"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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33-year-old Jacob Young, an American survivalist living in Japan, finds himself unable to find gainful employment due to not graduating high school back in the USA. When he tries and fails to fake his credentials, he faces an ultimatum--enroll in high school like a man, or face the consequences o...
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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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"ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴄʜᴏᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴄʀᴀᴢʏ, ᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴄʜᴏᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴜᴍ." Mediums. People with the ability to act as a bridge between the world of the living and the world of the dead. Hadiza Hara's heart stopped for 3 minutes, and she survived. But ever since then, she's been hearing things...things ...
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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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Nerithis Academia, the beginnings of kings and the authorities that back them. Kain, a first-year student is ready to start his school life.
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This story is about Emerson who is well known as Mad since childhood.This story takes place in a well known school who care about chess more than anything and Mad wants to make a identity about himself.He is pretty bad in everything,but he suddenly likes playing chess and thinks of joining this ...
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A suicidal delinquent is tired of everything and wishes he can start over and start fresh. But life is never that easy is it? Or maybe sometimes it can be. As luck might have it he gets another shot at life from when things started going wrong, will he mess it up again? Will he be grateful and ch...
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In a school called " Ultimate Brain Academy " where only the smartest and top talents can survive, a boy rises using his wits, his name is Ran Genesis, a son of the two smartest scientists who swear vengeance on the government by using their very own child to topple them. Would this young lad out...
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Ryuji Fujimiya is the heir of the Fujimiya Family. He always does what his father asks of him. He’s what you can call a good son. Furthermore, he’s engaged to Sasaki Sono, due to the social status of their two families. Josiane Sakamoto, an ordinary girl, will burn everything to ashes. Stay tuned...
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Akira is a self-proclaimed hikikomori that's obsessed with popular culture and one virtual content creator in particular - Mayu Hoshinoka. It is only when her stream is offline and he gets forced into a lunch date with his childhood best friend, Koiyomi, does he realise that maybe there is more t...
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Zeal and Joy had been dating for almost a year now, and while they were close, she never revealed much about her background. Until one day she laid it all in front of him. She came from Planet S3X, home of the horniest humans. Now, Zeal must travel with Joy to her homeland and participate in the ...
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There's a Magical Girl in town! Deep in the Andalusian countryside lies the village of Carcabuey. Enter Olivia, a very special person with a very special Magical Girl form. Having escaped from the bustle of Madrid, she finds that escaping from the annoyances she fled from won't be so easy: Fro...
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Middle school was the time for Oyama Tadao, he talked with everyone who he passed by, he helped out his teachers and other school staff whenever he could and when it came to his academics in class and club, he was at the top of his game. Once he started High school, he was finally going to go ...
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“Red is most commonly associated with two things. The velvety bright shade of rose petals given by a person—love. And the reaction of being stung by a bee in the mid of spring—blood. In my case, it’s neither of those; but also, in a way, both.” Searching for love has always been difficult fo...
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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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Hikkikomori are on the rise nowadays. With things becoming more digital and easier to obtain without leaving the comfort of your own home sure maybe in a way it doesn’t sound so bad and most people picture them as mostly overweight guys who eat junk food and don’t go outside at all but I’m a dif...
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By the year 2150 the world had changed by the virtue of technology, which was now as advanced as ever. Yet, crime and corruption were still thriving, rotting the roots of the drastically changing world. Advanced suits named INDIGO were developed around the world. Compatible with unique people, th...
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When an Old God takes control of the world's advanced technologies and AIs, humanity breaks down in battle against its corrupt forces; composed of mind-controlled augmented bodies, robots, and corrupted humans. Without much hope, the few surviving humans make pacts with demons to save themselv...
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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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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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Solipsism is the idea that only your mind is real, and that everything else experienced is not. Like AI, generated by something unknown. Solipsys was a cancelled project. A device that could take you back to any point in your past. The hardware was so advanced you could live out different cho...
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Harmony...what once was an empty and abandoned piece of land has transformed into the most advanced metropolis of its time. However, not long after its establishment, a strange phenomenon started occurring. “Outsiders” - creatures from unknown origins began appearing, bringing destruction whereve...
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A boy caught in a grisly accident is sent to a dystopian afterlife ruled by a mix of mythology and technology. He must battle to survive, picking up unlikely allies as he struggles to find his place in this strange new world
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