Megumi Haruta's original work by Yahiro Arase, ``I'm used to being alone. I'm leaving my fiance alone!'', has been selected as the grand prize winner of the ``ebookjapan Manga Awards 2026''.
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"I'm used to being alone. I'm leaving my fiancé alone!" is a love comedy about the misadventures of Nicole, the daughter of an earl, and her fiancé, Chaos. Nicole, a count's daughter who was neglected by her fiancé Chaos, becomes accustomed to being left alone by him and begins to feel "alone." Chaos, on the other hand, actually has strong feelings for Nicole, who is enjoying her freedom.
2nd place went to ago for ``Next Door Ex-Boyfriend-kun'', 3rd place went to Tooru Seino for ``Danmitsu'', and the bookseller's award went to Sei Kojima for ``If it's a book, it's worth it''. To coincide with the announcement, comments and newly drawn illustrations from the winning artists were published on a special page. Additionally, from today, February 20th to March 22nd, a campaign to increase the number of free trial readings of award-winning works is being held.
The "ebookjapan Manga Award" is a manga award in which booksellers at ebookjapan, an e-book sales service, select works that they would most like to recommend right now as candidates for the grand prize, and the grand prize is determined by reader voting. The ``ebook Japan Manga Award 2026'' targets works published and distributed as a single volume of a book or e-book between December 2023 and October 2025, as well as webtoon works distributed during the same period, and reader voting was held from November 27, 2025 to January 3, 2026.
