Encouragement of Climb

is a Japanese slice of life manga series written and illustrated by Shiro, which began serialization in Earth Star Entertainment's Comic Earth Star magazine in 2011. An anime television series by 8bit aired in Japan between January 3 and March 21, 2013 and was simulcasted by Crunchyroll. A second season, Yama no Susume: Second Season, aired from July 9 to December 24, 2014. An original video animation, Yama no Susume: Omoide Present aired on October 28, 2017 and a third season Yama no Susume: Third Season, started airing on July 2, 2018.

Plot
Aoi Yukimura and Hinata Kuraue are childhood friends. Aoi prefers staying indoors and is afraid of heights, whereas Hinata is outgoing and loves mountaineering. Both decide to climb a mountain to see a sunrise they saw together when they were younger. They have cooking battles with mountaineering gear, climb small hills in their neighborhood, and meet new mountaineering friends as they learn the ropes of the hobby. When will they finally see that sunrise again?

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