Beautiful Place, Vol. 1

High school. Civil war. Mandatory volunteer service with live ammunition. Beautiful Place, the latest series from cult-favorite creator Jiro Matsumoto (Freesia, Velveteen & Mandala), arrives in English for the first time.

In a near-future Japan shaped by civil war, high school students are organized into armed volunteer units to help maintain order. Shimon Hanazawa decides to enroll at Seishin Girls' Academy as a trooper, an unprecedented move for a prim and proper Advanced Placement student. But she ends up placed under the direction of Momoko Takasaka, the most unruly and unpredictable student around...

Does Shimon have what it takes to survive Momoko's chaos... and the battlefield itself? A rough, graphic spin on the schoolgirl aesthetic from one of Japan's most uncompromising manga voices. Violent, strange, and unlike anything else on the shelf.

Age Rating: M (Mature). Contains graphic violence, strong language, nudity, and mature themes.