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.
Rie Aruga’s Perfect World won the Best Shōjo Manga award.
Japanese publisher Kodansha announced the 12 nominees in three categories for its 44th annual Manga Awards on Thursday.
Last year, Negi Haruba’s The Quintessential Quintuplets and Yoshitoki Ōima’s To Your Eternity both won the Best Shonan Manga award.