The final results for the 2015 edition of Takarajimasha’s Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel is Amazing!) guidebook rankings have been revealed and as we reported earlier, Oregairu has topped the series ranking for a second year in a row.
Here are the results:
Light Novels
1. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru (Oregairu)
2. Sword Art Online
3. No Game No Life
4. Toaru Majutsu no Index
5. Koukyuu Rakuen Kyoujou: Harem League Baseball
6. Zetsushinkai no Solaris
7. Escape Speed
8. Toaru Hikuushi no Seiyaku
9. Kono Koi to, Sono Mirai
10. Tenkyou no Alderamin
Female Characters
1. Yukino Yukinoshita (Oregairu)
2. Misaka Mikoto (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
3. Yui Yuigahama (Oregairu)
4. Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online)
5. Othinus (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
6. Index (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
7. Shino Asada (Sword Art Online)
8. Komachi Hikigaya (Oregairu)
9. Misaki Shokuhou (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
10. Shiro (No Game No Life)
Male Characters
1. Hachiman Hikigaya (Oregairu)
2. Touma Kamijou (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
3. Kazuto Kirigaya (Sword Art Online)
4. Accelerator (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
5. Tatsuya Shiba (Mahouka Koukou)
6. Sora (No Game No Life)
7. Rentarou Satomi (Black Bullet)
8. Bell Cranel (Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatte Iru Darou ka)
9. Saika Totsuka (Oregairu)
10. Sorouku Ikuta (Tenkyou no Alderamin)
Combined Characters
1. Hachiman Hikigaya (Oregairu)
2. Touma Kamijou (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
3. Yukino Yukinoshita (Oregairu)
4. Misaka Mikoto (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
5. Kazuto Kirigaya (Sword Art Online)
6. Yui Yuigahama (Oregairu)
7. Asuna Yuuki (Sword Art Online)
8. Accelerator (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
9. Tatsuya Shiba (Mahouka Koukou)
10. Othinus (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
Light Novel Artists
1. Ponkan 8 (Oregairu)
2. Haimura Kiyotaka (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
3. abec (Sword Art Online)
4. Buriki (Haganai, Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko)
5. Ukai Saki (Black Bullet)
6. Kantoku (Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.)
7. Miho Takeoka (Bungaku Shoujo, Hikaru)
8. Yuu Kamiya (No Game No Life)
9. Yasuda Suzuhito (Durarara!!)
10. Tsunako (Date A Live)
New Works
1. Koukyuu Rakuen Kyuujou: Harem League Baseball
2. Zetsushinkai no Solaris
3. Kono Koi to, Sono Mirai.
4. Kiniro Quartet!
5. Danshi Koukousei de Urekko Light Novel Sakka wo Shiteiru keredo, Toshishita no Classmate de Seiyuu no Onnanoko ni Kubi wo Shimerareteiru.
6. Higashi Ikebukuro Stray Cats
7. Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai
8. Majo wa Tsuki Izuru Tokoro ni Nemuru
9. Steam Heaven Freaks
10. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
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. The latest release is the ninth volume on November 20, 2013 and is the 2014 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: Otakomu
