On Tuesday the winners of the Japanese publisher Kodansha of its 44th annual Manga Awards was declared.
Best Shōnen Manga
Name: Tokyo Revengers
Author: Ken Wakui
Magazine: Weekly Shōnen Magazine (Kodansha)
Synopsis: Viewing the news, Takemichi Hanagaki discovers that his better half from path back in center school, Hinata Tachibana, has passed on. The main sweetheart he had was recently executed by a despicable gathering known as the Tokyo Manji Gang. He lives in a horrible condo with slight dividers, and his six-years-more youthful manager treats him like a numbskull. Furthermore, he’s a finished and all out virgin. At the tallness of his absolute bottom life, he out of nowhere time-jumps twelve years back to his center school days!! To spare Hinata, and change the existence he spent fleeing, miserable part-clock Takemichi must focus on the highest point of Kanto’s most evil reprobate group!! (Through Kodansha Comics)
The other nominees in the category of the Best Shōnen Manga consisted of the SPY×FAMILY, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, and Smile Down the Runway.
Best Shōjo Manga
Name: Our Precious Conversations
Author: Robico
Magazine: Dessert (Kodansha)
Synopsis: Nozomi Aizawa has saved her affections for her classmate Azuma-kun a mystery for a long time, yet the opportunity has arrived for her to at last admit. His reaction, however, is a long way from common! Driven around and around by his entertaining digressions, these two clumsy adolescents end up becoming nearer and nearer while wading through false impressions and off-subject tirades. At the point when the airheaded stalker Aizawa-san at last interfaces with the peevish smarty pants Azuma-kun, the outcome is a rom-com worth discussing! (Through Kodansha Comics)
The other nominees in the category of the Best Shōjo Manga consisted of the Kageki Shōjo!!, Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight, and A Condition Called Love.
Best General Manga
Name: The Blue Period.
Author: Tsubasa Yamaguchi
Magazine: Afternoon (Kodansha)
Synopsis: The story fixates on Yatora Yaguchi, who feels empty and anxious regardless of his superb evaluations and spot on the school understudy standing. In any case, when he sees an image that catches his heart one day, he devotes himself completely to the wonderful yet cruel universe of craftsmanship. With his abundance of information, he intends to enter craftsmanship school.
The other nominees in the category of the Best General Manga consisted of the kip to Loafer, Witch Hat Atelier, and Do not say mystery.
Each of the winning authors was awarded with a certificate, bronze statuette, and 1 million yen (about US$9,100). The selection board was formed by Ken Akamatsu, Tochi Ueyama, Oh! great, Atsushi Kase, Akiko Higashimura, Yūji Moritaka, and Waki Yamato.
In previous years the award for Best Children’s Manga was also given by Kodansha, but in the beginning of 2015 Kodansha has combined the nominees of that category in to the Best Shōnen Manga and Best Shōjo Manga categories.
Last year both manga The Quintessential Quintuplets by Negi Haruba and manga To Your Eternity by Yoshitoki Ōima was awarded with the Best Shonan Manga award. The Best Shōjo Manga award was given to Perfect World by Rie Aruga. The Best General Manga award was given to What Did You Eat Yesterday? by Fumi Yoshinaga.
