What started as a collaboration in 2021 has expanded and continued to bring opportunities for writers around the globe. The winners of this chain of contests will have the chance to see their work adapted into a light novel or manga, to be published in Japan by Kodansha.
As the entry submission period comes to a close, we want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the aspiring writers who shared their captivating anime-inspired stories with us. Your dreams of seeing your stories transformed into manga are now one step closer to reality, thanks to your participation and creativity. The judging process will soon commence, and we invite you to stay tuned for updates. Mark your calendars for October 30th when the voting phase begins! Your invaluable input will help determine the top three stories that will shine in the coveted MAL x HF Writing Contest 2023. Your passion for writing has brought us this far, and now, together, we eagerly await the next chapter of this exciting journey.
Tai loves J-rock and Visual-kei, so much so that he spent 10 years saving to go to Japan, forgetting that fashion and music change in time... when you lose the first thing you love, sometimes you need someone to help you through it, and try not to fall in love again~
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Since his wife passed away, Mitsu Kaname has seen near every spirit medium in Japan in the hopes that someone can help him relay one final message to his wife. When they all turn out to be dirty fakes, he's left with no choice but to give up. Of course, that is, until he's whisked away to a wo...
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What happens to the hero's party at the end of the quest? In this instance, they go their separate ways and return to their old lives. Unfortunately for Ayatsuji Ayato, the express between the realm of Avalon and his native Hyōgo Prefecture isn't quite running at the moment. Stuck, he decides ...
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With a 10,000 yen research grant in one hand and an empty notebook in the other, laidback Tokyo college student Shun Shunsuke embarks on the project of a lifetime - a travelogue contest hosted by backwater Yoshiaki Prefecture. For one hot August, he'll traverse the region, exploring vibrant citie...
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Since his wife passed away, Mitsu Kaname has seen near every spirit medium in Japan in the hopes that someone can help him relay one final message to his wife. When they all turn out to be dirty fakes, he's left with no choice but to give up. Of course, that is, until he's whisked away to a wo...
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Jun Hiroyuki was ready: he bought the ring, planned his proposal, and thought of every scenario -- every scenario, that is, except his girlfriend Amamiya breaking up with him! Isekai // Romance // Lighthearted but also has a bigger twist!
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Tai loves J-rock and Visual-kei, so much so that he spent 10 years saving to go to Japan, forgetting that fashion and music change in time... when you lose the first thing you love, sometimes you need someone to help you through it, and try not to fall in love again~
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Onitsuka Makoto is your usual delinquent teenager. He has a loving easygoing family, a group of faithful friends, and a possibility to throw punches at members of rival gangs. Nothing other than his grades at school could ruin his cozy life. That is until a strange girl crosses paths with him and...
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Falling for that perfect stranger, only for them to walk away a few seconds later–is what our main character Yuuma Matsushima goes through one fateful day. Being an avid reader of shoujo manga, he attends an anime con and finds his heart stolen by a cosplayer he doesn't even know the identity of....
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In the lively school setting, Yuuji Tanaka, a music lover, finds himself crossing paths with Akane Kurokawa, a drop-dead gorgeous classmate that works as a model. When Akane witnesses Yuuji playing the guitar, a passion for music is awakened within her. She's totally captivated by the harmony ...
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What happens to the hero's party at the end of the quest? In this instance, they go their separate ways and return to their old lives. Unfortunately for Ayatsuji Ayato, the express between the realm of Avalon and his native Hyōgo Prefecture isn't quite running at the moment. Stuck, he decides ...
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Akira Suzuki, an average high school student, is transported into the immersive VRMMORPG game "Aetheria." Trapped in the actual world of Aetheria, he discovers his unique power as the Chosen, destined to save the realm from impending darkness. With a group of powerful allies, Akira embarks on an ...
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Shou died, before he can even confessing his love. Then swept away to a new world, but no... he doesn't reincarnate. No luxury to start as human, or monster or even a slime; he is just a nothing-can-do-ghost level 0 without any chance to level up. That is just a start... as He'll once again st...
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Ken was your average side character in every story, an NPC, rather, that struggled with hardships and had a terrible backstory. Well that’s exactly how he perceived himself: a miserable, depressed being whose existence was unnecessary; he wasn’t a main character, a protagonist, or anyone importan...
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Trapped within an MMORPG, an in-game couple–Verona and Maya–discover that the world of Regnalia turns real after the release of the game's 12th expansion pack. With no means of escape, they have no choice but to unravel the mystery behind this peculiar transformation and pray that they can fi...
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“Hey. Do you want to travel around the world and make a guidebook?” Arabella Dekever asks her lover. “I want to leave my name on a guidebook. Don’t you think it feels amazing when people find our book useful and appreciate what we write for them? For many years to come.” A shitty man wouldn’t ...
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An unusual system for an unusual man. Megumi loves his repetitive boring life as a fisherman near the shores of the sea with his mother. His life takes an unexpected turn when he begins drowning in the sea. By the time he wakes up, he is in another reality, with a system; A Fisherman System, fr...
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Once upon a time, a kind Tailor met a cursed Princess. Together, they brave the wizard’s mountain in a world where fairy tales are real, and far more dangerous than simple myths... *゚:༅。.。༅:*・゚゚・⭑・゚゚・*:༅。.。༅:*゚:*:✼✿ ✿✼:*゚:༅。.。༅:*・゚゚・⭑・゚゚・*:༅。.。༅:*゚:* Dying after the biggest heartbreak of his...
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Fumihito Hanada has always been a workaholic focused on the idea that he can save everyone if he becomes a doctor. Because of this, he's under the assumption that he can prevent death if it's by his hand when he's never once understood the true meaning between life and death. A college student wh...
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Liam ends up in a novel, he can’t remember his past life and once he figures out what role he has - the second male lead destined to die - he decides to try and change his fate. Things however take some wrong turns when the story ends up twisted; he mistakes the villian for the protagonist and ac...
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"In a world where magic is forbidden, the destiny of mages is written in the stars." Issachar was once a land full of magic. Mages of all abilities worked together to help the country prosper. The peace was short lived. With the magic came great power, and while many used that power for good, ...
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When you meet a cute girl, what do you expect? That youre in the wrong world according to this girl and now you wake up in a world where people use their souls for everyday lives and you can possibly become a civilization ending beast at any second?! Chisaki Ashikaga didn’t, but he doesnt mind. I...
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When life gives you a lemon, you make lemonade. When life takes away your ability to level in a world where that's how you get stronger. You complain until life throws you a orange. Follow the random adventures of Ken as he monologues his way to maybe one day saving the world. [Strong Language!]
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Things take a turn for the worst when an architect's bag gets swapped with someone else's while she is at a museum.
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Some believe in fate, while others don't—Shin, a high school student, tends to fall into the latter category. After school, he dedicates his free time to his writing passion, dreaming of becoming a full-time writer someday. His life goes on uneventfully, but little does he know that everything...
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I once heard the best way to make friends was to go to the same place on the same day at the same time to meet the same people. I don’t really understand art but I thought I would like the type of people who go to a museum and I think I was right…
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16-year-old Hotaru Yaro has always been secretive and keeps to himself. His classmates think he has a strange, hidden obsession with gaming as he’s always on a fan forum for a popular streamer called ‘Firefly Chaser.’ Little do they know, Firefly Chaser – one of Japan’s largest masked streamers ...
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Hitori is a troubled young man who is fed up with his environment. One day he attempts to end it all once and for all, blaming all sorts of people, particularly oligarchs. He surrounds himself with excuses just to be able to live. But everything changes when he meets a beautiful woman named Anast...
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Yuuma Aoki wants to be the greatest pianist in the world, at least, that's the kind of dream that he wants to accomplish, to do that he wants to attend the world's most prestigious music university, the Chopin Conservatory of Music. However, there's just one slight issue... He had only been playi...
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[CANCELLED TEMPORARILY] The Tamashī shelter is a place where those young people without parents who, upon reaching adolescence, are never going to be adopted, are sent. Ren is a 16-year-old boy with a strange look and even stranger and unpredictable behavior. Also, he will share a room with a...
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Eichi Tomoru and Ayame Yuuno are characters that belong on the sidelines. Due to a mutual objective, they found themselves conspiring with each other in order to accomplish the said goal. That is, to bring the school’s prettiest girl and the most popular guy together. This is a story told ...
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High School is already a daunting journey as it is, but what could make School life even more difficult when you believe that there is a secret that you must keep. This very dilemma follows Hiromi Takeda. Recently transferred from a small school near the mountains of Japan. Hiromi is now living i...
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Naoki lives in the middle of Osaka. He is no more than an average boy living an average life, but when his feelings for his classmate Mayumi start to materialize in some way, due to the natural progression of life or maybe even through divine intervention, the two end up having a 'not so average'...
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