Past Winners | NEXT MANGA AWARDS 2024

Past Winners

Below are the previous NEXT MANGA AWARDS winners. The TOP3 works of both categories were all inducted into the NEXT MANGA AWARDS Hall of Fame.

*Please note that previous Hall of Fame inductees are not eligible for nomination for subsequent awards.

Here are the TOP20 titles as ranked by fans from a total of 5,170 eligible titles!

1st place
The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy At All
Sumiko Arai
私が推している彼は、男じゃなかった。
117,373points
Author's comment
- ご投票ありがとうございました!!　毎週の応援に加え、１位にまでして頂けて…感動しています。これからも二人を応援してもらえるよう頑張ります。大好きです!! This comic would not have come this far if it weren’t for the support of my lovely international readers. Thank you so much for your votes, and I love you!!
  (新井すみこ)
Author's comments are only available in Japanese in order to precisely convey the author's intention in their own words.
2nd place
Neko Oji: The Guy that got Reincarnated as a Cat
Yajima
登場キャラクターはねことおじさんが9割
52,514points
Author's comment
- たくさんの投票、ありがとうございました！！驚きました、、、メディアに掲載してない、 SNSにしか出してない野良マンガが2位をいただけたのは間違いなく100%いつも読んでくれるフォロワーさんのおかげです。この先も描いていく元気とやる気をもらいました。これからもプンちゃんと社長、他のおじさんや、ねこ達を見守ってください⭐︎ 本当にうれしいです^^
  (やじま)
Author's comments are only available in Japanese in order to precisely convey the author's intention in their own words.
3rd place
Kindergarten WARS
You Chiba
世界一“安全”な幼稚園の秘密とは!?
41,463points
Author's comment
- この度はたくさんの投票ありがとう御座います！！！！すごい嬉しいです！まだ読んだことのない皆さん、ぜひイケメンがたくさん出ては退場すると噂の幼稚園WARSを是非読んでください〜！これからも一生懸命頑張ります！
  (千葉侑生)
Author's comments are only available in Japanese in order to precisely convey the author's intention in their own words.

4th place
Wakeari shinreimansion
36,240points
5th place
Would you like to be a TANUKI?
30,215points
6th place
Days of a Part-Time Torturing Staff
27,750points
7th place
放課後ひみつクラブ
26,463points
8th place
After God
25,080points
9th place
The person in a villianess
24,700points
10th place
バンオウ-盤王-
24,469points
11th place
Kuchibetashokudo
23,542points
12th place
I want to end the game of love
23,211points
13th place
KATAINAKA NO OSSAN, KENSEI NI NARU ~TADA NO INAKA NO KENJUTSUSHIHAN DATTA NONI, TAISEI SHITA DESHITACHI GA ORE WO HOTTEKURENAI KEN
21,648points
14th place
Reiwa no Darasan
21,477points
15th place
KONOGOMI WO NANTOYOBU
20,451points
16th place
nijisanji
17,788points
17th place
SAMURAI IN ANOTHER WORLD
17,679points
18th place
Jirainandesuka?Chiharasan
17,123points
19th place
Yurinihasamaruotokowasinebaii!?
16,612points
20th place
Stepping on, Kicking, Loving
15,839points