"Mountains, Appetite and Me" is a manga series that has been serialized on the web manga site Kurage Bunch since 2015. It depicts the mountaineering adventures of the protagonist, Hibino Ayumi, a self-proclaimed solo mountaineer who hates being called a "mountain girl," and the meals she eats at the summit. It's an outdoor gourmet story that will make you want to climb mountains and get hungry while reading. The dishes are so authentic that an official recipe book has been released, and as the author's own hobby is mountaineering, the depictions of mountain climbing that draw on her own experiences have become a hot topic. In this article, we'd like to introduce the charm of Taki Sayori, a junior colleague at work of Hibino Ayumi, the protagonist of "Mountains, Appetite and Me."
① A junior colleague who works at the same company as Ayumi
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Taki Sayori works at the same company as Hibino Ayumi and Komatsubara Koiko, the protagonists of "Mountains, Appetite, and Me." She's 24 years old, a temporary worker, and originally from Kumamoto. She has short hair and short bangs. She has short eyebrows and a tendency to look downcast, giving her a striking face.
② Does she speak little?
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Taki Sayori works at the same company as Hibino Ayumi and Komatsubara Koiko. After the company's section manager suddenly resigned and Koiko became its chief, Sayori joined the company as a new employee. When Ayumi and Koiko introduced themselves, Sayori only bowed silently and only responded with "Yes..." to any questions. Furthermore, she often responded silently. She seems to be a man of few words.
③ A former member of the mountaineering club!
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Taki Sayori is quiet and petite, but she apparently belonged to the mountaineering club in high school. After joining Hibino Ayumi and Komatsubara Koiko's company as a new recruit, she appears accustomed to hiking, wearing well-worn boots and carrying a large pot. During his time in the mountaineering club, he was such an accomplished climber that he climbed Mount Chogatake in the Northern Alps during the snowy season, and has climbed Mount Fuji four times. After participating in the mountaineering recreation, he seems to have become interested in mountain climbing again, and has even climbed alone.
④ A well-prepared and reliable junior
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In order to deepen her relationship with Taki Sayori, Komatsubara Koiko, the team leader, planned a mountain climbing recreational trip. For some reason, Sayori was carrying a large pot, but only four people were participating: Koiko, Ayumi Hibino, Naoki Hirumura, and Sayori. When asked why she brought such a large pot, Sayori explained that she had mistakenly thought a large group of people from her company were climbing. Since Sayori is originally from Kumamoto, she brought Kumamoto shochu and treated them to dagojiru, a local dish from the region. While Ayumi and Koiko were unsure what Sayori was thinking because she was quiet, Sayori was a reliable junior who always thought about others and prepared everything for them.
⑤ Her popular past...?!
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Taki Sayori was a member of the mountaineering club in high school. One day, she was descending Mount Takao with fellow company employee Ayumi Hibino for recreational hiking. When Ayumi asked Sayori why she stopped mountain climbing, she replied, "The gear is heavy, it's expensive, it's dangerous, my feet hurt, it's cold at night, it smells bad, and it's tiring." However, the main reason was "mental exhaustion." When asked what she meant by that, she said that she was the only female member of the mountain climbing club, and that she was strangely popular. She even dated three members of the club over three years. She has a history of being very popular.
⑥ Married Within a Month of Meeting! The Speed of Decision
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Taki Sayori joins the company as a new employee. At just 24 years old, she quickly registered her marriage after joining the company. Hibino Ayumi and Komatsubara Koiko were shocked to hear the news, and at first seemed confused. According to Sayori, about a month before announcing her marriage, she fell head over heels in love with a man she met while hiking. When she went to introduce herself to his parents to plan their cohabitation, they made it a condition that they get married, so she decided to just go ahead and book a table.
⑦ Surprisingly forthright
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Taki Sayori falls head over heels in love with a man she meets while hiking. The man is a rickshaw driver named Kenjiro Takimoto. As a rickshaw driver, he seems to be good at hiking. He can even easily carry a heavy earthenware pot on his back. Kenjiro talks nonstop, so much so that people say he's a comedian. He's the complete opposite of the quiet Sayori. When Komatsubara Koiko sees Kenjiro like that, she says, "I want to marry someone as fun as you," to which he immediately replies, "You're just noisy, I'll get bored of you quickly..."
⑧Do you like chubby girls?
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For a month, Hibino Ayumi became obsessed with foreign TV dramas. Instead of hiking on the weekends, she indulged in alcohol and snacks while watching DVDs. One day, when she arrived at work, her supervisor, Komatsubara Koiko, asked her, "Have you grown a little?" So, although Taki Sayori doesn't talk much at work, she made a rare statement, "I... like..." She also blushed and said, "I think that chubby girls are actually more popular with men..."
⑨She's also unpretentious and unpretentious
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Back to work after the Obon holidays. Suffering from "mountain loss," Hibino Ayumi was trying to make "mountain loss food" using a cooker and burner at the mysterious bar counter in her company, in an attempt to make up for her mountain loss, even if it was just through food, using a cooker and burner. Then Taki Sayori, who was also suffering from mountain loss, showed up. It seems that Sayori had tackled a mountain somewhere over Obon. Sayori was wearing a tank top, but her skin was so tanned that it was obvious at a glance that she was half-sleeved. Her indifference to sunburn and her unwillingness to hide the fact that she was tan shows that she is a down-to-earth type. That's one of her charms.
⑩ Sayori slowly opens up
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When they first met, Taki Sayori only silently nodded or said "yes." In an effort to deepen her relationship with Sayori, her senior colleague, Komatsubara Koiko, organizes a mountaineering recreational trip to Mount Takao with Hibino Ayumi and other members of the accounting department. They share their experiences in the mountaineering club, discover the joys of mountaineering, and gradually become closer. After marrying Kenjiro Takimoto, whom she met while hiking, she moved to Nagano, but she continued to open up to Sayori, even contacting her to ask if she wanted to climb the Yatsugatake Mountains with her.
Summary of the charms of Sayori Taki from "Mountains, Appetite, and Me"!
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Did you enjoy this article? This time, we introduced the charm of Taki Sayori, a junior colleague at work who works for Hibino Ayumi, the protagonist of the outdoor and gourmet manga "Mountains, Appetite, and Me." While Sayori is quiet and somewhat unpredictable, she also has a caring and endearing side. Please keep an eye on Taki Sayori as you read. Thank you for reading to the end.
