Last year, Paru Itagaki’s BEASTARS manga won the Best Shōnen Manga award and Bakka Okita’s Tōmei na Yurikago (The Invisible Cradle) manga won the Best Shōjo Manga award.
Japanese publisher Kodansha announced the 12 nominees in three categories for its 43rd annual Manga Awards on Wednesday.
In past years, Kodansha gave out a “Best Children’s Manga” award as well, but starting in 2015 Kodansha has integrated the nominees for that category into the Best Shōnen Manga and Best Shōjo Manga categories instead.
Summary: The manga centers on Nao and Tsubaki, who met when they were children when their mothers worked at a traditional Japanese confectionary shop.