
"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.
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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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After Kaden, the son of the best hero duo in current times, gets rejected from every hero school in the country, he joins the most notorious known villain school in the country, as a last resort. When making new friends at his school, he realises that not all villains have evil intent, and some ...
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"Why does life have to be so boring? The monotony of my daily routine has become practically unbearable lately. It’s really just been one mundane event after the other." Despite seeming like a typical charismatic overachieving high school student, these are some of the thoughts that Shirase Ay...
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Keisuke Saburi is a teenage thief that suffers from amnesia. Having no knowledge of his past, Keisuke comes to live with the inviting arms of the Fujiwara household, which is run by one of the great sages that is known for his extreme knowledge in the scientific discovery. After the strange dis...
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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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Noel was just a dorky, snarky teenager until he found his entire family had become succubae—literal she-demons—which, obviously, is quite stressful for a young man. But it’s not just him. Everyone on Earth wakes up to discover they’ve become bizarre and legendary creatures, like some kind of d...
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A collage of sweet memories, gentle kisses, and fond school life memories as told from the collective mind of three girls who share a life together: Aya, Kanna, and Saffron Minami. Having freed themselves from the grip of a troubled past, these three girls must now learn what it truly means me...
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A story about an 18-year-old teenager, Aria, who partnered with a 10-year-old boy, Leo. Both escapes from the ugly Chloe, whose none other than their father's sister. Learn more about their trip.
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Low-profile. Bit part player. Villager B. Although these terms, increasingly more derogatory, have all been used to describe him at one time or another, Tanizaki Seishi is not bothered - he wants nothing more than to while away his school days with his head buried in his beloved books. The...
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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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After graduating magic school Lulu the witch started working as a part-timer at a café named Teabreak Twinkle. Working at the café she encounters one of her colleagues named Erno, a serious and quiet shapeshifter who, curiously enough, prefers to be turned into a frog. Lulu is intrigued by Erno a...
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Watch a poor man and a superstar woman clash in this Rom-Com! Life couldn't have crashed harder for the formerly rich Kai Darak, who lost everything thanks to his father's corruption while gaining a 30 million dollar debt. How does one sally forth while conveying his love to the girl who's life w...
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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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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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After getting into an accident while running from some thugs threatening his life, actor Jae Phoenix instead of dying, finds himself thrown to another realm where empires still exist, spiritual power is real and... Does he have the body of a young female consort? Taking over Saaren Jaelin, th...
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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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In a sea of silver sand, three ruined towers stand above the surface. To the Scavengers in the slums outside of Central City, they represent pillars of hope. The treasures that lie within might net a fortune, so long as one has proper equipment, good instincts, and a little luck. Nyk has n...
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The story takes place in the galaxy of Andromeda with Five former members of the Order Arkomanan. After the tragic incident that occurred, 15 years afterward, the main crew find themselves in a game of survival as the killers of the Order are hunting them down to feed their energy to the great My...
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In the late 21. century earth was invaded by an extraterrestrial army. Unfortunately for everyone, humans were stupid enough to use nuclear weapons, obliterating not only the majority of the invading army but also the entire North American continent.
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In the year 2030, humans discovered the Arq Shard; the most valuable mineral and the only energy source on Earth. Years after the Great Decline, where major cities battled for the possession of the shards and destroyed most of the Earth, only one city stood at the top; the city called “Paradise”....
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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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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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