Sanctuary
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Genres
Seinen, Drama, Police
Summary
- Childhood friends Akira Hojou and Chiaki Hisami dream of restructuring Japan into their own haven
- On one hand, Akira pursues the yakuza path, while Chiaki aims to become the prime minister of Japan
- Though with different means, these two men will stop at nothing to achieve their ambitious goal
Description
Akira Houjou and Chiaki Asami are childhood friends who have experienced hell and lived to tell about it. They arrive in Japan to attend school, and soon witness the corruption and apathy of the country's population. Enraged, Akira and Asami vow to create a new Japan; a sanctuary with a new form of politics, devoid of corruption, where people are empowered to participate in the politics and future of their country. To accomplish this, Houjou and Asami aim to conquer Japan through two dramatically different routes: the Japanese Diet and the Yakuza. Decided by a game of rock-paper-scissors, Houjou ventures to seize control of the underworld while Asami pursues the position of Prime Minister.
Sanctuary is a dark, political thriller that tells the story of these two friends as they attempt to change Japan from the inside out and create their sanctuary.
Authors
Characters
Chiaki Asami
main
Akira Houjou
main
Hideaki Ibuki
support
Miyamura
support
Murata
support
Sengoku
support
Kyoko Ishihara
support
Norimoto Isaoka
support
Reiji Tashiro
support
Tokai
support
Ji-Yeng Wong
support
Other Facts
Published
1990 to 1995
Serialization
Big Comic Superior
Where to read
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Featured in Collections
Kaori Yuri
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Blood type: B
Zodiac: Sagittarius
The "Kaori" part of "Kaori Yuki" is her real name. She became a professional manga artist in 1987, after placing in one of the many contests held by Hana to Yume. She supposedly lives as a hermit with her cat but very little is actually known about her.
Her doujinshika name is MoonClock.
As of October 2007, she has a three year old girl and a newborn boy.
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