"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.
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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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Ralph had always dreamed of world domination, but when you are living in a world where monsters appear and portals open up like confetti, where magic is in schoolbooks and powerful beings called the awakeners protect the world, such dreams can not be anything but that. Dreams. Now on a path to...
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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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Aoba Academy. Located in central Tokyo, it is considered the best academic school in Japan, with a whopping university passing rate of 99%. Thanks to this great achievement, students of Aoba are known to be called “elites among elites”. Enters Suzuki Tanaka, 16 years old, self-proclaimed "...
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Keisuke Saburi is a teenage thief that suffers from amnesia. Having no knowledge of his past, Keisuke comes to live with the inviting arms of the Fujiwara household, which is run by one of the great sages that is known for his extreme knowledge in the scientific discovery. After the strange dis...
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"I'll rewrite it all. This terrible future will not happen again." Ven Kamen is on a mission. Having escaped the worst future imaginable, he has returned to the familiar, but fundamentally different summer before his first year of high school. The first phase of his plan worked, and now, it'...
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Finally! I’m finally free of all the drama surrounding Ethan and his harem from last year. Now, I just want to enjoy my new high school and avoid the shenanigans of Ethan and his new group of infatuated girls. This proves impossible, however, when one of the girls approaches me with a request tha...
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The heart is a precious thing, and within the heart is love. The love you need to overcome fate. When Leo bumped Clara while going really fast on a bike, he could have never imagined that his life would turn upside down. A story that proves angels do exist and can shine the brightest light, even ...
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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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Live a quiet life, going unnoticed and avoiding criticism, that’s Ken’s goal. In order to do that, he always hides his real self: a pessimistic guy who’s also a big anime fan. Two things he’s ashamed of. Because of that, he's always acting like somebody else. But his quiet life comes to an end...
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“I’ve never had a girl friend before” He admitted with a bit of enthusiasm. “Gee. I wonder why” I threw him a withering look. He ignored me but a smirk blossomed on his lips. “And are you sure we are only going to be friends?” He wiggled his eyebrows. “There’s no way deeper feelings will deve...
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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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Marry Makoto, the man she's just met, or her childhood friend, Daichi? The man she's just met of course, and Kimiko can't wait to get married! Oh, but he should agree to that too, shouldn't he? Well, in the absence of marriage, their bizarre matchmaking service requires that they must live to...
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Marshall is a normal person tired of girls rejecting him so one day he decides to flirt with a Vtuber, Maybe this time he might be lucky enough to not get rejected and stop the long going streak of failed love interests
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Upon waking up from what seemed like a nightmare, self proclaimed “model student”, Sousho Hachiya found himself in an unfamiliar building with hundreds of people smiling at him from their seats. Luckily for him, it wasn’t an auction house but a church and he was in the body of another man, the gr...
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Lily rose a young 16-year girl living in the year 2038, Just turned 16 and her life took a sudden turn. She is now He...She confessed her crush and while waiting for the answer she turned into a boy.
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On the first morning of 2100, two leading corporations in the tech and medicine industries announced a collaborative venture into the notion of life beyond death. It became clear in a short period that this new project was only available for a small fraction of the population. Yume Nagayoshi h...
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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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Imagine that! The year 2600 was now far too technological, and you are a student in the second year of high school who happens to be the descendant of a great commander who was also a great samurai. And even though it's the year 2600, you still live in a traditional Japanese house. What can happe...
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Tokneo, Japan. A city cursed with wild experiments, insane inventions, and other morally questionable weapons of destruction. It houses the worst after the end of the civilized world. These people are sick fiends, pure degenerates. If you aren't killing or robbing, you're selling yourself...
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Creating a utopia means removing the negative side of humanity. Consequently, the city metropolis is split into two sides, hell and paradise. Whoever is considered “not suitable” is sent to hell to fight for their survival, while the rest lives in bliss. However, an outbreak broke out, causing th...
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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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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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It is the year 2086. A man shook the Bangkok Metropolis when he could disable electronic devices by playing an oboe. Investigator Sri-suwan Rattanawohan spearheads the investigation, believing that the culprit is his long-lost brother.
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