The final results for the 2016 edition of Takarajimasha’s Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel is Amazing!) guidebook rankings have been revealed and Oregairu has topped the series ranking for the third year in a row. You can check out last years results here.
Here are the results:
Light Novels
1. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru
2. Sword Art Online
3. Tenkyou no Alderamin
4. Eirun Last Code
5. Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?
6. No Game No Life
7. Toaru Majutsu no Index
8. Danmachi
9. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
10. Escape Speed
Male Characters
1. Hikigaya Hachiman (Oregairu)
2. Kirito (Sword Art Online)
3. Kamijou Touma (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
4. Accelerator (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
5. Shiba Tatsuya ( Mahouka Koukou No Rettousei)
6. Sora (No Game No Life)
7. Bell Cranel (Danmachi)
8. Totsuka Saika (Oregairu)
9. Sakuta Azusagawa (Seishun Buta Yarou)
10. Maou Sadao (Hataraku! Maou-sama)
Female Characters
1. Misaka Mikoto (To Aru Majutsu no Index)
2. Yukinoshita Yukino (Oregairu)
3. Isshiki Iroha (Oregairu)
4. Yuigahama Yui (Oregairu)
5. Asuna (Sword Art Online)
6. Megumi Kato (Saekano)
7. Shiro (No Game No Life)
8. Shiba Miyuki (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei)
9. Othinus (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
10. Index (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
Takarajimasha’s Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel is Amazing!) is a guide book that publishes a list of the top ten most popular light novels and their characters according to readers polled on the Internet. An introduction to each of the works comes with each listing, along with an interview of the light novel’s author or authors for first place. Many of the light novels that have been listed in this guide book were later adapted into anime series. Most of the light novels listed contain a series of volumes, but some single-volume light novels also get listed. The first release of the guide book was on November 26, 2004 and is the 2005 listing. Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu and Toaru Majutsu no Index have appeared in the top ten in six out of ten issues of Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, while the Haruhi Suzumiya series and the Book Girl series have appeared in five.
Source: Yaraon
