Miss Ruki was nominated in the Best Manga category at the 2026 Harvey Awards. The award went to Billy Bat.
Miss Ruki appeared on the Harvey Awards ballot in the Best Manga category for 2026. The nomination arrived with the awards body's July slate, when the Harvey Awards announced its nominees ahead of the ceremony at New York Comic Con.
Miss Ruki was one of seven titles in the category. The other nominees were He Rolled Me Up Like a Grilled Squid, Land, My Gorilla Family, and My Life in 24 Frames per Second, alongside Billy Bat.
The winner was announced at New York Comic Con on October 9, and Billy Bat, by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, took Best Manga. Miss Ruki did not win. No other details about the series, its creator, its publisher, or its English release appeared in Yomimono's coverage, so the record here begins and ends with the nomination.
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The Harvey Awards announced this year's winners on Friday at New York Comic Con, and Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki's Billy Bat, released by Abrams ComicArts' Kana imprint and translated by Kristi Iwashiro, took Best Manga. The category's other nominees were He Rolled Me Up Like a Grilled Squid, Land, Miss Ruki, My Gorilla Family, and My Life in 24 Frames per Second. Spider-Noir won Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel.
The Harvey Awards announced nominees for the 2026 ceremony, with five anime and manga-related projects nominated for Best Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel. The Best Manga category includes seven titles. The winners will be announced at New York Comic Con on October 9.