Book<p>Manga review<br>===<br>Sanctuary by Sho Fumimura and Ryoichi Ikegami<br>===</p><p>Two Japanese boys survive the Cambodian killing fields and return to Japan. They make a solemn promise: To change the world for the better.</p><p>Through a game of rock, paper, scissors, they decide who is going to study politics and work himself into the Diet, the other is going to leave school early and join the yakuza. Both will rise through the ranks of their respective organisations and gain power through attraction and competence, and not brutality and dominance. </p><p>This story takes us all over the East, and it pulls all the right emotional heartstrings. Women are largely objects, foreigners are dumb (unless they're important), and the schemes and politicking is a little too convoluted. But the emotional core of the story rings true.</p><p>This is not an easy read.</p><p>CW: Power plays, knife play, gun violence, non-con, objectification, belittlement, heavy substance use, death, destruction, street-level violence. <br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Manga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Manga</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MangaReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MangaReview</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Sanctuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sanctuary</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ShoFumimura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShoFumimura</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RyochiIkegami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RyochiIkegami</span></a></p>