Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel is Amazing!)

[tsunade666]

loli-ou is strong.

[Zefyris]

Tankoubon was removed but they're keeping the bunkobon list? Damn, that's not cool for titles like Honzuki that lost a chance to shine completely.

[Hell_ping]

Apologies, updated list:

Tankoubon rankings:

1. Unnamed Memory
2. Honzuki


Overall rankings, combining Bunko and Tankoubon:

1. Nanatsu no Maken
2. Ryuuou
3. Tomozaki
4. Classroom of the Elite
5. Osamake
6. Seishun Buta
7. Unnamed Memory
8. Honzuki.
9. Keibo no Tsureko
10. Kimi no Wasure Kata wo Oshiete
11. Natsu e no Tunnel, Sayonara no Deguchi.
12. Otonari no Tenshi
13. Danmachi
14. SAO
15. Konosuba
16. Tomodachi no Imouto
17. Moon and Laika
18. Index
19. 86
20. Bokutachi no Remake
21. Chitose-kun wa Ramune
22. Hito no jidai wa Owatta
23. Classmate ga Tsukaima
24. Hige wo Soru
25. Komamori danshi no Hyuuga kun
26. Kenyuusha shikorusuki
27. Nishino
28. Akashic Records
29. (EDIT) Kusuriya
30. Imosae

Other notable inclusions:

32. Mahouka (17th for fanvote)
36. Re0 (11th for fanvote)
57. Slime tensei (23)
40. Tokyo Ravens
35. Scoop Musou
50. ༼ つ ༽つ translate majo༼ つ ༽つ

[Hell_ping]

Bunko rankings up to 40:

1. Nanatsu no Maken
2. Ryuuou
3. Tomozaki
4. Classroom of the Elite
5. Osamake
6. Seishun Buta
7. Keibo no Tsureko
8. Kimi no Wasure Kata wo Oshiete
9. Natsu e no Tunnel, Sayonara no Deguchi.
10. Otonari no Tenshi
11. Danmachi
12. SAO
13. Konosuba
14. Tomodachi no Imouto
15. Moon and Laika
16. Index
17. 86
18. Bokutachi no Remake
19. Chitose-kun wa Ramune
20. Hito no jidai wa Owatta
21. Classmate ga Tsukaima
22. Hige wo Soru
23. Komamori danshi no Hyuuga kun
24. Kenyuusha shikorusuki
25. Nishino
26. Akashic Records
27. Kusuriya
28. Imosae
29. Virgin Road (Shokei Shoujo)
30. Mahouka
31. Nazeka gakkou ichi no bishoujo ga........................................it's pretty long.
32. Oshiego ni Kyōhaku Sareru no ga Hanzai Desu ka?
33. Scoop Musou
34. Re0
35. Gambler
36. Sankaku
37. Omaera, Ohitori-sama no Ore no koto Sukisugi daro
38. Tokyo Ravens
39. Deathblade Blues
40. Accel World

Tankoubon:
1. Unnamed Memory
2. Honzuki
3. The eminence in shadow
4. Mushoku Tensei
5. Rebuild World
6. Majo
7. Tensei Slime
8. The World of Otome Games is Tough For Mobs
9. I'm a Spider, so what?
10. Endo and Kobayashi's Live Commentary on the Villainess
11. Legend
12. The Starship Officer Becomes An Adventurer
13. Tanaka
14. Gēmu jikkyō ni yoru
15. Ryuu Majin Hime Valalice No Haiboku

Spoiler for Soo...So...drumrolls please, top 10 of the decade:

1 Sword Art Online
2 Toaru Majutsu no Index
3 Ryuuou no Oshigoto!
4 Danmachi
5 Alderamin
6 No Game No Life
7 Honzuki no Gekokujou
8 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
9 Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun
10 Monogatari Series

Other character rankings:

Girls rankings

11. Megumin
12. Rozenmaine
13. Asuna
14. Hinami Aoi
15. Tinasha (Unnamed Memory)
16. Kikuchi Fuuka
17. Katou Megumi
18. Rem
19. Sakayagami Arisu
20. Mao Mao (Yes, she made it. No, don't ask me why)
21. Yukinon
22. Othinus
23. Emilia
24. Irohasu
25. Alpha (Rebuild World)

Boys rankings

11. Oniisama
12. Kuzuryuu Yaichi
13. Akira (Rebuild World)
14. Oscar (Unnamed Memory)
15. Natsuki Subaru
16. Ferdinand (Honzuki)
17. Shido (Eminence)
18. Sora (NGNL)
19. Chitose (Chitose)
20. Fujimiya (Otonari no Tenshi)
21. Aikawa Kanami (Isekai Meikyuu)
22. Kakeru Ryuuen (Classroom)
23. Glenn Radars (Akashic Records)
24. Rimuru Tempest
25. Hajime (Arifueta)

[OH&S]

Originally Posted by Hell_ping

Spoiler for Soo...So...drumrolls please, top 10 of the decade:

1 Sword Art Online
2 Toaru Majutsu no Index
3 Ryuuou no Oshigoto!
4 Danmachi
5 Alderamin
6 No Game No Life
7 Honzuki no Gekokujou
8 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
9 Jaku Chara Tomozaki-kun
10 Monogatari Series

Not sure how to read into this. Some obvious ones like Oregairu are missing but some relatively recent series are there instead like Tomozaki-kun.

[bakato]

Originally Posted by OH&S

Not sure how to read into this. Some obvious ones like Oregairu are missing but some relatively recent series are there instead like Tomozaki-kun.

Oregairu's got one too many hiatus'. Tomozaki-kun's had a relatively recent debut, but it must be extremely popular to make the top 10 in a decade list.

[Hell_ping]

Actually, according to the book, oregairu isn't included because it's now enshrined in an exclusive Hall of Fame.

I wish I was kidding

[RRW]

What is in that hall of fame?

[OH&S]

Originally Posted by Hell_ping

Actually, according to the book, oregairu isn't included because it's now enshrined in an exclusive Hall of Fame.

I wish I was kidding

You know what, I was actually asking for something like that years ago. Wish they went further and lumped Index and SAO into it as well. Also do something similar for the top characters as well; that way Misaka not coming first or second won't be the most shocking piece of LN news of the year. Misaka, Kamijou, Accelerator and Kirito should be exempt as their popularity is provably consistent in the long term.

[Hell_ping]

Someone else is updating the sheet this year: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...#gid=766761852

Includes boys, girls and illustrators rankings

[Wandering Soul]

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if Oregairu did end up in the hall of fame, I would just argue that they are some other series and characters that should probably join them there.

[Hell_ping]

So, reviewing the boys and girls points, for some reason Ayanokouji has 1350 points when the usual winner has around 600-700

Turns out we have a lot more voters this time around.

2020:
Collabs: 46
HP voters: 4785
Total participants: 4831

2019
Collabs: 52
HP voters: 1639
Total participants: 1691

2018
Collabs: 56
HP voters: 2159
Character voters: 1578
Total participants: 2215

[Shadow5YA]

Originally Posted by Wandering Soul

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if Oregairu did end up in the hall of fame, I would just argue that they are some other series and characters that should probably join them there.

Maybe, but when Oregairu was in the polls, it consistently placed in the top 3 for years and sweeped multiple categories at once (best male character, best female characters, book rating). Remember that one year where Yukino, Yui, Iroha, and Hachiman, and the series were all in the top 10 at once?

While Index and SAO do place often, you can see even from this year that the books don't always place top 10. It's not anywhere close to the same level.

[Kuroageha]

Originally Posted by Hell_ping

Actually, according to the book, oregairu isn't included because it's now enshrined in an exclusive Hall of Fame.

I wish I was kidding

Sounds like they are trying to save face after the hiatus did a big blow on it's reputation.

Originally Posted by Hell_ping

So, reviewing the boys and girls points, for some reason Ayanokouji has 1350 points when the usual winner has around 600-700

Maybe they just caught up with the anime. I mean, when the series was on the last episode the last scene of the final episode got viral

[Hell_ping]

Somehow I'm trying to figure out what happened.

We have a list of collabs this time:

4 VTubers
27 Web news sites
2 University Circles
7 Writers
1 Critic
1 Light Novel Festival Founder
4 bookstore representatives

[LG-MAX 2.o]

Originally Posted by Kuroageha

Sounds like they are trying to save face after the hiatus did a big blow on it's reputation.


Maybe they just caught up with the anime. I mean, when the series was on the last episode the last scene of the final episode got viral

And around the same time there was volume 7 which is for many the pinnacle of the series, which makes for a powerful combo (or who finished the anime went straight to vol 4 and saw that scene).

Well, good for him anyway.

[Miso]

Originally Posted by Kuroageha

Maybe they just caught up with the anime. I mean, when the series was on the last episode the last scene of the final episode got viral

The anime was two years ago. So I feel the ln just got more popular. It consistently sells 100k now so not really suprising for the votes to grow. Also Ayano and Kei are both special characters in their own right. He is not your good guy mc that won't do horrible things. For example, what he did to Karuizawa in vol 4 (I'm being vague since someone may wanna read it without being spoiled). Basically he can be more villainous than some antagonist in the story. While Kei went from a mob character to the main heroine status. Maybe that is the reason people jumped to vote for them cause they are different and interesting.

[Hell_ping]

Originally Posted by Miso

The anime was two years ago. So I feel the ln just got more popular. It consistently sells 100k now so not really suprising for the votes to grow. Also Ayano and Kei are both special characters in their own right. He is not your good guy mc that won't do horrible things. For example, what he did to Karuizawa in vol 4 (I'm being vague since someone may wanna read it without being spoiled). Basically he can be more villainous than some antagonist in the story. While Kei went from a mob character to the main heroine status. Maybe that is the reason people jumped to vote for them cause they are different and interesting.

Nah, you're expecting readers to vote on logical deduction. By that logic, SAO in its prime with 400k volume sales would have crushed the competition.

But honestly, even with all the hypothesis we can make, it does seem that there's a lot more outrage this year regarding Mikoto's loss than anything else, even on 2ch.

[Miso]

Originally Posted by n0m@n

Ah, so its that time of the year again.

Originally Posted by Hell_ping

Nah, you're expecting readers to vote on logical deduction. By that logic, SAO in its prime with 400k volume sales would have crushed the competition.

But honestly, even with all the hypothesis we can make, it does seem that there's a lot more outrage this year regarding Mikoto's loss than anything else, even on 2ch.

But I do think my point holds some truth to it. Ayanokouji is completely different to any other character on the top 10 list. Which gives him popularity. Also this didn't come out of nowhere cause last two years he showed improvment in rank (#10->#4->#1).

Now for the outrage. Well to be completely honest it is understandable. I'm pretty sure most people expected her to win, so when she was not even close ,it was a huge shocker to everyone. Ginko got confessed to so a boost in votes is acceptable. But Karuizawa in my opinion is what is the main cause of the outrage. I mean even cote fans are suprised. Her arc ended nearly two years ago and she barely had any promotion recently. She at best had two scenes in last couple of volumes cause other heroines held the spotlight. If V11.5 was released before the poll closed, the reason would be same as Ginkos. But since it wasn't it is just a mystery on how the hell did she win and with this many votes.

[Kuroageha]

Originally Posted by Hell_ping

But honestly, even with all the hypothesis we can make, it does seem that there's a lot more outrage this year regarding Mikoto's loss than anything else, even on 2ch.

Now what kind of mental gymnastics are the members of the cult doing?