Draw This, Then Die!


Draw This, Then Die! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday magazine since November 2021, with its chapters collected into eight volumes as of October 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by Shin-Ei Animation is set to premiere in July 2026.
The series was awarded the 16th Manga Taishō in 2023 and the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2025.

Plot

Ai Yasumi is a first-year high school student living on Izu Ōshima, an island that is part of Tokyo prefecture. 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.

Characters

;Ai Yasumi
;Rei Teshima
;Kokoro Fujimori
;Sachi Akafuku
;Hikaru Sekiryū

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by, Draw This, Then Die! began serialization in Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday magazine on November 12, 2021. The first volume was released on May 12, 2022. As of October 2025, eight 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.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 21, 2025. It will be produced by Shin-Ei Animation and directed by, with series composition handled by, who will also write episode screenplays with and, characters designed by Takekazu Segawa, and music composed by Hiroaki Tsutsumi. The series is set to premiere in July 2026 on the Friday Anime Night programming block on Nippon TV and its affiliates.

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 2025.