Publishing company Takarajimasha announced its annual light novel rankings for 2016 in the "Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!" (This Light Novel is Amazing!) guide book on Saturday. The rankings list the most popular light novels, characters, and creators according to readers polled on the Internet. Light Novels*1. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. *2. Sword Art Online *3. Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin *4. Eirun Last Code: Kakuu Sekai yori Senjou e *5. Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka? *6. No Game No Life *7. Toaru Majutsu no Index Series *8. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka *9. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata 10. Escape Speed Female Characters *1. Mikoto Misaka (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series) *2. Yukino Yukinoshita (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *3. Iroha Isshiki (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *4. Yui Yuigahama (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *5. Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online) *6. Megumi Katou (Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata) *7. Shiro (No Game No Life) *8. Miyuki Shiba (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei) *9. Othinus (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series) 10. Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series) Male Characters *1. Hachiman Hikigaya (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *2. Kazuto Kirigaya (Kirito) (Sword Art Online) *3. Touma Kamijou (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series) *4. Accelerator (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series) *5. Tatsuya Shiba (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei) *6. Sora (No Game No Life) *7. Bell Cranel (Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka) *8. Saika Totsuka (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *9. Sakuta Azusagawa (Seishun Buta Yarou Series) 10. Sadao Maou (Hataraku Maou-sama!)  Combined Characters*1. Hachiman Hikigaya (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *2. Mikoto Misaka (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series) *3. Kazuto Kirigaya (Kirito) (Sword Art Online) *4. Yukino Yukinoshita (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *5. Touma Kamijou (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series) *6. Accelerator (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series) *7. Iroha Isshiki (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *8. Tatsuya Shiba (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei) *9. Yui Yuigahama (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) 10. Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online) Light Novel Artists *1. Ponkan 8 (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.) *2. Kiyotaka Haimura (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series) *3. abec (Sword Art Online) *4. Kantoku (Imouto sae Ireba Ii.) *5. Kurehito Misaki (Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata) *6. Suzuhito Yasuda (Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka) *7. Yuu Kamiya (No Game No Life) *8. Kurone Mishima (Rokudenashi no Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records) *9. Tsunako (Date A Live) 10. Saki Ukai (Black Bullet) New Works *1. Eirun Last Code: Kakuu Sekai yori Senjou e *2. Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka? *3. Imouto sae Ireba Ii. *4. Gamers! *5. Shitayomi Danshi to Toukou Joshi *6. Tatakau Panya to Automaton Waitress *7. Isekai Shokudou *8. Ryuuou no Oshigoto! *9. Hakozoko no Elpis 10. Ideologue! Source: Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2016 ← Previous Year |
cyruzOct 13, 2019 12:24 AM
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| Quite a bit of the new works with potential anime adaptations in the future. Yahari domination though. Very nice :3 |
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| Index still a dominant series....... |
| Really happy for Oregairu, SAO, NGNL and Dungeon :) Quite interesting new works there. |
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| Misaka needs to fuck off already. |
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"overlord nowhere in sight" |
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ichii_1 said: "overlord nowhere in sight" It's in #25 Here is Top 60/30/30/57 of LNs/Female/Male/Illustrators https://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=5710629&postcount=536 |
You know, it feels very refreshing to see one of best female characters is not from Index, SAO or Yahari. Also, poor Morihashi Bingo didn't get an entry this year. |
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| ^ *coughformattingcough* |
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Well,..F*ck..where is my third season already I thought there's enough source material dammit |
| Oregairu win all over - great :) |
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| Oregairu getting 1st place in everything just like last year. Happy that Index is still doing well, and that Accelerator is in top characters. |
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| Japanese magazine polls really do have the most boring unbudging results to the point where it might as well all just be a formality. All vote bloc, no real consideration for category, just whatever work is most popular it's virtually the same across the board. Really there's just about no point in having more than a couple categories like most popular novel series and combined character ranks and even then it's probably mostly going to look almost bloc for bloc the same so you might as well just do most popular novel series and be done with it as it'll tell you about all you need to know to figure out the rest. It's just like...boring and uninteresting. Okay I lied, one thing I do find interesting and telling is that it's about the only poll I'll ever see where the female ranking is listed before the male one which makes sense since having an appealing female lead/character design is pretty crucial to a light novels success. Some might argue it's the key factor. |
PeacingOutNov 25, 2015 9:22 PM
| Happy to see Oregairu and Hachiman getting plenty of love. |
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| Hell Yeah! Oregairu. |
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
| There it is Mushoku Tensei! ....Oh w8 Great for Alderamin lets see how the anime turns out. *4. Eirun Last Code: Kakuu Sekai yori Senjou e This sounds interesting I'll check out that text exhibition later on. 14. Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord)-As expected of a real human bean. 28. Hans Humpty (Rokka)--- Barely made it. 42. Sekai no Owari no Encore 51. Clockwork Planet H Y P E 39. Haken no Kouki Altina Now this was surprisng. I'm glad people like it somewhat.Also needs moar crossovers with Overlord. 23. Isekai Shokudou LOL Also Isekai Shokudou>Shokugeki no Souma ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) |
Zapredon said: Is this ranking is what considered OBJECTIVELY good LN in order by the Japanese? There's no such thing as "objectively good", what's "good" depends on your preferences. Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi are just popularity rankings. It seems that a lot of Japanese just prefer what you don't and that's okay. |
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vikki7783 said: Zapredon said: Is this ranking is what considered OBJECTIVELY good LN in order by the Japanese? There's no such thing as "objectively good", what's "good" depends on your preferences. Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi are just popularity rankings. It seems that a lot of Japanese just prefer what you don't and that's okay. Didn't read the OP and just saw the ranking. Now that I read the OP again, yeah, this seems to be popularity. But why internet poll instead of just using sales? |
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
| 8Man being most popular male character tho...lmao,such contradiction... Didn't read the OP and just saw the ranking. Now that I read the OP again, yeah, this seems to be popularity. But why internet poll instead of just using sales? Cuz why not |
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| No Tensei Slime or Shield Hero on this list? Pure garbage. |
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| No Monogatari or Nisio titles on the list? I am disappoint. |
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| Ew, Hestia at #16 for female characters? Get out. |
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LastChapter said: Total list for novels, male characters, female characters, artists: Rokka at 17. How is Rokka LN sales? |
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
| Hikki x yukinon ftw Tatsuya x Miyuki ftw |
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Deore said: No Tensei Slime or Shield Hero on this list? Pure garbage. Pretty much. |
| Alderamin and Oregairu are the top 2 in this year for me. Shuumatsu and Isekai Shokudou seem interesting, i hope someone would be interested to translate them. Index is pretty much a letdown this year. 3 consecutive volumes full of disappointment. |
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| Oregairu dominates yet again >:) Good to see Index is still popular :) |
Stark700 said: *3. Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin *5. Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka? Best LN in the top 10 afaik. sukasuka is a new title with three volumes over one year that almost got cancelled several times due to poor sales. It's a miracle it's still here, and it's a beautiful story. Volume 2 for example on amazon has nothing but 5 star ratings. Not a single lower rating. Everyone is praising it and I agree, this is far too good to be interrupted. Alderamin was very good as usual. One of the best military work I've read, and the characters are really likeable, and well developed. Nice Zapredon said: vikki7783 said: There's no such thing as "objectively good", what's "good" depends on your preferences. Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi are just popularity rankings. It seems that a lot of Japanese just prefer what you don't and that's okay. Didn't read the OP and just saw the ranking. Now that I read the OP again, yeah, this seems to be popularity. But why internet poll instead of just using sales? It's a mix between popularity votes and professional votes actually, for the novel poll only. So the top has some works that aren't popular. Professional of the novel industry are basically competing with the regular voters. The characters/illustrators are popularity only. barmar said: Zapredon said: I remember Rokka's vol 6 selling 12k or so.The other Volumes not so much. Zefyris would know though.Rokka at 17. How is Rokka LN sales? Last volume sold over 12k before exiting the ranking indeed. Before that the best was at 7k, sometimes far less depending on the day of the week the release was. Last volume wasn't released after the end of the anime however, so it's hard to say how much it sold in reality, since the volumes continued to sell (but not enough to appear in the rankings with sale number) every week afterwards. We'll have to wait for the volume 7 to see how much RnY sells after the anime. Most probably 15k +, but we'll see. Curry-kun said: Alderamin and Oregairu are the top 2 in this year for me. Shuumatsu and Isekai Shokudou seem interesting, i hope someone would be interested to translate them. Index is pretty much a letdown this year. 3 consecutive volumes full of disappointment. Shuumatsu (also called sukasuka) is the best new series I've read in a good while. It's very different, very sad too, but quite beautiful. barmar said: You know... now that I think about it I'm more baffled how Hachinan didn't make it on the list considering its popularity. Hah?? He's ranked first among the male characters. |
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Zazie122 said: Misaka needs to fuck off already. Haha this was the first thought I had. vikki7783 said: Zapredon said: Is this ranking is what considered OBJECTIVELY good LN in order by the Japanese? There's no such thing as "objectively good", what's "good" depends on your preferences. Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi are just popularity rankings. It seems that a lot of Japanese just prefer what you don't and that's okay. I applaud you, friend!  |
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Zefyris said: barmar said: You know... now that I think about it I'm more baffled how Hachinan didn't make it on the list considering its popularity. Hah?? He's ranked first among the male characters. I believe he is referring to Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou!? |
arsonal said: Zefyris said: Hah?? He's ranked first among the male characters. I believe he is referring to Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou!? I'm not sure that MF Books series are eligible for the list? |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
arsonal said: Zefyris said: Hah?? He's ranked first among the male characters. I believe he is referring to Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou!? Ahhhh I misread indeed. Well it's a WN originally iirc right? most WN don't make it in the list. That's because peoples are voting to what impressed them the most the past year among the new volumes, but for WN, lots of peoples have already read them online before that, so the impression left even if they re-read them after they get published as LN is far lower. |
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| Surprise to see No game no life in there! |
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barmar said: Zefyris said: Well the LN versions are usually more polished and sometimes even different but I see.It kinda does make sense as far as only impressions from last year go, since people woudn't count the impression they got on that certain series if they read it's Web version earlier-is that how it works?Well it's a WN originally iirc right? most WN don't make it in the list. That's because peoples are voting to what impressed them the most the past year among the new volumes, but for WN, lots of peoples have already read them online before that, so the impression left even if they re-read them after they get published as LN is far lower. Well that poll is asking what you find was the most impressive/bestamong novels published this last year.Obviously lots of peopels are just going to vote like mob for their favourite series without caring if the volume of this year were good enough to justify it. I mean look at Index still in the top 10 for example. But still, even if WN are more polished in LN format, the story in itself will not surprise them again, so the chances are high that except for hardcore fans of a specific series, that title will not come to mind when they're voting. THey can only vote for 5 titles too. If you look at the ranking, even though Overlord sold like crazy during the adaptation (ranked in weekly sales 19 times in row), it's still ranked lower than Rokka, who also had an anime this year but didn't even sell enough to have its older volumes rank one single week in the ranking this year. Overlord is originally a Wn, whereas rokka is not. This is definitely playing a role. yakami95 said: Really? Sao and kirito in the second place? I can not understand this ranking The ranking concern the volumes released on the last one year period of time. IF a series wasn't that good but that the last few volumes published were far better for example, it deserves to be higher. For example NGNL volume 6 was far FAR better than the previous one. And last year it ranked very high. That was fully deserved. It's less deserved this year, but volume 7 was stil better than volumes 1-5 imo. As such, what is ranked here about SAO are the last current volumes of the alicization arc. Which are said to be quite better than the previous arc (I don't know, didn't read them). Obviously still, SAO is the LN that sells the most currently. SO you're going to have peoples voting for it just because they're fan, just like Index. |
ZefyrisNov 26, 2015 3:19 AM
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VanishingKira said: So much yahari and Index NT,nice. Edit: unfortunately NT doing so well makes S3 all the more unlikely,S3 won't happen till the LNs sales/popularity starts to drop. Isn't that counter intuitive? I'm sure japanese marketing knows the term 'strike when the iron is hot'. Waiting until your product isn't all that popular anymore makes little sense from a buisness standpoint. Keeping your product relevant and visible to your customers is one of your top priorities. |
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barmar said: kuuderes_shadow said: They're not?I'm not sure that MF Books series are eligible for the list? I'm not sure. I don't know how they decide what is or is not eligible. Hence that was a question and not a statement. I don't recall ever seeing one on the rankings, though. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Seeing Mikoto at the top makes me glad. |
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TheNaturalPerm said: VanishingKira said: So much yahari and Index NT,nice. Edit: unfortunately NT doing so well makes S3 all the more unlikely,S3 won't happen till the LNs sales/popularity starts to drop. Isn't that counter intuitive? I'm sure japanese marketing knows the term 'strike when the iron is hot'. Waiting until your product isn't all that popular anymore makes little sense from a buisness standpoint. Keeping your product relevant and visible to your customers is one of your top priorities. Not really. What you said would work if what they're trying to sell is the anime itself, but that's not the case. The anime is here as a costly advertisement for the original material. It's here to make the original material be bought more. Two seasons too close of each other will have far less effect than 2 seasons spaced enough in time. If you make them too close, there's a risk that peoples will just wait for the second season rather than buying to know what happen next. And on top of this, a second season too close of the first will be watched by mostly the same peoples. Chances are high that it won't catch a lot more of new readers than one season caught (putting aside a story where the second season has far better moment than the first one for example). It's better to wait for the anime boost of the first season to start to die down, and then push it back high with a second season at the right time. Note that currently Index' sales have been declining quite a bit AFAIK (well the last few volumes has been extremely deceiving too...) . So since the initial quote was about Index, on the contrary, Index' sales shows that we have a good chances to get a index s3 announcement next year. |
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Vindstot said: No Monogatari or Nisio titles on the list? I am disappoint. That series is getting less and less relevant by each day. |
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Zefyris said: TheNaturalPerm said: Isn't that counter intuitive? I'm sure japanese marketing knows the term 'strike when the iron is hot'. Waiting until your product isn't all that popular anymore makes little sense from a buisness standpoint. Keeping your product relevant and visible to your customers is one of your top priorities. Not really. What you said would work if what they're trying to sell is the anime itself, but that's not the case. The anime is here as a costly advertisement for the original material. It's here to make the original material be bought more. Two seasons too close of each other will have far less effect than 2 seasons spaced enough in time. If you make them too close, there's a risk that peoples will just wait for the second season rather than buying to know what happen next. And on top of this, a second season too close of the first will be watched by mostly the same peoples. Chances are high that it won't catch a lot more of new readers than one season caught (putting aside a story where the second season has far better moment than the first one for example). It's better to wait for the anime boost of the first season to start to die down, and then push it back high with a second season at the right time. Note that currently Index' sales have been declining quite a bit AFAIK (well the last few volumes has been extremely deceiving too...) . So since the initial quote was about Index, on the contrary, Index' sales shows that we have a good chances to get a index s3 announcement next year. Good points. I looked at it from the entirely wrong angle. But for example the Railgun BDs sold really well and I'd even assume they made a profit on disc sales alone. I feel like calling another season just a 'costly advertisement' would be underestimating it. |
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| Good for My Teen Romantic Comedy. Not too surprised by thid list, honestly. |
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