The "Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!" (This Light Novel is Amazing!) guidebook has revealed its annual light novel rankings for 2020. The list includes the most popular light novels, characters, and illustrators as polled by readers. Light Novels*1. Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru *2. Ryuuou no Oshigoto *3. Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun *4. Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e *5. Osananajimi ga Zettai ni Makenai Love Comedy *6. Seishun Buta Yarou Series *7. Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Motokano Datta *8. Kimi no Wasure Kata wo Oshiete *9. Natsu e no Tunnel, Sayonara no Deguchi 10. Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken Books *1. Unnamed Memory *2. Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen  *3. Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!*4. Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu *5. Rebuild World *6. Majo no Tabitabi *7. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken *8. Otome Game Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii Sekai Desu *9. Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? 10. Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Liselotte to Jikkyou no Endo-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san Series of the Decade *1. Sword Art Online *2. Toaru Majutsu no Index *3. Ryuuou no Oshigoto *4. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka *5. Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin  *6. No Game No Life*7. Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen *8. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei *9. Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun 10. Monogatari Series Female Characters *1. Kei Karuizawa (Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e) *2. Ginko Sora (Ryuuou no Oshigoto!) *3. Mikoto Misaka (Toaru Majutsu no Index) *4. Sakurajima Mai (Seishun Buta Yarou Series) *5. Minami Nanami (Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun) *6. Elaina (Majo no Tabitabi) *7. Honami Ichinose (Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e) *8. Mahiru Shiina (Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsu no Aida ni ka Dame Ningen ni Sareteiru ken)  *9. Shouko Makinohara (Seishun Buta Yarou Series)10. Vladilen Mirizé (86) Male Characters *1. Kiyotaka Ayanokouji (Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e) *2. Sakuta Azusagawa (Seishun Buta Yarou Series) *3. Touma Kamijou (Toaru Majutsu no Index) *4. Hachiman Hikigaya (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *5. Kazuto Kirigaya (Sword Art Online) *6. Kazuma Satou (Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!) *7. Accelerator (Toaru Majutsu no Index) *8. Bell Cranel (Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka) *9. Shinei Nouzen (86) 10. Fumiya Tomozaki (Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun)  Illustrators*1 Shirabi (Ryuuou no Oshigoto!) *2 Fly (Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun) *3 Shunsaku Tomose (Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e) *4 Keiji Mizoguchi (Seishun Buta Yarou Series) *5 Kurone Mishima (Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!) *6 Kiyotaka Haimura (Toaru Majutsu no Index) *7 Kantoku (Imouto sae Ireba Ii.) *8 Azure (Majo no Tabitabi) *9 abec (Sword Art Online) 10 Saki Ukai (Black Bullet) Source: Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2020 ← Previous Year |
VindstotDec 11, 2021 7:59 AM
| Seishun Buta Yarou Series doin' pretty gud 😎😎 |
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| Noooo Mikoto ranked 3rd this time. I wanted her winning streak to continue At least it matches with Touma's rank |
| It's always great to see those rankings from Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi, not only due to the list itself but to discover new series and also because many of those will become anime in the future. |
| *4. Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu I, Rudeus Greyrat, will one day take the first position! |
RNG best girl!!! RNG best waifu!! RNG is life!Long live RNG! |
| Ryuuou no Oshigoto ranked 3rd as Series of The Decade? Okay then... the LN must be real good I guess |
| 10. Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Liselotte to Jikkyou no Endo-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san The Akuyaku Reijou series took a spot again this year. XD And happy as always to see Mikoto up there~~ No game No Life S2 when tho? |
 I'm starting to get embarrassed by my own forum signature line.. XD |
| Looks like the leaks were right on the mark after all. It’s sad to see Misaka’s winning streak come to an end but I’m just really glad she’s still in the top there. Interestingly enough, there’s a fair number of new series making it to the lineup too, which is always pleasing to see! Genuinely surprised to not see Overlord make it to the top series of the decade though, guess it fell off the rails somewhere towards the end. I’m looking forward to more anime announcements lol! |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
A_silent_Being said: It might be a noob question but i really need to ask. Who publishes Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! rankings??? And is there a site which catalogues LNs and WNs - all new released titles and also the ones already running or completed. It's published by Takarajimasha. It's a magazine they publish one time at year in november with many content and results of the votes by fans and jury. Also, you can find a list of light novel on light novel database. |
| Of course a random name on top as always. Just give us a damn translations so we can read it and found out how great it was. Ryuuou no Oshigoto still strong every damn year. Sasuga Nippon. Sad that Misaka’s winning streak is broken. But when Index part 3 come out, she will be on top again. Well, still good cuz Kei is on top right now. |
| Overlord ain't even in the top 10 series of decade, how is that possible? |
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Pedram said: Since you asked, I might give you the full list here, along with the amount of "points" each series earned for the ranking. Overlord is at 19th. but honestly, from Rank 5 to Rank 25 ! the difference in each novel's point is pretty small. the difference between SAO and Index at Rank 1 and 2, is equal to the difference between Rank 5 to Rank 25 ! Ofcourse that's just coz SAO is so fking popular and well liked in all ranking and votes. but it show how close the competition is for others. 1 Sword Art Online 1728.95 2 Toaru Majutsu no Index 1503.41 3 Ryuuou no Oshigoto! 1452.75 4 Danmachi 816.67 5 Alderamin 718.67 6 No Game No Life 702.9 7 Honzuki no Gekokujou 690.14 8 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei 682.83 9 Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun 674.01 10 Monogatari Series 660.69 11 Haganai 618.85 12 Saekano 611.56 13 Baka to Test 589.44 14 Ben-To 574.9 15 Kino no Tabi 560.64 16 86 546.78 17 Seishun Buta Yarou 542.71 18 Accel World 541.38 19 Overlord 529.06 20 Durarara!! 523.61 21 OreImo 500.93 22 Re:Zero 499.45 23 Youkoso 488.85 24 Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? 488.7 25 ImoSae 460.87 26 Rokka no Yuusha 429.96 27 Konosuba 429.95 28 Mushoku Tensei 416.28 29 Horizion (Genesis) 389.74 30 Gamers 388.76 31 Tensei Slime 387.31 32 Toaru Hikuushi e no Tsuioku 380.49 33 Sabikui Bisco 377.92 34 Tokyo Ravens 353.12 35 Kokoro Connect series 352.4 36 Hai to Gensou no Grimgar 349.14 37 Kono Koi to, sono Mirai 344.02 38 Hidan no Aria 340.99 39 Escape Speed 323.59 40 Moon & Laika 318.4 41 Bokutachi no Remake 308.59 42 Enkan Shoujo 300.98 43 Majo no Tabitabi 297.23 44 Hataraku Maou-sama! 295.27 45 Nanatsu no Maken 289.53 46 No-Rin 287.56 47 Youjo Senki 287.4 48 Seitokai no Ichizon 277.37 49 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records 276.12 50 Goblin Slayer 275.67 btw, is there any author with more than 1 of his novels in this ranking ? Accel World and SAO are from the same guy |
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| I just love how Kei Karuizawa just went from unimportant secondary character to actually one of the most important characters in the story and the only one that can make Ayanokouji feel something. She's a total qtpie. |
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Pedram said: Since you asked, I might give you the full list here, along with the amount of "points" each series earned for the ranking. Overlord is at 19th. but honestly, from Rank 5 to Rank 25 ! the difference in each novel's point is pretty small. the difference between SAO and Index at Rank 1 and 2, is equal to the difference between Rank 5 to Rank 25 ! Ofcourse that's just coz SAO is so fking popular and well liked in all ranking and votes. but it show how close the competition is for others. 1 Sword Art Online 1728.95 2 Toaru Majutsu no Index 1503.41 3 Ryuuou no Oshigoto! 1452.75 4 Danmachi 816.67 5 Alderamin 718.67 6 No Game No Life 702.9 7 Honzuki no Gekokujou 690.14 8 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei 682.83 9 Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun 674.01 10 Monogatari Series 660.69 11 Haganai 618.85 12 Saekano 611.56 13 Baka to Test 589.44 14 Ben-To 574.9 15 Kino no Tabi 560.64 16 86 546.78 17 Seishun Buta Yarou 542.71 18 Accel World 541.38 19 Overlord 529.06 20 Durarara!! 523.61 21 OreImo 500.93 22 Re:Zero 499.45 23 Youkoso 488.85 24 Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? 488.7 25 ImoSae 460.87 26 Rokka no Yuusha 429.96 27 Konosuba 429.95 28 Mushoku Tensei 416.28 29 Horizion (Genesis) 389.74 30 Gamers 388.76 31 Tensei Slime 387.31 32 Toaru Hikuushi e no Tsuioku 380.49 33 Sabikui Bisco 377.92 34 Tokyo Ravens 353.12 35 Kokoro Connect series 352.4 36 Hai to Gensou no Grimgar 349.14 37 Kono Koi to, sono Mirai 344.02 38 Hidan no Aria 340.99 39 Escape Speed 323.59 40 Moon & Laika 318.4 41 Bokutachi no Remake 308.59 42 Enkan Shoujo 300.98 43 Majo no Tabitabi 297.23 44 Hataraku Maou-sama! 295.27 45 Nanatsu no Maken 289.53 46 No-Rin 287.56 47 Youjo Senki 287.4 48 Seitokai no Ichizon 277.37 49 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records 276.12 50 Goblin Slayer 275.67 btw, is there any author with more than 1 of his novels in this ranking ? Thanks for posting that with the number. |
| Lol series of the decade SAO based |
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| Another reminder of how unpopular Rokujouma is. 34 volume yet still pretty much an unknown series. |
 Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| Is this thread made to make me blush? *blushes* I would want to discover more about the light novel ranking but for the first one website didn't translate to english but price looks affordable and nice cover. Number 2 looks like if it's game then it's gonna get popular. I've never check out shogi but seeing how karuta gets popular this is not surprising. Number 3 Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki sounds fun, should get an anime. Number 4 premise sounds good. Classroom of the elite Number 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 is another amazon japan site so don't know what it's about. |
hazecloud said: Is this thread made to make me blush? *blushes* I would want to discover more about the light novel ranking but for the first one website didn't translate to english but price looks affordable and nice cover. Number 2 looks like if it's game then it's gonna get popular. I've never check out shogi but seeing how karuta gets popular this is not surprising. Number 3 Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki sounds fun, should get an anime. Number 4 premise sounds good. Classroom of the elite Number 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 is another amazon japan site so don't know what it's about. Tomozaki already has an anime announced. It was last month. Also for the others, they are on amazon because the series aren't on mal |
Nemesis16 said: Tomozaki already has an anime announced. It was last month. Also for the others, they are on amazon because the series aren't on mal Oh nice this is gonna be a good comedy anime |
hazecloud said: Nemesis16 said: Tomozaki already has an anime announced. It was last month. Also for the others, they are on amazon because the series aren't on mal Oh nice this is gonna be a good comedy anime It's not a comedy series, it's a slice of life romance about change. It's similar to saekano and Oregairu in some aspects but different at the same time. |
| @Nemesis16 okay stop xDl you're gonna raise my expectation high. I've been looking for another saekano and oregairu since forever. |
| It’s great to see SAO at first place, there’s also Accel World on 18th place. |
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Pedram said: 1 Sword Art Online 1728.95 2 Toaru Majutsu no Index 1503.41 3 Ryuuou no Oshigoto! 1452.75 4 Danmachi 816.67 5 Alderamin 718.67 6 No Game No Life 702.9 7 Honzuki no Gekokujou 690.14 8 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei 682.83 9 Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun 674.01 10 Monogatari Series 660.69 11 Haganai 618.85 12 Saekano 611.56 13 Baka to Test 589.44 14 Ben-To 574.9 15 Kino no Tabi 560.64 16 86 546.78 17 Seishun Buta Yarou 542.71 18 Accel World 541.38 19 Overlord 529.06 20 Durarara!! 523.61 21 OreImo 500.93 22 Re:Zero 499.45 23 Youkoso 488.85 24 Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? 488.7 25 ImoSae 460.87 26 Rokka no Yuusha 429.96 27 Konosuba 429.95 28 Mushoku Tensei 416.28 29 Horizion (Genesis) 389.74 30 Gamers 388.76 31 Tensei Slime 387.31 32 Toaru Hikuushi e no Tsuioku 380.49 33 Sabikui Bisco 377.92 34 Tokyo Ravens 353.12 35 Kokoro Connect series 352.4 36 Hai to Gensou no Grimgar 349.14 37 Kono Koi to, sono Mirai 344.02 38 Hidan no Aria 340.99 39 Escape Speed 323.59 40 Moon & Laika 318.4 41 Bokutachi no Remake 308.59 42 Enkan Shoujo 300.98 43 Majo no Tabitabi 297.23 44 Hataraku Maou-sama! 295.27 45 Nanatsu no Maken 289.53 46 No-Rin 287.56 47 Youjo Senki 287.4 48 Seitokai no Ichizon 277.37 49 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records 276.12 50 Goblin Slayer 275.67 Nice Sword Art Online is 1st.. And OMG 86 sold more that Seishun Buta, Overlord, Re:zero, Knosuba. I think will see soon an anime for 86 |
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| I bet Nanatsu no Maken will become the most hyped mediocre anime of either 2020 or 2021. |
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hazecloud said: Number 2 looks like if it's game then it's gonna get popular. I've never check out shogi but seeing how karuta gets popular this is not surprising. It's a loli show. That's all. |
| Cool to see Classroom of the Elite & Tomozaki-kun in the top 10 for the bunko and glad to see Mushoku Tensei & Otomege in the other category. Somehow I feel relieved that Kei won the female characters poll amd best boy I am ok with. If I went with the decade part, Tomozaki-kun definitely has impressed people for something that started in the second half of the decade. |
| Unnamed Memory synopsis looks like the usual josei story. What made it so special to be number 1? |
AdrianRubinskyNov 25, 2019 12:29 PM
| Did they include Progressive in SAO? Or are they separate? |
| Signature. |
Aleph199X said: Did they include Progressive in SAO? Or are they separate? They are separated. joshua10red said: Pedram said: 1 Sword Art Online 1728.95 2 Toaru Majutsu no Index 1503.41 3 Ryuuou no Oshigoto! 1452.75 4 Danmachi 816.67 5 Alderamin 718.67 6 No Game No Life 702.9 7 Honzuki no Gekokujou 690.14 8 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei 682.83 9 Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun 674.01 10 Monogatari Series 660.69 11 Haganai 618.85 12 Saekano 611.56 13 Baka to Test 589.44 14 Ben-To 574.9 15 Kino no Tabi 560.64 16 86 546.78 17 Seishun Buta Yarou 542.71 18 Accel World 541.38 19 Overlord 529.06 20 Durarara!! 523.61 21 OreImo 500.93 22 Re:Zero 499.45 23 Youkoso 488.85 24 Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? 488.7 25 ImoSae 460.87 26 Rokka no Yuusha 429.96 27 Konosuba 429.95 28 Mushoku Tensei 416.28 29 Horizion (Genesis) 389.74 30 Gamers 388.76 31 Tensei Slime 387.31 32 Toaru Hikuushi e no Tsuioku 380.49 33 Sabikui Bisco 377.92 34 Tokyo Ravens 353.12 35 Kokoro Connect series 352.4 36 Hai to Gensou no Grimgar 349.14 37 Kono Koi to, sono Mirai 344.02 38 Hidan no Aria 340.99 39 Escape Speed 323.59 40 Moon & Laika 318.4 41 Bokutachi no Remake 308.59 42 Enkan Shoujo 300.98 43 Majo no Tabitabi 297.23 44 Hataraku Maou-sama! 295.27 45 Nanatsu no Maken 289.53 46 No-Rin 287.56 47 Youjo Senki 287.4 48 Seitokai no Ichizon 277.37 49 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records 276.12 50 Goblin Slayer 275.67 Nice Sword Art Online is 1st.. And OMG 86 sold more that Seishun Buta, Overlord, Re:zero, Knosuba. I think will see soon an anime for 86 This isn't about sales, this is about votes. |
| Like some1's said already, is ithis a joke? |
AdrianRubinsky said: Unnamed Memory synopsis looks like the usual josei story. What made it so special to be number 1? Unnamed memory from its synopsis absolutely DOESN'T feel like a josei at al. On top of the SAO/ Accel World that was already pointed out above,there is at least another duo, with Nanatsu no Maken ga shihai suru (first this year, 45th in the decade list) and Alderamin on the Sky ( 5th in the decade list) both being written by Uno Bokuto. |
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| I'm surprised Alderamin is that popular. I mean, I quite enjoyed the anime, but I don't remember much publicity around the series after the anime ended. |
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Skittles said: I'm surprised Alderamin is that popular. I mean, I quite enjoyed the anime, but I don't remember much publicity around the series after the anime ended. It sold more than decently for a LN, ranking easily in Orichon's chart during each of its releases IIRC, but it is not 'that' popular. Those rankings are a mix of popular vote and votes from peoples of the industry, and just like Alderamin's new work who just ranked first this time (nanatsu no maken gashihai suru), Alderamin mostly received votes from peoples of the industry. |
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Pedram said: Since you asked, I might give you the full list here, along with the amount of "points" each series earned for the ranking. Overlord is at 19th. but honestly, from Rank 5 to Rank 25 ! the difference in each novel's point is pretty small. the difference between SAO and Index at Rank 1 and 2, is equal to the difference between Rank 5 to Rank 25 ! Ofcourse that's just coz SAO is so fking popular and well liked in all ranking and votes. but it show how close the competition is for others. 1 Sword Art Online 1728.95 2 Toaru Majutsu no Index 1503.41 3 Ryuuou no Oshigoto! 1452.75 4 Danmachi 816.67 5 Alderamin 718.67 6 No Game No Life 702.9 7 Honzuki no Gekokujou 690.14 8 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei 682.83 9 Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun 674.01 10 Monogatari Series 660.69 11 Haganai 618.85 12 Saekano 611.56 13 Baka to Test 589.44 14 Ben-To 574.9 15 Kino no Tabi 560.64 16 86 546.78 17 Seishun Buta Yarou 542.71 18 Accel World 541.38 19 Overlord 529.06 20 Durarara!! 523.61 21 OreImo 500.93 22 Re:Zero 499.45 23 Youkoso 488.85 24 Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? 488.7 25 ImoSae 460.87 26 Rokka no Yuusha 429.96 27 Konosuba 429.95 28 Mushoku Tensei 416.28 29 Horizion (Genesis) 389.74 30 Gamers 388.76 31 Tensei Slime 387.31 32 Toaru Hikuushi e no Tsuioku 380.49 33 Sabikui Bisco 377.92 34 Tokyo Ravens 353.12 35 Kokoro Connect series 352.4 36 Hai to Gensou no Grimgar 349.14 37 Kono Koi to, sono Mirai 344.02 38 Hidan no Aria 340.99 39 Escape Speed 323.59 40 Moon & Laika 318.4 41 Bokutachi no Remake 308.59 42 Enkan Shoujo 300.98 43 Majo no Tabitabi 297.23 44 Hataraku Maou-sama! 295.27 45 Nanatsu no Maken 289.53 46 No-Rin 287.56 47 Youjo Senki 287.4 48 Seitokai no Ichizon 277.37 49 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records 276.12 50 Goblin Slayer 275.67 btw, is there any author with more than 1 of his novels in this ranking? Wasn't expecting Danmachi to be that popular... guess that is why it got an S2 and will get an S3 next year, all these years later. |
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Pedram said: Playcool said: Wasn't expecting Danmachi to be that popular... guess that is why it got an S2 and will get an S3 next year, all these years later. yeh Danmachi is doing pretty good. IIRC, this listing includes both Danmachi and it's spin-off, which was quite popular as well. so the score is not only for the danmachi you saw in the anime, but a spin-off revolving around that blonde girl as the MC i think. I read danmachi but didn't read the spin-off tho, so I'm not sure. I have been reading danmachi since October, what you said makes sense, counting both entries, otherwise, I just don't think the series has excelled that much thus far with what I read, to prompt such numbers. |
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DeepFriedBento said: Why isnt oregairu in the top 10 series of the decade?? Oregairu was enshrined in the hall of fame a few years ago and therefore no longer appears in the rankings. Consider Oregairu to be at position "0" in the ranking. |
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| How did I miss out on this news? Anyways SAO, No Game No Life and the Monogatari Series in the top 10 LNs of the decade? Defenitely a good decade. |
| SAO PROGRESSIVE ANIME HYPE |
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