>generic sports manga >writer leaves, artist takes over

>>159200251
is that what happened?
Holy fuck, who knew the artist was such a fantastic storyteller?

>>159200251
what sport is this about?

I'll read it if isn't about boxing or martial arts

>>159200634
mountain climbing
it's so good that reading it made want to scale K2

>>159200251
Almost everybody forgets there was a writer involved but I believe that writer was just there because they were adapting a novel so you can't really place any claims on the quality of it without also reading the novel (as in was it the writer's fault or did Shinichi just completely abandon the novel)

>>159200634
assuming the filename is accurate it's about rock climbing

>>159200634
Mountain climbing

>>159200485
Yes, there's a big shift after volume 3 where the author starts using the visuals to tell the story and get in the character's head.

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>>159200867
It started as a loose adaptation of the novel, it did kind of feel like a sports manga in the beginning despite being an adaptation or a novel.
Sakamoto probably only took it closer to the original, though I assume it's still heavily modified.
The change is accentuated by the style shift as said here >>159200877

Shamo had a similar story, but i don't know if it improved or not

>>159201292
All I hear about Shamo is that it got progressively worse.
It felt kind of directionless even in the beginning. I didn't get very far.

>>159201491
I got through ten volumes and still wasn't entirely sure what the point was. The art was nice though.

>>159201790
I felt like they were going for some edgy parallel to Ashita no Joe, or at least I couldn't help but draw comparisons between the opening settings, it just never went anywhere.

>>159201292
shamo got mediocre then fucking died when the original author left at chapter 200