"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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A whole new year is about to start at the Deer's Valley High School. In order to get into the top class of the school the M-class, second years must undergo an exam like no other, let's see who passes
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Despite achieving great wealth and fame, Akane Yuki lived a lonely, miserable life. Taking pity upon the young woman, God decided to give Akane another chance to redo her life from scratch, but it was no use - her second life was filled with sorrow. Desperate, Akane begged God for one more...
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In an incredible world, a queen who was never a princess will have to grow up fast to guide with his light his whole kingdom, in the most accidents caused by a strange disease, in the company of his little brother will discover how strong they can be, even though they are very young people, even ...
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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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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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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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In the age where we all have to gone through, in which we can't even do anything. We all have to suffer to this phrase - nightmare, tears, hurted, shocked, anger, hatred emotional, sensitive life, alone, love, heartbreak, study pressure, betrayer, backstab,lies, untrusted and so on. Yes its about...
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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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As low-birth rates loomed, Japan launched a program that granted government-issued girlfriends to prospective applicants. If approved, you’d have the honor of maintaining a glorified mooch! Among mooches and freeloaders, Keiko Asagiri stands above the rest. She's snarky, sassy, and her new boy...
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In a parallel Earth, wishes really do come true. In a world where everyone has one wish that they can turn into reality, Kirisake Eiji is a boy who wasted his on an impulse while he was still a child. Ostracized by his peers in his first year of high school for this act, the only wish he has l...
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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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Rowen is a Savior with unfortunate bad luck. After saving another world, she follows a cat to a new world and…surprise! That world also needs saving. But Rowen is done being a hero and runs away at the first opportunity she gets. Of course the further she runs, the more involved with the world sh...
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“Theft is a crime and he sure is receiving a death penalty!” Katsura Miku once fainted on stage due to a heart attack, and the question was… Who stole her first kiss?!- I mean, who the heck performed CPR on her?! In the quest to find the mysterious male student who ‘supposedly’ stole her ‘firs...
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Unwanted traveling companions (stalkers?!), monsters, a sick friend, and her own conscience, please let there be some peace on this trip! Every few years, the Witch makes a trip to the demon world of Pandemonium. However, this year, with her failing health, it was even more important that she...
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The current year is 995 A.M.T. (After Machine Take-over). Once machines became a "big thing" they started becoming more and more common. Once machines have fully taken over, time has been reset as the world has to build back from the beginning and fight the machines. Some people still want machin...
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In the future, the most popular augemented reality MMORPG Mage Hackers is released into the public. But when one of the players didn't know that the game is more than just real and people who started playing are actually playing themselves inside the game.
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In the modern-day Jahan where every problem has a solution a boy, Edra Banoto has happened to diagnose with an illness that causes his vital organs to fail. The new technology also allows for determining how long a person can survive a disease, with nothing much left in his life after his parent'...
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I didn't ask to be born, but I was. I'm not an entrepreneur, revolutionary, or politician; I'm just a person, and not a great one at that. I don't care about the Martian Wars or corporate actions. I just want to survive. Turns out survival is pretty tough, so sometimes I load some shock to tak...
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We investigate the memory banks recorded in the log files of a man who wakes up to find his body is riddled with augmentations. He struggles to recall large parts of his memory that's wiped and what secrets it may hide.
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Kian Kona preferred to ignore and to be ignored, willing to do no one any favors. After suffering a nightmare-inducing tragedy when he was young, Kian forsook the role of 'the helper.' Even living in a teetering world of glass, sharing visions of scarcity, prejudice, and death with millions of do...
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After losing a tragic battle against a rising corporation to save a loved one, Daiki Inoue is put to sleep in a capsule as a last resort. Only to somehow awaken 35 years later... Now in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic world unlike he's ever witnessed, his surroundings aren't the only thing t...
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