Ao Kojima's Hon Nara Uru Hodo Manga Wins 19th Manga Taisho Awards

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The executive committee for the 19th Manga Taisho awards announced the winner and full points breakdown for the awards on Thursday during the award ceremony. (The official English name of the awards is the "Cartoon Grand Prize.")

Ao Kojima's Hon Nara Uru Hodo (As Many Books as You Want) won this year's award.

The anthology story manga centers on the second-hand bookstore Jūgatsudō, its easygoing young owner, and the variety of people who come to the bookstore.

Kojima launched the manga in the 107th issue of Kadokawa's Harta magazine in September 2023. Prior to the serialization, Kojima published a one-shot version of the story titled "Hon o Okuru" in the magazine's 98th issue in October 2022. Kadokawa published the manga's second compiled book volume in April 2025, and will publish the third volume on April 15.

The nominating committee is composed mainly of bookstore staffers who are in charge of their respective stores' manga. This year's nominating committee consisted of 94 individuals, who selected from 249 titles. Any manga title that was released in 2025 and has eight volumes or less is eligible. The volume cap is intentionally added so that the prize winners would be relatively new works that have not already earned their popularity through sheer longevity.

Manga Taisho 2025 Final Results

Hon Nara Uru Hodo
Ao Kojima
77 points

Danmitsu
Tooru Seino
59 points

The Devil's in the Lunch Deals
Ishiko
58 points

Home at the Horizon
Taiyō Watabe
54 points

Tomodachi Datta Hito: Kinuta Miya Sakuhinshū
Miya Kinuta
53 points

Kaijū o Kaibō Suru
Mado Saitō
50 points

Robō no Fujii (also nominated in 2025)
Nabekurao
48 points

Strikeout Pitch
Kyu Sumiyoshi
39 points

RIOT
Yūta Tsukada
36 points

Ichi the Witch
Osamu Nishi, Shiro Usazaki
33 points

Maison and the Man-Eating Apartment
Kuu Tanaka, Akima
30 points

Imōto wa Shitteiru
Mari Gangi
27 points

Previous winners include:

2025 - Alice, Dokomademo by Kiko Urino
2024 - Kimi to Uchū o Aruku Tame ni by Inuhiko Doronoda
2023 - Kore Kaite Shine by Minoru Toyoda
2022 - Darwin Jihen by Shun Umezawa
2021 - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
2020 - The Blue Period. by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
2019 - Astra Lost in Space by Kenta Shinohara
2018 - BEASTARS by Paru Itagaki
2017 - Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō by Mitsuharu Yanamoto
2016 - Golden Kamuy by Satoru Noda
2015 - Kakukaku Shikajika by Akiko Higashimura
2014 - A Bride's Story by Kaoru Mori
2013 - Umimachi Diary by Akimi Yoshida
2012 - Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa
2011 - March comes in like a lion by Chika Umino
2010 - Thermae Romae by Mari Yamazaki
2009 - Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu
2008 - Gaku - Minna no Yama by Shinichi Ishizuka

Source: Manga Taisho

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