Hey everyone.

I don’t think the community is big enough to go a second year with the full nominee/vote route. And it seems like we even have less active members here than last year. So let’s just post our personal light novels of the year and some come up on multiple lists that’s the official winner for 2025.

Categories are:

  • Best Volume
  • Best Debut
  • Best Protagonist
  • Best Antagonist
  • Best Supporting Character
  • Best Couple or Duo
  • Best Author
  • Best Illustrator
  • Best Worldbuilding
  • Best Overall Series
  • Best Emotional Moment

And since it’s YOUR list you can even add as many categories as you like. Neat.

  • I2jgwh0hYtxrCZQ@lemmy.sdf.orgMEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    Just had to check through my comment history to see what I have read this year.

    I will limit it to volumes I have read / reread this year so it’s quite limited.

    Best Volume

    <Ascendance of a Bookworm: Hannelore’s Fifth Year at the Royal Academy> - Vol. 01

    New bookworm, what’s not to love?

    Best Debut

    <Abducted Princess Running Rampant: Wielding Forbidden Magic in the Demon King’s Castle>

    Only newly released series I read but it was great.

    Best Protagonist

    Hannelore - <Ascendance of a Bookworm: Hannelore’s Fifth Year at the Royal Academy> - Vol. 01

    Everyone’s favourite friend of Myne Dunkelfelgeron.

    Best Antagonist

    Hannelore (More accurately her prayer rather than herself) - <Ascendance of a Bookworm: Hannelore’s Fifth Year at the Royal Academy> - Vol. 01

    Who is there to blame but the girl herself?

    Best Supporting Character

    Myne - <Ascendance of a Bookworm: Hannelore’s Fifth Year at the Royal Academy> - Vol. 01

    Myne not taking centerstage was strange but she still shone (literally)

    Best Couple or Duo

    Ray & Raul - <Secrets of the silent witch>

    Everyone loves a good introvert-extrovert duo

    Nero & Neros Minion Bartholomeus - <Secrets of the silent witch>

    Cool meets cool

    Chise & Teto - <Making magic>

    Who doesn’t love them?

    Fran & Teacher - <Reincarnated as a sword>

    Every girl needs her sword with her.

    Best Author

    Best Illustrator

    Best Worldbuilding

    <Saving 80000 Gold in another world for my retirement>

    FUNA strikes again

    Best Overall Series

    Best Emotional Moment

    The ships spirit saying goodbye to its sailors as the goddess took it home - <Saving 80000 Gold in another world for my retirement>

    Who didn’t cry as the goddess took the ship to her final destination?