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Shonen Jump's Undead Unluck Wins Tsugi ni Kuru Manga 2020 Awards
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
The winners were announced for the sixth "Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō" (up-and-coming manga awards) with the top prize going to Viz Media and is available to read in both print and digital.
The story follows Fūko Izumo, otherwise known as woman cursed with "Unluck". Fūko brings misfortune to anyone who touches her and the scale is proportional to how long they had physical . She's saved by Andy, a man that cannot die ("Undead"). He hopes to figure out a way to use Fūko's misfortune to finally bring him death. The unlikely pair team up to complete missions given to them by the Book of Revelations, but if they or any of the other negators in their union fail, the book can punish humanity.
Tozuka commented on his win:
First place...! Thank you so much for your votes and . I am now keenly aware that I was able to create a manga thanks to the of many people. Rather than embarrassing myself after this fortuitous outcome, I think I'll continue with this "interesting" manuscript."
Tozuka publishing the series that same month.
Second place went to another Shonen Jump+ app but is not currently available in English. The series follows the perpetually broken-hearted Aijō who meets the God of Love after praying at a shrine. The god tells him he will meet 100 girls fated to fall in love with him but if his relationship with them fails, they'll die in a cruel twist of fate.
Weekly Shōnen Magazine and not currently available in English. The story follows two classmates and only of the school's shogi club. The younger male classmate has a stone-cold expression but his female upperclassman enjoys goading him to confess and obsessing over the game.
The full top 20 list of winners is:
- Undead Unluck by Yoshifumi Tozuka (licensed by Viz Media)
- Kimi no koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo by Rikito Nakamura and Yukiko Nozawa
- Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru by Sōichirō Yamamoto
- Akuyaku Reijō Tensei Oji-san by Michirō Ueyama
- Bukiyōna Senpai. by Makoto Kudo
- Atsushi Nakamura (licensed by Viz Media)
- Kotoyama (licensed by Viz Media)
- Ichi Yamura
- Wakame Konbu
- Chisato Oga
- Hajime Kōmoto (licensed by Viz Media)
- Akitaka
- Tsurun Hatomune (licensed by Viz Media)
- Miki Yoshikawa
- Jirō Sugiura
- Takuma Yokota
- Kodansha Comics)
- Eku Takeshima (licensed by Kodansha Comics)
- Kubo-san wa Boku (Mobu) wo Yurusanai by Nene Yukimori
- Square Enix Books)
The winners were decided by fan votes submitted by July 3. The award is co-organized by Niconico. This year had 4,768 entries, more than twice as many as last year. 50 nominees were selected for each category.
In 2018, the SPY x FAMILY in the web manga category.
Source: Comic Natalie
