Draw This, Then Die!

• Ja Kanji — これ描いて死ね • Ja Romaji — Kore Kaite Shine • Genre — * Coming-of-age • Drama

• Type — manga • Author — Minoru Toyoda • Publisher — Shogakukan • Magazine — Monthly Shōnen Sunday • Imprint — Shōnen Sunday Comics Special • First — November 12, 2021 • Volumes — 10

• Type — tv series • Director — Hiroaki Akagi • Writer — * Hiroko Fukuda • Aki Itami • Kanichi Katō • Music — Hiroaki Tsutsumi • Studio — Shin-Ei Animation • Licensee — Crunchyroll • Network — NNS (Nippon TV) • First — July 3, 2026 • Episodes — 11

• Portal — yes Draw This, Then Die! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minoru Toyoda. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's 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.

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.

• Ai Yasumi: • Rei Teshima: • Kokoro Fujimori: • Sachi Akafuku: • Hikaru Sekiryū: • Pokota: • Nana Teramura: • Hana Kongōji • Yukana • Hebichika-sensei: • Loup Garou • Anna Nagase

Written and illustrated by Minoru Toyoda, Draw This, Then Die! began serialization in Shogakukan's 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.

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", performed by Tatsuya Kitani, and the ending theme song is "Conifer", performed by Regal Lily. Crunchyroll is streaming the series. Muse Communication licensed the series in Southeast Asia.