Draw This, Then Die! (Japanese: これ描いて死ね, Hepburn: Kore Kaite Shine) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minoru Toyoda. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sunday since November 2021, with its chapters collected into ten tankōbon volumes as of July 2026. An anime television series adaptation produced by Shin-Ei Animation premiered in July 2026.
The series was awarded the 16th Manga Taishō in 2023 and the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2024.
Contents
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.
Characters
Ai Yasumi (安海 相, Yasumi Ai)
Voiced by: Akira Sekine (Japanese); Audrey Hsieh (English)
Rei Teshima (手島 零, Teshima Rei)
Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese); Crystal Lee (English)
Kokoro Fujimori (藤森 心, Fujimori Kokoro)
Voiced by: Saya Hitomi (Japanese); Madeline Dorroh (English)
Sachi Akafuku (赤福 幸, Akafuku Sachi)
Voiced by: Kanon Fujimura (Japanese); LilyPichu (English)
Hikaru Sekiryū (石龍 光, Sekiryū Hikaru)
Voiced by: Inori Minase (Japanese); Justine Huxley (English)
Pokota (ポコ太)
Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka (Japanese); Francesca Calo (English)
Nana Teramura (寺村 七, Teramura Nana)
Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki (Japanese); Amber Lee Connors (English)
Hana Kongōji (金剛寺 華, Kongōji Hana)
Voiced by: Yukana
Hebichika-sensei (へびちか先生)
Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese); Christie Cate (English)
Loup Garou (ルゥ・ガルゥ, Ruu Garuu)
Voiced by: Anna Nagase
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Minoru Toyoda, Draw This, Then Die! began serialization in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sunday on November 12, 2021, with the first tankōbon 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.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 21, 2025. It is produced by Shin-Ei Animation and directed by Hiroaki Akagi, with series composition handled by Hiroko Fukuda, who also wrote the episode screenplays with Aki Itami and Kanichi Katō, characters designed by Takekazu Segawa, and music composed by Hiroaki Tsutsumi. The series premiered on July 3, 2026, on the Friday Anime Night programming block on Nippon TV and its affiliates. The opening theme song is "Isho" (遺書), performed by Tatsuya Kitani, and the ending theme song is "Conifer" (コニファー), performed by Regal Lily. Crunchyroll is streaming the series. Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia.
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.