Matt Schley
January 21, 2019 
Another year, another Manga Taisho. This award, one of the most prestigious out there, is for up-and-coming manga titles with eight or fewer collected volumes. Each year, folks employed at bookstores around Japan get together (in spirit, at least) to select the nominees. This year, they’ve chosen the following 13 titles:
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Peko Watanabe
Journal with witch (Ikoku Nikki)
Tomoko Yamashita
Astra Lost in Space (Kanata no Astra)
Kenta Shinohara
Kongoji-san wa Mendokusai
Minoru Toyoda
Golden Gold
Seita Horio
Sazan and Comet Girl (Sazan to Suisei no Shojo)
Yuriko Akase
Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi)
Ryoko Kui
Nagi’s Long Vacation (Nagi no Oitoma)
Misato Konari
Tiny Little Life in the Woods (Hakumei to Mikochi)
Takuto Kashiki
Blue Period
Tsubasa Yamaguchi
Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest (Hokuhokusei ni Kumo to Ike)
Aki Irie
Do not say mystery (Mystery to Iu Nakare)
Rui Morita
The Balcony of Metamorphose (Metamorphose no Engawa)
Kaori Tsurutani
This first list was culled from 247 titles by 94 participants. In the next stage, these 13 titles will be further squeezed down to a top three, which will be announced at the end of March or beginning of April.
Source: Comic Natalie
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