"I Was Browsing MAL As Usual Then I Realized My Web Novel Could Become Manga" or "MAL x HF Writing Contest" for short is a MyAnimeList and Honeyfeed collaboration that started in 2021 with the intention of shedding light on all the anime enthusiasts that, with their talent and passion, have created fantastic worlds of their own and delivered them to the world through web novels. Now in 2022, this contest returns with more opportunities for writers around the globe, as the winners will once again get a chance to be adapted into light novel or manga to be published in Japan by Kodansha.
Anime, manga, and light novels from Japan have inspired the world for decades. Now, it's time to show Japan what you can do.
What’s life like for a generic side character in your typical fantasy shounen manga? Shun is just a normal high school student—average grades, average aspirations, average circumstances. Things are perfectly ordinary…until he stumbles upon a classmate fighting monsters he can’t see. He’s not s...
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Second chances aren't given, they're earned - or so do six high school students soon realize, after dying in a tragic accident and finding themselves in front of the selfish and fabulous Cupid! He offers them all the opportunity to come back to life with a catch: they can only stay that way if th...
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The country of New England is in the midst of a corporation-controlled cultural movement and on the cusp of a violent revolution. Automation has reached an all-time peak, the gap between the poorest and the richest grows ever larger, and for some reason, the search engines don’t seem to know what...
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"Dogs don't get to choose." Lucky is a dog that finds themselves mixed in with the exotic animal trade with no memory of their past. With the help of other Pets, Lucky discovers the truth behind their existence and attempts to dismantle the system that perpetuates it: the GACHA System.
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Jin Yurinhalt was a hero. She led the charge, fought the homunculi, slayed their queen. Jin Yurinhalt won the war. So why does she have trouble sleeping at night? She’s tried therapy. She’s tried pills. Hell, she’s even tried neural implants, but nothing stopped the gnawing darkness that h...
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What’s life like for a generic side character in your typical fantasy shounen manga? Shun is just a normal high school student—average grades, average aspirations, average circumstances. Things are perfectly ordinary…until he stumbles upon a classmate fighting monsters he can’t see. He’s not s...
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Astella Academy might be home of the greats, but even they need a hand from time to time. Amy manages the Advisor’s Hall, a club meant to lend every student a warm word or a shoulder to cry on. It’s the last place picture-perfect Mia would frequent, but lately not a week has passed without her kn...
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240 students. Only 40 will graduate. In life, success isn't determined solely by one's academic performance. There exist athletic and creative pursuits, of course, but don't forget how capable one is at manipulating, lying, cheating, and backstabbing others — those talents are important too. T...
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An army of androids led by the enigmatic Rat King besieges cities around the globe every ninety days. In response, the Venator licence was created, granting near limitless freedom and funds to combat the threat. Living in his parents’ shadow, Yagi Akinori needs to avenge his brother. Raise...
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Meet Kakuji Ran, a 17-year-old high schooler and a hard-boiled gacha addict. Kakuji's devotion towards his favorite character, Neri Tendou from the idol rhythm game Kira-Kira Party, is world-class: despite being a fully functional B-level student and working part-time at a local convenience store...
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Kiro Lane floated along the social current of the esteemed V.I.A.S. High like a piece of driftwood. But it's to be expected. After all, he was the only human living in this world of monsters. That was, until one fateful day when that entire world fell into question. The line between falling in...
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Princess Chiffon loves many things: early morning tea and sweet cakes to lift her spirits… and the scent of blood paired with the crunch of bones. If the latter isn’t enough to warp her elegant façade, her new knight, Caramello, takes every opportunity to bring out the worst in her. Charming and ...
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Second chances aren't given, they're earned - or so do six high school students soon realize, after dying in a tragic accident and finding themselves in front of the selfish and fabulous Cupid! He offers them all the opportunity to come back to life with a catch: they can only stay that way if th...
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Natsuki has big plans for her freshman year at Miyazawa High - finding herself and seizing the day! Quickly overwhelmed by trying to figure out how to do all that, Natsuki stumbles upon a club that reminds her of a long-lost passion of hers - the Web Novel Club. It's exactly as it sounds. Join...
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The country of New England is in the midst of a corporation-controlled cultural movement and on the cusp of a violent revolution. Automation has reached an all-time peak, the gap between the poorest and the richest grows ever larger, and for some reason, the search engines don’t seem to know what...
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Seth Gilles, a 27-year old public school teacher, has a secret: he can travel back in time, and influence the subsequent events. However, it comes with a price. For each of his attempts to change the timeline, he ends up suffering for it. Because of that condition, Seth vows never to use it u...
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A whole new year is about to start at the Deer's Valley High School. In order to get into the top class of the school the M-class, second years must undergo an exam like no other, let's see who passes
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I awoke from my usual routine just as class began to discover that all of my friends, including the teacher, had vanished! There was only me and the room became filled with red splotches, or rather, the only colors I could see at the time were white and red. All I knew was that I was in danger...
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240 students. Only 40 will graduate. In life, success isn't determined solely by one's academic performance. There exist athletic and creative pursuits, of course, but don't forget how capable one is at manipulating, lying, cheating, and backstabbing others — those talents are important too. T...
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Lesley valentine, A book smart girl who lives under Euphimias shadow as the Palantine vice president of literature club is a delusional aspiring novel writer who is well know for being weirdo constant daydreaming and spacing out most of the time-had a huge crush for the campus prince but was poli...
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Data is the most valuable resource of the 21st century and whoever controls it, controls the world. - Isato Kanaoka is a student in his sophomore year of junior high school. He always liked video games and computers in general. Through a challenge of his teacher, he even started with hacking a...
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“Beneath The Surface” is a story about a group of teens who were taken from their parents at birth and have been secretly held in a lab for experimenting. One day the main character (Mino Hanamura) wakes from his artificial made world and discovers what his life truly is and that just about every...
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Celestia Inkfield, the eldest daughter of Duke Inkfield, was executed by her fiancé, Prince Enrique, for attempting to murder her own sister out of jealousy. Realising the depth of her sin, she resigned herself to her fate, but instead she was reincarnated as Yuri Yuzuki, a 19-year old internatio...
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There's a Magical Girl in town! Deep in the Andalusian countryside lies the village of Carcabuey. Enter Olivia, a very special person with a very special Magical Girl form. Having escaped from the bustle of Madrid, she finds that escaping from the annoyances she fled from won't be so easy: Fro...
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Feodora Cicer is a dark vessel in a world of elemental users. One day she is caught up in a missing person investigation centering around the capital known as The Radiant City. Accused of being the culprit, Feodora investigates to find the true culprit for her freedom. Unexpectedly, Feodora ru...
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Ayane Yushu is going to commit suicide by jumping off a roof of a high-rise building. Nothing in his life has been good since his parents died, and he started his college in a new city. Being good in studies didn't help much due to his introverted and meek nature. After much contemplation and ...
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The world of business is a cruel battlefield in which manipulation reigns supreme. So what happens when the business world's two most "elite" con-artists get to meet one another? Will it end up in a clash of wits and techniques or will this be the perfect match in crime? Or both?
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A fictional story about a man who is struggling to save his people from a supernatural evil king, ruling them with unfair and total oppression, this king has started a violent race where the participants fight and kill to live a better life, he have no choice but to join the race in order to ...
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Second chances aren't given, they're earned - or so do six high school students soon realize, after dying in a tragic accident and finding themselves in front of the selfish and fabulous Cupid! He offers them all the opportunity to come back to life with a catch: they can only stay that way if th...
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Roscoe Fletcher would rather not be disturbed. He is happily spending his summer indoors, awaiting streams from his favorite Vtuber- the charming Sumire Anata. But when she becomes far closer than he could ever imagine, he soon spirals into a series of trials he has never prepared to face and que...
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Lawrence was facing a two-front war. His apparent case of asthma was only getting worse, and the entrance exam of his so longed dream school was closing in. With only a single year of high school remaining, Lawrence decided focusing all of his attention into studying was the best course of action...
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The Hanabi Buso were once a team of Magical Girls that saved the world countless times, and the Osoroshi Kaidame were once the most feared group of villains in all of Japan. But that was fourteen years ago. Nowadays there is only two left. The leader of the once terrifying villains Kaiyo Omo, or ...
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An army of androids led by the enigmatic Rat King besieges cities around the globe every ninety days. In response, the Venator licence was created, granting near limitless freedom and funds to combat the threat. Living in his parents’ shadow, Yagi Akinori needs to avenge his brother. Raise...
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SALUTATIONS TO THE AST CONGREGATION AND THE ETHEREAL RICK, THE BEACON OF OUR HOPE IN THIS STRANGE LAND, THE ONE THAT ROLLS AND DENIES US HIS BACK AS THE MELODIES RING TRUE AS THE MOONS PASS! Follow the WILD journey of an old man with a wooden arm, a boy whose eyes gleam with purple, and a rob...
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Do you believe that people can change? How about the worst pieces of human trash with no regard for the living or the dead? Murderers, traffickers, terrorists and thieves. Even them? I see. How about you? If there was ever somebody who deserved to burn in hell, it would be Malaika Cassidy ...
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By 2039 Shut-ins are numerous and forgotten. Ever since android technology was perfected, it became easier than ever to stay at home. Sixteen-year-old Fukuzawa Kenji hasn’t left his apartment in over a year. Faced with a meaningless life, he does anything to pass the time. But one day his apa...
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Minori is a boy looking to get out of his everyday life and decides to go on a journey across the kingdom. A journey that was supposed to be peaceful turns into something very dangerous, at the same time Minori begins to understand how the world he lives really works.
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Ellie von Eisenhower is the estranged daughter of one of the members of the Council of Twelve. The representatives of Project New Eden. The project that successfully colonized the moon in the year 2470 as the Earth became uninhabitable leaving 98% of the populous to die. The year is now 2484. ...
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A girl living her normal working life suddenly finds herself thrust into a web of intrigue and deception. She must struggle to overcome difficult challenges and make hard decisions that might shape the future of her home city of Umevar and she can trust no one. Will repost this on my account o...
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