is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It has been serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sunday since November 2021, with its chapters collected into ten volumes as of July 2026. An anime television series adaptation produced by Shin-Ei Animation aired from July to September 2026. A second season has been announced.
The series was awarded the 16th Manga Taishō in 2023 and the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2024.
Plot Ai Yasumi is a first-year high school student living on Izu Ōshima, an island that is part of Tokyo Metropolis. She loves to read manga, but a certain event triggered her to start thinking about creating manga. The world that awaits her and the pain and joy of creating works of art is spared.
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Media Manga Written and illustrated by , Draw This, Then Die! began serialization in Shogakukan's manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sunday on November 12, 2021, with the first volume released on May 12, 2022. As of July 2026, ten volumes have been released.
In October 2025, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the series for English publication, with the first volume set to release in August 2026.
Volumes
Anime An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 21, 2025. It is produced by Shin-Ei Animation and directed by , with series composition handled by , who also wrote the episode screenplays with and , characters designed by Takekazu Segawa, and music composed by Hiroaki Tsutsumi. The series aired from July 3 to September 25, 2026, on the Friday Anime Night programming block on Nippon TV and its affiliates. The opening theme song is , performed by Tatsuya Kitani, and the ending theme song is , performed by . Crunchyroll is streaming the series. Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia.
A second season was announced following the airing of the twelfth episode.
Episodes
Reception In 2022, Draw This, Then Die! was nominated in the eighth Next Manga Awards in the Print Manga category, where it placed sixteenth out of 50 nominees. It ranked sixth in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga for male readers. The series won the 16th Manga Taishō in 2023. Along with Burning Kabaddi, Natsume Arata no Kekkon, and Puniru Is a Cute Slime, it also won the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2024. It has also been nominated for the 30th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2026.
See also Love Roma, another manga series by the same author Kongōji-san wa Mendōkusai, another manga series by the same author
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