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サンクチュアリ [Sanctuary] #6
Sanctuary
As children, Akira Hojo and Chiaki Asami survived the horrors of the killing fields of Cambodia. Now young men, they vow to transform the destiny of Japan, by any means necessary. In this, the sixth volume of the erotically charged saga of political corruption, Asami and Hojo face life-threatening challenges in their respective rises to the top of the Japanese parliament and the yakuza crime syndicate. Meanwhile, a yakuza crime war is brewing and the police are hot on Hojo's trail.
272 pages, Paperback
First published March 30, 1993
About the author
Shō Fumimura
87 books25 followersBuronson (武論尊, Buronson), also known as Sho Fumimura (史村翔, Fumimura Shō), is a Japanese manga writer most known by his famous work Hokuto no Ken, known in English as Fist of the North Star. In 2002, he shared the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga for Heat with Ryoichi Ikegami.
Buronson was born as Yoshiyuki Okamura (岡村善行, Okamura Yoshiyuki) on June 16, 1947 in Saku, Nagano. He graduated from the Japanese Air Force Training School in 1967 and served as an Air Force radar mechanic. In 1969 he was discharged from the Japanese Navy and was soon hired by Hiroshi Motomiya as a manga assistant. He started his manga writing career when he wrote the script of Pink Punch: Miyabi in 1972, drawn by Goro Sakai. In 1975 Buronson wrote his first big hit The Doberman Detective, drawn by Shinji Hiramatsu. The famous Hokuto no Ken made its debut as Buronson's greatest hit in 1983, drawn by Tetsuo Hara. In 1989 his story Ourou was released as a manga serialized in Animal Magazine, drawn by Kentarō Miura, and in 1990 a sequel entitled Ourou Den was released by the same manga artist. Okamura also collaborated with the manga artist Ryoichi Ikegami in many works as Strain, Odyssey and the famous Sanctuary. Among his other major works are Phantom Burai, with art by Kaoru Shintani.
The pen name Buronson is a tribute to the American actor Charles Bronson, whose mustache Buronson imitated.
Buronson was born as Yoshiyuki Okamura (岡村善行, Okamura Yoshiyuki) on June 16, 1947 in Saku, Nagano. He graduated from the Japanese Air Force Training School in 1967 and served as an Air Force radar mechanic. In 1969 he was discharged from the Japanese Navy and was soon hired by Hiroshi Motomiya as a manga assistant. He started his manga writing career when he wrote the script of Pink Punch: Miyabi in 1972, drawn by Goro Sakai. In 1975 Buronson wrote his first big hit The Doberman Detective, drawn by Shinji Hiramatsu. The famous Hokuto no Ken made its debut as Buronson's greatest hit in 1983, drawn by Tetsuo Hara. In 1989 his story Ourou was released as a manga serialized in Animal Magazine, drawn by Kentarō Miura, and in 1990 a sequel entitled Ourou Den was released by the same manga artist. Okamura also collaborated with the manga artist Ryoichi Ikegami in many works as Strain, Odyssey and the famous Sanctuary. Among his other major works are Phantom Burai, with art by Kaoru Shintani.
The pen name Buronson is a tribute to the American actor Charles Bronson, whose mustache Buronson imitated.
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February 23, 2021
Hojo and Asami are halfway to the summit... But you know what they say; the higher you climb...
Double-crossing is in the air and taking up the Kobe alliance might be a tad difficult for Hojo. As for Asami, he’s looking for an axe to cut down Isaoka’s roots in the world of politics. Better sharpen your tool mate...
Ishihara is definitely a spent bullet. She was never up to the task and let’s be honest, Koike totally botched up this character. We could have had a strong female police officer opposing Hojo and here she is: useless and starry-eyed. What a pity!
Double-crossing is in the air and taking up the Kobe alliance might be a tad difficult for Hojo. As for Asami, he’s looking for an axe to cut down Isaoka’s roots in the world of politics. Better sharpen your tool mate...
Ishihara is definitely a spent bullet. She was never up to the task and let’s be honest, Koike totally botched up this character. We could have had a strong female police officer opposing Hojo and here she is: useless and starry-eyed. What a pity!
September 6, 2021
My book is vol6 of 9. This is 6 of 12 so there is a difference. That said, now it is getting funky. Hojo wants the Yakusa to become respectable so the cops cant get them, a change that is true to life according to the interwebs. Everyone seems to want to wake up Japan and give the people a purpose so they find hope. Good luck with that, the Catholic church has been at it for 2K years and progress is slow.
Here we also see the why for Isaoka, he is a mirror of Asami, just a different generation from post war Japan. Wait ten years he told Asami, but of course when there is a fire burning in your belly you laugh at that. Have to love how much they expect from politics. I just expect them to leave me alone.
As Hojo says, the why for most Yakusa is to live well in the only way they seem to think is open to them. That is truth.
Now all know of the dark/light pair and Asami resigns. Tokai is on the move though, with a typical violent solution. What will Asami do? Will Tokai succeed? Will the Yakusa get GEDs?
Here we also see the why for Isaoka, he is a mirror of Asami, just a different generation from post war Japan. Wait ten years he told Asami, but of course when there is a fire burning in your belly you laugh at that. Have to love how much they expect from politics. I just expect them to leave me alone.
As Hojo says, the why for most Yakusa is to live well in the only way they seem to think is open to them. That is truth.
Now all know of the dark/light pair and Asami resigns. Tokai is on the move though, with a typical violent solution. What will Asami do? Will Tokai succeed? Will the Yakusa get GEDs?
February 1, 2024
4.1/5
Well this took a turn... things are escalating twice as quickly now, and with some extreme consequences and betrayals. Looking forward to Vol. 7!
Well this took a turn... things are escalating twice as quickly now, and with some extreme consequences and betrayals. Looking forward to Vol. 7!
July 12, 2026
A really surprising volume! Confrontations and revelations we didn't expect until the very end. Really no idea where it's going to go now!
April 1, 2011
The story is really picking up steam now! Wow. Machinations, ruthlessness and cleverness on all sides.
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