it like a louvre painting. awesome stuff. the opera, nighthawk imagery of niimi's death, mori in space being hopeless, and the final "amazing grace" panels are all highlights that i wont forget.

shinichi truly cooked.

Thus it ends honestly the manga was great up until chap 1-90 then it kinda become boring for some parts this last volume was awesome how shinichi did the ending of this manga... Tho some parts haven't explained yet about Mori past and that boy who appeared at the beginning of the tournament.

Moria past was explained, he saw a classmate commit suicide in front of him and couldn't say anything to save her. He eas the inly witness and people blamed him for being unable to stop it or created rumors about it, then Mori shut himself to people.

The boy at the tournament indeed seemed like an important character at first indeed, but the writer changed after volume 3 and that plot point was dropped. But he did reaper though, he was the dead angel kid frozen at K2. It felt though that the author just kind of reminded of that plot point and decided to tighten a loose end.

@Tenshi_Budo bro idk what you sayin it's been 5 years long since I've read the manga I forgor everything lol

@Goatama-san
Fair enough. I just finished the manga and felt like answering lol dont mind me