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Allen

2012-11-19, 13:57

Well, well, well, I wasn't expecting myself to post here again, but it doesn't fell right to see posts about the KonoRano in different topics (2012 (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=3860122#post3860122) & 2013 (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=4440421#post4440421)) every year. And Oregairu went really well this year, so why not? The complete list for 2013 is in this post. I left in bold some personal recommendations.

Rankings from 2013 onwards:

Sword Art Online
Shinyaku To Aru Majutsu no Index
Rokka no Yuusha (Hero of the Six Flowers)
Baka to Test to Shoukanjyuu
Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. (Oregairu/Hamachi)
Durarara!!
Shinonome Yuuko wa Tanshoku Shousetsu wo Aishiteiru (Shinonome Yuuko Series)
Sakurada Reset
Genesis Series: Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
Accel World
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
Tenkyou no Alderamin (Mirror of Heaven Alderamin)
Ben-to
Kokoro Connect
No Game No Life
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
Kino no Tabi
Hekiyou Gakuen Seitokai Gijiroku
Nourin
Idolising!
Hikaru ga Chikyuu ni Ita Koko…
Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo?
Hazuki Rine no Teikoku
Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita
Shakugan no Shana
Tekkaio- (?)
Oda Nobuna no Yabou
Kuzu ga Mirumiru Sorenari ni Naru “Kamatari-san Shiki” Mote Nyuumon
Nareru! SE
Ryuuga-jou Nanana no Maizokukin
Hidan no Aria
Kohitsuji wa Mayowanai
Black Bullet
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?
Magdala de Nemure
Seitokai Tantei Kirika
Sugar Sister 1/2
Date a Live
Monogatari Series
Gakusei Shoujo
Baccano!
Outbreak Company Moeru Shinryakusha
Rakuin no Monshou
Boku no Imouto wa Kanji ga Yomeru
Boku to Kanojo no Game Sensou
Tokyo Ravens
Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai!
Rental Magica
Kinsei Tokkyu
Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko
Cross Regalia
Golden Time
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanoo
Highschool DxD
Swallow Tail
Campione!
Ryuuban Nana Asa (?) DRAGON BUSTER
Escape Speed

作品(シリーズ)ランキング BEST 60
順位　総合　　HP　　協力者　モニター　作品(シリーズ)名
*1　290.70　125.09　*57.61　108.00　ソードアート・オンライン
*2　161.60　*84.08　**6.52　*71.00　「とある魔術の禁書目録」シリーズ
*3　121.43　*12.91　106.52　**2.00　六花の勇者
*4　116.28　*22.67　**7.61　*86.00　バカとテストと召喚獣
*5　107.19　*40.28　*23.91　*43.00　俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない
*6　*94.36　*40.79　*44.57　**9.00　やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。
*7　*86.02　*17.02　**0.00　*69.00　デュラララ!!
*8　*82.90　*12.25　*70.65　**0.00　「東雲侑子」シリーズ
*9　*79.90　**8.51　*67.39　**4.00　サクラダリセット
10　*77.82　*23.99　*22.83　*31.00　GENESISシリーズ境界線上のホライゾン
11　*77.34　*37.34　**0.00　*40.00　アクセル・ワールド
12　*75.11　*33.24　*10.87　*31.00　魔法科高校の劣等生
13　*74.15　**1.32　*72.83　**0.00　ねじ巻き精霊戦記天鏡のアルデラミン
14　*71.50　*25.46　*38.04　**8.00　ベン・トー
15　*70.88　*38.88　**0.00　*32.00　「ココロコネクト」シリーズ
16　*67.28　**4.11　*52.17　*11.00　ノーゲーム・ノーライフ
17　*67.27　*34.48　**9.78　*23.00　僕は友達が少ない
18　*64.32　**9.32　**0.00　*55.00　キノの旅 ―the Beautiful World―
19　*60.30　*18.78　**6.52　*35.00　「生徒会の一存」シリーズ
20　*52.38　*13.43　*36.96　**2.00　のうりん
21　*51.66　**3.01　*45.65　**3.00　アイドライジング!
22　*51.20　*24.28　*23.91　**3.00　ヒカルが地球にいたころ……
23　*51.02　*14.45　*19.57　*17.00　問題児たちが異世界から来るそうですよ?
24　*50.66　**6.53　*39.13　**5.00　羽月莉音の帝国
25　*50.50　*15.63　*10.87　*24.00　人類は衰退しました
26　*49.92　*10.05　*10.87　*29.00　灼眼のシャナ
27　*47.85　**2.20　*45.65　**0.00　覇道鋼鉄テッカイオー
28　*44.72　*10.42　*16.30　*18.00　織田信奈の野望
29　*43.53　**4.40　*39.13　**0.00　クズがみるみるそれなりになる「カマタリさん式」モテ入門
30　*42.77　**7.34　*30.43　**5.00　なれる!SE
31　*42.35　**2.13　*40.22　**0.00　龍ヶ嬢七々々の埋蔵金
32　*41.89　*14.89　**0.00　*27.00　緋弾のアリア
33　*36.66　**5.58　*26.09　**5.00　子ひつじは迷わない
34　*35.52　*13.13　*17.39　**5.00　ブラック・ブレット
35　*34.09　**2.57　*31.52　**0.00　冴えない彼女の育てかた
36　*33.31　**5.14　*27.17　**1.00　六畳間の侵略者!?
37　*32.65　**3.30　*29.35　**0.00　マグダラで眠れ
38　*31.12　**7.56　*19.57　**4.00　生徒会探偵キリカ
39　*30.69　*20.91　**9.78　**0.00　シュガーシスター 1/2
40　*30.65　*16.65　**0.00　*14.00　デート・ア・ライブ
41　*29.52　*22.52　**0.00　**7.00　「物語」シリーズ
42　*29.15　**6.68　*18.48　**4.00　楽聖少女
43　*29.12　**7.12　**0.00　*22.00　バッカーノ!
44　*28.73　**2.64　*26.09　**0.00　アウトブレイク・カンパニー萌える侵略者
45　*27.30　**4.48　*22.83　**0.00　烙印の紋章
46　*25.83　**2.35　*18.48　**5.00　僕の妹は漢字が読める
47　*24.17　**3.52　*20.65　**0.00　僕と彼女のゲーム戦争
48　*24.12　**7.34　**9.78　**7.00　東京レイヴンズ
49　*24.06　**5.06　**0.00　*19.00　パパのいうことを聞きなさい!
50　*23.79　**4.92　*10.87　**8.00　レンタルマギカ
51　*23.72　**1.98　*21.74　**0.00　金星特急
52　*23.67　*14.67　**0.00　**9.00　変態王子と笑わない猫。
53　*23.52　**0.95　*19.57　**3.00　クロス×レガリア
54　*22.87　*10.34　**6.52　**6.00　ゴールデンタイム
55　*22.53　*14.53　**0.00　**8.00　さくら荘のペットな彼女
56　*21.44　**8.44　**0.00　*13.00　ハイスクールD×D
57　*21.39　**0.73　*20.65　**0.00　「スワロウテイル」シリーズ
58　*21.07　**8.07　**0.00　*13.00　カンピオーネ!
59　*21.05　**2.57　*18.48　**0.00　龍盤七朝 DRAGONBUSTER
60　*20.71　**4.40　*16.30　**0.00　エスケヱプ・スピヰド

abec (SAO)
Buriki (Haganai, Tokage no Ou)
Haimura Kiyotaka (NT Index)
Shiromizakana (Kokoro Connect)
Kantoku (Henneko)
Ponkan 8 (Oregairu/Hamachi, Kirika)
Takeoka Miho (Hikaru ga Chikyuu ni Ita Koro…)
Kishida Mel (Gakusei Shoujo)
Kanzaki Hiro (Oreimo)
Kobuichi (Hidan no Aria)
Miyama Zero (DxD)
Kuroboshi Kouhaku (Kino)
BUNBUN (Kare to Kanojo no Shoukan Mahou)
Itou Noizi(Haruhi) & Ruroo (Oreshura, Mushi Uta)
—
Hidari (Sasami-san)
Yasuda Suzuhito (Drrr)
Ishida Akira (Mahouka)
Twinkle (Ro-kyu-bu)
Satoyasu – Tenky (Horizon)
Tsunako (Date a Live)
CUTEG (Idolising!)
Inugami Kira (Seizon)
Kippu (Nourin)
Yuugen (Minutes)
Haga Yui (BakaTest)
Shibano Kaito (Ben-to)
Ukai Saki (Black Bullet)
HIMA (AW)
Mizoguchi Keeji (Sakurasou)
Enami Katsumi (Baccano)
Shirou (Miso)
Komatsu Eeji (Maburaho)
VOFAN (Monogatari Series)
Misaki Kurehito (Saenai Heroine)
Shiina You (Sakurada Reset) & Kagami Yuu (Itsuten, No Game No Life) & Terui (Sareo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru)
—
—
Fuyuno Haruaki (Houkago no Majutsushi)
Sakura Hanpen (Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance)
Korie Riko (Tsuki Tsuki!)
Happoubi Jin (Boku to Kanojo no Game Sensou)
Niwa (?)
Ryouka (101-banme no Monogatari)
Nakajima Yuka (PapaKiki)
Kagome (Kohitsuji wa Mayowanai)
Nardack (Shinonome Yuuko Series)
Sikorsky (Campione!)
Shiki Douji (Full Metal Panic) & Runaria (Mahou Sensou)
—
Shizu (Kagerou Days)
pako (Rental Magica) & Morisawa Haruyuki (To Aru Hikuushi Series)
—
Aruya (GJ-Bu) &Uruu Gekka (Onii-ai)
—
Amano Yuu (Mondaiji)
Hontani Kanae (Ore to Ichino no Game Doukoukai Katsudou Nisshi) & Kusaka Yuuya (Majutsushi Orphen)
—
Koin (Nyaruko-san) & Kasukabe Akira (Hyouketsu Kyoukai no Eden)

イラストレーターランキング BEST 60
順位　得点/票数　平均点　イラストレーター名
*1　660/300　2.20　abec
*2　647/305　2.12　ブリキ
*3　554/225　2.46　はいむらきよたか
*4　281/133　2.11　白身魚
*5　270/125　2.16　カントク
*6　244/111　2.20　ぽんかん⑧
*7　242/*98　2.47　竹岡美穂
*8　227/114　1.99　岸田メル
*9　184/*93　1.98　かんざきひろ
10　155/*75　2.07　こぶいち
11　150/*72　2.08　みやま零
12　148/*68　2.18　黒星紅白
13　146/*64　2.28　BUNBUN
14　139/*73　1.90　いとうのいぢ
14　139/*58　2.40　るろお
16　135/*63　2.14　左
17　122/*58　2.10　ヤスダスズヒト
18　114/*57　2.00　石田可奈
19　113/*56　2.02　てぃんくる
20　103/*47　2.19　さとやす(TENKY)
21　100/*51　1.96　つなこ
22　*95/*48　1.98　CUTEG
23　*90/*47　1.91　狗神煌
24　*88/*42　2.10　切符
25　*87/*41　2.12　ゆーげん
26　*84/*41　2.05　葉賀ユイ
27　*80/*33　2.42　柴乃櫂人
28　*71/*33　2.15　鵜飼沙樹
29　*69/*37　1.86　HIMA
30　*63/*34　1.85　溝口ケージ
31　*57/*25　2.28　エナミカツミ
32　*54/*31　1.74　シロウ
32　*54/*25　2.16　駒都えーじ
34　*53/*26　2.04　VOFAN
35　*50/*24　2.08　深崎暮人
36　*49/*22　2.23　椎名優
36　*49/*21　2.33　榎宮祐
36　*49/*21　2.33　宮城
39　*46/*25　1.84　ふゆの春秋
40　*45/*23　1.96　桜はんぺん
41　*42/*21　2.00　梱枝りこ
42　*41/*19　2.16　八宝備仁
43　*37/*17　2.18　庭
44　*36/*17　2.12　涼香
45　*34/*17　2.00　なかじまゆか
46　*33/*16　2.06　籠目
47　*31/*17　1.82　Nardack
48　*30/*14　2.14　シコルスキー
49　*29/*15　1.93　四季童子
49　*29/*13　2.23　瑠奈璃亜
51　*27/*11　2.45　しづ
52　*26/*13　2.00　pako
52　*26/*13　2.00　森沢晴行
54　*25/*13　1.92　あるや
54　*25/*12　2.08　閏月戈
56　*24/*11　2.18　天之有
57　*23/*12　1.92　ほんたにかなえ
57　*23/**9　2.56　草河遊也
59　*22/*13　1.69　狐印
59　*22/*11　2.00　カスカベアキラ

Misaka Mikoto (NT Index)
Asuna (SAO)
Inaba Himeko (Kokoro Connect)
Kuroyukihime (AW)
Kashiwazaki Sena (Haganai)
Kuroneko (Oreimo)
Sinon (SAO)
Yukinoshita Yukino (Oregairu/Hamachi) = Yukinon *__*
Kousaka Kirino (Oreimo)
Mikazuki Yozora (Haganai)
Himegami Tsuyuki (Sugar sister ½)
Index (NT Index)
Watashi (Jinrui)
Shinonome Yuuko (Shinonome Yuuko Series)
Aragaki Ayase (Oreimo)
Tsutsukashi Tuskiko (Henneko)
Shikibu Honoka (Hikaru)
Senjougahara Hitagi (Monogatari Series)
Kino (Kino)
Shiba Miyuki (Mahouka)
Yuigahama Yui (Oregairu)
Shana (Shana)
Shiina Mashiro (Sakurasou)
Minato Tomoka (Ro-kyu-bu)
Shiguma Rika (Haganai)
Last Order (NT Index)
Kinoshita Hideyoshi (BakaTest) & Kuro Usagi (Mondaiji) = エロ可愛いは正義！
—
Nate Mitotsudaira (Horizon) & Nagase Iori (Kokoro)
キャラクターランキング(女性) BEST 30
順位　得点/票数　平均点　キャラクター名/作品(シリーズ)名
*1　714/271　2.63　御坂美琴/「とある魔術の禁書目録」シリーズ
*2　634/277　2.29　アスナ/ソードアート・オンライン
*3　298/131　2.27　稲葉姫子/「ココロコネクト」シリーズ
*4　136/*70　1.94　黒雪姫/アクセル・ワールド
*5　131/*67　1.96　柏崎星奈/僕は友達が少ない
*6　130/*58　2.24　黒猫/俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない
*7　127/*64　1.98　シノン/ソードアート・オンライン
*8　124/*53　2.34　雪ノ下雪乃/やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。
*9　120/*54　2.22　高坂桐乃/俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない
10　115/*58　1.98　三日月夜空/僕は友達が少ない
11　113/*47　2.40　比売守ユツキ/シュガーシスター 1/2
12　106/*51　2.08　インデックス/「とある魔術の禁書目録」シリーズ
13　*99/*47　2.11　わたし/人類は衰退しました
14　*98/*42　2.33　東雲侑子/「東雲侑子」シリーズ
15　*94/*51　1.84　新垣あやせ/俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない
16　*87/*43　2.02　筒隠月子/変態王子と笑わない猫。
17　*86/*41　2.10　式部帆夏/ヒカルが地球にいたころ……
18　*84/*38　2.21　戦場ヶ原ひたぎ/「物語」シリーズ
19　*79/*40　1.98　キノ/キノの旅 ―the Beautiful World―
20　*78/*43　1.81　司波深雪/魔法科高校の劣等生
21　*65/*33　1.97　由比ヶ浜由衣/やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。
22　*54/*28　1.93　シャナ/灼眼のシャナ
23　*53/*28　1.89　椎名ましろ/さくら荘のペットな彼女
24　*51/*25　2.04　湊智花/ロウきゅーぶ!
25　*50/*26　1.92　志熊理科/僕は友達が少ない
26　*46/*22　2.09　打ち止め/「とある魔術の禁書目録」シリーズ
27　*45/*20　2.25　木下秀吉/バカとテストと召喚獣
27　*45/*19　2.37　黒ウサギ/問題児たちが異世界から来るそうですよ?
29　*44/*22　2.00　ネイト・ミトツダイラ/GENESISシリーズ境界線上のホライゾン
29　*44/*21　2.10　永瀬伊織/「ココロコネクト」シリーズ

Kirito (SAO)
Kamijou Touma (NT Index)
Accelerator (NT Index)
Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu/Hamachi)
Kousaka Kyousuke (Oreimo)
Araragi Koyomi (Monogatari Series)
Shiba Tatsuya (Mahouka)
Satou You (Ben-too)
Sugisaki Ken (Seizon)
Aoi Toori (Horizon) = Nice surprise
Sakamaki Izayoi (Mondaiji) = KITAAAAAAAA
Akagi Koremitsu (Hikaru)
Yoshii Akihisa (BakaTest)
Kusuriya Daisuke (Mushi Uta)
Hasegawa Kodaka (Haganai)
Tooyama Kinji (Hidan)
Yaegashi Taichi (Kokoro)
Kinoshita Hideyoshi (BakaTest)
Arita Haruyuki (AW)
Orihara Izaya (Drrr)
Kawamura Hideo (Reisen)
Yokodera Youto (Henneko)
Kusanagi Godou (Campione!)
Totsuka Saika (Oregairu) = If you're already here this year...
Hasegawa Subaru (Ro-kyu-bu)
Hyodou Issei (DxD)
Heiwajima Shizuo (Drrr)
Hamazura Shiage (NT Index)
Yoshiharu Sagara (Nobuna)
Olba (Rakuin no Monshou)
キャラクターランキング(男性) BEST 30
順位　得点/票数　平均点　キャラクター名/作品(シリーズ)名
*1　1074/445　2.41　キリト/ソードアート・オンライン
*2　*555/236　2.35　上条当麻/「とある魔術の禁書目録」シリーズ
*3　*348/169　2.06　一方通行/「とある魔術の禁書目録」シリーズ
*4　*252/110　2.29　比企谷八幡/やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。
*5　*210/*95　2.21　高坂京介/俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない
*6　*206/*97　2.12　阿良々木暦/「物語」シリーズ
*7　*192/*91　2.11　司波達也/魔法科高校の劣等生
*8　*160/*78　2.05　佐藤洋/ベン・トー
*9　*158/*81　1.95　杉崎鍵/「生徒会の一存」シリーズ
10　*148/*66　2.24　葵・トーリ/GENESISシリーズ境界線上のホライゾン
11　*131/*54　2.43　逆廻十六夜/問題児たちが異世界から来るそうですよ?
12　*127/*59　2.15　赤城是光/ヒカルが地球にいたころ……
13　*121/*63　1.92　吉井明久/バカとテストと召喚獣
14　*113/*45　2.51　薬屋大助/ムシウタ
15　*112/*54　2.07　羽瀬川子鷹/僕は友達が少ない
16　*101/*53　1.91　遠山キンジ/緋弾のアリア
17　**96/*47　2.04　八重樫太一/「ココロコネクト」シリーズ
18　**95/*48　1.98　木下秀吉/バカとテストと召喚獣
19　**93/*42　2.21　有田春雪/アクセル・ワールド
20　**89/*38　2.34　折原臨也/デュラララ!!
21　**87/*37　2.35　川村ヒデオ/レイセン
22　**64/*31　2.06　横寺陽人/変態王子と笑わない猫。
23　**63/*26　2.42　草薙護堂/カンピオーネ!
24　**55/*28　1.96　戸塚彩加/やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。
25　**54/*29　1.86　長谷川昴/ロウきゅーぶ!
25　**54/*26　2.08　兵藤一誠/ハイスクールD×D
27　**48/*25　1.92　平和島静雄/デュラララ!!
28　**45/*32　1.41　浜面仕上/「とある魔術の禁書目録」シリーズ
29　**44/*20　2.20　相良良晴/織田信奈の野望
30　**43/*22　1.95　オルバ/烙印の紋章
I don't what it's the difference between the HP votes and the "monitor" votes so I can't comment about it, but it's fun to see how the ranking would be in different cases. Btw, I'd prefer to see two rankings instead of only one: A HP ranking to see my favorite series and a Collaborators ranking to search for new titles to read.

True Position - Total Points - HP Points (Internet? votes) - Collaborators Votes - Monitor (?) votes

*1　290.70　125.09　*57.61　108.00　Sword Art Online
*2　161.60　*84.08　**6.52　*71.00　To Aru Majutsu no Index Series
*6　*94.36　*40.79　*44.57　**9.00　Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come ga Machigatteiru.
*5　107.19　*40.28　*23.91　*43.00　Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
15　*70.88　*38.88　**0.00　*32.00　Kokoro Connect
11　*77.34　*37.34　**0.00　*40.00 Accel World
17　*67.27　*34.48　**9.78　*23.00　Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
12　*75.11　*33.24　*10.87　*31.00　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
14　*71.50　*25.46　*38.04　**8.00　Ben-to
22　*51.20　*24.28　*23.91　**3.00　Hikaru ga Chikyuu ni Ita Koro......

10　*77.82　*23.99　*22.83　*31.00　Genesis Series: Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
*4　116.28　*22.67　**7.61　*86.00　Baka to Test to Shoukanjyuu
41　*29.52　*22.52　**0.00　**7.00　Monogatari Series
39　*30.69　*20.91　**9.78　**0.00　Sugar Sister 1/2
19　*60.30　*18.78　**6.52　*35.00　Seizon
*7　*86.02　*17.02　**0.00　*69.00　Durarara!!
40　*30.65　*16.65　**0.00　*14.00　Date A Live
25　*50.50　*15.63　*10.87　*24.00　Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita
32　*41.89　*14.89　**0.00　*27.00　Hidan no Aria
52　*23.67　*14.67　**0.00　**9.00　Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko

55　*22.53　*14.53　**0.00　**8.00　Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
23　*51.02　*14.45　*19.57　*17.00　Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai Kara Sou Desu yo?
20　*52.38　*13.43　*36.96　**2.00　Nourin
34　*35.52　*13.13　*17.39　**5.00　Black Bullet
*3　121.43　*12.91　106.52　**2.00　Rokka no Yuusha
*8　*82.90　*12.25　*70.65　**0.00　Shinonome Yuuko Series
28　*44.72　*10.42　*16.30　*18.00　Oda Nobuna no Yabou
54　*22.87　*10.34　**6.52　**6.00　Golden Time
26　*49.92　*10.05　*10.87　*29.00　Shakugan no Shana
18　*64.32　**9.32　**0.00　*55.00　Kino no Tabi

*3　121.43　*12.91　106.52　**2.00　Rokka no Yuusha
13　*74.15　**1.32　*72.83　**0.00　Tenkyou no Alderamin (Mirror of Heaven Alderamin)
*8　*82.90　*12.25　*70.65　**0.00　Shinonome Yuuko Series
*9　*79.90　**8.51　*67.39　**4.00　Sakurada Reset
*1　290.70　125.09　*57.61　108.00　Sword Art Online
16　*67.28　**4.11　*52.17　*11.00　No Game No Life
21　*51.66　**3.01　*45.65　**3.00　Idolising!
27　*47.85　**2.20　*45.65　**0.00　Tekkaio-
*6　*94.36　*40.79　*44.57　**9.00　Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come ga Machigatteiru.

31　*42.35　**2.13　*40.22　**0.00　Ryuuga-jou no Nanana Maizokukin
29　*43.53　**4.40　*39.13　**0.00　Kuzu ga Mirumiru Sorenari ni Naru “Kamatari-san Shiki” Mote Nyuumon
24　*50.66　**6.53　*39.13　**5.00　Hazuki Rinne no Teikoku
14　*71.50　*25.46　*38.04　**8.00　Ben-to
20　*52.38　*13.43　*36.96　**2.00　Nourin
35　*34.09　**2.57　*31.52　**0.00　Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
30　*42.77　**7.34　*30.43　**5.00　Nareru!SE
37　*32.65　**3.30　*29.35　**0.00　Magdala de Nemure
36　*33.31　**5.14　*27.17　**1.00　Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?

33　*36.66　**5.58　*26.09　**5.00　Kohitsuji wa Mayowanai
44　*28.73　**2.64　*26.09　**0.00　Outbreak Company - Moeru Shinryakusha
*5　107.19　*40.28　*23.91　*43.00　Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
22　*51.20　*24.28　*23.91　**3.00　Hikaru ga Chikyuu ni Ita Koro......
10　*77.82　*23.99　*22.83　*31.00　Genesis Series: Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
51　*23.72　**1.98　*21.74　**0.00　Kinsei Tokkyu
47　*24.17　**3.52　*20.65　**0.00　Boku to Kanojo no Game Sensou
57　*21.39　**0.73　*20.65　**0.00　Swallow Tail Series
38　*31.12　**7.56　*19.57　**4.00　Seitokai Tantei Kirika
53　*23.52　**0.95　*19.57　**3.00　Cross Regalia

Do you have/Are you getting an anime adaptation? Congratulations! You're probably in the top 30 of the Monitors ranking! :heh:
*1　290.70　125.09　*57.61　108.00　Sword Art Online
*4　116.28　*22.67　**7.61　*86.00　Baka to Test to Shoukanjyuu
*2　161.60　*84.08　**6.52　*71.00　To Aru Majutsu no Index Series
*7　*86.02　*17.02　**0.00　*69.00　Durarara!!
18　*64.32　**9.32　**0.00　*55.00　Kino no Tabi ―the Beautiful World―
*5　107.19　*40.28　*23.91　*43.00　Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
11　*77.34　*37.34　**0.00　*40.00　Accel World
19　*60.30　*18.78　**6.52　*35.00　Seizon
15　*70.88　*38.88　**0.00　*32.00　Kokoro Connect
10　*77.82　*23.99　*22.83　*31.00　Genesis Series: Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
12　*75.11　*33.24　*10.87　*31.00　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (Without anime)

26　*49.92　*10.05　*10.87　*29.00　Shakugan no Shana
32　*41.89　*14.89　**0.00　*27.00　Hidan no Aria
25　*50.50　*15.63　*10.87　*24.00　Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita
17　*67.27　*34.48　**9.78　*23.00　Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
43　*29.12　**7.12　**0.00　*22.00　Baccano!
49　*24.06　**5.06　**0.00　*19.00　Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai!
28　*44.72　*10.42　*16.30　*18.00　Oda Nobuna no Yabou
23　*51.02　*14.45　*19.57　*17.00　Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo?
40　*30.65　*16.65　**0.00　*14.00　Date A Live

56　*21.44　**8.44　**0.00　*13.00　High School D×D
58　*21.07　**8.07　**0.00　*13.00　Campione!
*6　*94.36　*40.79　*44.57　**9.00　Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru.
52　*23.67　*14.67　**0.00　**9.00　Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.
14　*71.50　*25.46　*38.04　**8.00　Ben-to
50　*23.79　**4.92　*10.87　**8.00　Rental Magica
55　*22.53　*14.53　**0.00　**8.00　Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
41　*29.52　*22.52　**0.00　**7.00　Monogatari Series
48　*24.12　**7.34　**9.78　**7.00　Tokyo Ravens
54　*22.87　*10.34　**6.52　**6.00　Golden Time (Without anime)

1. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. (Oregairu/Hamachi/SNAFU)
2. Alderamin in the Sky
3. Index
4. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka (DanMachi)
5. SAO
6. Hataraku Maou-sama
7. Tokyo Ravens
8. Rokka no Yuusha
9. Oreimo
10. No Game No Life
11. Dokusou Tanpen Series - Nozaki Madou Gekijou
12. Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata
13. Clockwork Planet
14. Vampire Summer Time
15. Durarara!
16. Haken no Kouki Altina
17. Escape Speed
18. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
19. When Hikaru was on Earth...
20. Baka Test
21. To aru Hikuushi no Seiyaku
22. Mondaiji-tachi
23. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
24. Knights & Magic
25. Amaryllis in the Ice Country
26. No-Rin
27. Kokoro Connect
28. Strange Moon
29. Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
30. Dress na Boku ga Yangotonaki Katagata no Kateikyoushi-sama na Kudan
31. Accel World
32. Record of Grancrest War
33. Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu.
34. Dai Nihon Samurai Girl
35. Ashita Boku wa Shinu. Kimi wa Ikikaeru
36. Ro-Kyu-Bu!
37. Date A Live
38. Kino no Tabi
39. 420 Renpai Girl
40. Death Need Round
41. Kagerou Days
42. Asachi to Shimamura
43. Seitokai no Ichizon
44. Hidan no Aria
45. Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?
46. Magdala de Nemure
47. Boku to Kanojo no Game Sensou
48. Ore ga Ikiru Raison d'Etre
49. Inou Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de
50. High School DxD
51. Beatless
52. RAIL WARS
53. Hitotsu no Tairiku
54. Zashiki Warashi of Intelligence Village
55. Sunday Without God
56. Ben-To
57. Hai to Gensou no Grimgal
58. Chousou - Mada Ningen Ja Nai
59. NouKome
60. Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon

1. Misaka Mikoto (Index)
2. Yukinoshita Yukino (Oregairu)
3. Asuna (SAO)
4. Yuigahama Yui (Oregairu)
5. Index (Index)
6. Kousaka Kirino (Oreimo)
7. Aragaki Ayase (Oreimo)
8. Shinon (SAO)
9. Shiba Miyuki (Mahouka)
10. Yozora (Haganai)
11. Himeko (Kokoro Connect)
12. Rika (Haganai)
13. Shikibu Honoka (Hikaru)/Shokuhou Misaki (Index)/Kino (Kino no Tabi)
16. Emi(Maou-sama)/Kuroyukihime (AW)
18. Kuroneko (Oreimo)
19. Tsuchimikado Natsume (Tokyo Ravens)
20. Hikigaya Komachi (Oregairu)/Watashi (Jinrui)/Kuro Usagi (Mondaiji)
23. Tsukiko (Henneko)
24. Tokisaki Kurumi (Date a Live)
25. Seira (Dress(ry))
26. Senjougahara Hitagi (Monogatari Series)
27. Shiina Mashiro (Sakurasou)/Ul? (Magdala)
29. Adachi (Adachi to Shimamura)/Charlotte (IS)

1. 8man (Oregairu)
2. Touma (Index)
3. Kirito (SAO)
4. Accelerator (Index)
5. Maou (Maou-sama)
6. Kyousuke (Oreimo)
7. Sakamaki Izayoi (Mondaiji)
8. Shiba Tatsuya (Mahouka)
9. Sugisaki Ken (Seizon)
10. Akagi Koremitsu (Hikaru)
11. Araragi Koyomi (Monogatari)
12. Ikuta (Alderamin)
13. Totsuka Saika (Oregairu)/Satou You (Bento)
15. Kodaka (Haganai)
16. Rentarou (Black Bullet)
17. Aoi Toori (Horizon)/Hideyoshi (Bakatest)
19. Kinji (Hidan no Aria)
20. Shidou (Date a Live)
21. Izaya (Drrr)
22. Kanda (Sakurasou)
23. Sora (NGNL)
24. Harutora (Tokyo Ravens)/Issei (DxD)
26. Tooru (Chaika)/Bell (Danmachi)
28. Yokodera (Henneko)/ Shizuo (Drrr)
30. Tsuchimikado (Index)/Ichika (IS)

1. Haimura Kiyotaka (Toaru Series)
2. Ponkan(8) (Oregairu)
3. abec (SAO)
4. Buriki (Haganai)
5. Kantoku (Henneko)
6. Tsunako (DAL)
7. Takeoka Miho (When Hikaru was on Earth)
8. Kanzaki Hiro (Oreimo)
9. Ukai Saki (Black Bullet)
10. Yazuda Suzuhito (DRRR)
Top 20 LNs: Here (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=5342439#post5342439)

Top 21-60 LNs/Top 10 Male and Female Characters: Here (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=5342535#post5342535)

Top11-30 Male and Female Characters: Here (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=5342643#post5342643)

01. Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatteiru.
02. Sword Art Online
03. Tenkyou no Alderamin
04. Eirun Last Code
05. Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasuka? Isogashii desuka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desuka?
06. No Game No Life
07. To Aru Majutsu no Index Series
08. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darouka
09. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
10. Escape Speed
11. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
12. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
13. To Aru Hikuushi e no Seiyaku
14. Imouto Sae Ireba Ii.
15. Gamers!
16. Kono Koi to, Sono Mirai.
17. Rokka no Yuusha
18. Durarara!! Series
19. Shitayomi Danshi to Toukou Joshi
20. Tatakau Panya to Automaton Waitress
21. Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
22. Seishun Buta Series
23. Isekai Shokudou
24. Kino no Tabi
25. Overlord
26. Ryuuou no Oshigoto!
27. Accel World
28. Zetsushinkai no Solaris
29. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
30. Hakozoko no Elpis
31. Rokudenashi no Majutsu Koushi to Akashi Records
32. Koukyuu Rakuen Kyuujou - Harem League Baseball
33. Hentai Ouji to Waranai Neko
34. Ideologue!
35. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
36. Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online
37. Waga Hero no Tame no Zettai Aku
38. Namapo Aniki
39. Haken no Kouki Altina
40. Dokusou Tanpen Series - Nozaki Mado Gekijou
41. Hataraku Maou-sama!
42. Sekai no Owari no Encore
43. Sky World
44. Wizard's Brain
45. Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu
46. Ore no Kyoushitsu ni Haruhi wa Inai
47. Rasen Jikuu no Labyrinth
48. Hidan no Aria
49. Cop Craft Dragnet Mirage Reloaded
50. Chuuko demo Koi ga Shitai!
51. Clockwork Planet
52. Date a Live
53. Kagerou Daze
54. Ashita, Boku wa Shinu, Kimi wa Ikikaeru
55. Hitotsu no Umi no Pallas Athena
56. Youkoso Zitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e
57. Nourin
58. Orihara Izaya to, Yuuyake wo
59. Uchuujin no Mura e Youkoso Shinomura Nougyou Koukou Tanteibu wa Mita!
60. Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho

01. Misaka Mikoto (Index)
02. Yunoshita Yukino (Oregairu)
03. Isshiki Iroha (Oregairu)
04. Yuigahama Yui (Oregairu)
04. Asuna (SAO)
06. Katou Megumi (Saekano)
07. Shiro (NGNL)
08. Shiba Miyuki (Mahouka)
09. Othinus (Index)
10. Index (Index)
11. Sinon (SAO)
12. Shiraki Oujo (Mitou Shoukan)
13. Aiz Wallenstein (Danmachi)
14. Hikigaya Komachi (Oregairu)
15. Alice Synthesis Thirty (SAO)
16. Misaki Shokuhou (Index) || Hestia (Danmachi)
18. Sakurajima Mai (Seishun Buta Series)
19. Remu? (Re:Zero)
20. Yatorisino Igzem (Alderamin)
21. Kasumigaoka Utaha (Saekano)
22. Kani Nayuta (Ireba)
23. Izumi Sagiri (Eromanga)
24. Fremy Speeddraw (Rokka)
25. Sawamura Spencer Eriri (Saekano) || Mikazuki Yozora (Haganai) || Kuroyukihime (Accel World)
28. Yusa Emi (Hatamaou) || Himeragi Yukina (Strike the Blood)
30. Seira Silvin? (Dress na Boku ga Yangotonaki Katagata no Katei Kyoushi-sama na Kudan)

01. Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu)
02. Kirito (SAO)
03. Kamijou Touma (Index)
04. Accelerator (Index)
05. Shiba Tatsuya (Mahouka)
06. Sora (NGNL)
07. Bell Cranell (Danmachi)
08. Totsuka Saika (Oregairu)
09. Azusagawa Sakuta (Seishun Buta)
10. Maou Sadao (Hatamaou)
11. Ikuta Sorouku (Alderamin)
12. Sakamaki Izayoi (Mondaiji)
13. Shiroyama Kyousuke (Mitou Shoukan)
14. Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord)
15. Kazuma (Konosuba)
16. Itsuka Shidou (DAL)
17. Tooyama Kinji (Hidan no Aria)
18. Glen Reedasu (Rokudenashi) || Aniki (Namapo Aniki)
20. JIndai Shinobu (Zashiki Warashi)
21. Orihara Izaya (Drrr!!) || Natsuki Subaru (Re:Zero)
23. Adlet Mayer (Rokka)
24. Araragi Koyomi (Monogatari)
25. Kawamura Hideo (Reisen)
26. Mitsuka Souji (Oretwin)
27. Aki Tomoya (Saekano)
28. Hans Humpty (Rokka) || Eirun Bazatt (Eirun)
30. Hyoudou Issei (DxD)

01. Ponkan⑧ (Oregairu)
02. Haimura Kiyotaka (Index)
03. adec (SAO)
04. Kantoku (Ireba, Henneko, Kowaseka)
05. Misaki Kurehito (Saekano)
06. Yasuda Suzuhito (Drrr!!, Danmachi)
07. Kamiya Yuu (NGNL)
08. Mishima Kurone (Konosuba, Rokudenashi)
09. Tsunako (DAL)
10. Ukai Saki (Saishinbu)
11. Shiromizakana (Aoi Haru no Subete)
12. Buriki (Haganai)
13. Kasuga Ayumu (OreTwin)
14. Misoguchi Keeji (Seishun Buta)
15. Kuroboshi Kouhaku (Kino no Tabi)
16. Kanzaki Hiro (Oremanga)
17. Mahaya (Zashiki Warashi)
18. 029 (Hatamaou)
19. Takeoka Miho (Kyuuketsuki ni Natta Kimi wa Eien no Ai wo Hajimeru)
20. Kobuishi (Aria)
21. Kippu (Nourin)
22. Nagi Ryou (HO)
23. Ishida Kana (Mahouka)
24. Miyama Zero (DxD, Nobuna)
25. Nardack (Kono Koi)
26. Ikawa Waki (Mitou Shoukan)
27. Furuno Haruaki (Encore, Furachi Doumei)
28. so-bin (Overlord)
29. BUNBUN (Chronicle Legion)
30. Ruroo (Machine Doll)
31. Kishida Mel (Kamimemo)
32. Tinkle (3P!)
33. Satoyasu (Horizon, Hexennacht)
34. Shirabi (Ryuuou, Tokyo Inroaded) || Bania600 (Rokusan, Rail Wars) || Gin (Escape Speed)
37. Hidari (Nijiiro Alien) || Miyagi (Rokka)
39. Manyako (StB) || Otsuka Shinichirou (Re:zero) || Yamamoto Yamato (Kurenai, Owari no Seraph)
42. Hisasi (Netoge)
43. HIMA (AW)
44. Shiki Douji (FMP Another) || karory (Dress na Boku ga(ry)
46. Tomose Shunsaku (Youzitsu)
47. Non (Adachi to Shimamura)
48. Shino (Clockwork Planet)
49. Itou Noiji (Kanae no Hoshi) || Yuugen (Flame Oukoku) || Sikorsky (Campione)
52. Saboten (Gamers!, Kuzukin) || CUTEG (Gaworare) || Haga Yui (BakaTest)
55. Magomago (Gusha no Junction) || Shizuma Yoshinori (Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho) || Eihi (Shitayomi Danshi(ry)
01. Eirun Last Code
02. Sukasuka
03. Ireba
04. Gamers!
05. Shitayomi Danshi to Toukou Joshi
06. Tatakau Panya to Automaton Waitress
07. Isekai Shokudou
08. Ryuuou no Oshigoto!
09. Hakozoko no Elpis
10. Ideologue!
11. SAO Alternative GGO
12. Waga Hero no Tame no Zettai Aku
13. Namapo Aniki
14. Rasen Jikuu Labyrinth
15. Chuuko demo Koi ga Shitai!
16. Hitotsu Umi no Pallas Athena
17. Youkoso Zitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e
18. Orihara Izaya to, Yuuyake wo
19. Uchuujin no Mura e Youkoso Shinomura Nougyou Koukou Tanteibu wa Mita!
20. Ken to Mahou no Fantasy
21. Maken no Gunshi to Arks Legion
22. Sabishigariya no Lolyferaty
23. Ware mo Mata Arcadia ni Ari
24. Ashita, Kyou no Kimi ni Aenakutemo
EDIT: Updated with the rankings of 2015 and 2016.

tomtkp

2012-11-19, 14:06

The "monitors" group is kind of like the target demographic group. They are light novel readers who are between 12 to 18 years old and read at least 51 light novel series in a year.

Syokool

2012-11-19, 14:14

Interesting. I'm planning to read Ben-To, but I'd like to read No Game No Life also.

Glad to see DxD and Mahouka's illustrators at the top :3

Richocet

2012-11-19, 14:18

Surprised to see issei in the top 30 and tatsuya in top 10

Syokool

2012-11-19, 14:32

Surprised to see issei in the top 30 and tatsuya in top 10

Tatsuya is getting more fans (even some fujoshi whom are uploading some disturbing images with him in yaoi-mode D: ).

Chaos2Frozen

2012-11-19, 17:13

In the end, a thread for KonoRano was eventually formed :heh: Now this is awkward since we've spread the discussions over the New Release thread as well as Index Light Novel... :eyespin:

Ah what the heck.... this isn't the first time I've copy pasta-

Yeah, she's not letting go any time soon... You know, if Asuna REALLY wants to beat Mikoto, what she really needs to do is stop appearing so much... :p

*copy pasta*

Given the undeniable massive rise in popularity, the only thing the rest of us needed to speculate is who's going to be second place :p But as it turns out, we didn't need to do that either :heh: so we'll move on to third place :heh:

六花の勇者 is this year's 'Circlet Girl', with massive support from the collaborators but barely any from the public or that third party.

Baka-Test isn't going anywhere as expected.

OreImo and Durarara triumphantly reclaimed their position back in the top 10.

OMG! Horizon actually broke into the Top Ten :eyespin: LOLOLOL...!

AW almost halves it's distance from SAO, but still not it enough... I doubt it would get a chance like this again until three years later.

Ben-to fell like a rock, Haganai even worse.

Kokoro Connect keeping it steady.

Kino isn't going anywhere.

For completion sake...

The remaining 40 on the list... Still no Heavy Object :sad: Though I recognized a few new titles just out this year...

25. Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita - Apparently people like the Anime a lot.
26. Shakugan no Shana - Hang in there Shana :eyespin: !!!
28. Oda Nobuna no Yabo - Quite a leap from last year :)
32. Hidan no Aria - You're still here :eyebrow: ?
34. Black Bullet - Shrugged.
37. Magdala de Nemure - From Spice&Wolf author, not bad for a new title
40. Date a Live - Apparently people are looking forward to it's Anime?
41. Monogatari Series - How did YOU get 80k+ dvd/BD sales :eyebrow:
42. Gakusei Shoujo - Kishida Mel and Sugii Hikaru, that's all I got.
43. BACCANO! - You're still alive?
49. Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai! - :twitch: :twitch: :twitch:
50. Rental Magica - OMGOMGOMG! NOT DEAD YET :hyper-^v^: !
52. Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko - Apparently people are looking forward to it's Anime... Eagerly.
55. Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo - Why you so far down :T_T:
56. Highschool DxD - Just die already! Mummy never loved you :frustrated:!
58. Campione! - Oh there you are.

Misaka Mikoto (NT Index)
Asuna (SAO)
Inaba Himeko (Kokoro Connect)
Kuroyukihime (AW)
Kashiwazaki Sena (Haganai)
Kuroneko (Oreimo)
Sinon (SAO)
Yukinoshita Yukino (Oregairu/Hamachi) = Yukinon *__*
Kousaka Kirino (Oreimo)
Mikazuki Yozora (Haganai)
Himegami Tsuyuki (Sugar sister ½)
Index (NT Index)
Watashi (Jinrui)
Shinonome Yuuko (Shinonome Yuuko Series)
Aragaki Ayase (Oreimo)
Tsutsukashi Tuskiko (Henneko)
Shikibu Honoka (Hikaru)
Senjougahara Hitagi (Monogatari Series)
Kino (Kino)
Shiba Miyuki (Mahouka)
Yuigahama Yui (Oregairu)
Shana (Shana)
Shiina Mashiro (Sakurasou)
Minato Tomoka (Ro-kyu-bu)
Shiguma Rika (Haganai)
Last Order (NT Index)
Kinoshita Hideyoshi (BakaTest) & Kuro Usagi (Mondaiji) = エロ可愛いは正義！
—
Nate Mitotsudaira (Horizon) & Nagase Iori (Kokoro)
キャラクターランキング(女性) BEST 30
順位　得点/票数　平均点　キャラクター名/作品(シリーズ)名
*1　714/271　2.63　御坂美琴/「とある魔術の禁書目録」シリーズ
*2　634/277　2.29　アスナ/ソードアート・オンライン
*3　298/131　2.27　稲葉姫子/「ココロコネクト」シリーズ
*4　136/*70　1.94　黒雪姫/アクセル・ワールド
*5　131/*67　1.96　柏崎星奈/僕は友達が少ない
*6　130/*58　2.24　黒猫/俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない
*7　127/*64　1.98　シノン/ソードアート・オンライン
*8　124/*53　2.34　雪ノ下雪乃/やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。
*9　120/*54　2.22　高坂桐乃/俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない
10　115/*58　1.98　三日月夜空/僕は友達が少ない
11　113/*47　2.40　比売守ユツキ/シュガーシスター 1/2
12　106/*51　2.08　インデックス/「とある魔術の禁書目録」シリーズ
13　*99/*47　2.11　わたし/人類は衰退しました
14　*98/*42　2.33　東雲侑子/「東雲侑子」シリーズ
15　*94/*51　1.84　新垣あやせ/俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない
16　*87/*43　2.02　筒隠月子/変態王子と笑わない猫。
17　*86/*41　2.10　式部帆夏/ヒカルが地球にいたころ……
18　*84/*38　2.21　戦場ヶ原ひたぎ/「物語」シリーズ
19　*79/*40　1.98　キノ/キノの旅 ―the Beautiful World―
20　*78/*43　1.81　司波深雪/魔法科高校の劣等生
21　*65/*33　1.97　由比ヶ浜由衣/やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。
22　*54/*28　1.93　シャナ/灼眼のシャナ
23　*53/*28　1.89　椎名ましろ/さくら荘のペットな彼女
24　*51/*25　2.04　湊智花/ロウきゅーぶ!
25　*50/*26　1.92　志熊理科/僕は友達が少ない
26　*46/*22　2.09　打ち止め/「とある魔術の禁書目録」シリーズ
27　*45/*20　2.25　木下秀吉/バカとテストと召喚獣
27　*45/*19　2.37　黒ウサギ/問題児たちが異世界から来るそうですよ?
29　*44/*22　2.00　ネイト・ミトツダイラ/GENESISシリーズ境界線上のホライゾン
29　*44/*21　2.10　永瀬伊織/「ココロコネクト」シリーズ

Kirito (SAO)
Kamijou Touma (NT Index)
Accelerator (NT Index)
Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu/Hamachi)
Kousaka Kyousuke (Oreimo)
Araragi Koyomi (Monogatari Series)
Shiba Tatsuya (Mahouka)
Satou You (Ben-too)
Sugisaki Ken (Seizon)
Aoi Toori (Horizon) = Nice surprise
Sakamaki Izayoi (Mondaiji) = KITAAAAAAAA
Akagi Koremitsu (Hikaru)
Yoshii Akihisa (BakaTest)
Kusuriya Daisuke (Mushi Uta)
Hasegawa Kodaka (Haganai)
Tooyama Kinji (Hidan)
Yaegashi Taichi (Kokoro)
Kinoshita Hideyoshi (BakaTest)
Arita Haruyuki (AW)
Orihara Izaya (Drrr)
Kawamura Hideo (Reisen)
Yokodera Youto (Henneko)
Kusanagi Godou (Campione!)
Totsuka Saika (Oregairu) = If you're already here this year...
Hasegawa Subaru (Ro-kyu-bu)
Hyodou Issei (DxD)
Heiwajima Shizuo (Drrr)
Hamazura Shiage (NT Index)
Yoshiharu Sagara (Nobuna)
Olba (Rakuin no Monshou)
キャラクターランキング(男性) BEST 30
順位　得点/票数　平均点　キャラクター名/作品(シリーズ)名
*1　1074/445　2.41　キリト/ソードアート・オンライン
*2　*555/236　2.35　上条当麻/「とある魔術の禁書目録」シリーズ
*3　*348/169　2.06　一方通行/「とある魔術の禁書目録」シリーズ
*4　*252/110　2.29　比企谷八幡/やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。
*5　*210/*95　2.21　高坂京介/俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない
*6　*206/*97　2.12　阿良々木暦/「物語」シリーズ
*7　*192/*91　2.11　司波達也/魔法科高校の劣等生
*8　*160/*78　2.05　佐藤洋/ベン・トー
*9　*158/*81　1.95　杉崎鍵/「生徒会の一存」シリーズ
10　*148/*66　2.24　葵・トーリ/GENESISシリーズ境界線上のホライゾン
11　*131/*54　2.43　逆廻十六夜/問題児たちが異世界から来るそうですよ?
12　*127/*59　2.15　赤城是光/ヒカルが地球にいたころ……
13　*121/*63　1.92　吉井明久/バカとテストと召喚獣
14　*113/*45　2.51　薬屋大助/ムシウタ
15　*112/*54　2.07　羽瀬川子鷹/僕は友達が少ない
16　*101/*53　1.91　遠山キンジ/緋弾のアリア
17　**96/*47　2.04　八重樫太一/「ココロコネクト」シリーズ
18　**95/*48　1.98　木下秀吉/バカとテストと召喚獣
19　**93/*42　2.21　有田春雪/アクセル・ワールド
20　**89/*38　2.34　折原臨也/デュラララ!!
21　**87/*37　2.35　川村ヒデオ/レイセン
22　**64/*31　2.06　横寺陽人/変態王子と笑わない猫。
23　**63/*26　2.42　草薙護堂/カンピオーネ!
24　**55/*28　1.96　戸塚彩加/やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。
25　**54/*29　1.86　長谷川昴/ロウきゅーぶ!
25　**54/*26　2.08　兵藤一誠/ハイスクールD×D
27　**48/*25　1.92　平和島静雄/デュラララ!!
28　**45/*32　1.41　浜面仕上/「とある魔術の禁書目録」シリーズ
29　**44/*20　2.20　相良良晴/織田信奈の野望
30　**43/*22　1.95　オルバ/烙印の紋章

Skipping the top ten and focusing on the lower 20....

14. Daisuke Kusuriya/Mushi Uta - Oh my god you're still alive :hyper-^v^: !!
19. Haruyuki Arita/Accel World - *slow clap*
23. Godōu Kusanagi/Campione! - *slow clap*
25. Subaru Hasegawa/Ro-Kyu-Bu - Lolicon bastard spotted :eek: !
28. Hamazura Shiage/Index New Testament - End of the Century list Emperor!
29. Yoshiharu Sagara/Oda Nobuna no Yabō - Now this is a surprise :eek:

15. Ayase Aragaki/OreImo - My Angel Ayase ga Konna ni Kawaii :kisskiss: !
18. Hitagi Senjougahara/Monogatari - Why you cut hair :T_T: ?
20. Shiba Miyuki/MAHOUKA - WARNING, brocon spotted :uhoh:
22. Shana/Shakugan no Shana - Hang in there!
23. Shiina Mashiro/Sakurasou - There you are.
24. Nate Mitotsudaira/Horizon - Flat chest evaded into the top 30 :eek: !

NeutralZero

2012-11-19, 17:23

It's amazing they accepted Hideyoshi as a female contestant... and the fact that he manage to enter both top 30 at that...

Chaos2Frozen

2012-11-19, 18:07

With Progressive now helping to milk the series for years to come, I suspect the top 2 positions to be lock in eternal battle between SAO and Index for a long time. Its quite possible for Mahouka to break the deadlock when it finally gets an Anime... After all people responded well to Kirito so I expect no different for Tatsuya since they're both cut from the same haxx cloth.

Now Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come ga Machigatteiru? That's one of the biggest surprise this year- coming out of almost nowhere it easily broke into the top ten for all categories. To me it feels (as in my gut feeling) like the new Haganai, hopefully it avoids the mistakes of that one... Speaking of Haganai, that series dropped really fast after a promising leap two years ago... The only thing holding it in place are its two Heroines.

As I've talked to Kuro before, there are some questionable zero votes from the critics... Titles like DxD and Papakiki getting zero votes are normal, but when titles like Durarara, Baccano, Kino, AW, Kokoro Connect, Sakurasou gets zero support, things start to get eybrow-raising-worthy.

n0m@n

2013-11-04, 17:51

Approximately 2 weeks until 2014 comes out huh.
I wonder if Asuna can beat Misaka for the number 1 female character since these two would probably dominate the votes again.

blackwhite67

2013-11-04, 17:57

I'm hoping for Touma to take back his rightful place as #!. Maybe it's just misfortune?

Kenju of the Right

2013-11-04, 17:59

I'll pray for Touma to overcome this!
Highly doubt Asuna can beat Mikoto, especially after Railgun S

n0m@n

2013-11-04, 18:02

Looks like it will be simply a war between Toaru and SAO battling out for the first spot in basically every category. 1.)Top LN, 2.) Top Girl, 3.)Top Guy. :D

Endscape

2013-11-04, 18:23

Approximately 2 weeks until 2014 comes out huh.
I wonder if Asuna can beat Misaka for the number 1 female character since these two would probably dominate the votes again.

Not a chance, what you should be wondering is if Touma will overcome Kirito. I'm also interested to see if Izayoi's rank will increase as well...

JoksPacifist

2013-11-04, 18:35

Gakusen Toshi Asterik is sure to be on top 15, right ?

I just started reading it last week.

dragon1412

2013-11-05, 03:48

it seem hard, in Jp, gakuen toshi popularity is not that great, and most top spot always seized by index every years.

n0m@n

2013-11-08, 22:21

Yeah, it will be hard for Gakuen no Toshi to be in Top 15. Though it wont be hard to be among Top-60. The only LN from MF that can be placed in Top-15 is Haganai.
Despite my love for Fujimi Shobo, it feels hard for even one of their LN to be placed among top-20. Well, unless Saenai Heroine　gets insane support that is.
But man. I sure would love to see Asuna getting number 1 spot(Yeah, it will be incredibly difficult).

dragon1412

2013-11-09, 04:24

Well considering a new Railgun anime season just come out, i'd say Mikoto is going to top the ranking again this year.

Hell_ping

2013-11-09, 05:22

Well considering a new Railgun anime season just come out, i'd say Mikoto is going to top the ranking again this year.

Allow me to say this, don't voters feel tired of voting for the same person over and over again for 5 years or something...?

Yeah, it will be hard for Gakuen no Toshi to be in Top 15. Though it wont be hard to be among Top-60. The only LN from MF that can be placed in Top-15 is Haganai.
Despite my love for Fujimi Shobo, it feels hard for even one of their LN to be placed among top-20. Well, unless Saenai Heroine　gets insane support that is.
But man. I sure would love to see Asuna getting number 1 spot(Yeah, it will be incredibly difficult).

I think Henneko will advance to top 15 this year given the presence of the anime (and why not? Given the general trend we have here, I suppose there would be quite a lot of lolicons voting either way)

Gakusen Toshi Asterik is sure to be on top 15, right ?

I just started reading it last week.

it seem hard, in Jp, gakuen toshi popularity is not that great, and most top spot always seized by index every years.

Ehh...no. For all of its glory, even IS only managed a peak of 48 or something. There are other factors in this voting.

Not a chance, what you should be wondering is if Touma will overcome Kirito. I'm also interested to see if Izayoi's rank will increase as well...

Touma over Kirito? I don't think so. Considering how SAO has (approximately) double the sales of Index per volume this, year, I think

With Progressive now helping to milk the series for years to come, I suspect the top 2 positions to be lock in eternal battle between SAO and Index for a long time. Its quite possible for Mahouka to break the deadlock when it finally gets an Anime... After all people responded well to Kirito so I expect no different for Tatsuya since they're both cut from the same haxx cloth.

Now Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come ga Machigatteiru? That's one of the biggest surprise this year- coming out of almost nowhere it easily broke into the top ten for all categories. To me it feels (as in my gut feeling) like the new Haganai, hopefully it avoids the mistakes of that one... Speaking of Haganai, that series dropped really fast after a promising leap two years ago... The only thing holding it in place are its two Heroines.

As I've talked to Kuro before, there are some questionable zero votes from the critics... Titles like DxD and Papakiki getting zero votes are normal, but when titles like Durarara, Baccano, Kino, AW, Kokoro Connect, Sakurasou gets zero support, things start to get eybrow-raising-worthy.

I think Mahouka can break into top 5 at least (even SAO was ranked 1st for the 2012 poll before its anime was announced), and . And given how heavily marketed Mahouka was in the past year (to wit, they had a company-wide promotion of Mahouka at Kinokuniya in August this year), I think it should be high on the collabarators' list at least (and I would be somewhat surprised if Tatsuya doesn't hax his way over Accelerator this year at least)

I think the one that really came out of nowhere was Rokka no Yuusha (and it might slip up a little this year, but the story is still good), but honestly,

Some predictions on my side.

>Shinonome Yuuko and Sakurada Reset aren't going to be on the poll this year (well duh, there's no production this year.)
>Oreimo should be right in the top 5 mix (and gone next year:heh:)
>Baka Test will slip out of top 10
>Lost Love Detective (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwVt0m2ZeUEAOXp1c1pmYmRKQnM/edit?usp=drive_web) will be in the top 30 at least. (Hey, it won a Dengeki novel prize at least. They'll market it.)
>Aldermann might make it into top 10 this year.
>Magdala for top 20 (I honestly hope it can make it to 10 at least. This one is good.)
>This will be Kokoro Connect's last hurrah. Top 15.
>Index will slip this year (yes, I said it:cool:). Partly the reason is because the action sequences has been getting overly complex as compared to previous volumes (look at NT 7 for example)
>AW will barely make it into top 10 this year.
>-Gatari will still not get enough love.
>Kino has, and will be like Gengar and Starmie, always in the OU top 20.
>Top 10: SAO, Mahouka, Index, Oreimo, Oregairu, Rokka:heh:, Horizon, Accel World, Aldermann, NGNL

Now, let's see how many of my guesses are correct.

JoksPacifist

2013-11-09, 09:26

Silly question: Does having a high number of sales is any indication of a series getting a top spot here in KonoRano ?

hakazee

2013-11-09, 10:06

Silly question: Does having a high number of sales is any indication of a series getting a top spot here in KonoRano ?

Rokka ?
I thinks it's sales not really great.

You should ask actually who's the voters in KonoRano.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-09, 10:56

Silly question: Does having a high number of sales is any indication of a series getting a top spot here in KonoRano ?

Indirectly it means alot more people have read it.

But they have a system in place to mitigate any risk of this being just a popularity contest.

Zefyris

2013-11-09, 10:57

you need to differentiate the titles which managed to get a good spot because of the readers and the titles which managed the same due to being mostly voted by the people from the industry.
Rokka is from the second type. While ranking third last year seems to have helped its sales this year (volume 4 ranked in the weekly oricon ranking pretty easily in late july), it's nowhere near popular enough to manage that kind of ranking again without the help of the voters from the LN industry. Meaning that since those voters will probably want to continue supporting massively different titles every year, Rokka no yuusha will go down in the ranking and may even not rank at all.
Sakurada Reset for example was mostly in the ranking due to the same reason so goodbye to that title as well.

Titles that rank well several years in a row in the ranking are those who ranks due to sheer popularity and therefore sells a lot by volume. Hence SAO, mahouka, index, oreimo, accel world etc. will get good ranking in mostly every category like last year. Some titles that have been around in the top 20 for years will probably manages to remind there as well, like kino no tabi.
Mixed with them in the top 15 may be a few new title which become more popular lately (due to anime or something else), and a few "obscure" titles that will have received lots of votes from the LN industry.
The most interesting part of the ranking for me will be those unexpected obscure titles, as they'll probably be worth checking out.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-09, 11:01

Pretty much yeah, I'm more interested in seeing what hidden gems I might have missed...

...Although the character polls is also fun for some bragging rights =3

watisit

2013-11-09, 11:09

Too bad neither madan not ochitekita is on this list.

Zefyris

2013-11-09, 11:29

..Although the character polls is also fun for some bragging rights =3
Well, no. The character poll is only composed of characters from the series selling the most. Most of them don't even deserve to be in a top 1000 of the best character in light novels ImO. When you see a character like Touma who has almost no character development besides being the main character in most of the 30+ volumes of index being ranked in the top 3 for years, I pretty much consider the character ranking to be complete crap. Now if good characters from less known series were appearing in it, that would be another story, but not with the way that poll currently work. Contrary to the LN poll, the characters poll is merely based on fans voting, so the titles selling the most are the only one competing. Although that ranking can be used in between the characters of the same series to compare who are the most liked from a given series, I suppose.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-09, 11:42

Of course the character poll is a popularity contest, that's the point.

Miraluka

2013-11-09, 12:01

Allow me to say this, don't voters feel tired of voting for the same person over and over again for 5 years or something...?
http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/34787635.jpg

And isn't even fun they do the same crap again and again :frustrated:.

I want to see new faces, damn.

Touma over Kirito? I don't think so. Considering how SAO has (approximately) double the sales of Index per volume this, year, I think

I think Mahouka can break into top 5 at least (even SAO was ranked 1st for the 2012 poll before its anime was announced), and . And given how heavily marketed Mahouka was in the past year (to wit, they had a company-wide promotion of Mahouka at Kinokuniya in August this year), I think it should be high on the collabarators' list at least (and I would be somewhat surprised if Tatsuya doesn't hax his way over Accelerator this year at least)
With the anime to be released next year I see that coming.

>Index will slip this year (yes, I said it:cool:). Partly the reason is because the action sequences has been getting overly complex as compared to previous volumes (look at NT 7 for example)
I wouldn't say complex but lacking intensity, and just when you're getting into it. The action goes off screen.

Yeah, I have been losing the interest on the novels bit by bit lately and tsunade666 droped the series ;__; .

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-09, 12:08

Teh_Ping... That post of mine was made nearly a full year ago :heh:

Kenju of the Right

2013-11-09, 12:30

Seeing these titles you guys are talking about, getting me interested in reading thing

Touma over Kirito? I don't think so. Considering how SAO has (approximately) double the sales of Index per volume this, year, I think
.

Don't try to crush my dreams!

When you see a character like Touma who has almost no character development besides being the main character in most of the 30+ volumes of index being ranked in the top 3 for years, I pretty much consider the character ranking to be complete crap. Now if good characters from less known series were appearing in it, that would be another story, but not with the way that poll currently work.

-bites own tongue extremely hard-

Miraluka

2013-11-09, 12:39

Don't try to crush my dreams!
Let's just deal with it.

When you see a character like Mikoto who has almost no character development besides being the main character in most of the 30+ volumes of index being ranked in the top 3 for years, I pretty much consider the character ranking to be complete crap. Now if good characters from less known series were appearing in it, that would be another story, but not with the way that poll currently work.
-bites own tongue extremely hard-

I fixed it for you.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-09, 12:46

Can we not turn this into a spitting contest?

...The rankings aren't even out yet.

Miraluka

2013-11-09, 12:55

I just saw some boards from Japan claiming the results of their prediction being 89% accurate.

Zefyris

2013-11-09, 15:07

Let's just deal with it.

I fixed it for you.

Oh, but I also agree with that version. In the index novels, Misaka is a bad side character. But at least, Kazuma has the excuse that this character is not being even one tenth as present as touma is. Misaka's character's development is mostly in the railgun manga btw (the two railgun LN are fairly good compared to the average quality of index LN imo, but there's isn't especially any character development for misaka in it). So as a light novel character, Misaka is bad and as such from my point of view shouldn't even be voted for in the kono light novel wa sugoi's character poll.
And I'm saying that even though Misaka is one of my favorite characters, BTW.

BTW: how do some users manage to have several lines of text on the side of a single image in their sign? I don't get how you do that ^^"

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-09, 15:19

Character development is overrated from my point of view.

Some characters need it because that's the point of their story, but labelling characters as good or bad solely on that is rather narrow.

Acer

2013-11-09, 15:39

If that's what Touma had in the NT was not character development, so I do not know what that is.

Anyway, I hope the Hachiman be in a good position this year.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-09, 15:57

Anyway, I hope the Hachiman be in a good position this year.

Hachiman, Maou and Izayoi for the win please.

n0m@n

2013-11-09, 16:02

Allow me to say this, don't voters feel tired of voting for the same person over and over again for 5 years or something...?

I think Henneko will advance to top 15 this year given the presence of the anime (and why not? Given the general trend we have here, I suppose there would be quite a lot of lolicons voting either way)

Yes! I certainly am tired of seeing her name for 5 years straight as the no.1 female character.
Actually, thats the main reason I started about her Asuna beating her in character poll. Im not a big fan of Asuna either. But seeing Misaka getting taking no.1 position when her character is quite ordinary is quite uninteresting. I just didnt want to sound too negative or look like anti-Misaka. Its just that I wanted to see some change for once.

Oh, true. Henneko slipped out of my mind. I also realsied No Game No Life ranked high last year. I wonder if their rank would go up? Its getting an anime adapation, but it hasnt aired yet. So I wonder if their rank will still get higher.

Kenju of the Right

2013-11-09, 18:22

I have to admit, I wouldn't mind seeing Asuna at the top either

Character development is overrated from my point of view.

Some characters need it because that's the point of their story, but labelling characters as good or bad solely on that is rather narrow.

This, seriously
wish the rep system was still up I'd give a + :heh:

Zefyris

2013-11-10, 03:42

Character development is overrated from my point of view.

Some characters need it because that's the point of their story, but labelling characters as good or bad solely on that is rather narrow.
You have several way to do a good character, and character development is only one of them indeed. It's not overrated however, as it's a really important factor when creating a character if the character settings at the start are simple.

Simply put, if your character isn't going to grow up during the story, it either means that right from the start the setting are complex and the character is deep (or original, for example ) enough to not need it, or that... you basically failed at creating your main character.
When you have a character like kujou minato from reinousha minato for example, you don't need to have character development for him. Because he's good from the start( More like, in his case, he's beyond awesome from the start). However, this isn't the case for Touma. He has no depth; his personality isn't anything rare in LN either, and on top of this has lost his memory so no past for more than 30 volumes. With such start, such simple an cliché setting ; creating a good main character is akin to say giving that character a lot of good character development because he will need to move out of that cliché setting during the story and become a character worth following. If he's just your average main cliché character for 30 volumes, then any reader who have read enough novel will probably hold no interest at all in him. So if the author fail even at this, then I don't see how the character can be seen as anything else than a complete failure as a main character worth following.
Hence, the fact that Touma got almost no character development (and no, it's not the little bit that he got since the start of the shin'yaku series that will change the fact that he didn't got any at all for like more than 15 volumes in a row in the first season) is a lethal failure as a main character.

Well, that's my opinion anyway.

Kenju of the Right

2013-11-10, 05:45

Except there are plenty of people that take an interest in him this far through the story.
You say that a lot of things are cliche but that's just you and it's pretty vague description. It's your opinion that's fine

Though, I'd disagree about the 'no character development', Touma has always had development. Not in his overall character but instead it's been his views that have been developed and created which are formed through his past experiences. These speeches that he makes don't just come out of nowhere.
near the beginning(no memories) he started at about 0, no beliefs at all however at the end of the Old Testament he has the insane view that saving the world is unnecessary when you can save a single person's 'world'. Though despite his views, he will not let them hold him back

but this thread isnt about him so lets not drag it on

Shadow5YA

2013-11-11, 09:21

http://blog-imgs-57.fc2.com/y/a/r/yaraon/erter_20131111212206464.jpg

Congratulations.

n0m@n

2013-11-11, 09:24

Looks like Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabu Kome wa Machigatteiru is ranked 1st.

Utsuro no Hako

2013-11-11, 10:29

Looks like Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabu Kome wa Machigatteiru is ranked 1st.

How? Did SAO and Mahouka fans snipe each other?

Miraluka

2013-11-11, 10:50

Looks like Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabu Kome wa Machigatteiru is ranked 1st.
Hachiman's social suicide wasn't in vain??? ;__;.

Now we need the characters rankings...

EDIT:
This is from the 2012 rankings:

1　Sword Art Online'
2　新約とある魔術の禁書目録
3　六花の勇者
4　バカとテストと召喚獣
5　俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない
6　やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。
7　デュラララ!!
8　東雲侑子は短編小説をあいしている
9　サクラダリセット
10　GENESISシリーズ境界線上のホライゾン
11　アクセル・ワールド
12　魔法科高校の劣等生
13　天鏡のアルデラミン
14　ベントー
15　ココロコネクト
16　ノーゲームノーライフ
17　僕は友達が少ない
18　キノの旅 -the Beautiful World-
19　碧陽学園生徒会議事録
20　のうりん

Female Characters:
1. Misaka Mikoto
2. Asuna
3. Himeko Inaba
4. Kuroyukihime
5. Kashiwazaki Sena
6. Kuroneko
7. Shinon
8.Yukinoshita Yukino
9. Kousaka Kirino
10. Mikazuki Yozora

Boring...

I hope a change

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-11, 11:39

Completely unexpected victory :eek:

Shadow5YA

2013-11-11, 11:45

I didn't expect Oregairu to overtake SAO and Index.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-11, 12:12

^

It had an longer title than them :3

JoksPacifist

2013-11-11, 12:24

I wonder if and how the anime has a share of responsibility on this victory.

Shadow5YA

2013-11-11, 12:25

I wonder if and how the anime has a share of responsibility on this victory.

But they all have relatively recent anime adapations that stuck fairly close to the source material.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-11, 12:26

I wonder if and how the anime has a share of responsibility on this victory.

Last I've heard it did average on sales.

For all we know it could be the collaborators working overtime in ensuring that SAO doesn't become third year running winner.

JoksPacifist

2013-11-11, 12:38

But they all have relatively recent anime adapations that stuck fairly close to the source material.

What I meant was: It came 6th last year, then it had the anime and 2 more volumes, (or 3, depending when they stop the voting) therefore I wonder if the adaptation brought it to a bigger audience, which recognized it's value, putting it in a top spot this year.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-11, 12:41

What I meant was: It came 6th last year, then it had the anime and 2 more volumes, (or 3, depending when they stop the voting) therefore I wonder if the adaptation brought it to a bigger audience, which recognized it's value, putting it in a top spot this year.

Well, how much did the sale increased? It has to be at least around 100k to challenge SAO and the others through popularity.

Mecasonic13

2013-11-11, 12:46

Well, how much did the sale increased?

Latest volume (7.5) sold over 92k copies before dropping out of Oricon's weekly rankings; before the anime, they would only sell 30k-40k copies.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-11, 12:58

Ah so there is a big increase.

Kenju of the Right

2013-11-11, 14:06

Looks like Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabu Kome wa Machigatteiru is ranked 1st.

I totally did not expect that

n0m@n

2013-11-11, 18:59

Lol, thats what it says on the cover Shadow5YA posted.
Im more concerned about the character who ranked 1st in the female character poll.

blackwhite67

2013-11-11, 19:14

Looks like Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabu Kome wa Machigatteiru is ranked 1st.

I think it's a nice change after SAO and Index.

Hemisphere

2013-11-12, 00:11

JP readers are praising 俺ガイル's story developments from what I've read so far, so this win could be a great way to bolster its sales.

I wonder how well 六花の勇者 is doing, though...

RRW

2013-11-12, 05:55

Lol, thats what it says on the cover Shadow5YA posted.
Im more concerned about the character who ranked 1st in the female character poll.

let me guess

Saika

Zefyris

2013-11-12, 07:37

Wow that's unexpected. I'm curious to see the voting repartition. Could it be that the voters finally got bored of having the same winners each time, or is there another cause?

I wonder how well 六花の勇者 is doing, though...
I'll be happy if it simply is still in the top 50. It seems to have gathered more fans lately so maybe it still managed to enter the top without the help of the voters from the industry.
Too bad media works bunko's title cannot enter the ranking. I'm curious to see how well would fare Biblia koshodou, and I would have liked to see Reinousha Minato in there.

BTW... It's been a while since something else than a title from dengeki bunko ranked first. And first time a gagaga bunko title ranks first.

n0m@n

2013-11-12, 07:54

let me guess

Saika

As long as there is a change, Im happy with anything.

BTW... It's been a while since something else than a title from dengeki bunko ranked first. And first time a gagaga bunko title ranks first.

I remember Haruhi, FMP, and Bakatesuto also ranked first before.

Zefyris

2013-11-12, 08:02

As long as there is a change, Im happy with anything.

I remember Haruhi, FMP, and Bakatesuto also ranked first before.
I checked who ranked first historically

2005 : Suzumiya Haruhi Series (sneaker bunko)
2006 Zaregoto Series ( Koudansha Novels)
2007 Ookami to Koushinryou (Dengeki Bunko)
2008 Full Metal Panic (fujimi fantasia bunko)
2009 Bungaku Shoujo series (Famitsu Bunko)
2010 Baka to test to shoukanjuu (Famitsu Bunko)
2011 To aru majutsu no Index (dengeki bunko)
2012 Sword art online (dengeki bunko)
2013 Sword art online (dengeki bunko)

-> gagaga bunko never ranked first; it's been four year that another publisher than dengeki bunko managed to get the first place; and even before that it was famitsu two times in a row.

ReinZwei

2013-11-12, 08:09

I totally did not expect that

Quoting.....

I think it's a nice change after SAO and Index.

And another quote for agreement..

Let's see if there's also a changes in character specially the female char who's holding her throne for several years.

Hell_ping

2013-11-13, 10:29

Let's see if there's also a changes in character specially the female char who's holding her throne for several years.

If even Asuna could not beat Mikoto during the dominance of SAO the previous year, I really doubt anyone can do so given the existence of the Rinse and Repeat Volume 3 for 10 years Railgun anime

I checked who ranked first historically

2005 : Suzumiya Haruhi Series (sneaker bunko)
2006 Zaregoto Series ( Koudansha Novels)
2007 Ookami to Koushinryou (Dengeki Bunko)
2008 Full Metal Panic (fujimi fantasia bunko)
2009 Bungaku Shoujo series (Famitsu Bunko)
2010 Baka to test to shoukanjuu (Famitsu Bunko)
2011 To aru majutsu no Index (dengeki bunko)
2012 Sword art online (dengeki bunko)
2013 Sword art online (dengeki bunko)

-> gagaga bunko never ranked first; it's been four year that another publisher than dengeki bunko managed to get the first place; and even before that it was famitsu two times in a row.

Well, let's see if MF J can make it to first. The closest it got was Haganai at second for 2011.

let me guess

Saika

Nah, still need to beat Hideyoshi for that category. It was practically ranked 4th in the girls category the previous year (if we combined all the votes).

kuroishinigami

2013-11-13, 20:36

Wow that's unexpected. I'm curious to see the voting repartition. Could it be that the voters finally got bored of having the same winners each time, or is there another cause?

I'll be happy if it simply is still in the top 50. It seems to have gathered more fans lately so maybe it still managed to enter the top without the help of the voters from the industry.
Too bad media works bunko's title cannot enter the ranking. I'm curious to see how well would fare Biblia koshodou, and I would have liked to see Reinousha Minato in there.

BTW... It's been a while since something else than a title from dengeki bunko ranked first. And first time a gagaga bunko title ranks first.

Biblia would take number 1 for sure if MW bunko title can enter the ranking :frustrated::heh: Well, joking aside, oregairu is a really unexpected no. 1 for me, but what I'm looking forward the most is what hidden treasure gonna enter the top 10 this time(last time was rokka no yuusha).

Zefyris

2013-11-14, 11:59

Note that the year before, it was circlet girl which was pushed by those voters. Wonder if some users here tried that book since then, as I didn't see anyone commenting about it like it happened for Rokka no Yuusha.
So maybe it's better to not expect that every year the title pushed in the top 10 by the voters from the LN industry will be as good as it was in the 2013 ranking...

BTW, the fact that koudansha box are allowed in the ranking but not media works bunko is beyond ridiculous.
How can you not call media works bunko light novel if you're going to call those highly overpriced boxes from Koudansha? I agree that what media works bunko does looks somewhere in the middle between light noves and novels, but it still pretty much looks like light novels. At least, compared to the koudansha boxes.
Buying a 1150 pages book like the Horizon 2 下 from dengeki bunko cost me less than it would cost me to buy a 300 pages volumes boxed with 7 times less color image and like 20 times less black and white illustration from koudansha box. What a revolting rip off.

Eijigawa

2013-11-18, 09:26

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-18, 09:27

Ahahahahahaahahaah *coughcoughcough...!* :heh::heh::heh::heh:

Kirihara_R

2013-11-18, 09:29

ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか I didn't expect that it will be in the top 5 ,

lol mikoto no 1 again ...

n0m@n

2013-11-18, 09:31

Source: http://boards.4chan.org/a/res/96980317

2014 TOP 10 Best LN:
1. Yahari
2. Alderamin
3. Index
4. Is it wrong to wish for an encounter in the dungeon?
5. SAO
6. Hataraku
7. Tokyo Ravens
8. Rokka no Yuusha
9. Oreimo
10. No Game No Life

2014 Best Character:
1. Mikoto
2. 8man (Yahari)
3. Touma
4. Kirito
5. Yukino (Yahari)
6. Accelerator
7. Asuna
8. Yui (Yahari)
9. Maou (Hataraku)
10. Kyousuke

2014 Best Male:
1. 8man (Yahari)
2. Touma
3. Kirito
4. Accelerator
5. Maou (Hataraku)
6. Kyousuke

2014 Best Female:
1. Mikoto
2. Yukino (Yahari)
3. Asuna
4. Yui (Yahari)
5. Index
6. Kirino

For the ones bolded. Hell yeah!
Tokyo Raven will be getting more attention which it deserves! And Rokka is also doing incredible since its debut!

For the red. Looks like her streak will continue now. It kinda reminds me of how Lacus Clyne was voted as the best girl in the newtype magazine for years lol.

Eijigawa

2013-11-18, 09:35

ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか I didn't expect that it will be in the top 5 ,

:D I myself too never expected this series to be in Top 5, heck to even beat SAO!
This series sure has good potential and I love the story plot in this one~
So far my knowledge is from the manga but I can't wait to see this to be animated!

longtooth

2013-11-18, 09:36

wow Danmachi on 4th place :D

Kirihara_R

2013-11-18, 09:41

:D I myself too never expected this series to be in Top 5, heck to even beat SAO!
This series sure has good potential and I love the story plot in this one~
So far my knowledge is from the manga but I can't wait to see this to be animated!

I started to read it recently because of the manga too,
I expected it that it will be in the rankings because its really good but in the top 5 ? .. totally unexpected

n0m@n

2013-11-18, 09:41

I just checked the scan that was available on 4chan, so let me say this.
WTF!!!
How the f*** did Horizon end up in 60th place!? Thats bullshit!

http://images.4chan.org/a/src/1384776411934.jpg

Edit: Linked the image so it will be easier to discuss it.
Oh, but Altina ranked 16th, nice. Looks like Madan wasnt able to get in the ranks...

DevotionFX

2013-11-18, 10:04

I just checked the scan that was available on 4chan, so let me say this.
WTF!!!
How the f*** did Horizon end up in 60th place!? Thats bullshit!
Let me guess it.... :D

I think real-mans that read Horizon are not that much. So, SS3 don't come --> Horizon rank end up like this. :heh:

Acer

2013-11-18, 10:05

Index fared much better than I expected, I am happy.

Log

2013-11-18, 10:06

Wait what's Alderamin and how did it manage to beat Index and SAO when I never heard of it before this? http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070420152054/wowwiki/images/2/2b/Emot-psyduck.gif

Log

2013-11-18, 10:07

On another note Mikoto doesn't deserve her ranking.

SMFH.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-18, 10:13

Index fared much better than I expected, I am happy.

Mikoto, Touma and Accelerator hasn't moved at all for the last few years :heh: Index somehow found her way back into the top ten :heh:

I guess this year of Raildex helped buy it some popularity thanks to the movie and anime.

Acer

2013-11-18, 10:18

but it was a pleasant surprise to see Tsuchimikado in the ranking, well, Index defeated SAO and Touma raped violently Kirito, the rest matter?

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-18, 10:26

Tsuchimikado is in the rankings?!

...Wait, not Tokyo Raven's right :heh: ?

Acer

2013-11-18, 10:32

Tsuchimikado - 30 and Misaki - 13: http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=4912974&postcount=1594

Of course, he may perhaps be mistaken also in the names.

Sacredus

2013-11-18, 11:10

Wait what's Alderamin and how did it manage to beat Index and SAO when I never heard of it before this? http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070420152054/wowwiki/images/2/2b/Emot-psyduck.gif
Tsurugi no Hime to Aldebaran?

Source: http://boards.4chan.org/a/res/96980317
2014 Best Female:
1. Mikoto
2. Yukino (Yahari)
3. Asuna
4. Yui (Yahari)
5. Index
6. Kirino
How?

Source: http://boards.4chan.org/a/res/96980317

2014 TOP 10 Best LN:
1. Yahari
2. Alderamin
3. Index
4. Is it wrong to wish for an encounter in the dungeon?
5. SAO
6. Hataraku
7. Tokyo Ravens
8. Rokka no Yuusha
9. Oreimo
10. No Game No Life
Good to see Hataraku in top 10. Now lets wait for 2nd anime season and chaos that will fall on demon lord fortress.
"Is it wrong to wish for an encounter in the dungeon?" had been added to my "to read" list.

Mecasonic13

2013-11-18, 11:10

Complete "translated" list for those who can't read Japanese:

1. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. (Oregairu/Hamachi/SNAFU)
2. Alderamin in the Sky
3. Index
4. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka (DanMachi)
5. SAO
6. Hataraku Maou-sama
7. Tokyo Ravens
8. Rokka no Yuusha
9. Oreimo
10. No Game No Life
11. Dokusou Tanpen Series - Nozaki Madou Gekijou
12. Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata
13. Clockwork Planet
14. Vampire Summer Time
15. Durarara!
16. Haken no Kouki Altina
17. Escape Speed
18. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
19. When Hikaru was on Earth...
20. Baka Test
21. To aru Hikuushi no Seiyaku
22. Mondaiji-tachi
23. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
24. Knights & Magic
25. Amaryllis in the Ice Country
26. No-Rin
27. Kokoro Connect
28. Strange Moon
29. Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
30. Dress na Boku ga Yangotonaki Katagata no Kateikyoushi-sama na Kudan
31. Accel World
32. Record of Grancrest War
33. Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu.
34. Dai Nihon Samurai Girl
35. Ashita Boku wa Shinu. Kimi wa Ikikaeru
36. Ro-Kyu-Bu!
37. Date A Live
38. Kino no Tabi
39. 420 Renpai Girl
40. Death Need Round
41. Kagerou Days
42. Asachi to Shimamura
43. Seitokai no Ichizon
44. Hidan no Aria
45. Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?
46. Magdala de Nemure
47. Boku to Kanojo no Game Sensou
48. Ore ga Ikiru Raison d'Etre
49. Inou Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de
50. High School DxD
51. Beatless
52. RAIL WARS
53. Hitotsu no Tairiku
54. Zashiki Warashi of Intelligence Village
55. Sunday Without God
56. Ben-To
57. Hai to Gensou no Grimgal
58. Chousou - Mada Ningen Ja Nai
59. NouKome
60. Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon

Shadow5YA

2013-11-18, 11:15

I see Hachiman. I am happy.

At least there's some place in another world where he can be near the top ;_;

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-18, 11:18

Holy shi- Intellivillage made it in :twitch: !!

Krono

2013-11-18, 11:20

Edit: Linked the image so it will be easier to discuss it.

Rehosted because 4chan links tend to be short lived:

http://i.imgur.com/DbixB3o.jpg

Iron Maw

2013-11-18, 11:26

I had the biggest grin the on my face when I saw that Hataraku and Tokyo Ravens had ranked. DRRR still hanging up on high is great too. Though I'm pretty surprised UMD isn't up there, not even in the top 50! I swore I heard the LNs had quite the following...

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-18, 11:29

It depends, they don't count titles that haven't had a release for the whole year... that's why no Haruhi.

Iron Maw

2013-11-18, 11:37

Hmm... okay I suppose.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-18, 11:45

That being said... So what happened to Infinite Stratos' grand revivial :heh: ?

Shadow5YA

2013-11-18, 11:51

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-18, 11:52

^Eh, I just assumed it was the collaborator's at work.

Hiss13

2013-11-18, 11:55

So glad to see SAO falling in the ranks for some reason. It just feels so cathartic.... Meanwhile, the rankings for Index and its characters have remained relatively constant. Thanks to the anime, Hataraku has also gotten a well deserved place in the top ten. This is, overall, satisfying.

Now if only someone would kick Mikoto off her high horse….preferably Index and preferably not Asuna.

Tsuchimikado - 30 and Misaki - 13: http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=4912974&postcount=1594

Basically, all we know is the last name….considering that there is another Blond male Tsuchimikado…
Really, Motoharu definitely deserves to be in the rankings after NT7. We just don't know if it is him.

How?

Because she can. :cool:
It makes sense that she's higher in the rankings considering the amount of positive screen time she's had in the movie and in NT8.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-18, 12:00

How?

Because she can. :cool:
It makes sense that she's higher in the rankings considering the amount of positive screen time she's had in the movie and in NT8.

http://i.imgur.com/4EqXycFl.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/4EqXycF.jpg)

=3

Iron Maw

2013-11-18, 12:01

That being said... So what happened to Infinite Stratos' grand revivial :heh: ?

Good question, especially since the anime is on track to being the best selling Fall show. Perhaps we need stop trying understand the buying habits of our island friends. Too much of a headache. :p

Hiss13

2013-11-18, 12:07

http://i.imgur.com/4EqXycFl.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/4EqXycF.jpg)

=3

I had forgotten about those for some reason. :heh:

Good question, especially since the anime is on track to being the best selling Fall show. Perhaps we need stop trying understand the buying habits of our archipelago buddies. Too much of a headache. :p

There. Fixed.
A pedant am I.

Allen

2013-11-18, 12:43

R.LocK

2013-11-18, 12:47

Holy shi- Intellivillage made it in :twitch: !!
So it did, so it did.

30. Dress na Boku ga Yangotonaki Katagata no Kateikyoushi-sama na Kudan
Wut.

Plant42

2013-11-18, 12:47

Congratulations to Kamiya Yuu Sensei

Not only NGNL jump from 16th to the 10th rank, Clockwork Planet his other work debut at 13th too.
And for NGNL this is even without any influence from the airing anime version.

Sacredus

2013-11-18, 13:00

http://i.imgur.com/4EqXycFl.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/4EqXycF.jpg)

=3
That does't make her any less annoying.

1. Misaka Mikoto (Index)
2. Yukinoshita Yukino (Oregairu)
3. Asuna (SAO)
4. Yuigahama Yui (Oregairu)
5. Index (Index)
6. Kousaka Kirino (Oreimo)
7. Aragaki Ayase (Oreimo)
8. Shinon (SAO)
9. Shiba Miyuki (Mahouka)
10. Yozora (Haganai)
11. Himeko (Kokoro Connect)
12. Rika (Haganai)
13. Shikibu Honoka (Hikaru)/Shokuhou Misaki (Index)/Kino (Kino no Tabi)
16. Emi(Maou-sama)/Kuroyukihime (AW)
18. Kuroneko (Oreimo)
19. Tsuchimikado Natsume (Tokyo Ravens)
20. Hikigaya Komachi (Oregairu)/Watashi (Jinrui)/Kuro Usagi (Mondaiji)
23. Tsukiko (Henneko)
24. Tokisaki Kurumi (Date a Live)
25. Seira (Dress(ry))
26. Senjougahara Hitagi (Monogatari Series)
27. Shiina Mashiro (Sakurasou)/Ul? (Magdala)
29. Adachi (Adachi to Shimamura)/Charlotte (IS)

What? Worst character in series 10 and Sena is not even ranked? :confused:

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-18, 13:17

That does't make her any less annoying.

Wait till you hear her orgasing moan...

What? Worst character in series 10 and Sena is not even ranked? :confused:

Of course, because Yozora is love while Sena is doujin fodder :D

Utsuro no Hako

2013-11-18, 13:38

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-18, 13:44

Good question, especially since the anime is on track to being the best selling Fall show. Perhaps we need stop trying understand the buying habits of our island friends. Too much of a headache. :p

I just noticed both Ichika and Charlotte sneaking in last place for their respective gender polls :heh:

I'm also surprised that Mahouka didn't make the top 10 with all the hype it gets.

It's the same as Haganai I think- After one year of making it very close to the top, they just sort of dropped down with the following years.

Endscape

2013-11-18, 13:45

What? Worst character in series 10 and Sena is not even ranked? :confused:

The fact that Sena didn't rank is sad, I'm quite happy otherwise.

Great to see Oregairu take 1st, same thing goes for Hachiman. I'm also sort of happy to see Touma beat Kirito. :heh:

It's also wonderful to see Index in Top 5 again, plus Izayoi in Top 10, even Kuro Usagi managed to make the top 20. Kudos to Tokyo Ravens and Hataraku, they really deserved the attention. PLus, congrats to Rentarou.

EDIT: Sad that Campione didn't rank. :(

Iron Maw

2013-11-18, 13:47

Wait till you hear her orgasing moan...

Of course, because Yozora is love while Sena is doujin fodder :D

Or it's just there is more closet masochists than meat lovers. :p

Shadow5YA

2013-11-18, 13:49

Maybe the people who enjoy the IS anime aren't the type who like to read about it :heh:

DevotionFX

2013-11-18, 13:52

I figured SAO would slip a little, but I'm surprised it fell so far and is getting beat by a couple lesser-known series.

I'm also surprised that Mahouka didn't make the top 10 with all the hype it gets.
Mahouka has a slice-same problem like Horizon -- it's hard too read. :heh:
Mahouka anime will come soon. Let's see which rank it will end up next year.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-18, 14:00

Maybe the people who enjoy the IS anime aren't the type who like to read about it :heh:

Very true indeed :heh:

Great to see Oregairu take 1st, same thing goes for Hachiman. I'm also sort of happy to see Touma beat Kirito. :heh:

Lol serious- TouMAN lost to HachiMAN. :heh:

It's also wonderful to see Index in Top 5 again, plus Izayoi in Top 10, even Kuro Usagi managed to make the top 20. Kudos to Tokyo Ravens and Hataraku, they really deserved the attention. PLus, congrats to Rentarou.

EDIT: Sad that Campione didn't rank. :(

Mondaiji and Maou-sama cast made it :D Oh and Himeko as well :hyper-^v^: !

Tokyo Raven has been slowly growing on me as well after episode 3...

I'm not really a Date A Live fan, but congrats on their characters as well :)

Von Himmel

2013-11-18, 14:22

EDIT: Sad that Campione didn't rank.
It's a hidden gem :p

Anyway, really didn't expect Hachiman to win the male chara poll. Guess the anime (of course the LN quality is already good) really helps that a lot :heh:

cloud04

2013-11-18, 14:55

Birdway

2013-11-18, 14:55

My biggest surprise this time was finding Clockwork Planet (only one volume out) in 13th. Anyway, I'm really happy to see Kamiya Yuu (NGNL in 10th) getting a lot of attention lately.

1. Misaka Mikoto (Index)
2. Yukinoshita Yukino (Oregairu)
3. Asuna (SAO)
4. Yuigahama Yui (Oregairu)
5. Index (Index)
6. Kousaka Kirino (Oreimo)
7. Aragaki Ayase (Oreimo)
8. Shinon (SAO)
9. Shiba Miyuki (Mahouka)
10. Yozora (Haganai)
11. Himeko (Kokoro Connect)
12. Rika (Haganai)
13. Shikibu Honoka (Hikaru)/Shokuhou Misaki (Index)/Kino (Kino no Tabi)
16. Emi(Maou-sama)/Kuroyukihime (AW)
18. Kuroneko (Oreimo)
19. Tsuchimikado Natsume (Tokyo Ravens)
20. Hikigaya Komachi (Oregairu)/Watashi (Jinrui)/Kuro Usagi (Mondaiji)
23. Tsukiko (Henneko)
24. Tokisaki Kurumi (Date a Live)
25. Seira (Dress(ry))
26. Senjougahara Hitagi (Monogatari Series)
27. Shiina Mashiro (Sakurasou)/Ul? (Magdala)
29. Adachi (Adachi to Shimamura)/Charlotte (IS)

Kurumi <3

A secondary character that has been away from the spotlight a long time ago she still ranks above many of the character from her series :cool:.

Sena didn't have that much focuss on the last novel. It was Yozora the one who had all that fullfilling novel for her after being the outcast due to the author's own decisions.

Mikoto... meh...
Yukino... I have mixed feelings about her. Holding back her feelings about friendship and self pitying isn't good in my book. One wrong move and she could become another Yozora.
Asuna... lol.
Index caught me off guard... I guess this time she did better because...:

- Got screentime from the Index-tan's movie(and dat ass... ahem... I mean the photo shoot in between).
- NT8 had her with a little screen time compared the whole of NT series, seriously.

So, maybe if Index gets a larger role in the series she should do better the next time.

1. 8man (Oregairu)
2. Touma (Index)
3. Kirito (SAO)
4. Accelerator (SAO)
5. Maou (Maou-sama)
6. Kyousuke (Oreimo)
7. Sakamaki Izayoi (Mondaiji)
8. Shiba Tatsuya (Mahouka)
9. Sugisaki Ken (Seizon)
10. Akagi Koremitsu (Hikaru)
11. Araragi Koyomi (Monogatari)
12. Ikuta (Alderamin)
13. Totsuka Saika (Oregairu)/Satou You (Bento)
15. Kodaka (Haganai)
16. Rentarou (Black Bullet)
17. Aoi Toori (Horizon)/Hideyoshi (Bakatest)
19. Kinji (Hidan no Aria)
20. Shidou (Date a Live)
21. Izaya (Drrr)
22. Kanda (Sakurasou)
23. Sora (NGNL)
24. Harutora (Tokyo Ravens)/Issei (DxD)
26. Tooru (Chaika)/Bell (Danmachi)
28. Yokodera (Henneko)/ Shizuo (Drrr)
30. Tsuchimikado (Index)/Ichika (IS)

Izayoi and Satou!!!!

Wait... Accelerator was from SAO too? :heh:

I find hilarious that girly Saika and manly Satou ranks the same place... =___=;

cloud04

2013-11-18, 14:58

Kurumi <3

A secondary character that has been away from the spotlight a long time ago she still ranks above many of the character from her series :cool:.

Sena didn't have that much focuss on the last novel. It was Yozora the one who had all that fullfilling novel for her after being the outcast due to the author's own decisions.

I guess Index did better because.....:

- Got screentime from the Index-tan's movie.
- NT8 had her with a little screen time compared the whole of NT series, seriously.

So, maybe if Index gets a larger role in the series she should do better the next time.

Izayoi and Satou!!!!

Wait... Accelerator was from SAO too? :heh:

I find hilarious that girly Saika and manly Satou ranks the same place... =___=;

it says something XD

Birdway

2013-11-18, 15:09

Oh, and Ken is still awesome as nobody except himself.

That does't make her any less annoying.
>Implying the ones above her(minus Oregairu girls) are any better besides being merchandising material.

Allen

2013-11-18, 15:32

Wait... Accelerator was from SAO too? :heh:

Oops, now it's correct :p

Endscape

2013-11-18, 16:21

Lol serious- TouMAN lost to HachiMAN. :heh:

I'll let it slide this year. ;)

Mondaiji and Maou-sama cast made it

I'm happy about Izayoi and Sadou, but Emi and Kuro Usagi making it is even better.

It's a hidden gem :p

Ain't that the truth. :heh:

BTW, I've gotten kind of interested in Alderamin in the Sky, what's it about?

Kenju of the Right

2013-11-18, 17:30

So proud of Index getting in #5! precious nun
also Touma got his revenge!

Any news on the rankings of the authors and illustrators?

Log

2013-11-18, 18:02

Rentaro actually got into the top 30? Must be karma paying him back for all the shit volume 4+5+6 put him through.

Nice to see Izayoi making the top 10. Also nice to see Ken still retaining his high rank.

Zefyris

2013-11-18, 18:22

Wow I was wrong on Rokka no yuusha, it still got the 8th place after all.
That's the best news on the top 10 ranking I would say.
Magdala is 46 and Ul Fenesis 27. I guess we aren't going to see with this a successor of ookami to koushinryou as far as popularity goes.

How he heck did Horizon manage to lose 50 place in one year though??? O_o
It's still selling around 40k volumes in two weeks at each new volume so it's not like people have stopped buying it...

And looks like people still don't have enough year of voting for Misaka. what the heck 5 years in a row... :x

So which ones are the titles voted by the people of the industry this time? Is Dungeon ni deai o motomeru one of them?

blackwhite67

2013-11-18, 18:27

Glad to see Hachiman rise to the top. He's had a rough year so he deserves this more than anyone.

By the way, why does this list say 2014?

Zetsuen_no_Myuu

2013-11-18, 19:48

Green - More or less agree.
Red - Happy for.
Blue - Wish was within Top 10
Purple - Wish was within Top 20
Orange - Wish was within Top 30

Complete "translated" list for those who can't read Japanese:

1. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. (Oregairu/Hamachi/SNAFU)
2. Alderamin in the Sky
3. Index
4. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka (DanMachi)
5. SAO
6. Hataraku Maou-sama
7. Tokyo Ravens
8. Rokka no Yuusha
9. Oreimo
10. No Game No Life
11. Dokusou Tanpen Series - Nozaki Madou Gekijou
12. Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata
13. Clockwork Planet
14. Vampire Summer Time
15. Durarara!
16. Haken no Kouki Altina
17. Escape Speed
18. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
19. When Hikaru was on Earth...
20. Baka Test
21. To aru Hikuushi no Seiyaku
22. Mondaiji-tachi
23. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
24. Knights & Magic
25. Amaryllis in the Ice Country
26. No-Rin
27. Kokoro Connect
28. Strange Moon
29. Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
30. Dress na Boku ga Yangotonaki Katagata no Kateikyoushi-sama na Kudan
31. Accel World
32. Record of Grancrest War
33. Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu.
34. Dai Nihon Samurai Girl
35. Ashita Boku wa Shinu. Kimi wa Ikikaeru
36. Ro-Kyu-Bu!
37. Date A Live
38. Kino no Tabi
39. 420 Renpai Girl
40. Death Need Round
41. Kagerou Days
42. Asachi to Shimamura
43. Seitokai no Ichizon
44. Hidan no Aria
45. Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?
46. Magdala de Nemure
47. Boku to Kanojo no Game Sensou
48. Ore ga Ikiru Raison d'Etre
49. Inou Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de
50. High School DxD
51. Beatless
52. RAIL WARS
53. Hitotsu no Tairiku
54. Zashiki Warashi of Intelligence Village
55. Sunday Without God
56. Ben-To
57. Hai to Gensou no Grimgal
58. Chousou - Mada Ningen Ja Nai
59. NouKome
60. Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon

My biggest surprise this time was finding Clockwork Planet (only one volume out) in 13th. Anyway, I'm really happy to see Kamiya Yuu (NGNL in 10th) getting a lot of attention lately.

1. Misaka Mikoto (Index)
2. Yukinoshita Yukino (Oregairu)
3. Asuna (SAO)
4. Yuigahama Yui (Oregairu)
5. Index (Index)
6. Kousaka Kirino (Oreimo)
7. Aragaki Ayase (Oreimo)
8. Shinon (SAO)
9. Shiba Miyuki (Mahouka)
10. Yozora (Haganai)
11. Himeko (Kokoro Connect)
12. Rika (Haganai)
13. Shikibu Honoka (Hikaru)/Shokuhou Misaki (Index)/Kino (Kino no Tabi)
16. Emi(Maou-sama)/Kuroyukihime (AW)
18. Kuroneko (Oreimo)
19. Tsuchimikado Natsume (Tokyo Ravens)
20. Hikigaya Komachi (Oregairu)/Watashi (Jinrui)/Kuro Usagi (Mondaiji)
23. Tsukiko (Henneko)
24. Tokisaki Kurumi (Date a Live)
25. Seira (Dress(ry))
26. Senjougahara Hitagi (Monogatari Series)
27. Shiina Mashiro (Sakurasou)/Ul? (Magdala)
29. Adachi (Adachi to Shimamura)/Charlotte (IS)

1. 8man (Oregairu)
2. Touma (Index)
3. Kirito (SAO)
4. Accelerator (Index)
5. Maou (Maou-sama)
6. Kyousuke (Oreimo)
7. Sakamaki Izayoi (Mondaiji)
8. Shiba Tatsuya (Mahouka)
9. Sugisaki Ken (Seizon)
10. Akagi Koremitsu (Hikaru)
11. Araragi Koyomi (Monogatari)
12. Ikuta (Alderamin)
13. Totsuka Saika (Oregairu)/Satou You (Bento)
15. Kodaka (Haganai)
16. Rentarou (Black Bullet)
17. Aoi Toori (Horizon)/Hideyoshi (Bakatest)
19. Kinji (Hidan no Aria)
20. Shidou (Date a Live)
21. Izaya (Drrr)
22. Kanda (Sakurasou)
23. Sora (NGNL)
24. Harutora (Tokyo Ravens)/Issei (DxD)
26. Tooru (Chaika)/Bell (Danmachi)
28. Yokodera (Henneko)/ Shizuo (Drrr)
30. Tsuchimikado (Index)/Ichika (IS)

Rank 30 is missing for Female Ranking, or is that normal?

black prince

2013-11-18, 19:59

Rank 30 is missing for Female Ranking, or is that normal?

Read it again, there's 2 chara in 29th rank.
It's like the missing 17th rank coz 16th is double

Goldzero

2013-11-18, 20:00

Glad to see Hachiman rise to the top. He's had a rough year so he deserves this more than anyone.

By the way, why does this list say 2014?

it always does this with the date being two months ahead.

Zetsuen_no_Myuu

2013-11-18, 20:03

Read it again, there's 2 chara in 29th rank.
It's like the missing 17th rank coz 16th is double

Oh, heh, I just noticed that for all the other double/shared ranking.

Richocet

2013-11-18, 20:04

Glad to see Rentarou up there and also Touma beat Kirito...yess
And this Hachiman intrigued me so I read the manga it was pretty cool I liked the interactions

n0m@n

2013-11-18, 20:16

Hachiman is truly a man. Usual LN protagonists allows whores to act how they want. But he doesnt. So he deserves the first position since he did lose his reputation in the school.

larethian

2013-11-18, 21:08

ReinZwei

2013-11-18, 21:17

And looks like people still don't have enough year of voting for Misaka. what the heck 5 years in a row... :x

Another boost for Misaka I think was the last run of the Railgun series, and I think their impression for her would last for a matter of time.

Tsurugi no Hime to Aldebaran?

nope... it's not aldebaran... it's Tenkyou no Alderamin (http://dengekibunko.dengeki.com/newreleases/978-4-04-886559-3/)

And Altina seems it does have really the kicks to be a great novel...

ion475

2013-11-18, 22:27

Some of you guys still don't understand that this is not a 'popularity' ranking. Why would hype or getting anime improve its ranking? The only reason why is because people read it because of anime and found it to be Sugoi (like Hatama for eg.). Sugoi does not necessarily mean it's popular or sells well. But this year's ranking does really look dubious to me. Have to wait till I see the scoring system. Out of here. Bye.

The characters are popularity based...the LN ranking, not so much.

Some take...
1. Oregairu taking 1st, already know that for a week. Sad Yukinon cannot dethroned Biribiri.
2. Male ranking...if I remember correctly I voted for Touma, Kyousuke, and Araragi. Nice to see Hachiman winning it, though.
3. Female ranking...Kirino > Ayase is absurd (Kuroneko at 18 doesn't surprise me at all, she all but disappear for the last few volumes), so is Yozora > Rika (We all know Rika is the main heroine in Haganai...who cares about Niku). Index found her way back after dropping out last year, Oregairu certainly went insane when even Komachi got on board (Why is Totsuka not on the female list :p) and Yuigahama getting 4th (Yukinon at 2nd doesn't surprise me other than the fact that why she's not 1st). Tsukiko sighting even when Henneko is not even on Top 60 novels, and this confirms that Kurumi is the best girl from DAL.
3b. If I remembered correctly my female vote went to Biribiri, Ayase, and Yukinon. Again, how in the world Ayase finish behind Kirino?
4. Oh well, congrats to Biribiri I guess for still not relinquishing the tiara.

Any news on the rankings of the authors and illustrators?

Found the illustrator ranking online...

1. Haimura Kiyotaka (Toaru Series)
2. Ponkan(8) (Oregairu)
3. abec (SAO)
4. Buriki (Haganai)
5. Kantoku (Henneko)
6. Tsunako (DAL)
7. Takeoka Miho (When Hikaru was on Earth)
8. Kanzaki Hiro (Oreimo)
9. Ukai Saki (Black Bullet)
10. Yazuda Suzuhito (DRRR)

JoksPacifist

2013-11-18, 23:20

So happy with Alderamin, Escape Seed and Amaryllis on top 30.
I really hope they gather translators interest because they appear to be great works.

ReinZwei

2013-11-19, 01:15

My biggest surprise this time was finding Clockwork Planet (only one volume out) in 13th.

maybe in the future it can be ranobe's flagbearer title..

Now I'm curious of this title already >_<

cloud04

2013-11-19, 01:23

My biggest surprise this time was finding Clockwork Planet (only one volume out) in 13th.

ch 1 is damn long(manga)..but really interesting :D
might have a team for it

Hemisphere

2013-11-19, 01:32

Wow I was wrong on Rokka no yuusha, it still got the 8th place after all.
That's the best news on the top 10 ranking I would say.

Agreed! This is the best piece of news so far. Still remaining on the top 60 means it's still going pretty strong. Here's to looking forward to volume 5!

A bit disheartening to see most of my favorite titles not on the list, but ah well.

Zefyris

2013-11-19, 03:26

Another boost for Misaka I think was the last run of the Railgun series, and I think their impression for her would last for a matter of time.
That railgun season has nothing to do with LN since it's an adaptation of the original manga + an original story though, so it shouldn't have mattered...
Some of you guys still don't understand that this is not a 'popularity' ranking. Why would hype or getting anime improve its ranking? The only reason why is because people read it because of anime and found it to be Sugoi (like Hatama for eg.). Sugoi does not necessarily mean it's popular or sells well. But this year's ranking does really look dubious to me. Have to wait till I see the scoring system. Out of here. Bye.
The only result not completely popularity based is the LN ranking ImO, all other are popularity based. And the only reason it's not popularity based is because there isn't only fans voting in that one.

Agreed! This is the best piece of news so far. Still remaining on the top 60 means it's still going pretty strong.
That or the voters from the LN industry still voted massively this year for Rokka no Yuusha. Curious to see the detailed score here.

So anyway; compared to the last year top 20 :

-4 Sword Art Online
-1 Shinyaku To Aru Majutsu no Index
-5 Rokka no Yuusha (Hero of the Six Flowers)
-16 Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu
-4 Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai
+5 Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. (Oregairu/Hamachi)
-8 Durarara!!
-53(not in the ranking anymore) Shinonome Yuuko wa Tanshoku Shousetsu wo Aishiteiru (Shinonome Yuuko Series)
-52 (not in the ranking anymore) Sakurada Reset
-50 Genesis Series: Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
-20 Accel World
-6 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
+11 Tenkyou no Alderamin (Mirror of Heaven Alderamin)
-42 Ben-to
-12 Kokoro Connect
+6 No Game No Life
-6 Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
-20 Kino no Tabi
-42(not in the ranking anymore) Hekiyou Gakuen Seitokai Gijiroku
-41(not in the ranking anymore) Nourin

All titles but 3 lost places; and several titles lost more than 40 places, with no less than 4 titles not in the ranking at all anymore. Biggest fall being the ranked 8,9,10 of last year. 8 and 9 aren't ever here anymore, and horizon almost felt out of the ranking as well, ending at the 60th place.

larethian

2013-11-19, 03:39

The characters are popularity based...the LN ranking, not so much.

Some take...
1. Oregairu taking 1st, already know that for a week. Sad Yukinon cannot dethroned Biribiri.
2. Male ranking...if I remember correctly I voted for Touma, Kyousuke, and Araragi. Nice to see Hachiman winning it, though.
3. Female ranking...Kirino > Ayase is absurd (Kuroneko at 18 doesn't surprise me at all, she all but disappear for the last few volumes), so is Yozora > Rika (We all know Rika is the main heroine in Haganai...who cares about Niku). Index found her way back after dropping out last year, Oregairu certainly went insane when even Komachi got on board (Why is Totsuka not on the female list :p) and Yuigahama getting 4th (Yukinon at 2nd doesn't surprise me other than the fact that why she's not 1st). Tsukiko sighting even when Henneko is not even on Top 60 novels, and this confirms that Kurumi is the best girl from DAL.
3b. If I remembered correctly my female vote went to Biribiri, Ayase, and Yukinon. Again, how in the world Ayase finish behind Kirino?
4. Oh well, congrats to Biribiri I guess for still not relinquishing the tiara.

Found the illustrator ranking online...

1. Haimura Kiyotaka (Toaru Series)
2. Ponkan(8) (Oregairu)
3. abec (SAO)
4. Buriki (Haganai)
5. Kantoku (Henneko)
6. Tsunako (DAL)
7. Takeoka Miho (When Hikaru was on Earth)
8. Kanzaki Hiro (Oreimo)
9. Ukai Saki (Black Bullet)
10. Yazuda Suzuhito (DRRR)

That railgun season has nothing to do with LN since it's an adaptation of the original manga + an original story though, so it shouldn't have mattered...

The only result not completely popularity based is the LN ranking ImO, all other are popularity based. And the only reason it's not popularity based is because there isn't only fans voting in that one.

That or the voters from the LN industry still voted massively this year for Rokka no Yuusha. Curious to see the detailed score here.

I WAS talking about the novel rankings.

Marcus H.

2013-11-19, 03:49

Zefyris

2013-11-19, 03:51

Couldn't know you were talking specifically about LN ranking.
And usually even the LN ranking are at least partially popularity ranking imo.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-19, 04:44

Horizon's very steep (almost as steep as its backflip in Season 2 :heh:) fall from the rankings shows a lot about the content of the light novels. It's simply demanding of a higher level of research and understanding than most light novels, so the lack of an anime series to "abridge" the series into a less convoluted mess hit the light novel popularity ranks hard.

Or rather I'm still surprised how popular the Horizon Anime was :heh: Like you've said the LN is a pretty hard read and it doesn't have the huge fanbase of the other titles, and the Anime isn't exactly the most 'accessible' show even among sci-fi series :heh:

And there are easier shows to watch for fanservice :heh:

larethian

2013-11-19, 05:18

Couldn't know you were talking specifically about LN ranking.
And usually even the LN ranking are at least partially popularity ranking imo.

Fair enough. That's why I replied so because otherwise I don't want to participate in this forum. :heh:

But it does remind me of the few times where people were trying to supplement information to aohige without knowing that he's native Japanese and already read the source material. I can totally understand how he feels when he goes 'Duh, don't tell me something I already know' :heh:

With regards to this 'partial popularity' thing, I don't want to debate this again. I thought it should be obvious it's about how the majority perceives the word 'popularity'.

With respect to the majority's perception of konorano (not talking about you), what irritates me to no end, is this has been said by some of us again and again. But never mind, forget it, I myself forget sometimes that there are always new people in any thread and topic of discussion. :heh:

Zefyris

2013-11-19, 05:36

I don't know who's aohige but I got what you meant, ok ok ^^".

Well, it's always difficult to dissociate popularity from quality in votes anyway. For one, they can only vote for titles that they read so a title which isn't selling a lot has far less chance to receive vote. There are other even more problematic reasons but let's change the subject x].

But at the very least, those rankings are wished by they creators to be as the tittle said, IE, not "what do you like", but "what title impressed you the most/is the most awesome", on this I completely agree.
And I wish that voters had more that in mind when voting,as the rankings would be even more interesting.
Well, the LN industry side is trying hard to balance out the popularity votes with more "appropriate" votes and that's why this ranking is more interesting than a simple popularity ranking for me.

Now waiting for the complete numbers, as without them it's difficult to see clearly in those rankings. I suppose we won't get them before the official release though.

ReinZwei

2013-11-19, 07:45

That railgun season has nothing to do with LN since it's an adaptation of the original manga + an original story though, so it shouldn't have mattered...

We're talking about the "character" here "Misaka Mikoto", she became popular not just because of the light novel itself, admit or deny it she became popular because of her over exposure in several media. Both the LN, Manga, and the series itself.

And I think it's blasphemy thinking that Misaka Mikoto was voted and known just because of the light novel "itself".

Sacredus

2013-11-19, 11:49

*1. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka
*2. Dokusou Tanpen Series: Nozaki Mado Gekijou
*3. Clockwork Planet
*4. Vampire Summer Time
*5. Haken no Kouki Altina
*6. Knights & Magic
*7. Koori no Kuni no Amaryllis
*8. Strange Moon Housekibako ni Utsuru Tsuki
*9. Grandcrest Senki
10. Ashita, Boku wa Shinu. Kimi wa Ikikaeru.

*1. Toaru Majutsu no Index
*2. Bungaku Shoujo
*3. Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu
*4. Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World
*5. Sword Art Online
*6. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
*7. Ben-To
*8. Shakugan no Shana
*9. Full Metal Panic!
10. Ookami to Koushinryou
Source: MAL (http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=692639)

Back to the characters topic. Do you think that Sena is out of list because Kodaka had confessed to her? In 2011 she was 4th, in 2012 third, 2013 fifth. It's really strange that she that in this year she din't even get to top 30.

Kenju of the Right

2013-11-19, 12:55

*1. Toaru Majutsu no Index
And I say....what a wonderful world~

but no Horizon though? damn

larethian

2013-11-19, 13:53

larethian

2013-11-20, 01:18

　　　　　　　　　　　HP　　Collab　 Monitor
1. Hamachi　　　　116.40　122.58　 26.00
2. Alderamin 　　　 18.93　169.35　 0.00
3. Index　　　　　 109.88　　 0.00　 72.00
4. Danmachi　　　　13.25　164.52　　0.00
5. SAO　　　　　　　66.98　 20.97　 87.00
6. Hatama　　　　　34.81　117.74　 15.00
7. Tokyo　　　　　　19.14　111.29 　 3.00
8. Rokka　　　　　　11.25　104.84　 16.00
9. Oreimo 　　　　　33.33　 50.00 　45.00
10. Nogera　　　　　8.52　　98.39 　15.00
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18. Rettousei　　　 25.66　40.32　 18.00
41. Kagerou　　　　5.15　 0.00　 38.00 <------- WTF is with this score!!?? Blasphemy!!

2014 Scoring system:
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As per previous, 5 votes for each person

Vote Rank:　　　　　　　　　1　　2　　3　　4　　5
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HP & Monitor Vote Value:　 5　　4　　3　　2　　1　(15 points)
Collab Vote Value:　　　　 10　　9　　8　　7　　6　(40 points)

HP:Collab:Monitor Vote Value Ratio = 3:8:3

Sample sizes:
HP: 1300++
Collabs: 61
Monitor: 103

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-20, 03:55

I didn't think SAO would have that much lower votes from the readers than Yahari and Index, nearly half of them... Of course, doesn't compare when Index have 0 from the collab but still manage to get some points from the monitors :heh:

Although it seems that Tokyo Raven didn't get a rise in fanbase as people thought, seeing as how it's the scores from the collab that brought it up.

Iron Maw

2013-11-20, 03:56

Um, this might sound like a dumb question, but was does HP and Monitor mean in this context? ^^;

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-20, 04:00

Cosmic Eagle

2013-11-20, 04:13

Monitors are a third party group that erm... I suppose they're told to read everything :heh: ?

What cruel and unusual torture....

　　　　　　　　　　　HP　　Collab　 Monitor
1. Hamachi　　　　116.40　122.58　 26.00
2. Alderamin 　　　 18.93　169.35　 0.00
3. Index　　　　　 109.88　　 0.00　 72.00
4. Danmachi　　　　13.25　164.52　　0.00
5. SAO　　　　　　　66.98　 20.97　 87.00
6. Hatama　　　　　34.81　117.74　 15.00
7. Tokyo　　　　　　19.14　111.29 　 3.00
8. Rokka　　　　　　11.25　104.84　 16.00
9. Oreimo 　　　　　33.33　 50.00 　45.00
10. Nogera　　　　　8.52　　98.39 　15.00
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18. Rettousei　　　 25.66　40.32　 18.00
41. Kagerou　　　　5.15　 0.00　 38.00 <------- WTF is with this score!!?? Blasphemy!!

2014 Scoring system:
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As per previous, 5 votes for each person

Vote Rank:　　　　　　　　　1　　2　　3　　4　　5
---------------------------------------------------------------
HP & Monitor Vote Value:　 5　　4　　3　　2　　1　(15 points)
Collab Vote Value:　　　　 10　　9　　8　　7　　6　(40 points)

HP:Collab:Monitor Vote Value Ratio = 3:8:3

Sample sizes:
HP: 1300++
Collabs: 61
Monitor: 103

Blasphemy indeed. I thought Kagerou would score better with the public at least?

SAO and Oreimo higher than it? Well, there's good reason I don't put any stock in rankings anyway

larethian

2013-11-20, 04:17

Um, this might sound like a dumb question, but was does HP and Monitor mean in this context? ^^;

Basically,

HP = Readers, or general public

Monitors are a third party group that erm... I suppose they're told to read everything :heh: ?

HP=Home Page (survey)
Open to public voting like what C2F said.

And no. Monitors are a target demographic group of adolescents (age 13-18 or 13-21 I can't remember) who have read 51 or more light novels in a year. A 3rd party company is contracted to find this group IIRC.

Cosmic Eagle

2013-11-20, 04:19

Also why do Index and Kagepro have 0 for collab?

Explains why Monitor scores are so....otaku-herd like then

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-20, 04:22

作品(シリーズ)ランキング BEST 60
順位　総合　　HP　　協力者　モニター　作品(シリーズ)名
*1　290.70　125.09　*57.61　108.00　ソードアート・オンライン
*2　161.60　*84.08　**6.52　*71.00　「とある魔術の禁書目録」シリーズ
*3　121.43　*12.91　106.52　**2.00　六花の勇者
*4　116.28　*22.67　**7.61　*86.00　バカとテストと召喚獣
*5　107.19　*40.28　*23.91　*43.00　俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない
*6　*94.36　*40.79　*44.57　**9.00　やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。
*7　*86.02　*17.02　**0.00　*69.00　デュラララ!!
*8　*82.90　*12.25　*70.65　**0.00　「東雲侑子」シリーズ
*9　*79.90　**8.51　*67.39　**4.00　サクラダリセット
10　*77.82　*23.99　*22.83　*31.00　GENESISシリーズ境界線上のホライゾン

Comparison with last year's top ten points allocation...

HP=Home Page (survey)
Open to public voting like what C2F said.

And no. Monitors are a target demographic group of adolescents (age 13-18 or 13-21 I can't remember) who have read 51 or more light novels in a year. A 3rd party company is contracted to find this group IIRC.

Ah okay, that makes more sense :heh:

Iron Maw

2013-11-20, 04:26

Thanks for the timely responses Chaos2Frozen, and larethian. :)

And no. Monitors are a target demographic group of adolescents (age 13-18 or 13-21 I can't remember) who have read 51 or more light novels in a year. A 3rd party company is contracted to find this group IIRC.

So basically a focus group huh.

tsunade666

2013-11-20, 04:28

What does collab mean? Or who are they? Index didn't get a vote from it.

larethian

2013-11-20, 04:29

What cruel and unusual torture....

Blasphemy indeed. I thought Kagerou would score better with the public at least?

SAO and Oreimo higher than it? Well, there's good reason I don't put any stock in rankings anyway
Well, many reasons.
It could be that Kagepro fans don't really care about Konorano.
Could explain Mahouka's low HP numbers as well, since it doesn't match up, which makes some sense since I heard that Mahouka also have the support of the non-Otaku community (though I wonder how they could stand the brocon-siscon).
Another reason could be that 5 other works have grabbed the voters' attention more since they have only 5 votes each.

Also why do Index and Kagepro have 0 for collab?

Explains why Monitor scores are so....otaku-herd like then

Since each person has only 5 votes, it just means that all 61 collaborators prefer to give their votes to 5 other titles other than Index and Kagepro. And some of them might not even have read the books.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-20, 04:35

SAO dropped it's HP votes by nearly half of last year's, same with their collab.

Index had an increased in HP, a drop to 0 by the collab, but maintains with the Monitors.

Lots of ranking changes from last year though.

What does collab mean? Or who are they? Index didn't get a vote from it.

Critics, generally speaking.

Consisting of other people working in the industry.

larethian

2013-11-20, 04:37

SAO dropped it's HP votes by nearly half of last year's, same with their collab.

Index had an increased in HP, a drop to 0 by the collab, but maintains with the Monitors.

Lots of ranking changes from last year though.

Critics, generally speaking. Consist of other people working in the industry.

In a way, but more accurately, Collabs are made up of so-called 'professionals' in industry. Editors, other writers, people who work in publishing companies, bookstore owners/workers, university interest groups, etc.

Zefyris

2013-11-20, 04:50

In other words, "Collab" is the most important column among the three for anyone more interested in quality than popularity as this is the one less affected by sheer popularity. :3
Why Index have a "0" by "collab", eh? Do we really need to explain why? :heh:

Actually, I'm more shocked that there are still some of those voters who spent one of their precious 5 votes to titles like SAO or oreimo, titles that definitely doesn't need help from them to rank.

Thanks for the numbers laretian( yet you were saying that you hoped someone else would post them :heh: ). Do you happen to have a link toward the whole list with numbers maybe?

Rokka no Yuusha have almost the same numbers in everything ( with a small increase in Monitor votes); yet it dropped 5 places; so I would guess that the total voters this years his higher than last year?

12.91　106.52　 *2.00 (2012)
11.25　104.84　 16.00 (2013)
Looks like it's still supported by the voters from the industry. Thanks you, guys.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-20, 04:58

Well Collabs are there to balance out the votes with the public, so it stands to reason that like what you've suggested they might not think that they would need to vote for popular series... Which is true judging by the results.

But comparing the results from last year, they seem to be on overdrive by putting so many 100+ points series in the top ten. Last year it was only Rokka, this year more than half the titles were put there by them.

tsunade666

2013-11-20, 05:11

In a way, but more accurately, Collabs are made up of so-called 'professionals' in industry. Editors, other writers, people who work in publishing companies, bookstore owners/workers, university interest groups, etc.

Then I'm fine with sao and index having 0 and low score on it. Kinda speak some truth to it. Though it could also mean the its already popular so no need to even vote for it.

I'm happy for hachiman and yukinon for winning. And oregairu for ranking 1.

larethian

2013-11-20, 05:34

ion475

2013-11-20, 07:50

BTW, without Collaborator vote...(HP + Monitor Only):

1. Toaru
2. SAO
3. Oregairu
4. DRRR
5. Oreimo
6. Haganai
7. BakaTest
8. Maou-sama
9. AW
10. DAL

Surprised that Retto-sei is not going anywhere even if it's popularity alone. On the other hand, though, you have 8 and 10 being up there only b/c of anime...

But as usual, the "popularity" alone list consist of series that are fairly well known (and got an anime series), throw in collaborator vote and you have a bunch of series that no one heard of (Not saying they're bad...) in Top 10...

On the other hand, though, Oregairu (Hamachi) scores well again in both HP voting (General Public) and among collaborators. The #1 is well deserved.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-20, 08:33

^
It would be nice to see Maou-sama hanging around the top 20 from here on out.

On the other hand, though, Oregairu (Hamachi) scores well again in both HP voting (General Public) and among collaborators. The #1 is well deserved.

Curious enough, it scored quite low with the Monitors.

Cosmic Eagle

2013-11-20, 08:41

Since each person has only 5 votes, it just means that all 61 collaborators prefer to give their votes to 5 other titles other than Index and Kagepro. And some of them might not even have read the books.

Do I get the feeling that it's collusion to try take down their biggest rivals....<__<

Zefyris

2013-11-20, 09:47

More like, why would they vote for popular titles since regular voters are already massively voting for them?

Outside of the fact that most popular titles don't deserve to rank in the top 10 of a poll aiming to designate "sugoi" titles ImO, if the voters from the industry wants to counterbalance the popularity vote, they NEED to avoid voting for the most popularity titles. Especially when those titles have been in the top 5 for years... On top of the risk of transforming those rankings in a simple popularity poll, there's the risk of making it boring by having always the sames titles on top years after years.

The sample sizes are pretty similar to last year's with slight increases, particularly Collabs which have 11 more people (IIRC).
Well it's just that getting that score last year meant being 3rd while getting it this year means being 8th, so I though the total aount of casted vote had to be higher. But it may be that the votes were most concentrated on a few titles than last year...

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-20, 12:42

Likewise you could also say that since they did their job 'promoting' Rokka last year, they might decide to spend their votes on other series this year.

Outside of the fact that most popular titles don't deserve to rank in the top 10 of a poll aiming to designate "sugoi" titles ImO,

So is it a fact or an opinion?

Zefyris

2013-11-20, 13:00

It's a fact.
In my opinion.;)

Ougon

2013-11-20, 13:21

^Casuistic way of dealing with ambiguity, in essence smartass overgeneral reasoning. :heh:

I am of the opinion that, this is just plain dirty politics by rival authors or companies.

Shadow5YA

2013-11-20, 15:36

Curious enough, it scored quite low with the Monitors.

Huh? Even comparing the Monitor score values, 26.00 is still 4th highest within the top 10, isn't it?

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-20, 15:40

Huh? Even comparing the Monitor score values, 26.00 is still 4th highest within the top 10, isn't it?

I mean relative to the scores from HP and Collabs.

But I suppose you have a point, looking back at last year's, they only had 9 points from the Monitors so its an overall improvement

Hell_ping

2013-11-21, 00:30

Some predictions on my side.

>Shinonome Yuuko and Sakurada Reset aren't going to be on the poll this year (well duh, there's no production this year.)
>Oreimo should be right in the top 5 mix (and gone next year:heh:)
>Baka Test will slip out of top 10
>Lost Love Detective (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwVt0m2ZeUEAOXp1c1pmYmRKQnM/edit?usp=drive_web) will be in the top 30 at least. (Hey, it won a Dengeki novel prize at least. They'll market it.)
>Aldermann might make it into top 10 this year.
>Magdala for top 20 (I honestly hope it can make it to 10 at least. This one is good.)
>This will be Kokoro Connect's last hurrah. Top 15.
>Index will slip this year (yes, I said it:cool:). Partly the reason is because the action sequences has been getting overly complex as compared to previous volumes (look at NT 7 for example) <--It counts, okay:heh:
>AW will barely make it into top 10 this year.
>-Gatari will still not get enough love.
>Kino has, and will be like Gengar and Starmie, always in the OU top 20.
>Top 10: SAO, Mahouka, Index, Oreimo, Oregairu, Rokka:heh:, Horizon, Accel World, Aldermann, NGNL

Now, let's see how many of my guesses are correct.

This one will get very long, so please bear with it.

Complete "translated" list for those who can't read Japanese:

1. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. (Oregairu/Hamachi/SNAFU) <--Haven't seen the anime to comment much, and it certainly is a surprise pick for 1, but I really do like volumes 6.5 and 7.5, at least.
2. Alderamin in the Sky <-- Good read, but I'm not sure it deserves that much help from the collab side. I thought the HP would be higher, however.
3. Index <--Forsaken by the collabs, as they did for DRRR (and Index didn't do well for this last year.). Did the Misa-chans combo help to keep it high this year?
4. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka (DanMachi) <--Never expected this one in the top 10. Thought it would be top 20 at least, but not this high. Certainly a refreshingly different type of read from most of the LNs I have access to.
5. SAO <--Well, any comment on this one will add fuel to the fire. Being forsaken by the RNG doesn't help either.
6. Hataraku Maou-sama <-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJMD3eO7tpESums up my feelings.
7. Tokyo Ravens <-- And thanks to this, I had emails asking me to do the LNs instead of the manga I'm working on now...
8. Rokka no Yuusha <-- I'm pretty impressed that the collabs continue to support this one. In fact, the collabs seem to have more input in this year's poll as compared to the previous year.
9. Oreimo <--I dunno, did the ending hurt it or something?
10. No Game No Life <--Probably a take that at China's approach to this series.
11. Dokusou Tanpen Series - Nozaki Madou Gekijou
12. Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata <-- I shall sum my feelings of this up by saying that it's a quirky read, at the least.
13. Clockwork Planet <-- Rising a little too early for my liking, but I can't argue with the results.
14. Vampire Summer Time
15. Durarara! <-- It'll still be around next year.
16. Haken no Kouki Altina <--CZ, give me a review on this, please.
17. Escape Speed <-- Only read a chapter of this, and it certainly is a promising read.
18. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei <--Well, that was a drastic drop. HP and Collab were far from what I imagined.
19. When Hikaru was on Earth... <-- This one is getting too haremish that it's going to end with a Nice Boat soon.
20. Baka Test <-- After all the promises of it supposedly ending at volume 11, I think the backlash doomed it.

Hell_ping

2013-11-21, 01:01

21. To aru Hikuushi no Seiyaku <-- Hopefully, with the upcoming anime, this will attain a higher ranking, because it's about as touching as its spiritual prequel.
22. Mondaiji-tachi <--Stagnated, huh
23. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai <-- Pitchforks and nailed bats must have battered it here.
24. Knights & Magic
25. Amaryllis in the Ice Country <--Like Ame no Iris (same author), I do like this short read. I personally prefer Iris though.
26. No-Rin <-- The Gintama of LNs:heh:
27. Kokoro Connect <-- Farewell
28. Strange Moon
29. Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo <--Anime served its part, but I hope 10.5 will tie up the series for real. It feels a little dragged out.
30. Dress na Boku ga Yangotonaki Katagata no Kateikyoushi-sama na Kudan <--ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL
31. Accel World <--What happened to this one...
32. Record of Grancrest War
33. Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu.
34. Dai Nihon Samurai Girl
35. Ashita Boku wa Shinu. Kimi wa Ikikaeru <--Award winner in the Dengeki novel prize. I thought it'll be higher, but there are certainly better series than this.
36. Ro-Kyu-Bu! <--Wait for the next series by the same author (another loli series)
37. Date A Live <-- Well...
38. Kino no Tabi <-- Always finds a way to stay in this ranking, and I do like how it remains an endless journey (until the author decides to kill the series or something)
39. 420 Renpai Girl
40. Death Need Round
41. Kagerou Days <-- I think, CE, Lare and I will agree that we expect the HP to be much higher. Check the sales number, at least
42. Asachi to Shimamura <-- There's your two girl romance story...how it made it here, I have no idea. I thought Tokage no Ou was better.
43. Seitokai no Ichizon <-- And it will be gone
44. Hidan no Aria <How it is still here I have no idea
45. Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? <--Very.........peculiar read
46. Magdala de Nemure <-- Why...
47. Boku to Kanojo no Game Sensou <-- Did the Reimu cosplay on volume 5's cover help make it here?:heh:
48. Ore ga Ikiru Raison d'Etre
49. Inou Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de
50. High School DxD
51. Beatless
52. RAIL WARS
53. Hitotsu no Tairiku
54. Zashiki Warashi of Intelligence <--Now hoping that HO gets an anime, at least.
55. Sunday Without God <--I don't like how the story trailed off starting from volume 5, but it makes it here at least.
56. Ben-To <--Same as Sunday
57. Hai to Gensou no Grimgal
58. Chousou - Mada Ningen Ja Nai
59. NouKome <-- Oh bother...
60. Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon <-- On the brink of being eliminated, I guess.

Note to self: No Black Bullet, no -Gatari, no Baccano, no Tokage no Ou, no Golden Time

Hell_ping

2013-11-21, 01:26

キャラクター総合10位まで
1 御坂美琴　854点
2 比企谷八幡　692
3 上条当麻　620
4 キリト　400
5 雪ノ下雪乃　348
6 一方通行　245
7 アスナ　210
8 由比ヶ浜結衣　196
9 真奥貞夫　175
10 高坂京介　164

There's your Justice League.

My biggest surprise this time was finding Clockwork Planet (only one volume out) in 13th. Anyway, I'm really happy to see Kamiya Yuu (NGNL in 10th) getting a lot of attention lately.

1. Misaka Mikoto (Index) <--I'm torn about her being here for 5 straight years. We need a rule to retire winners who have won the award 5 times or something...
2. Yukinoshita Yukino (Oregairu) <-- The anime's boost is not enough to push Mikoto over? I had her as the front runner to overthrow (though that's a 20% chance...)
3. Asuna (SAO)
4. Yuigahama Yui (Oregairu)
5. Index (Index) <-- What exactly did Index do exactly this year except for the 'fights' in volume 8?
6. Kousaka Kirino (Oreimo) <--Can't comment on characters from this series
7. Aragaki Ayase (Oreimo)
8. Shinon (SAO) <--And she hardly had any role during the volumes this year. I thought Alice would be higher.
9. Shiba Miyuki (Mahouka) <--Can't comment on this one either.
10. Yozora (Haganai) <-- Over Sena? Wut?
11. Himeko (Kokoro Connect) <--Farewell. This will be the last we'll see of you.
12. Rika (Haganai) <--More bro-like than any of the girls above her...
13. Shikibu Honoka (Hikaru) <-- When a Tsundere loves a Tsundere.../Shokuhou Misaki (Index) <-- Is this the Misa-chans effect at work or something? /Kino (Kino no Tabi) <--Hang in there
16. Emi(Maou-sama) <--Over Chiho? I thought the latter would be more popular/Kuroyukihime (AW) <--How she has fallen.
18. Kuroneko (Oreimo)
19. Tsuchimikado Natsume (Tokyo Ravens) <-- Don't like how her role is more diminished as of recent volumes, but it can't be helped given her status.
20. Hikigaya Komachi (Oregairu)/Watashi (Jinrui)/Kuro Usagi (Mondaiji)
23. Tsukiko (Henneko) <--An anime's supposed to boost your ranking, not drop you:twitch:
24. Tokisaki Kurumi (Date a Live)
25. Seira (Dress(ry)) <--I wonder how fans will react when they realize this girl's a 9-year-old silver haired loli genius princess of an imperial country and is the lead heroine in this story...
26. Senjougahara Hitagi (Monogatari Series)
27. Shiina Mashiro (Sakurasou)/Ul? (Magdala) <--How appropriate that two girls with similar personalities are here...
29. Adachi (Adachi to Shimamura)/Charlotte (IS) <--Oh Charl, it's a miracle you made it here when the rest of your series is nowhere in sight...except for Ichika, for some reason.

1. 8man (Oregairu)
2. Touma (Index) <--8man and Touman, new crimefighting duo.
3. Kirito (SAO) <--Thought he would be top 2.
4. Accelerator (Index) <-- The top 4 has the same names, just a shuffling of order.
5. Maou (Maou-sama) <-- Be proud, for you shall represent all the Sadaos in Japan.
6. Kyousuke (Oreimo) <-- The last we shall see you.
7. Sakamaki Izayoi (Mondaiji)
8. Shiba Tatsuya (Mahouka)
9. Sugisaki Ken (Seizon)
10. Akagi Koremitsu (Hikaru) <--The bro of all blockheads.
11. Araragi Koyomi (Monogatari)
12. Ikuta (Alderamin) <--Now make a push for top 10 next year. I see two guys out from next year's poll at least.
13. Totsuka Saika (Oregairu) <--Finally someone beats Hideyoshi in the trap department. Then again, traps confuse genders, Hideyoshi redefines gender/Satou You (Bento)
15. Kodaka (Haganai) <--After the fallout from the anime, I thought he'll be lower
16. Rentarou (Black Bullet)
17. Aoi Toori (Horizon)/Hideyoshi (Bakatest) <--Should take it out from this poll, because it certainly doesn't belong in either gender.
19. Kinji (Hidan no Aria)
20. Shidou (Date a Live)
21. Izaya (Drrr) <---And that'll be the last we'll see of him.
22. Kanda (Sakurasou) <--Same here.
23. Sora (NGNL)
24. Harutora (Tokyo Ravens) <--하루하루 무뎌져가네/Issei (DxD)
26. Tooru (Chaika)/Bell (Danmachi)
28. Yokodera (Henneko)/ Shizuo (Drrr)
30. Tsuchimikado (Index) <--Over Hamazura:heh:/Ichika (IS)<--Charl and Ichika ranked 30...I'm surprised no one started the love bridge yet.

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-21, 01:40

....Mikoto has almost 3 times the votes of Yukino? Isn't that worse than the trashing she gave Asuna last year :twitch: ?

Likewise what happened to Kirito and his 'untouchable' popularity from before :eyespin: ?

ReinZwei

2013-11-21, 01:43

^ Maybe the people are getting tired of the coolboy persona wherein, a person can save everybody as long as he wished to.

Cosmic Eagle

2013-11-21, 01:45

^Casuistic way of dealing with ambiguity, in essence smartass overgeneral reasoning. :heh:

I am of the opinion that, this is just plain dirty politics by rival authors or companies.

Clearly....

After all, Kagepro is featuring in Kono Rano for the first time this year

Anyway BEATLESS got 51? Nice nice

OH&S

2013-11-21, 02:50

A bit late to the party but...

Congrats to Oregairu for taking first place; it was well deserved.

Quite happy that Index performed rather well this year. It is certainly the most stable series in terms of popularity in the top 10 in recent years. It didnt even get any collab votes and it still got third; quite an achievement.

Other things of note:

The variety in the top 10 LNs (Its refreshing seeing the collab votes mix up the order a bit. Congrats to Alderamin, Danmachi and Rokka no Yuusha)

Index beat SAO (Yes!)
SAO dropped 4 places (lol)

Kamijou placed 2nd in males and 3rd overall (Quite okay with that. While Mikoto holds a monopoly over first place in the females category, Kamijou's popularity shouldnt be underestimated either. He easily holds monopoly over second place; with first place going to the main protagonist of #1 LN that year. He just faces more fierce competition.)

Kamijou beat Kirito (Yes!)
Hachiman beat Kamijou (I'm actually okay with is. Congrats to Hachiman)
Accelerator came 4th (Not much left to say on this)

Mikoto came first (.......Not surprising given the anime, manga and LNs using her character well this year. Though this is the first time I have seen the actual numbers. I am shocked she tripled the votes of 2nd place. After 5 years in a row I am actually looking forward to the female character that will dethrone her. Not that I hate her anything but that win margin is ridiculous. It would be funny if Misaki did though.)

Index came 5th (Biggest Surprise. She only had 1 major appearance in the LNs this year. This has to be the movie's doing. Or at the very least the Index-tan photo spreads.)

Haimura gets best illustrator for the second time (I thought Ponkan8 wwas sure to get it. What a surprise. Though I dont know if this is deserved. Ever since NT started, I haven't been as wowed by his illustrations; save Thor and Othinus. I remember some rather amazing illustrations he did early on in Index. I would love to see him go all out in NT9.)

Last but not least: I'm ecstatic that Index was voted best LN series of the last 10 years. But that almost seems like a controversial choice. I'm happy becuase its my favourite LN series. Which begs the question:

How did they decide the rankings for the Best of 10 years list? Was it similar to either the best LNs list or the character popularity and best illustrator lists? Who was the one who decided on this list? What method used to determine them?

Chaos2Frozen

2013-11-21, 03:01

Index (series) have some very strong staying power, whether or not it's number one I don't want to get into it but--

best of 10 years
*1. Toaru majutsu no index
*2. Bungaku shoujo
*3. Baka to test to shoukanjuu
*4. Kino no tabi: The beautiful world
*5. Sword art online
*6. Suzumiya haruhi no yuuutsu
*7. Ben-to
*8. Shakugan no shana
*9. Full metal panic!
10. Ookami to koushinryou

I can say that out of all these, the only one that I'm surprised at was Ben-to. I never really got the impression that it grew that big.

I thought Toradora would be on it for sure.... Or Monogatari.... Or Baccano, seeing as how people never stop asking for them.

P.S - Also, Index (Character) was in [Road to Endymion]

Mecasonic13

2013-11-21, 06:47

How did they decide the rankings for the Best of 10 years list? Was it similar to either the best LNs list or the character popularity and best illustrator lists? Who was the one who decided on this list? What method used to determine them?

I believe they used the series rankings of the past 10 years and aggregated them in some way.

OH&S

2013-11-21, 07:02

^
Well that explains a lot. Of course Index would come out on top then with its consistent poularity and Ranking in the top 15 for the past 8 years, top 10 for the last 6, and top 3 for the last 4.

But it cant have been that simple. The order still looks a bit wonky considering aggregates or averages.

Athena

2013-11-21, 21:40

Misaka Mikoto's popularity is ridiculous.

My impression of the rankings. Not a critic, more like me rambling pointlessly, so yeah:

Complete "translated" list for those who can't read Japanese:

1. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. (Oregairu/Hamachi/SNAFU) <--Surprising pick.
2. Alderamin in the Sky<--the hell is this series
3. Index<--Not expecting it to drop lower than that
4. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka (DanMachi)<---see #2
5. SAO<--Expected it to drop, still a fun series to read
6. Hataraku Maou-sama<--Anime boost probably, but good read.
7. Tokyo Ravens<--Really liked it when I read the series...back in 2011. Must've been better since then, I guess.
8. Rokka no Yuusha<--Still haven't read it
9. Oreimo<--I'm biased as ****
10. No Game No Life<--Completely forgot to continue reading it
11. Dokusou Tanpen Series - Nozaki Madou Gekijou
12. Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kataSee
13. Clockwork Planet
14. Vampire Summer Time
15. Durarara!<--This has been here for a long time
16. Haken no Kouki Altina
17. Escape Speed
18. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei<--I don't understand.
19. When Hikaru was on Earth...<--Good novel, great author.
20. Baka Test<-- ;_;
21. To aru Hikuushi no Seiyaku
22. Mondaiji-tachi<--Hmm.
23. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai<--Could be due to a single volume relevant to the main story being published this year.
24. Knights & Magic
25. Amaryllis in the Ice Country
26. No-Rin
27. Kokoro Connect<-- <3 <3 <3
28. Strange Moon
29. Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo<--Love it.
30. Dress na Boku ga Yangotonaki Katagata no Kateikyoushi-sama na Kudan<--...wat.
31. Accel World<--Whoa. I'm late on the novels, but for such a drastic drop to happen...
32. Record of Grancrest War
33. Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu.
34. Dai Nihon Samurai Girl
35. Ashita Boku wa Shinu. Kimi wa Ikikaeru<--Started it a while ago. Title caught my attention, reading it atm.
36. Ro-Kyu-Bu!<--OK.
37. Date A Live<--Thought would be higher, but considering that some novels didn't even make it past 50, I guess I'm glad it's here.
38. Kino no Tabi
39. 420 Renpai Girl<--I really want to know what the "420" here stands for. Seriously.
40. Death Need Round
41. Kagerou Days
42. Asachi to Shimamura
43. Seitokai no Ichizon<--So many memories...
44. Hidan no Aria<--Forgot its existence. Really thinking of picking it back though, since it's one of my first LNs. But doesn't deserve to be in the top.
45. Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?
46. Magdala de Nemure<--Ehhh
47. Boku to Kanojo no Game Sensou
48. Ore ga Ikiru Raison d'Etre
49. Inou Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de
50. High School DxD<--I'm ridiculously biased about this series, won't comment.

Eijigawa

2013-12-01, 19:27

Top Selling Light Novels of 2013

*1位　2,006,033部　Sword Art Online
*2位　1,051,305部　Kagerou Days
*3位　*,947,772部　Mahouka
*4位　*,727,435部　Hataraku Maou Sama
*5位　*,707,626部　Yahari Ore Seishun
*6位　*,650,692部　To Aru Majutsu no Index New Testament
*7位　*,618,026部　Monogatari
*8位　*,612,472部　Date A Live
*9位　*,565,787部　Kurono no Basket　－Ｒｅｐｌａｃｅ－
10位　*,546,142部　Accel World
11位　*,516,907部　Mondaiji-tachi
12位　*,369,306部　Strike the Blood
13位　*,358,990部　Infinite Stratos
14位　*,357,498部　Oreimo
15位　*,346,173部　Highschool DxD
16位　*,290,715部　Haganai
17位　*,271,999部　Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
18位　*,267,088部　Henneko
19位　*,235,532部　Baka to Test
20位　*,198,895部　Aria the Scarlet Ammo
21位　*,191,094部　Oreshura
22位　*,189,537部　Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance
23位　*,180,426部　Machine Doll
24位　*,178,154部　Ryuugoroshi no Sugosu Hibi
25位　*,170,295部　Haganai CONNECT
26位　*,169,178部　Gate - Thus The JSDF Fought There
27位　*,165,883部　Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon GENESIS
28位　*,158,304部　Ao no Exorcist
29位　*,157,423部　Koten-bu
30位　*,155,964部　To Aru Majutsu no Index

Flower

2013-12-01, 19:30

Wow - the top has almost twice as much as the number two spot....

Ougon

2013-12-01, 20:04

Top Selling Light Novels of 2013

*1位　2,006,033部　Sword Art Online
*2位　1,051,305部　Kagerou Days Checked
*3位　*,947,772部　Mahouka Checked
*4位　*,727,435部　Hataraku Maou Sama
*5位　*,707,626部　Yahari Ore Seishun Checked
*6位　*,650,692部　To Aru Majutsu no Index New Testament Checked
*7位　*,618,026部　Monogatari Checked
*8位　*,612,472部　Date A Live Checked
*9位　*,565,787部　Kurono no Basket　－Ｒｅｐｌａｃｅ－
10位　*,546,142部　Accel World
11位　*,516,907部　Mondaiji-tachi Checked
12位　*,369,306部　Strike the Blood Double Checked (one for reading, one for translating)
13位　*,358,990部　Infinite Stratos
14位　*,357,498部　Oreimo
15位　*,346,173部　Highschool DxD
16位　*,290,715部　Haganai Checked
17位　*,271,999部　Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo Checked
18位　*,267,088部　Henneko
19位　*,235,532部　Baka to Test
20位　*,198,895部　Aria the Scarlet Ammo Checked
21位　*,191,094部　Oreshura Checked
22位　*,189,537部　Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance
23位　*,180,426部　Machine Doll
24位　*,178,154部　Ryuugoroshi no Sugosu Hibi
25位　*,170,295部　Haganai CONNECT
26位　*,169,178部　Gate - Thus The JSDF Fought There
27位　*,165,883部　Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon GENESIS
28位　*,158,304部　Ao no Exorcist
29位　*,157,423部　Koten-bu Checked
30位　*,155,964部　To Aru Majutsu no Index

Hmm, a lot of Lns that I read are in there. It seems Strike is doing better too.:p

Iron Maw

2013-12-01, 20:57

Hmm, a lot of Lns that I read are in there. It seems Strike is doing better too.:p

Looking at some of StB's sale records it seems like it was always a good seller, (25k-28k average) so I guess this shouldn't be a surprise. anime seems to have given it a decent boost too.

n0m@n

2014-09-09, 22:21

Two months till the 2015 version.

https://ssl.tkj.jp/form/lightnovel2015/

I already sent my vote.(It will close on 6th of Oct)
Hope Misaka's 6th consecutive win won't happen... So I chose Asuna(1st) and Yukino(2nd) for the best heroine spot since I wanted to do even the tiniest struggle.

(...Runsaway before getting killed.)

dragon1412

2014-09-09, 22:26

well, there is neither Index nor railgun this season and SAO is going quite strong so it's possible but i doubt that the Cult will lie down that easily.

n0m@n

2014-09-09, 22:29

Lol, yeah. Tbh, I don't mind what series takes the top 60. But it becomes a different matter for the best heroine spot... I have to become nasty about it since seeing the same name for the first spot is getting lame.:heh:

Chaos2Frozen

2014-09-09, 22:30

I predict No Game No Life to be in the top ten.

Black Bullet, Strike the Blood, Hitsugi no Chaika and Log Horizon to be in the top twenties.

n0m@n

2014-09-09, 22:35

Yeah, NGNF, BB, StB, and log horizon would seem like they would enter the high ranks. NGNG was ranked 10 last year, so its may rank even higher due to the anime(i think it aired this year).

Chaos2Frozen

2014-09-09, 22:46

Oh right NGNL was on the top list last year as well.

There should be alot more space this year on the top ten now that OreImo, Haganai, baka test are over.

Zefyris

2014-09-11, 16:15

this year rokka no yuusha is out since no new volume on the concerned period. one more place open in the top 10 due to this.

Also, I'm not sure that anime has a lot of influence in those ranking; as it didn't seem to be the case before.

Kenju of the Right

2014-11-10, 16:19

Alright, it's getting close to that time of year again
]lets go Kamijou
wonder if Heavy Object will make it high

Kunagisa

2014-11-11, 23:44

http://i.imgur.com/MdrD02wm.jpg (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81z%2BPjkPiCL.jpg)

Look who won again hahaha. Grats Oregairu.
Interview with Overlord's author, maybe that's something too.

Excorsism

2014-11-12, 00:10

Now for the male and female rankings...

n0m@n

2014-11-12, 02:50

Now I want ethier Yukino or Asuna to take first place...

OH&S

2014-11-12, 03:41

I guess Oregairu deserved it. Even though I haven't read it, I saw that Volume 9 was received unanimously well by the fanbase and had excellent sales to boot.

Though I'm surprised NGNL lost out. I thought it was a sure win for it given the huge sales driver the anime was.

Series I'm personally looking out for:
All Kamachi Series: Toaru Majutsu no Index (first and foremost)
DanMachi
Kamiya Yuu series: NGNL & Clockwork Planet
Mahouka (just to see if it benefited from an anime; zero interest otherwise)

A shame that Rokka no Yuusha won't be there this year but at least Volume 5 has been listed. Next year for sure.

Characters I'm personally looking out for:
Kamijou Touma: He's probably going to lose out to HachiMAN again but this year was basically owned by TouMAN in terms of character development and character awesomeness.
Othinus: NT10 ending withstanding, she's definitely left her mark.
Shokuhou Misaki: Its a shame that NT11 isn't counted but here's hoping she breaks into the Top 10 with Othinus.
Misaka Mikoto: Is there anyone who can dethrone her? (Preferably not Asuna...maybe Sinon).
Accelerator: Small but awesome moment that showed definite character development.
Thor: For the lulz.

Artists:
Ponkan8: He has a second chance to take the top spot after Haimura snatched it from him last year.
Haimura Kiyotaka: He basically drew one of his best illustrations (if not the best) to date. He'll be a tough contender this year as well.

Excorsism

2014-11-12, 04:03

R.LocK

2014-11-12, 04:23

I disagree. Both Kamijou and Hachiman went through roughly the same revelation. It's just Oregairu's writing style allows to convey it with more emotions; it's more intimate than Index could ever hope to be with its composition.

...Ah, I'll be very, very disappointed in Japan (again) if Misaka/SAO's haremettes'd won girls' top. And pretty surprised if Othinus places in top-3.

Plant42

2014-11-12, 05:04

It's seem NGNL will get a huge boosted in this year ranking too.

The cover mention that both work and illust' attention degree are suddenly rise.
and also it got its own illust gallery & interview section.

Baron-Zara

2014-11-12, 05:08

TAMNI NT, SAO and NGNL will probably be the top4. I wonder what the 5th will be? Mahouka or something else?

And while I love 8man a lot I'd love it if TouMan can win this year >.<

OH&S

2014-11-12, 06:03

It states on the cover Ponkan8 took first place. Well deserved.

Also, Yukinoshita Yukino is the best contender to dethroning Mikoto. Those other girls, not so much.

Ah. You're right about Ponkan8. I didn't realize there was a link to a bigger picture there.

Well it would be a great change of pace if Mikoto got dethroned. But remember that last year she received triple the votes of 2nd place. And its not like Mikoto did anything that would affect her negatively this year. We can only hope that the strength of Oregairu V9 plus the arrival of Othinus and Misaki shake things up a bit.

I just hope Toaru Majutsu no Index holds steady (or slight drops) in the rankings across all of the categories; the past year was one of the best in the franchise. I'll be pissed if SAO comes out on top of it or if Kamijou doesn't place second to HachiMAN.

I'm just unsure of how SAO, Mahouka and NGNL will place this time round due to anime adaptations influencing things.

AP24

2014-11-12, 06:15

The rankings are based on internet poll. Is it more reliable than rankings based on sales?

R.LocK

2014-11-12, 06:19

Yes, it is. Because it's not based solely on the polls.

AP24

2014-11-12, 07:32

Yes, it is. Because it's not based solely on the polls.

So how do they rank them?

Kenju of the Right

2014-11-12, 10:00

Ah damn, reminding me I need to read up on Oregairu

And yes, there's some bias here on my part.

don't worry, there is from all of us. haha

R.LocK

2014-11-12, 10:33

So how do they rank them?
Take the numbers from polls, apply them to the formula. Take collaborators' votes, apply them to the different formula. Take the monitors' votes - third formula. Sum this up, you've got the results. Basically, even the most popular title can lose to the most obscure LN which got collaborators' support. The formulae each time are different.

Pablete

2014-11-12, 10:48

R.LocK

2014-11-12, 11:19

Did you read Volume 9?

Shit just got real.
I'd have asked you the same question about NT9, but I did bother to find out whether or not you had posts in NT9 discussion. Not that I expect the least amount of research on any forum from other forumites.

Pablete

2014-11-12, 11:27

Wut?

I did, but not alll of them are in its proper thread :V
(also 36volumes>9volumes)

Still what a way to avoid the topic, uh?

R.LocK

2014-11-12, 11:34

Wut?

I did, but not alll of them are in its proper thread :V

Still what a way to avoid the topic, uh?
Nope, my criticism is perfectly legit and should have ended silly questions. Whatever, I've read everything in both franchises that can be found in English. Some manga adaptations don't count. Does it satisfy your curiousity?

Pablete

2014-11-12, 11:36

I'll take that as a No.

R.LocK

2014-11-12, 11:39

I'll take that as a No.
Do what thou wilt.

Pablete

2014-11-12, 11:41

BTW I said volume.9 regarding Oregairu not NT9 which is obvious what is about.

Inb4, don't reply if you keep on avoiding it.

R.LocK

2014-11-12, 11:47

BTW I said volume.9 regarding Oregairu not NT9 which is obvious what is about.
I'm not as kind a human speech translator as Hachiman is, so, once again, do what thou wilt.

Log

2014-11-12, 13:43

Ah. You're right about Ponkan8. I didn't realize there was a link to a bigger picture there.

Well it would be a great change of pace if Mikoto got dethroned. But remember that last year she received triple the votes of 2nd place. And its not like Mikoto did anything that would affect her negatively this year. We can only hope that the strength of Oregairu V9 plus the arrival of Othinus and Misaki shake things up a bit.

I just hope Toaru Majutsu no Index holds steady (or slight drops) in the rankings across all of the categories; the past year was one of the best in the franchise. I'll be pissed if SAO comes out on top of it or if Kamijou doesn't place second to HachiMAN.

I'm just unsure of how SAO, Mahouka and NGNL will place this time round due to anime adaptations influencing things.

The problem for Mikoto is she did practically nothing noteworthy this year where as Othinus and Misaki have both received significant character development and as a result are well received within the fanbase. If Mikoto loses it would be because a lot of people that would've voted for her voted for Othinus/Misaki instead.

Anyways my bets for top 5 series are:

1. Oregairu
2. To Aru
3. SAO
4. NGNL
5. Mahouka

Sacredus

2014-11-12, 13:59

Now for the male and female rankings...

And let's hope that something interesting happened - like Othi-chan or Misaki winning with Mikoto (her domination is boring).

1. Oregairu
2. To Aru
3. SAO
4. NGNL
5. Mahouka

Just for fun:
1. Oregairu
2. Mondaiji-tachi
3. To Aru
4. SAO
5. NGNL

Pablete

2014-11-12, 14:06

Mondaiji last volume was quite epic, so much that even the antagonist is known as Azi GAR-haka among fans now.

Chaos2Frozen

2014-11-12, 14:17

Oregairu won again? Is this the first series that won twice?

EDIT: no, nvm, SAO as well.

dniv

2014-11-12, 14:58

Hmm... If Hachiman got more development in Volume 9 than Touma in NT 9 + NT 10 + NT 11, then I would like to see that... because I frankly think that such a thing is ridiculous in concept and is likely totally impossible... I read Oregairu... and while it is amusing and interesting, personally I find that in terms of the development that happens in both series, Oregairu... is... a joke... (just my opinion). Even if Oregairu is much better than many other series, comparing NT 9 to any other written volume of any other work just seems retarded to me. NT 9 is my favorite book ever written, so if you just diss out without actually reading it, then you have no clue what you are talking about. I find it hard to believe that Oregairu Volume 9 is good enough to hold a candle to NT 9-11... but whatever... it just depends on taste and the size of the relevant readership. Both are good at what their readers want, so it really isn't a fair objective comparison.

Anyway, if I ever see more development for a character than for Touma in NT 9, that character would become my favorite character of all time, and I have to say that such a thing is extremely unlikely to happen.

Back on topic, I want to see Misaki, Othinus, Sinon(?), and maybe some other characters end up doing really well...

For Guys, Hachiman, Touma, Bell, Accelerator, Kihara Noukan, and a few others that just aren't coming to mind right now...

ACertainStark

2014-11-12, 14:58

Oregairu won again? Is this the first series that won twice?

EDIT: no, nvm, SAO as well.

List is out?

Excorsism

2014-11-12, 15:16

I read Oregairu...

I find that hard to believe, but okay. And it's not just volume 9. Volumes 6, mostly 7-8 lead up to the development in volume 9 (and 6.5 if you want to include the bonus track). Well, actually you could argue all the volumes led up to volume 9. Needless to say, character development in Oregairu (which actually is equally balanced between the three main characters) is a lot more well-rounded than it is in Index, either because it tends to shift around to other perspectives too much or do something else. It's just not as compelling.

If you compare the Hachiman of volume 9 to the Hachiman of volume 1, he's like a different person. Same could be said for Yukino.

Touma? Not so much, except for his ever expanding harem and some things he learned here and there after saving a few damsels in distress. He's still fundamentally the same character.

Frankly, I find it ridiculous comparing a series like Index to a coming-of-age story like Oregairu. Oregairu is more focused on what it's trying to do, which is why I think it makes for a better read as far as characters going from point A to point B.

But don't get me wrong, my personal bets are Touma and Hachiman being the top 2 just based on what happened in the novels this year. Can't really say much for the other male characters out there though.

Chaos2Frozen

2014-11-12, 15:22

How did both SAO and Mahouka fair this whole year? Their Animes should help a bunch for popularity, but could any readers chime in on how the LNs are doing?

Oh, NGNL as well as Log Horizon should get a boost right?

List is out?

Apparently the winner takes the cover page.

Kenju of the Right

2014-11-12, 15:39

i expect Mahouka to be pretty high, maybe top 5

R.LocK

2014-11-12, 15:44

I'm biased, but I'd like Mahouka to be outside top-5. Or top-60 for that matter, but it's pretty much impossible.

ACertainStark

2014-11-12, 15:54

I'm biased, but I'd like Mahouka to be outside top-5. Or top-60 for that matter, but it's pretty much impossible.

Agreed. In fact, don't make the list at all!

Iron Maw

2014-11-12, 15:59

I'm biased, but I'd like Mahouka to be outside top-5. Or top-60 for that matter, but it's pretty much impossible.

Agreed. In fact, don't make the list at all!

You have higher chance of the world ending this minute, then that ever happening. :p

R.LocK

2014-11-12, 16:03

You have higher chance of the world ending this minute, then that ever happening. :p
I don't think world'd end before Mahouka does. And, anyway, top-5 pretty much reserves one or two places for newcomers, and, unless Index and SAO fall, Mahouka won't make it into top-5. Hopefully.

Iron Maw

2014-11-12, 16:11

But IIRC, both Tatsuya and Miyuki had even ranked 1st in Newtype's recent popularity poll for the anime despite it's eh "questionable quality". So I find it really hard to believe that it won't be in the top 5, especially with all the hype that series got this year.

IceHism

2014-11-12, 16:37

Mahouka LNs hardly got boosted from the anime
Its a shame that the studio doing it had no heart for it.

Pablete

2014-11-12, 16:39

Iron Maw

2014-11-12, 16:55

Mahouka LNs hardly got boosted from the anime
Its a shame that the studio doing it had no heart for it.

Oh really? I guess it's not so much of a lock then...

Pablete

2014-11-12, 17:06

IceHism

2014-11-12, 17:31

I doubt the inherent flaws from Mahouka could be hidden in the anime.

Also… Oniisama, can do anything.. I don't see what more the studio could do aside from cutting more infodumps. As some said before, Mahouka doesn't do well in anime format due to its informative/world building nature.

Its not about cutting infodumps. Its about choosing which infodumps are important to know and which should be cut. If the team was more invested, it would have been quite different. Not to mention, the visuals itself were very subpar

Pablete

2014-11-12, 17:34

Well, that's subjective, when editing infodumps from the main source most of it is important, cut a bit and you'll have complains anyways.

And for visuals, for a 2 cours anime I think it did well.

Log

2014-11-12, 18:25

I find that hard to believe, but okay. And it's not just volume 9. Volumes 6, mostly 7-8 lead up to the development in volume 9 (and 6.5 if you want to include the bonus track). Well, actually you could argue all the volumes led up to volume 9. Needless to say, character development in Oregairu (which actually is equally balanced between the three main characters) is a lot more well-rounded than it is in Index, either because it tends to shift around to other perspectives too much or do something else. It's just not as compelling.

If you compare the Hachiman of volume 9 to the Hachiman of volume 1, he's like a different person. Same could be said for Yukino.

Touma? Not so much, except for his ever expanding harem and some things he learned here and there after saving a few damsels in distress. He's still fundamentally the same character.

Frankly, I find it ridiculous comparing a series like Index to a coming-of-age story like Oregairu. Oregairu is more focused on what it's trying to do, which is why I think it makes for a better read as far as characters going from point A to point B.

But don't get me wrong, my personal bets are Touma and Hachiman being the top 2 just based on what happened in the novels this year. Can't really say much for the other male characters out there though.

Why are people arguing what's better between Oregairu and To Aru?

The two aren't even comparable in terms of genre, style, anything besides the fact that both are literature. You'll never get any objective answer since it's just a matter of taste.

Also btw Kirito has a chance of upsetting Touma and Hachiman. Second part of the anime + that PSP Vita game should help his cause.

I'm biased, but I'd like Mahouka to be outside top-5. Or top-60 for that matter, but it's pretty much impossible.

Agreed.

It never will happen though since Mahouka's gaining popularity if anything.

BTW for fun sake my "shocking" predictions for this year's voting would be:

->35th anti magic platoon making top 30
->Black Bullet placing top 20 (which would be a miracle considering how bad the anime is)
->Seiken Tsukai World Break, Shinmai Maou No Testament (Ew), and Magika all placing top 60 (I'm mostly confident on this one)
->Madan making top 10
->Clockwork Planet placing 7th (Log Horizon is 6th)
->Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu making top 15
->Kuro no Hiera Glaphicos is the one LN this year that ranks really high (like top 20) but nobody here knows wtf it is.
->Rentaro Satomi making top 10 male character
->Izayoi is the forth most popular male character and Sora is the 5th (Touma, Kirito and Hachiman are locks for 1st, 2nd and 3rd after that it's a toss up between Sora, Tatsuya, Shiroe and Izayoi)
->Accelerator drops out of the top 10 ;(
->Ellen making top 10 female character (again long shot)
->Othinus making top 10 female character
->Jibril making top 25
->Sinon makes top 5
->Index doesn't make the top female list

LG-MAX 2.o

2014-11-12, 18:33

Touma? Not so much, except for his ever expanding harem and some things he learned here and there after saving a few damsels in distress. He's still fundamentally the same character.

best comment of the topic, NT 9 is very overrated, until there was an interesting idea about the volume, but lacked courage for the author to really change something, NT 10 made it even clearer. lacked boldness

Oregairu already, is a story about feelings and changes.

IceHism

2014-11-12, 18:38

Well, that's subjective, when editing infodumps from the main source most of it is important, cut a bit and you'll have complains anyways.

And for visuals, for a 2 cours anime I think it did well.

Sure, you could say that they are important but its obvious if you read the novel that some infodumps are more important than other infodumps. When the show sacrifices important dumps for less important dumps, the whole plot wouldn't make any sense ( and it didn't in the anime). Not to mention they skipped a ton of character building moments, monologues, and even skimped on the setting. I could go on and on about the bad things the anime decided to do.

My predictions for top 4
Oregairu
SAO
Index
NGNL

For male characters
Hachiman
Araragi
Kirito
Touma
Accelerator
Tatsuya
Sora
Izayoi

Female
Misaka
Asuna
Yukino
Yuigahama
Othinus
Miyuki
Shiroe.

I hope mahouka does well though. Vol 14 was well received.

Zefyris

2014-11-12, 19:35

character ranking has never been about who's the best but about who's popular anyway. So discussing who between Hikigaya and Kamijou has the most development is kind of useless in that case. (Especially since it's quite obvious that the answer isn't Touma, too xD ). If the character ranking was about development of a character, most of the top 10 each year wouldn't even enter the ranking; obviously... And Fenesis from Magdala would rank first this year on the female side of the ranking, or almost, as it's going to be dificult to see more drastic evolution on the girl side this year than what she had. Though she'll probably not even make the cut of the top 30. Popularity poll are always merciless for less known series like this.

Kenju of the Right

2014-11-12, 19:36

Why are people arguing what's better between Oregairu and To Aru?

The two aren't even comparable in terms of genre, style, anything besides the fact that both are literature. You'll never get any objective answer since it's just a matter of taste.

Basically this, trying to compare is dumb when the authors have different intentions for the story and different intentions for the main characters
Besides, character development isnt the only thing to a good character

Miraluka

2014-11-12, 19:54

n0m@n

2014-11-13, 01:05

Here comes another year with Mikoto Misaka ranked 1st just because... sigh

Nooooo~~~

Anything but that!
Too much bias towards that character. Reminds me of how Lacus was overrated and dominated the newtype poles...

Chaos2Frozen

2014-11-13, 01:18

A better question is why isn't any other female characters have this strong of a fanbase? What about Asuna or the new girl from GGO? Or Miyuki from Mahouka?

IceHism

2014-11-13, 02:48

A better question is why isn't any other female characters have this strong of a fanbase? What about Asuna or the new girl from GGO? Or Miyuki from Mahouka?

Probably because Index was published and released in 2004 and it's still ongoing and has been highly popular for a long time. It would be like asking why other mangas these days can't compete against one piece.

OH&S

2014-11-13, 03:00

^
I think that comparison only makes sense when talking about actual sales. Index is NOT the One Piece of light novels or anything similar.

Misaka's lasting and increasing (according to last year) popularity is an oddity among all LN characters that can't just be relegated to her coming before other characters. The gap is too unnatural.

Chaos2Frozen

2014-11-13, 03:04

Probably because Index was published and released in 2004 and it's still ongoing and has been highly popular for a long time. It would be like asking why other mangas these days can't compete against one piece.

It never really gotten that popular until around 2010, and series like SAO and others have gotten very strong now. But I was referring to the popularity of their heroines.

I can only assume that the fanbase of the other heroines just don't know or don't care about this poll ranking, at least not when they're beasting over Newtype.

Pablete

2014-11-13, 08:56

I think that's because of the next reasons:

1- Tsundere characters have a sort of automatic fandom. Maybe for the simple archetype the character is.
2- Ship material. It doesn't matter if the love interest isn't interested on them. As usual, the main guy's feelings are ignored, twisted or outright denied. Any love rival will be hated(like Yoshida from Shakugan no Shana; I always thought the hate she got was irrational)
3- Strong or "independent" character (not always as most of them heavily rely on the mc or just can't think of something else like the supposedly strong willed Taiga)
4- Reluctance from fans to accept other characters because usually they're love rivals which relates to 2.

That reminds me a lot of people who labeled Sakura as tsundere for Naruto, still don't know how domestic abuse tsukkomi makes a tsundere.

Chaos2Frozen

2014-11-13, 11:28

I'm not questioning why Tsunderes are popular, I know why as I'm a fan of most of them.

Plus it doesn't explain why that would deter other fanbases from other series.

Pablete

2014-11-13, 11:47

Marketing, as she is a merchandising character before anything, the people would likely campaign her as much as possible. Just look at her being the face of a a soccer team on Japan.... markets, etc.

Chaos2Frozen

2014-11-13, 11:52

Marketing, as she is a merchandising character before anything, the people would likely campaign her as much as possible. Just look at her being the face of a a soccer team on Japan.... markets, etc.

You're saying SAO/Mahouka girls aren't being marketed? Come on.

Plus what has that got to do with popularity vote? Those 200k sales they each have per volumes aren't for nothing you know.