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NEXT MANGA AWARDS 2026!
NEXT MANGA AWARDS 2026

Introducing the award-winning works currently
serialized in MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA!!

About the“NEXT MANGA AWARDS”

The NEXT MANGA AWARDS was established in 2014 by KADOKAWA Group as a Japanese manga award based on fan votes and nominations.

Users submit up-and-coming manga they feel have the potential to become the next big hits, and the most popular titles will be selected as award nominees. Winners are then determined based on votes from manga fans from all over the world.

Web manga category

Titles currently primarily serialized on a Japanese web
platform as of May 13rd, 2025.

Home at the HorizonTaiyo Watabe
Home at the Horizon
Rank1

Ryoma runs a public bathhouse with his grandfather in a seaside town. One day, during his usual routine of running the bathhouse after school, a boy named Reo appears, claiming to be his father's illegitimate son. A bittersweet yet heart-warming drama unfolds between half brothers in a public bathhouse!

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HitonerTomohiro Yagi
Hitoner
Rank2

A single human Earthling arrives on an isolated planet inhabited by beastkin known as "Kemo," who are shaken to their cores at the sight of their first "Hito." Thus does their society begin to transform, spurred on by this interspecies exchange...

English
Español
Thai
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War of the AdultsKappy / Masaaki Tsuzuki

English
War of the Adults
Rank4
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The Urban Legend FilesKazuki Hiraoka

English
The Urban Legend Files
Rank5
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Kurumizawa's FollyYohira Tokiwa

English
Kurumizawa's Folly
Rank8
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WITCHRIVHakuri

English Français
WITCHRIV
Rank9
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Life-manNanda Tou / Ayaki

English
Life-man
Rank12
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The Oracles of KamiFibi Dori

English
The Oracles of Kami
Rank14
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Hatori and Furuta’s
Extraordinarily Ordinary LifeDaijirou Nonoue

English
Hatori and Furuta’s Extraordinarily Ordinary Life
Rank16
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The Bateren TalesYu Miki

English
The Bateren Tales
Rank18
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Print manga category

Titles currently primarily serialized in a Japanese print magazine
as of May 13rd, 2026.

Someone HertzEi Yamano
Someone Hertz
Rank1

Mimei shares the hobby of listening to a late-night comedy radio show with the funny and mysterious Kurage from his class. And she's famous for sending in hilarious comments that are read on the show? But Mimei wants to be just as funny as her! Are they friends, are they rivals, are they something more...? This radio rom-com is on the air!

English
Bahasa(IND)
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Roku's House of OdditiesAtsushi Nakamura

English
Roku's House of Oddities
Rank9
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Class 2-B Hero DestroyerzHideaki Sorachi

English
Class 2-B Hero Destroyerz
Rank16
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