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.

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[–] I2jgwh0hYtxrCZQ@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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 -

Everyone loves a good introvert-extrovert duo

Nero & Neros Minion Bartholomeus -

Cool meets cool

Chise & Teto -

Who doesn’t love them?

Fran & Teacher -

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?

[–] NineSwords@ani.social 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

Oh, I thought that was last year. I want to change my pick now. That volume was great. Sadly seems to be dead :(

[–] Myne@ani.social 2 points 4 months ago

Hello Bookworm! I looked it up, and the Library in Alexandria — which just so happens to be the greatest in all of Yurgenschmidt, nay... even the entire world — has the following entries:

Abducted Princess Running Rampant: Wielding Forbidden Magic in the Demon King's Castle by J-Novel Club: 🖥️ Vol. 1