Akira Hojo 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, Hojo and Asami aim to conquer Japan through two dramatically different routes: the Japanese Diet and the Yazuka. Decided by a game of rock-paper-scissors, Hojo 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.
Sanctuary has finished publishing and it has 105 Chapters. It is also Known as: サンクチュアリ, Sanctuary
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Top 10 Manga Like Sanctuary [2025 List]
- 10. Heat
- 9. Harukaze no Snegurochka
- 8. Fourteen
- 7. Mystery to Iu nakare
- 6. Date Masamune
- 5. Trillion Game
- 4. Death Note
- 3. Shamo
- 2. Ouroboros: Keisatsu wo Sabaku wa Ware ni Ari
- 1. Akumetsu
10. Heat
Heat is a crime story featuring a young man named Tatsumi Karasawa who suddenly rises in the criminal world of Shinjuku, Tokyo, and becomes the leader of a group of amateurs who show no reluctance to face police and gangs alike. His successes in the Tokyo underground make a chief and a yakuza boss plot a conspiracy to eliminate him.
Heat has finished publishing and it has 134 Chapters. It is also Known as: HEAT-灼熱-, Heat
9. Harukaze no Snegurochka
Tatazumeru Snegurochka takes place in Russia in 1920 and follows a woman named Bielka and her attendant named Shishenok, neither of whom can trust anyone else.
Harukaze no Snegurochka has finished publishing and it has 7 Chapters. It is also Known as: 春風のスネグラチカ, The Loitering Snow Maiden, Tatazumeru Snegurochka, Shunpuu no Snegurochka, Harukaze no Sunegurachika, Snegurochka of the Spring Breeze
8. Fourteen
A SF/horror manga that takes place in 2200. At a chicken manufacturing company, a certain chicken transforms into a supermutant named Chicken George. And so, a nightmarish journey through a twisted version of the future unfolds.
Fourteen has finished publishing and it has 260 Chapters. It is also Known as: 14 歳, 14 Sai, 14 Years Old
7. Mystery to Iu nakare
The story follows mystery-solving college student Kunou Totonou. At the beginning of the story, the police bring him in for questioning on suspicion of murdering his classmate.
Do Not Say Mystery is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ミステリと言う勿れ, Mystery to Iunakare, Do Not Say "Mystery", Don't Call It Mystery, Misuteri to Iu Nakare
6. Date Masamune
A seminal history of Date Masamune (Not as awesome as he was in Sengoku Basara, admittedly). Yokoyama has a plain and matter of fact style for history without really trying to dramatize it.
Date Masamune has finished publishing and it has 63 Chapters. It is also Known as: 伊達政宗, Date Masamune
5. Trillion Game
Two friends Haru and Gaku plot to gain enough money to have anything they desire at any time—a trillion dollars.
Trillion Game is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: トリリオンゲーム, $1,000,000,000,000 Game
4. Death Note
Light Yagami is a brilliant 17-year-old student, one of the top scorers on his exams in all of Japan. One day as he leaves school, he finds a mysterious black notebook on the ground with "Death Note" written on it. The first thing written inside: "The human whose name is written in the notebook shall die." Light decides to use this to cleanse the world of evil by killing all the criminals. On the scene comes L, ace detective, who's determined to find Light—who the world now calls "Kira"—and track him down, thus bringing us an epic psychological thrill ride.
Death Note has finished publishing and it has 108 Chapters. It is also Known as: DEATH NOTE, Death Note
3. Shamo
At the age of sixteen Ryo Narushima was a genius and looked to have no trouble of getting into Tokyo University and joining the elite of society. However, that summer something cracked inside Ryo's head. With a small knife he brutally murdered both of his parents only leaving his sister alive and cowering in a corner. It is at this grotesque incident that our story begins...
Shamo has finished publishing and it has 338 Chapters. It is also Known as: 軍鶏, Shamo
2. Ouroboros: Keisatsu wo Sabaku wa Ware ni Ari
At first glance Ryuzaki Ikuo, a detective in the Shinjuku Police Department's 2nd detective unit, & Danno Tatsuya, a high ranking member of the Matsuo Yakuza clan have nothing in common. However they both are working themselves up the ladder in their respective careers for one reason which deals with a murder case that happened 15 years earlier of which both men were witnesses to.
Ouroboros: Keisatsu wo Sabaku wa Ware ni Ari has finished publishing and it has 144 Chapters. It is also Known as: ウロボロス―警察ヲ裁クハ我ニアリ―, Uroboros
1. Akumetsu
Nagasawa Shiina was just your average 3rd year high schooler when her father's company went bankrupt. To ease the strain on her family, she secretly begins prostituting herself. At her first job, a mysterious masked man crashes the party... and it's someone she knows...
Akumetsu is the story of Hazama Shou, who defends his own view of justice in a vigilante manner while wearing a mask and calling himself Akumetsu.
Akumetsu has finished publishing and it has 162 Chapters. It is also Known as: アクメツ, Akumetsu
