"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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Set in the year 2002, a girl who can't quite find her place in the world comes to accept that's just how things are. Ok with this, she's comforted by her love of manga but is that how things really should be? Her fandom soon brings her into contact with other extreme fans, former fans and...a...
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Friendship is a bond you can and should always count on. And possibly, the rivalry is always part of it or within it. If you are a regular student what if one morning you are unknowingly given a chance to excel? Brian was such a lucky guy. With his sister by his side and his best friend Jam...
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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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Following a devastating civil war between its noble houses and a large portion of its civilian population, the country of Osvir that has stood proud over 1000 years has been sundered in two, with the nobles claiming the fertile yet landlocked lands of Roduchy to the west while the rebellion rests...
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In his final year of high school, Shinzo tries to join the anime club. Unfortunately, said club has been hijacked by a group of plotting, far-left misfits commanded by Asako Asanuma, an eccentric, cosplaying, politician-impersonating lunatic. Surrounded by protest posters and red flags, Shinzo ac...
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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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To Go Back - 戻るには - Modoru Ni Wa What if you could simply return to a previous state in life? Perhaps back to your first day in school? Maybe your first kiss? Or your first... other things? And what if I told you about a machine that could allow you to do just that? To revisit any aspect of yo...
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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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Rick is a harem story protagonist, although his harem is still empty after three months spent in a novel. Meanwhile his older brother, who has been a protagonist along with him already has his own harem and does things Rick always wanted to do. Will Rick be able to start living as he always wante...
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Aito's summer vacation didn't start very well. he almost drowned. After almost drowning He started seeing a girl every time he was near the water. the girl was cold, she didn't even have a name
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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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After sharing his deepest desires with his best friend, Koike Aito finds himself trying to date not one, or two, but as many as three girls. Maybe even four, depending on how you count. Somehow Aito convinces one of his friends to go along with his own stupid scheme and introduce him to sever...
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Can your feelings be real, if you're just a copy? Jack and Taru get off to a rocky start. They've both gotten to their mid-20s and seen their high-school romances come to naught. Jack's outgoing and capable, but plays fast and loose with the truth while Taru keeps her guard up after one-too-ma...
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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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They say that love can blossom where you least expect it—something that Minato Tanaka, a part-time gardener, and full-time student, learns the hard way. After planting a strange seed he came across, it shockingly sprouts into a beautiful girl claiming to be from a race of plant-human hybrids. ...
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A scientist and engineer, thanks to his submarines capable of reaching depths unthinkable by a normal human, sets out to explore the Pacific Ocean where he discovers a new race, the fish men. He decides to merge his DNA with this new race to create supermen capable of helping him in the study of...
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"Do you know what you are...?" With no memory of his life beforehand, Xess finds himself locked in a facility where he must participate in the dreaded Hunts of the Hollows; a series of "hunts" where he needs to search and kill off his prey: captured criminals sentenced to death. It is from ...
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Life seems to, well, "go" for Nadine Ludd. Nothing of note happens and she lives a, for lack of a better term, comfortable life working as a textile designer. But there’s something missing, that vital spark. She’s living in a world insulated from reality by the hum-drum of social media and new an...
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Isei Kitagawa lives an ordinary life in the city of New Tokyo during the year 2XXX. New Tokyo is a high rate technological metropolis where humans have developed enhanced cognitive abilities due to each one of them having a computer chip implanted into their neocortex. It isn’t until Isei is sen...
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After the seas have dried up and civilizations have been left to rest, one city remains amongst the ruins of this world. Nobody is allowed out of the city, and nobody is allowed in, except for one group—the rustwalkers. Enhanced with nanotech and trained for combat rustwalkers are the only ones s...
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When Alice Fredricka, a rare jewel living amongst the rich Ventaga community married Karl Vakross, she ought of using him and vice versa. But, conspiracy amongst their community later divided them and crack between their families and others starts to appear. Alice and Karl are forced either to fi...
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In a predacious, corporate world of advanced cybernetics, the life of a young boy is put to the test. What kind of test? A Turing test. And the only reason being that he was born within the confines of a simulated reality. His plan is to escape. But escape isn’t all that easy within a ...
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Isn't it such a cute idea that dystopia is a destination to be reached? Despite descending into eternal torture within the core of the Earth, the thoughts that lingered in his mind were that of his daughter... At what point can one identify the society they live in has become a dystopia? How d...
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