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Manga Taishō winners 2017–2026: Frieren, Blue Period, Beastars and more
Draw This, Then Die!
これ描いて死ね
A high school girl on a remote island starts a manga club and throws herself into making comics. It won the 16th Manga Taishō in 2023.
AuthorMinoru Toyoda
PublisherShogakukan
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Sunday
Serialized2021–present
Volumes10 (as of July 2026)
AwardManga Taishō 2023 grand prize (102 points)
What is it about?
After meeting a manga artist she admires, who had been on a long break, a girl living on an island far from the city founds a manga club at her school. With friends and rivals, she takes on the hard and joyful work of creating manga.
Beyond the page
It has run in Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday since November 2021. It also won the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2024, and an anime series by Shin-Ei Animation aired from July to September 2026.
Who will like it
Anyone who draws, anyone who loved a school club, and anyone who wants to remember why making things is fun.