Series · Kodansha
Shimazaki in the Land of Peace Vol. 1
Graphic Novel
Dec 3, 2025
After surviving a terrorist incident as a child, Shingo Shimazaki was forced to join the League for Economic Liberations' revolutionary army. Now, thirty years later, he's back in Japan and trying to assimilate to a normal life. His Japanese may be awkward, and his grasp of ordinary tasks a little weak, but he has all the combat and surveillance training of a green beret. There are many kindhearted souls who want to help him-and a few not so kind ones who will do anything to stop him.
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Shimazaki in the Land of Peace Vol. 2
Graphic Novel
Dec 3, 2025
Forced to become a covert operative for the international terrorist group LEL, Shingo Shimazaki has escaped and is back in his native Japan, doing his best to live a peaceful life. He has a job at a local coffee shop, where he feels happy and comfortable-until the arrival of a certain wayward young man brings a world of trouble down on his beloved Café Lupaso. Will Shimazaki be forced to use the skills he learned in war to secure his own peace-?
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Shimazaki in the Land of Peace Vol. 3
Graphic Novel
Dec 3, 2025
Shingo Shimazaki, kidnapped as a child and forced to become a covert operative for the terrorist League for Economic Liberation, is trying to leave his life of violence behind-but the LEL has other ideas. After a bloody skirmish, Shimazaki makes it home wounded but alive. Returning to the smaller yet no less significant battles of everyday life brings its own challenges, however, along with a succession of firsts: shopping for clothes, raising a puppy, becoming a mascot for the local shopping district …?!
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Shimazaki in the Land of Peace Vol. 4
Graphic Novel
Dec 3, 2025
Former covert operative Shingo Shimazaki has finally found an oasis of peace in his native Japan…but the League for Economic Liberation is hot on his trail, determined to drag the deserter back into their bloodsoaked world. Despite his determination to renounce violence, Shimazaki will do whatever it takes to protect the ones he loves-!
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Shimazaki in the Land of Peace Vol. 5
Graphic Novel
Dec 3, 2025
Former covert operative Shingo Shimazaki encounters a boy called Sata, who himself is undergoing combat training in an LEL branch organization-an arm of the same terrorist group Shimazaki has been hiding from since his return to Japan! Unaware of one another's circumstances, they nevertheless find themselves drawn to each other. But will their deepening connection invite salvation, or disaster ...?!
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Shimazaki in the Land of Peace Vol. 6
Graphic Novel
Oct 14, 2025
Former covert operative Shingo Shimazaki has rescued the boy called Sata from the LEL, and yearns to make a connection with this young man in whom he sees a reflection of himself - but Sata refuses to accept the truth about the LEL, and rejects Shimazaki's every attempt at friendship. As the seemingly placid days pass by, Shimazaki's struggle to win Sata over takes him deep into the recesses of his own dark past!
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Shimazaki in the Land of Peace Vol. 7
Graphic Novel
Jan 27, 2026
As Shimazaki continues writing letters to Sata in an attempt to coax the traumatized young man to open up to him, he also treads further down the path of his own memories, recollecting his complicated return to Japan after 30 years as a covert operative for the LEL. Meanwhile, the discovery of a leak causes a rift between the colony and Public Safety that could put everyone at risk...!
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Shimazaki in the Land of Peace Vol. 8
Graphic Novel
Apr 7, 2026
For former LEL operative Shingo Shimazaki, it's been a long road to become the man he is today. Even after his return to Japan, it was only through a series of meaningful encounters that he was able to slowly but surely shed his former life and discover the land of peace he sought. But this new life offers new challenges and complexities far beyond the simple world of kill or be killed that he's known for 30 years...!
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Shimazaki in the Land of Peace Vol. 9
Graphic Novel
Jul 7, 2026
Former covert operative Shingo Shimazaki is determined to get Sata, the boy he rescued from the LEL, to open up to him... and it looks like he's finally found a way to get his foot in the door! But just as everyday life is starting to settle down, Shimazaki suddenly finds himself on a plane to Romania, entrusted with a special mission that could have worldwide ramifications-!
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