Shimazaki in the Land of Peace


Shimazaki in the Land of Peace is a Japanese manga series written by Gouten Hamada and illustrated by Takeshi Seshimo. It has been serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Morning since August 2022.

Publication

Written by Gouten Hamada and illustrated by Takeshi Seshimo, Shimazaki in the Land of Peace started in Kodansha's manga magazine Morning on August 4, 2022. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on December 22, 2022. As of September 22, 2025, ten volumes have been released.
In March 2024, Kodansha USA announced that they had licensed the manga for print release, with the first volume set to be published in November of the same year.

Reception

Manga author Hitoshi Iwaaki recommended the series with a comment featured on the of the first volume. The series ranked eighteenth in the Next Manga Award's print category in 2023. It ranked fifth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2024 for male readers. It was nominated for the 17th Manga Taishō in 2024, and placed fourth with 59 points. It was ranked fifth in the Nationwide Publishers' Recommended Comics of 2024 list. It was nominated for the Manga Award 2024. It won the eighth Saito Takao Award. The series, alongside Shosen Hitogoto Desu kara: Toaru Bengoshi no Honne no Shigoto, was ranked 30th on the 2024 "Book of the Year" list by Da Vinci magazine.