The "Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!" (This Light Novel is Amazing!) guidebook has revealed its annual light novel rankings for 2018. The list includes the most popular light novels, characters, and illustrators as polled by readers. Light Novels*1. Ryuuou no Oshigoto! *2. 86 *3. Infinite Dendrogram *4. Tsuki to Layka to Nosferatu *5. Sword Art Online *6. Bokutachi no Remake *7. Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun *8. Gamers! *9. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka 10. Imouto sae Ireba Ii. Books *1. Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen *2. Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?  *3. Youjo Senki *4. Overlord *5. Monogatari Series *6. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken *7. Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu *8. Yokohama-eki SF *9. Majo no Tabitabi 10. Uchi no Musume no Tame naraba, Ore wa Moshikashitara Maou mo Taoseru kamo Shirenai. Female Characters *1. Mikoto Misaka (Toaru Majutsu no Index) *2. Maine (Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen) *3. Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online) *4. Mai Sakurajima (Seishun Buta Yarou Series)  *5. Megumi Katou (Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata) *6. Yukino Yukinoshita (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *7. Yui Yuigahama (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *8. Rem (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu) *9. Iroha Isshiki (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) 10. Othinus (Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index) Male Characters *1. Kazuto Kirigaya (Sword Art Online) *2. Hachiman Hikigaya (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *3. Touma Kamijou (Toaru Majutsu no Index) *4. Tatsuya Shiba (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei) *5. Accelerator (Toaru Majutsu no Index) *6. Sora (No Game No Life)  *7. Subaru Natsuki (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu) *8. Ferdinand (Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen) *9. Kazuma Satou (Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!) 10. Kiyotaka Ayanokouji (Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e) Illustrators *1. Kiyotaka Haimura (Toaru Majutsu no Index) *2. abec (Sword Art Online) *3. Kurone Mishima (Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!) *4. Ponkan 8 (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *5. Keiji Mizoguchi (Seishun Buta Yarou Series) *6. Kantoku (Imouto sae Ireba Ii.) *7. Kurehito Misaki (Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata) *8. Shirabi (Ryuuou no Oshigoto!, 86) *9. Saki Ukai (Black Bullet) 10. Hiro Kanzaki (Eromanga-sensei) Source: Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2018 ← Previous Year |
cyruzOct 13, 2019 12:15 AM
| Everytime when this kind of news was made, it will offend many elitist. |
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| I am kinda salty because the half of top "10" Nov are stuff i never heard. Though some seems promising i felt it really does based on fans vote. Similiar to that Kiritolord... I am not sure what make him special despite having such generic characters. Since i don't even bother to read the novel i hope that list really live up the anime version. |
*6. Yukino Yukinoshita (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *7. Yui Yuigahama (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *9. Iroha Isshiki (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) Ohh well, let's just at least appreciate that Vol 10.5 was quite good, and Iroha truly shine in that volume. |
| I'm a bit surprised. Rem got on the list being in a coma and not having airing anime, while from Mahouka only Tatsuya got on the list, not both Shiba's siblings as usual? Interesting :) |
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| At the very least Dendro is in the top three. Shame really that the sales is poor that it didn't enter Oricon chart. Cannot wait for it to get an anime. I want to see how ridiculous Brother Bear 4th to 7th Embryo form is. Also it deserve spot in illustration part too.  Other from the list that I want to read soon is 86. |
 Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| Ryuuou no Oshigoto! really gives me high expectations for the upcoming anime adaptation. On the books' side, Honzuki no Gekokujou has been a sleeper hit for me. I've started reading this not long ago and it's been pretty well done. It got a CD adaptation before so a possible anime in the future isn't impossible. Nice to see Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? up there too. |
Stark700Nov 25, 2017 5:47 PM
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*1. Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen *2. Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? Wohoo my two favorite books so far *2. Maine (Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen) *8. Ferdinand (Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen) Maine x Ferdinand.... yahoo |
youseikiNov 25, 2017 8:23 AM
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| I was expecting worse. This is actually decent. |
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| Ayy, Misaka got listed 1st again! I mean, is it even questionable? The worst she's done is being second in 2015, because Yukino got popularity boost from season 2. Otherwise, Misaka has always been #1 since 2010! Go Misaka! Third season hype, but she will barely have screen time T_T Season 5 plz. |
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| Ryuuou no Oshigoto! actually got licensed in the states. So you should try that one out if you like loli. |
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| Loli shogi is really popular, huh. Perhaps i'll pick it up and also the bookworm isekai later. 86 is personally the best title i've read this year. And too bad Index didn't make it, since the newest arc is really good after the disappointing previous one. At this point the female poll should be titled "Top 9 Female Characters after Misaka Mikoto" instead. |
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| Ryuuou no Oshigoto ranking #1 in LNs makes me hope the upcoming anime will do it justice, but I just have a bad feeling about it tbh... Books list has some nice entries, alright. Ugh, Kirito #1...get your head out of your ass Japan. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| 86 Number 2 well deserved, amazing new novel, hope someone will also pick up the manga of it that is coming this winter. |
BlackFIFA19Nov 25, 2017 8:36 AM
Books *1. Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Female Characters *2. Maine (Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen) Male Characters *8. Ferdinand (Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen) Best part of the ranking, definitely. Maybe we can expect an anime adaptation of this one even, since it's so surprisingly popular already. I mean Maine beating even Asuna on a 100% popularity based part of the poll? Wow that was clearly unexpected.  Celebrations are in order! Also, youjo senki third, not bad, not bad at all. Most of the bunko list doesn't interest me though. |
ZefyrisNov 25, 2017 10:15 AM
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| Memesaka Memekoto being memed into the first place on the female category, what a surprise! Seriously though, I do like her but some variety once in a while wouldn't hurt, the only one who managed to beat her was Yukinoshita and that was in 2015. Also, here's the Combined Characters for those interested I've only read the prologue of 86 and it was pretty good, also protagonist with red eyes + silver/white haired waifu = insta fav. Unfortunately is seems like the translator, Teh Ping, won't translate from Vol. 2 onwards Infinite Dengrogram seems fun, just like 86 I've just read the prologue and it seems promising. Now that the Alicization arc is over I just couldn't care less what place SAO gets anymore, but it's nice to see Asuna ranking #3 on the female category. There's not a single character from the male category that I don't like (except for the guy from Bookworm because I didn't read the novel). I've read the Ryuuo prologue and ugh disgusting, that explains the lolicon tag on NU, although I'm pretty sure that this was just an innuendo it already made me lose my interest on it. Good year overall, I would comment about the 10th place but I would probably be banned for the '2 nukes' meme. |
| Damn japan sure love their lolis |
 I don't watch as much anime as before... |
Nick-Knight said: Memesaka Memekoto being memed into the first place on the female category, what a surprise! Seriously though, I do like her but some variety once in a while wouldn't hurt, the only one who managed to beat her was Yukinoshita and that was in 2015. Also, here's the Combined Characters for those interested Can you explain to me on how those voting work? 240 votes for Misaka doesn't seem "wow" enough when she's #1. Like, only 240 people out of millions of people living in Japan says that Misaka #1? That doesn't sound like this ranking event is a big deal. |
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DarklordVor said: Nick-Knight said: Memesaka Memekoto being memed into the first place on the female category, what a surprise! Seriously though, I do like her but some variety once in a while wouldn't hurt, the only one who managed to beat her was Yukinoshita and that was in 2015. Also, here's the Combined Characters for those interested Can you explain to me on how those voting work? 240 votes for Misaka doesn't seem "wow" enough when she's #1. Like, only 240 people out of millions of people living in Japan says that Misaka #1? That doesn't sound like this ranking event is a big deal. The same question was asked on /a/ (kind of) and this was the answer:   .In short: Some votes are worth more than others therefore generating more points. |
removed-userNov 25, 2017 9:48 AM
Nick-Knight said: DarklordVor said: Can you explain to me on how those voting work? 240 votes for Misaka doesn't seem "wow" enough when she's #1. Like, only 240 people out of millions of people living in Japan says that Misaka #1? That doesn't sound like this ranking event is a big deal. The same question was asked on /a/ (kind of) and this was the answer: .Hmm, so now I understand that people can vote for 3 characters at a time, which will be given a 3pts, 2pts or 1pt depending on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd pick by the voters. What I don't understand is that there's only like ~300-400 people voting on this event? Especially something that is polled from the internet (based on Wikipedia, which doesn't explain the low number of people). That doesn't seem like a lot of people for a ranking poll that has been running since 2005. Unless it's "300 high esteemed voters" like those critics in Rotten Tomatoes. |
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DarklordVor said: What I don't understand is that there's only like ~300-400 people voting on this event? Especially something that is polled from the internet (based on Wikipedia, which doesn't explain the low number of people). That doesn't seem like a lot of people for a ranking poll that has been running since 2005. Unless it's "300 high esteemed voters" like those critics in Rotten Tomatoes. No everyone can vote, even i voted this year, so i dont really get why there are so little votes |
Nick-Knight said: Dendro is fun to read. Right now it is warping the first major arc and there are lot of bang here and there with various character clashing.Infinite Dengrogram seems fun, just like 86 I've just read the prologue and it seems promising. |
| Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
BlackFIFA19 said: DarklordVor said: What I don't understand is that there's only like ~300-400 people voting on this event? Especially something that is polled from the internet (based on Wikipedia, which doesn't explain the low number of people). That doesn't seem like a lot of people for a ranking poll that has been running since 2005. Unless it's "300 high esteemed voters" like those critics in Rotten Tomatoes. No everyone can vote, even i voted this year, so i dont really get why there are so little votes ^ You guys realize the amount of characters and titles that can be voted for right? technically just Index alone has hundred of them, and it's only one title amongst thousands. And that there is definitely NOT millions of peoples in Japan caring for Mikoto, either. |
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loli_a_ravioli said: Loli shogi is really popular, huh. Perhaps i'll pick it up and also the bookworm isekai later. 86 is personally the best title i've read this year. And too bad Index didn't make it, since the newest arc is really good after the disappointing previous one. At this point the female poll should be titled "Top 9 Female Characters after Misaka Mikoto" instead. Index was 26. This is top 60, it's just MAL posted first 10 positions. |
| I hope all of the new ones are gonna get an anime adaption. Also still no slime anime, if I dont see an announcement of it by the end of 2018, i have no idea what the anime industry is doing. |
DarklordVor said: Ayy, Misaka got listed 1st again! I mean, is it even questionable? The worst she's done is being second in 2015, because Yukino got popularity boost from season 2. Otherwise, Misaka has always been #1 since 2010! Go Misaka! Third season hype, but she will barely have screen time T_T Season 5 plz. Misaka fans have proven time and time again that they are really good at mobilising themselves for basically any popularity based votes. In a poll like this one with tens if not hundreds of thousands of characters to choose between it doesn't take all that large a dedicated fandom to get them at or near the top every single year, and there are enough characters with sufficient fandom to keep them in the characters that make the longer list every single year as to make those rankings by far the least meaningful part of the whole thing. Luckily both character rankings put together only take up about 5% of the space. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Oh yeah I actually read Tomozaki-kun before. Time to get back to it after finishing KuMeYu first. |
| Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| These novels aren't even that much sugoi. |
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| I would prefer something like "Interesting Novels and Mangas that started serialization this year" to avoid clear patterns of fan-made votes. |
AdrianRubinsky said: I would prefer something like "Interesting Novels and Mangas that started serialization this year" to avoid clear patterns of fan-made votes. IIRC that magazine also has such ranking as well (basically removing all older titles from the list to keep just the new ones as a ranking). |
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| Sooo Ryuuou no Oshigoto has won two years in a row now? That's pretty cool Hope the anime will live up to the hype |
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Zefyris said: BlackFIFA19 said: No everyone can vote, even i voted this year, so i dont really get why there are so little votes ^ You guys realize the amount of characters and titles that can be voted for right? technically just Index alone has hundred of them, and it's only one title amongst thousands. And that there is definitely NOT millions of peoples in Japan caring for Mikoto, either. Completely forgot about that, that makes alot of sense |
| The year long wait for the overlord volume sure hurt it :'( It should be higher next year. |
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| Wait, what? 2018? this is not even 2018. |
| The same title number 1 for 2 years in a row. That's something. I probably need to check it out. besides that, happy for SAO, danmachi, Kumo desu ga, Mushoku Tensei and, of course, slime kun! Great list, so far |
TapuTapuuNov 25, 2017 5:14 PM
| More detailed view of the rankings: Bunko Collab Votes Top 10 -via industry votes: 1. The Ryuo’s Work is Never Done! 2. 86 3. Infinite Dendrogram 4. Moon, Laika and Vampire Princess 5. Sword Art Online 6. Bokutachi no Remake/Remake our Life 7. Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun 8. Gamers! 9. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? 10. A Sister's All You Need Bunko Top 10 - via fan votes: 1. Sword Art Online 2. The Ryuo’s Work is Never Done! 3. Konosuba 4. Seirei Gensouki - Konna Sekai de Deaeta Kimi ni 5. Re Zero 6. Classroom of the Elite 7. No Game No Life 8. Seishun Buta Yarou 9. The Irregular at Magic High School 10. A Certain Magical Index Tankoubon Top 10 1. Honzuki no Gekokujou 2. I'm A Spider, So What? 3. Saga of Tanya the Evil 4. Overlord 5. Monogatari 6. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 7. Mushoku Tensei 8. Yokohama Station Fable 9. Majo no Tabitabi 10.If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord Tankoubon "Ordinary" Top 10: 1. Honzuki no Gekokujou 2. Overlord 3. Saga of Tanya The Evil 4. Slime 5. Monogatari 6. Mushoku Tensei 7. Kumo 8. Maou no Machizukuri 9. Majo no Tabitabi 10. In a Different World with a Smartphone Female top 10 1 Misaka Mikoto 664 points / 240 votes 2 Main (Rozenmain, Honzuki) 288 points / 103 votes 3 Yuuki Asuna 253 points / 144 votes 4 Sakurajima Mai 5 Katou Megumi 6 Yukinoshita Yukino 7 Yuigahama Yui 8 Rem 9 Isshiki Iroha 10 Othinus Male top 10 1 Kirito 612 points/254 votes 2 Hikigaya Hachiman 551 points/232 votes 3 Kamijou Touma 496 points/191 votes 4 Shiba Tatsuya 440 points/ 201 votes 5 Accelerator 407 points/ 164 votes 6 Sora 224 points 7 Natsuki Subaru 216 points 8 Ferdinand 208 points 9 Satou Kazumi 200 points 10 Ayanokoji Kiyotaka (196 points) Characters top 10 1 Misaka Mikoto 664 points / 240 votes 2 Kirito 612 points/254 votes 3 Hikigaya Hachiman 551 points/232 votes 4 Kamijou Touma 496 points/191 votes 5 Shiba Tatsuya 440 points/ 201 votes 6 Accelerator 407 points/ 164 votes 7 Maine (Rozenmain, Honzuki) 288 points / 103 votes 8 Yuuki Asuna 253 points / 144 votes 9 Sora 224 points 10 Natsuki Subaru 216 points |
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| RIP Japan. You're beyond saving. |
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mizukasa said: RIP Japan. You're beyond saving. No, hope is still bright :). Maine beating all waifus like Asuna (baring Mikoto) in a popularity poll is huge, for example.  A little child (the child writing in front), and not a sexualized/ waifu-ized one, protagonist was more voted than the super popular waifus. If that's not a change compared to what we usually see in those polls, I don't know what is. Especially when that same work also ranked first in the tankoubon poll, beating every single power fantasy isekai in there. Detective1412 said: Wait, what? 2018? this is not even 2018. 2017 ranking were published by the end of 2016, and so on, it's the same as march manga magazines being published in February for example. those rankings comes in a magazine, so it works the same way. |
ZefyrisNov 26, 2017 5:36 AM
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| >Seishun Buta Yarou Series Anime when? |
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Soon. ^^ ........ |
Zefyris said: mizukasa said: RIP Japan. You're beyond saving. No, hope is still bright :). Maine beating all waifus like Asuna (baring Mikoto) in a popularity poll is huge, for example. A little child (the child writing in front), and not a sexualized/ waifu-ized one, protagonist was more voted than the super popular waifus. If that's not a change compared to what we usually see in those polls, I don't know what is. Especially when that same work also ranked first in the tankoubon poll, beating every single power fantasy isekai in there. Detective1412 said: Wait, what? 2018? this is not even 2018. 2017 ranking were published by the end of 2016, and so on, it's the same as march manga magazines being published in February for example. those rankings comes in a magazine, so it works the same way. What a garbage post. It just shows that you're a prude, with shit taste at that. |
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