Girl meets skirt written by Kuwahali and illustrated by Tetsuo Ideuchi has won the Next Manga Award 2024 in the Web category. The web manga will be published as a series on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ platform since January 2024. The creators celebrated winning the award with commentary and a special illustration.

Author Kuwahali’s comment: “Thank you for all the votes!! Girl meets skirt! was originally a manga drawn by a hobbyist who couldn’t draw well, but it has gained such great support from many readers, and I truly believe this is thanks to the incredible work of the artist Ideuchi-sensei! I’m so grateful!! There are still so many things I want to draw, so I hope you will continue to follow this manga in the future!!”

Illustrator Tetsuo Ideuchi’s comment: “I’m so happy to win first place!!! Thank you so much!!! When I got the offer to do the drawings and read the story, I had a strong feeling that it was so interesting that it would definitely be serialized. And now that it’s become a series and has received so much support from everyone, it’s a great honor to win this award. The manga is only on volume two and Hatono’s story is just beginning, so I hope you continue to be excited about what’s next. I will continue to do my best as an artist to bring Kuwahali-san’s story to life for all of you!”

Girl meets skirt! This was followed sabrina_s by Shindo Masaoki in 2nd place and Vtuber Kusamura Shigemi by sakamegane in 3rd place.

The Next Manga Award was launched in 2014 by the Kadokawa Corporation DaVinci Magazine and Niconico. The aim is to discover and present works that are expected to become popular in the future. Previous winners in the Web category include several works that became hits as anime adaptations, such as Wotakoi: Love is hard for Otaku (2015), My senpai is annoying (2018), SPY × FAMILY (2019), The dangers in my heart (2020) and Kaiju No. 8 (2021).

The other category is Print Manga, which was won this year by Kagurabachi by Takeru Hokazono.

Source: Official Website
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