Sanctuary

サンクチュアリ [Sanctuary] #8

by Ryōichi Ikegami (Illustrator), Shō Fumimura

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.

Genres: Manga, Comics, Crime, Graphic Novels, Thriller, Adult, Pulp

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 29, 1994

About the author

Ryōichi Ikegami (池上遼一) is a manga artist. He was assistant to manga artist Shigeru Mizuki in 1966. In 2001, he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga as the artist of Heat. He became a professor at Osaka University of Arts in 2005.

Ikegami has worked on several popular series, such as Mai, the Psychic Girl with writer Kazuya Kudo, Crying Freeman, with writer Kazuo Koike, as well as Sanctuary and Heat with writer Sho Fumimura. He also wrote and drew Spider-Man: The Manga, a manga version of Spider-Man and collaborated with Garon Tsuchiya for the manga BOX (BOX 暗い箱). His most recent work is Lord currently serialized in Big Comic Superior.

Reviews

[Leonardo Etcheto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Isaoka onece again with the wisdom: "The people give top priority to their own personal lives." And then Asami is dropping truth as well: "We believe that the purpose of politics and the mission of every politician... is to think of the Japan of 10 years from now-of one hundred years from now."
Asami wins his seat, but agent orange strikes again and he is running out of time. He wants to make a deal to get Hojo in, but Hojo says no. Only way is for Isaoka to step down. Then he goes to do a deal with the Ruskies, Tokai ofcourse is not amused. The youth voted once, will it make a difference?
Next volume is the conclusion. Will Tokai go bonkers? Will Asami live? Will politics and Yakusa be changed? Or does everyday life exert its power and leave the dreams for later? After all life is good.

[Alexander Engel-Hodgkinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.3/5

Damn. Isaoka is a force to be reckoned with...

Another solid volume of intrigue and insane twists and turns. Politics aren't usually this interesting, so props to Fumimura for maintaining the entertainment value for this long.

[Greymalkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am actually growing to respect Isaoka. I still hate him, he's the villain after all, but he's going down fighting and he's smart and savvy.