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サンクチュアリ [Sanctuary] #4
Sanctuary, Tome 4
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206 pages, Paperback
First published February 29, 1992
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About the author
Shō Fumimura
86 books23 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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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
February 6, 2021
Ah. So many plots. So many threads to follow. So many double crossings waiting to happen.
Busy bee Hojo is on every front: thwarting Isaoka’s plot against Asami, recruiting another ambitious upstart who’ll bring him lots of cash. Will Hojo be able to make good use of it? Nothing’s less sure since his Hong Kong scheme might backfire on him.
As for Asami he makes pal- sort of- with new Diet members like him. This part is the less well handled. The way Asami and Sengoku befriend each other is kind of silly and Yoshikawa feels too much like a cartoon character to be credible. On the other hand, the depiction of Japan’s politics is quite interesting. Guess it’s the same everywhere, eh?
Ishihara is alas still playing the blushing bride...
Busy bee Hojo is on every front: thwarting Isaoka’s plot against Asami, recruiting another ambitious upstart who’ll bring him lots of cash. Will Hojo be able to make good use of it? Nothing’s less sure since his Hong Kong scheme might backfire on him.
As for Asami he makes pal- sort of- with new Diet members like him. This part is the less well handled. The way Asami and Sengoku befriend each other is kind of silly and Yoshikawa feels too much like a cartoon character to be credible. On the other hand, the depiction of Japan’s politics is quite interesting. Guess it’s the same everywhere, eh?
Ishihara is alas still playing the blushing bride...
February 10, 2026
Sanctuary is a really good crime/political thriller (with some thorny out-of-date elements to be sure) elevated into the stratosphere because of its jaw-dropping art. Ryoichi Ikegami is one of the best sequential artists to ever live. I can't tell you how sad it makes me that his work is SO hard to track down in English. But I'm doing my best!!
September 5, 2021
Let the double crossing commence! Kudos for a great cliffhanger ending to the book. Will Hojo live? Will love conquer all? Will Tokai go bonkers and nuke something? Who will fight with whom and for what? Will the past catch up with the big tree?
I found Asamis talk with the "American Spirit" fantastic. Here we have Japans argument during the car wars. Open up the borders and let people choose the best. They will choose Japanese because Japan builds with quality while the big three focused on compensation (execs, unions, pensions)and built crap. Protecting the big three is what got them in trouble, they forgot how to compete. Ofcourse politics being whatvthey are what we did is put limits on how much they coild import which forced them to start producing in the USA. Without unions ofcourse or shortsighted execs.
Now to get aswers in vol5.
I found Asamis talk with the "American Spirit" fantastic. Here we have Japans argument during the car wars. Open up the borders and let people choose the best. They will choose Japanese because Japan builds with quality while the big three focused on compensation (execs, unions, pensions)and built crap. Protecting the big three is what got them in trouble, they forgot how to compete. Ofcourse politics being whatvthey are what we did is put limits on how much they coild import which forced them to start producing in the USA. Without unions ofcourse or shortsighted execs.
Now to get aswers in vol5.
June 18, 2017
There were a few moments in this volume that were too good to be true that conveniently benefited the protagonist, moving the plot forward. However, mostly, the writing and art have been so fantastic that there's nothing stopping me from jumping to Volume 5 immediately. This is truly a side of Japan I had never read about before.
February 1, 2024
4.2/5
Shit, things are getting serious! Aside from a few minor contrived conveniences, and the continued uselessness of the Chief Inspector Ishihara (who could be a great foil for Hojo if only she were written better), this series has got me hooked in. Things are getting more complicated, and the Okinawa plotline is really starting to heat things up. Exciting stuff.
Shit, things are getting serious! Aside from a few minor contrived conveniences, and the continued uselessness of the Chief Inspector Ishihara (who could be a great foil for Hojo if only she were written better), this series has got me hooked in. Things are getting more complicated, and the Okinawa plotline is really starting to heat things up. Exciting stuff.
June 13, 2023
La historia me parece excelente, lo único que me molesta es cierto personaje problemático que cada dos capítulos se v**la a la primera mina que se le cruza
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