
Sanctuary
Sanctuary shares the Action, Drama genres and similar themes: Seinen, Crime, Yakuza.
The 6 best manga like HEAT — also known as mangas like HEAT — that readers recommend next.
If you loved HEAT, you're in for a treat. This Action, Drama manga (1999) is beloved for its Seinen, Crime, Yakuza elements, and the titles below share that same DNA — handpicked based on community votes, overlapping genres, and thematic similarities. Each recommendation is ranked by reader affinity on AniList.

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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. Note: Winner of the 47th Shogakukan Manga Awards in 2001 for General Youth Division.
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 p...
HEAT has 134 chapters.
HEAT belongs to the Action, Drama genres.
The top manga similar to HEAT include Sanctuary, Araragi Express, Tokyo Rinchi Keisatsu. These share key genres and themes with HEAT.