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Sanctuary (6 volumes edition) #3
Sanctuary, Vol. 3
Asami e Hojo sono due amici la cui giovinezza è stata profondamente segnata dagli orrori dalla guerra civile Cambogiana. Rientrati in patria, decidono di cambiare il Giappone con ogni mezzo: il "nuovo Giappone", liberato dalla corruzione e dalla stolta miopia della vecchia classe dirigente, sarà il loro "Santuario". Per raggiungere questo obiettivo, decidono che uno di loro si darà alla politica, mentre l'altro lo sosterrà nell'ombra scalando i vertici della yakuza. Sarà la sorte a decretare quale destino spetterà a ciascuno di loro.
- GenresManga
428 pages, Paperback
Published November 16, 2022
About the author
Shō Fumimura
86 books24 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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December 21, 2025
Espectacular. Que maravilla. Lleno de matices, giros y con una historia tremendamente compleja. Visualmente apabullante. Una joya
November 23, 2025
Puro Yakuza Like a Dragon, qué maravilla de manga.
March 2, 2024
4.5 ⭐️
«Se muori non mi serve essere un deputato. Non posso arrivare al mio Santuario da solo.»
Un altro volume ottimo, in cui tutto diviene ancora più intricato a seguito del tentato omicidio di Hojo. Le reazioni ad una sua possibile morte mi hanno colpito moltissimo, perché mettono in luce le fragilità dei personaggi che il lettore è abituato a vedere in atteggiamenti sempre prevaricatori – e infatti devo ammetterlo: per quanto Tokai mi faccia vomitare, la scena in cui si inginocchia e prega che Hojo si salvi è stata molto toccante.
«Se muori non mi serve essere un deputato. Non posso arrivare al mio Santuario da solo.»
Un altro volume ottimo, in cui tutto diviene ancora più intricato a seguito del tentato omicidio di Hojo. Le reazioni ad una sua possibile morte mi hanno colpito moltissimo, perché mettono in luce le fragilità dei personaggi che il lettore è abituato a vedere in atteggiamenti sempre prevaricatori – e infatti devo ammetterlo: per quanto Tokai mi faccia vomitare, la scena in cui si inginocchia e prega che Hojo si salvi è stata molto toccante.
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January 9, 2024
La storia si fa ancora più concita e violenta, dando in questo volume largo spazio alle lotte tra yakuza. Come sempre disegni e trama magistrali.
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