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Sanctuary

Also known as Sanctuary.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

Two young men vow to transform the destiny of Japan, by any means. As children, they survived the horrors of the Cambodian killing fields together. Now, can they topple the leaders of both the Japanese Parliament and the yakuza crime syndicate?

Although cold and calculating when need be, Hojo and Asami exemplify the traits their colleagues lack: loyalty to friends, compassion for the downtrodden...and an irresistible way with women.

Deputy Police Chief Ishihara sets out to expose their ingenious machinations, but instead falls helplessly in love with Hojo...

Tags: Yakuza , Politics , Seinen , Crime , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Noir , Nudity , Police , Tragedy , Gore , Triads

Billy Bat

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

The story is set in 1949 and follows Japanese-American comic book artist Kevin Yamagata as he draws the popular detective series "Billy Bat" for "Marble Comics." When he learns he may have unconsciously copied the character from an image he saw while serving in occupied Japan, he returns to Japan to get permission to use Billy Bat from its original creator. Upon arriving there, however, he becomes embroiled in a web of murder, cover-ups, and prophecy that all leads back to Billy Bat.

It is soon evident, however, that the truth of Billy Bat's nature is far larger than Kevin could ever guess, spanning millennia and across the world.



Note: Won the Max und Moritz Prize for "Best international Comic" in 2014.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Historical , Drawing , Philosophy , Seinen , Conspiracy , Politics , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Travel , Achronological Order , Foreign , War , Time Skip , Primarily Adult Cast , Police , Swordplay , Religion , Male Protagonist , Dystopian , Ninja , Guns , Anachronism , Espionage , Terrorism , Nudity

Kaji Ryuusuke no Gi

Also known as Kaji Ryuusuke's Agenda.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Kaji Ryusuke is a second son of a great politician. However, his father and brother both pass away from a car accident. Now, those who supported Ryusuke's father want Ryusuke to carry on the family business as a politician. At first, Ryusuke tries to get out of the responsibility, but he eventually enters an election to become a politician. This manga will view Japanese politics from Kaji Ryusuke's viewpoint.

Tags: Seinen , Politics , Male Protagonist

Hito Hitori Futari

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Supernatural

After the body dies, the soul lives on. Many spirits progress toward the world of light, through the levels of the spirit world where they study how to improve their souls. These spirits are sometimes reincarnated into the physical world, and sometimes they are sent back as guardian spirits for other living people. Guardian spirits must protect their charges souls from the blackness that oozes up from the world of darkness below.

Riyon is a very laid-back spirit, who often skips her spirit classes to fool around. To train her further, she is sent back to the physical world as a guardian spirit. Instead of following a human from birth, she is helping a beleaguered man, the Japanese Prime Minister Kasuga Soichiro, in the last year and a half of his life. After an unexpected close call with death, Kasuga gains some unusual talents, including the ability to see Riyon. Will Riyon and Kasuga together be able to protect his battered soul?



Tags: Seinen , Politics , Female Protagonist , Afterlife , Conspiracy , Crime , Environmental , Philosophy , Urban Fantasy , Ghost