Gaku – Manga

shimazaki sanpo loves mountains. he loves them so much he calls himself a mountain-man and lives in the alpines, lending his hand as a volunteer in a rescue team, finding people, dead or alive, in the japanese alpines. the alpines can be a beautiful place, but it's also a dangerous, dangerous place. gaku: minna no yama received the 2008 manga taisho (“cartoon grand prize”) and the 2009 shogakukan manga award for general manga.