
"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Saki is a lonely and gloomy girl who is recovering from a horrid incident that happened to her in junior high school. During her second year of high school, she decided to get involved with some of the most popular boys in school by texting them. By doing so, she manages to make friends again and...
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When the frontier continent of Jaderis was discovered by airships braving the western winds, a fever full of adventure, exploration, and the promise of surmountable riches swept the heart of every person calling themselves "Adventurer". Adventurer Academy was founded with the intention of groo...
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I'm in my last year of high school, and I still don't know what life is. I don't have any friends, because I don't need any, I have myself. I have my own little world, in which I live my own little life. Yet when I look at others, I don't even feel alive. At night, I often dream of a yellow cat. ...
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A story about an idea. Our protagonist finds himself roped into a mysterious club at the beginning of the school year. In this club he will learn about an idea that is great enough to effect the entire world.
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After a mysterious supernatural occurrence happened to Adrion when he was a kid, he learned a truth of a danger that nearly no one knows about. Deciding that the burden is his alone, he is determined to enroll in the most rigorous academy to grow stronger. How will he fair at Cacumen Academy with...
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She was a song left unsung– a word left unsaid. A petal of cherry blossom unswayed by the breeze; And the forgotten taste of summer wind They said love was a losing game, and maybe that’s why Arin lost herself loving her own best-friend. In the whispers of solace and tales of romance, Arin...
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The 16-year-old Ash Spitfire has lived his entire life with Humans like him. But after being dared to apply to Dragoon Academy—a school for those who want to be given the privilege to leave the Fire Kingdom’s walls—he is now surrounded by a new student body: Dragonoids. People who can command the...
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Zeal and Joy had been dating for almost a year now, and while they were close, she never revealed much about her background. Until one day she laid it all in front of him. She came from Planet S3X, home of the horniest humans. Now, Zeal must travel with Joy to her homeland and participate in the ...
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Scarlet Johnson, also known as the [Crimson Beast] in the underworld, lives by doing odd jobs like saving murderers, kidnapping children and bringing down rival companies. Her enemies fear her, her employers distrust her, her friends avoid her to not get tied up in her life. But there is one pe...
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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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As low-birth rates loomed, Japan launched a program that granted government-issued girlfriends to prospective applicants. If approved, you’d have the honor of maintaining a glorified mooch! Among mooches and freeloaders, Keiko Asagiri stands above the rest. She's snarky, sassy, and her new boy...
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Watch a poor man and a superstar woman clash in this Rom-Com! Life couldn't have crashed harder for the formerly rich Kai Darak, who lost everything thanks to his father's corruption while gaining a 30 million dollar debt. How does one sally forth while conveying his love to the girl who's life w...
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Twenty-five year old Dia Lynn has always had a knack for running into trouble! But when she carelessly signs up for a program to preserve monster kind from extinction through forming intimate bonds with them- she finds her world turned upside down when she meets her assigned partner to be in the ...
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As Leo opened his eyes, he found himself in the body that is not his. Colt Edgeworth is a man with little to no information in the story Sword of Heaven. The character Colt Edgeworth died in the hands of his fiancée after experiencing some stabby-stabby action. And that is who Leo had bec...
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Artificial Island K-A is home to runaways with fake names and real lives. One of its many residents is Noa, an android equipped with the ability to turn any device with augmented reality technology into her eyes and ears. Witness Noa's day-to-day as she deals with the nightlife, android discri...
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“Fate is something that is not simply followed, but instead conjured. Weaved together, strand by strand, it slowly begins to take shape as something greater than the individual threads that realize it. And even as its own whole, that individual piece will become just another strand, weaved into a...
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Humans are fighting over Orbs that can grant them powers. To bad this little orb hunt has turned into a bunch of crazy moments. Hope they can find the holy orbs
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In the year 2097, humanity was able to create a perfect medium and transcended themselves to otherworldly beings. This ended up backfiring and trapping them as slaves to the 'System'. Everyone abided by the rules of the system and some started taking advantage of new rules. In the present, ba...
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In the modern-day Jahan where every problem has a solution a boy, Edra Banoto has happened to diagnose with an illness that causes his vital organs to fail. The new technology also allows for determining how long a person can survive a disease, with nothing much left in his life after his parent'...
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Tens of thousands of light years away from Earth, in the planet-wide city of Bibliotheca Aeterna, a young woman had just arrived. Her name was Constance Rainsford, an Earthling summmoned to the home of the Kexterans to serve as an Archivist, bearers of the ancient civilisation. Uprooted from ...
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He is a drifter without a place or a people to return to... a killer said to bring all manner of death and destruction for the right price, but is that the truth? or just another tall tale passed around by the witnesses to his deeds. Dubbed 'the 5th calamity' will he be able to move towards a bri...
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