"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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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Meet four young students at Yamamoto Academy, a prestigious school that has educated generations of service members for the country's most established families. However, their golden future is being threatened by a new technological innovation. Will our heroines be able to solve the mystery and s...
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17-year-old Va has a horrible premonition: Is her schoolmate Keiichi actually trying to take over the world and replace all women with living anime girls? Agitated, she starts the WTP Club and gathers six people from her grade to stop Keiichi together. Although the others seem unconvinced by Va’...
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After losing her beloved Sakura to an accident, Lilianne Evans wished to be with her again. When the school rooftop collapsed, she resigned to her fate so she could reunite with Sakura however was engulfed in a white light instead. When she woke up, she found herself brought back to the time b...
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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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Shintaro Kiriguchi is eager to make the most of his second year of high school. He feels as if, this time, someone is watching over him, making sure everything will go just right, and his sakura-coloured school life is just around the corner. And with that determination in mind, he sets off back ...
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"What do you mean I'm in Calastro Academy?! That's just something I wrote when I was still a student?!" What happens when you are transported to a fantsay novel you didn't finish to write? That's what happened to Yman Caliesto when he got hit by lightning underneath a deluge. Now, he had to re...
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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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Kaji Daisaku is a handsome and cunning young man that is part of a French criminal organization: "Brigade De La Crypte” Also known as The Crypt Clan. They are notorious for defying the extreme rich in Europe, but always seem to stay in the shadows. This means that the general population sees this...
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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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Magical Knight Lune! Defender of happiness! She's a cute teenage girl known throughout the city as someone who always takes a moment to help those in need. But what people don't know is that her true identity is that of a 15-year-old teenage boy named Daniel! Not that that's ever been a proble...
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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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"Men are trash." This was Ori's absolute philosophy in life. Every encounter she's had with them always seems to end in disaster. It was because of them that her life had been turned into a living hell, to the point that she had become the most unpopular girl in school due to all their manipulati...
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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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This is a love story about two people who met through unexpected circumstances. As they get to know each other they find out they have more in common than they thought. Furuya Haru is an aspiring novelist at the University of Tokyo but also a full-on geek, doing all-night gaming through the n...
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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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After 7 years, in a world not so different from ours, the first World war in history had finally ended.. And while most had feared it, some had longed for it.. In the end only those with enough power or influence were given the choice to either take part in it or hide from it. At the dawn...
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Violet and Blue are two companies that are currently waging war on each other. To protect their lifestyles and their homes, the people of Violet will have to take up arms and fend off themselves. Armed with a brand new revolutionary nano-technology, both sides will do anything in their reach to...
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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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April never thought she'd end up in the strange, decadent world of the Gremory District; a populous and technologically advanced region of Hell. Will she pay back her Earthly debt in time or become another victim of Hell's suffering? April never expected the land of eternal damnation to be a s...
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To win means to attain endless wealth, boundless honour, unsurpassable status, and a chance to enter the promised land of Eden. To lose means to remain trapped inside a murky, poisonous hellscape. Victory or Defeat. Heaven or Hell. The Ascenders Cup will decide your place. --------- A...
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