Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!' 2016 Rankings Revealed

Publishing company Takarajimasha announced its annual light novel rankings for 2016 in the "Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!" (This Light Novel is Amazing!) guide book on Saturday. The rankings list the most popular light novels, characters, and creators according to readers polled on the Internet.


Light Novels
*1. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.
*2. Sword Art Online
*3. Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin
*4. Eirun Last Code: Kakuu Sekai yori Senjou e
*5. Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?
*6. No Game No Life
*7. Toaru Majutsu no Index Series
*8. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka
*9. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
10. Escape Speed

Female Characters
*1. Mikoto Misaka (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series)
*2. Yukino Yukinoshita (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.)
*3. Iroha Isshiki (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.)
*4. Yui Yuigahama (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.)
*5. Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online)
*6. Megumi Katou (Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata)
*7. Shiro (No Game No Life)
*8. Miyuki Shiba (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei)
*9. Othinus (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series)
10. Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series)

Male Characters
*1. Hachiman Hikigaya (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.)
*2. Kazuto Kirigaya (Kirito) (Sword Art Online)
*3. Touma Kamijou (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series)
*4. Accelerator (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series)
*5. Tatsuya Shiba (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei)
*6. Sora (No Game No Life)
*7. Bell Cranel (Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka)
*8. Saika Totsuka (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.)
*9. Sakuta Azusagawa (Seishun Buta Yarou Series)
10. Sadao Maou (Hataraku Maou-sama!)


Combined Characters
*1. Hachiman Hikigaya (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.)
*2. Mikoto Misaka (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series)
*3. Kazuto Kirigaya (Kirito) (Sword Art Online)
*4. Yukino Yukinoshita (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.)
*5. Touma Kamijou (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series)
*6. Accelerator (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series)
*7. Iroha Isshiki (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.)
*8. Tatsuya Shiba (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei)
*9. Yui Yuigahama (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.)
10. Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online)

Light Novel Artists
*1. Ponkan 8 (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.)
*2. Kiyotaka Haimura (Toaru Majutsu no Index Series)
*3. abec (Sword Art Online)
*4. Kantoku (Imouto sae Ireba Ii.)
*5. Kurehito Misaki (Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata)
*6. Suzuhito Yasuda (Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka)
*7. Yuu Kamiya (No Game No Life)
*8. Kurone Mishima (Rokudenashi no Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records)
*9. Tsunako (Date A Live)
10. Saki Ukai (Black Bullet)

New Works
*1. Eirun Last Code: Kakuu Sekai yori Senjou e
*2. Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?
*3. Imouto sae Ireba Ii.
*4. Gamers!
*5. Shitayomi Danshi to Toukou Joshi
*6. Tatakau Panya to Automaton Waitress
*7. Isekai Shokudou
*8. Ryuuou no Oshigoto!
*9. Hakozoko no Elpis
10. Ideologue!

Source: Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2016

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