Buntarō Mori transfers to a new school in the hopes of being left alone... Only for a school bully to send his life down an unexpected path: a new passion for solo climbing! Mori, a gloomy loner, soon opens up under the watchful eye of his teacher, Oonishi and the students form a climbing club... But after a climbing trip gone wrong, Mori's life starts to catch up with him... Maybe this is one climb he must face alone!

This week, Mat is joined once again by Georgie (aka Mainly.Manga) to discuss The Climber by Shin-ichi Sakamoto, Yoshio Nabeta & Hiroshi Takano. We discuss not only the book's high-highs, but it's interesting publishing history, Sakamoto's other works and the author's own journey from a young Mangaka to almost retiring from Manga altogether before the success of this work!

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Show Notes

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Manga

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Innocent by Shin-ichi Sakamoto

#DRCL Midnight Children by Shin-ichi Sakamoto

Monster by Naoki Urusawa

GTO by Tooru Fujisawa

The Summit of The Gods by Jiro Taniguchi

A Journal of my Father by Jiro Taniguchi

The Solitary Gourmet by Jiro Taniguchi

The Walking Man by Jiro Taniguchi

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Interviews Etc.

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Shin-Ichi Sakamoto Manben Episode!

Kerastyle Interview with Shin-ichi Sakamoto

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The passing of world-renowned wine critic Yutaka Kanzaki sends shockwaves through the industry... but perhaps nobody is more surprised by his passing than his son, Shizuku, who has been estranged from his father for many years and in an act of defiance after his harsh upbringing, never touched a drop of wine...

But upon hearing from his father's lawyer, Shizuku discovers that if he wants claim his inheritance, the world's most expensive wine collection, he must correctly identity 13 wines: 12 'apostles' and a wine cryptically referred to as 'The Drops of God' in a competition against another renowned wine critic, Issei Tomine, who was adopted by his father just before his passing!

This week, Mat sits down once more with Árni Beck Gunnarsson to talk The Drops of God by Tadashi Agi and Shin Kibayashi! Join us as we discuss if this wine manga had us reaching for another glass, or if it's approach to wine left us longing for something stronger. We speculate on it's tone and target audience, while Mat also gets into his thoughts about the Live Action TV show currently streaming on Apple TV!

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Show Notes

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Manga

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Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata

Midnight Diner by Yarō Abe

Great Teacher Onizuka by Tooru Fujisawa

Oishinbo by Tetsu Kariya Akira Hanasaki

Food Wars!: Shokugeki No Soma by Yūto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki

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TV Shows

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Drops of God (Apple TV)

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Jarret Melendez' story about a Tokyo Jazz Bar can be found in Vol.1 of IDW's Full Bleed Anthology!

Listen to Mat and Arni talk Manga more broadly on Tegenseriessnak here!

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After agreeing to marry a mysterious, beautiful girl after a near death experience, Nasa Yuzaki has his world turned upside down on his 18th birthday when she suddenly appears on his doorstep with a marriage form in hand! Who is this woman and why does she remind him so much of the fabled moon princess Kaguya?

This week on Manga Tak, Mat is joined once more by AC Yoshimura (aka prodtally) to discuss T̶o̶n̶i̶k̶a̶k̶u̶ ̶K̶a̶w̶a̶i̶i̶ Fly Me To The Moon by Kenjiro Hata! Join us as we discuss the dangers of 2am Don Quixote visits, how the manga compares to the anime, and watch in real time as Mat does a complete 180 turn on reading on based solely on the mention of one of his favourite movies...

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Show Notes

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Manga

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Urusei Yatsura by Rumiko Takahashi

Ranma 1/2 by Rumiko Takahashi

Love Hina by Ken Akamatsu

Trigun by Yasuhiro Nightow

Revolutionary Girl Utena by Chiho Saito / Be-Papas

Neon Genesis Evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Wash It All Away by Mitsuru Hattori

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Other

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Highlander

Mamoru Oshii

Seikima-II

Japan's Culture Council

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