"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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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Fordiyurta Academy is a unique high school where students are classified through an assassin game. The more a student succeeds in a game of assassin, the more privileges the student gets. Those who aren't at the top not only receive less amenities, but they will be treated as slaves by those who ...
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For a student, their time in high school moulds them into the people they will become in the future. But it’s not easy. At a volatile age, love, heartbreak, the feeling of inferiority, chasing dreams and the looming terrors of finals that can lead you to a cutthroat society expecting perfecti...
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A girl in an ephemeral dream is always wishing for Ayumu to find happiness. With the death of his parents, Ayumu had a sad life with nothing but regrets. Now he wants to change himself to create happy memories in his second year of high school. But two mysterious girls enter his life, bringing wi...
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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 young girl from Osaka dreams of becoming an artist, but she is forbidden from studying.
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"I've found my ideal." With such thoughts in mind, Maegahara Shosei watches a certain group of his classmates. Just looking from the side is enough for him to tell — they represent the perfect youth in his mind. The kind of youth filled with precious friendships, irreplaceable memories, and bit...
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Love and fantasy are different but similar in their own ways. One of those ways, and the one that Araldo Tsutsumi is coming to terms with, is discord. His life had never been "normal" but after a chance encounter with a girl with mystical eyes, his world was changed when she — threatens to kill ...
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Alex is one step closer to living out her dreams of being in the glittery, glamorous world of fashion, having finally moved to the big city on top of getting a job at her favorite fashion magazine. No longer will she be known as just another farmer's son from some poor, unknown town! This is her ...
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An amusing but wholesome story about the intertwined lives of Fuuka and Mizumi, a couple, who, through experiences annoying and happy, strengthen their bond amidst events where stuff just wants to go wrong. Laughably wrong.
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Nakamura Eric is a high school student who lived all his life under his sister shadow. Everyone compared him with her and and even his parents always told him that he's an incompetent. After accepting all of these unfair things he decided that a normal life didn't sound too bad and all he wishes ...
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When Sora and Riku Sakuba are killed, they both find themselves reincarnated into a new world. Vowing to reunite together in the new world, the two former siblings learn there is more to the two of them than what they originally thought.
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“Theft is a crime and he sure is receiving a death penalty!” Katsura Miku once fainted on stage due to a heart attack, and the question was… Who stole her first kiss?!- I mean, who the heck performed CPR on her?! In the quest to find the mysterious male student who ‘supposedly’ stole her ‘firs...
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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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Humans have settled a million worlds, all led by the Council of Humankind. On Fobo 2, society is beginning to crumble under a mysterious rise in violence, and the council has sent one of their historian mages to stop the violence before it can spread to other planets. Ashtin Blackford is hardl...
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To find work, keep your skillset updated every day… imagine not doing that for over a century! Mitsuo Kuroiwa, once a feared and respected mercenary, awakens from an icy sleep over a hundred years in the future. He finds that what was once Tokyo has become Neo Shibuya: a city ruled by neon lig...
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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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In a world where cyborgs are both an asset and nuisance, Pyro is the most sought-after freelancer in the business. Not only is she a rare blue-type with incredible acrobatic abilities and superhuman strength, but she's not afraid to get her hands dirty. Unfortunately, most cyborg jobs are illegal...
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Washita could feel life going out of his body as he laid down on the ground, dead. As he thought this was the end, it wasn't. He woke up in another world, a world where technology is far greater than it was in the past one. A place where a historical, traditional group dedicated to protect the we...
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Jane's father taught her everything she knew before he left to go, and now she must remember every lesson to track him down. Join her as she ventures into the unknown to escape the collective and find out the truth about her family.
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Liberty and Lawrence did not realize how poor they were until their mom sold all her organs, leaving them with her brain in a transportation jar and a plan. Will this be enough to become worthy members of society and once again build a happy family? Anna is well known among anonymity-favoring ...
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A specter from twenty years ago, the disaster of Shinjuku Station still haunts present-day Neo-Tokyo. Authorities blamed the incident on natural causes. But for those who knew, it was a message: you can't win. What does it truly mean to be free in a world veiled with lies? And where do those l...
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