Light novels are novels directed towards a young adult audience that typically come with illustrations. Light novels are not in short supply. They cover every genre imaginable, but currently, the most popular ones are isekai, in which a protagonist is transported into an entirely different world, such as a video game.

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Although more and more light novels have been adapted into anime in recent years, many have yet to obtain one. Most of the light novel adaptations that have been released have been successful, including My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom!, Overlord, and The Rising Of Shield Herohowever, there's a bunch that fans wish to see receive anime adaptions.

10 Fiancee's Observation Log Of The Self-Proclaimed Villainess

Cecil and Bertia on the Light Novel covers

This light novel is a story about a girl reincarnated as a villainess but told from the perspective of her fiancee, Prince Cecil. He has been so intelligent that everything started to bore himーthat is until his fiancee Bertia appeared in front of him and proclaimed that she would become the most conniving villainess. Though her intentions were pure, as she planned to fulfill the villainess's role in the original otome game to make him grow close to the female lead, things don't exactly work out as intended.

9 Awakened By My Cheat Skill [Resurrection]

Licht following the Demon King's army

The novel's full title is a mouthful: Awakened By My Cheat Skill [Resurrection], I Ended Up Reviving The Ancient Demon Lord Army. ~The Strongest Healer Who Won't Let Anyone Die~. Like many light novels, the title summarizes the story's plot rather well. Originally supported by a mercenary group, he was betrayed by his comrades. No one expected that his ability to revive others would also work on himself, and to get revenge, he brings the Demon Lord and her followers back to life.

8 I Got A Cheat Ability In A Different World And Became Extraordinary Even In The Real World

Tenjou throws a punch

This light novel is one of the few isekai stories in the main lead's original world just as much as it does in the fantasy world. Readers get an ample amount of time to get to know him before he discovers the other world and see why he deserves his new powers in the first place. Despite his drastic changes physically, he remains humble, and he uses these powers to fight in both worlds. He may be overpowered, but many of the advantages he earned were due to his personality.

7 Her Majesty's Swarm

The swarm queen commanding her spider army

For people who enjoy a dark isekai like Overlord with a calculating lead, Her Majesty's Swarm is about a girl who is sent to the world of her strategy game as the queen of her favorite faction, Arachnea.

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She assumes control over the swarm of giant spiders, focused on surviving and trying not to allow herself to lose herself in the hive mind's bloodthirsty maliciousness. Eventually growing attached to the swarm, she tackles this new world with the goal of conquest.

6 Milady Just Wants To Relax

Ronia serving mercenaries in her cafe

This light novel would make a rather sweet romantic anime. After her annulled engagement Ronia Gavisera escapes the capital to open her own cafe. Unlike in other villainess stories, Ronia could not change the storyline of the novel she transmigrated into. Instead of lingering on the past, she decides to live a leisurely life, and for the first time in both of her lives, she becomes close friends with a group of beastkin mercenaries, who try to unravel the past that she is running from.

5 Villainous Daughter Aims For The Last Boss

Irene tries to get the Demon King to marry her

Irene is reincarnated into the villainous and uses her knowledge of the otome game. She tries to avoid all routes that end with her death. After her engagement is annulled, she immediately goes to one of the capture targets, the Demon King.

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When she arrives on his doorstep, she immediately asks him to marry her, which bewilders and embarrasses him to no end. Although the two had a clumsy and hilarious introduction, they are a great match for each other, and the Demon King is actually much more bashful than his title suggests.

4 Trapped In A Dating Sim: The World Of Otome Games Is Tough For Mobs

Leon confronts his sister

The protagonist is reborn into a world in which men have no societal power but are instead married off for political or financial gain. Realizing that he would be forced into a marriage, he didn't want. He decides to become an adventurer, which is difficult and dangerous. He uses his knowledge of his past life to find things to help him find success, such as a giant robot. On top of the novel's mech fights, the main lead tries to avoid getting involved with the male romance targets and the girl who reincarnated into the heroine's body, his sister.

3 It Seems Like I Got Reincarnated Into The World Of A Yandere Game

Wolfgang picks up Lycoris in a princess carry

Lycoris, the main lead, suddenly gets her memories of her previous life back after seeing their fiancee's face. To her horror, she realizes that she's been born into a world in which every male lead is a yandere. However, thanks to her regaining her memories at a young age, she can keep the male leads from experiencing the events that made them into a yandere in the first place. Although the title may seem frightening, it's a cute and wholesome story.

2 Rebirth Of The Villainess: The Life Of Letizia After The Engagement Annulment

Cover art for Rebirth Of The villainess

prevent a civil war, the daughter of a duke, Letizia, tricks the prince into annulling their engagement. However, her memories of her past life as a nurse come back once the king collapses. Although she wants to have a peaceful and easy life, she can't ignore anyone in need, using her knowledge to eliminate the diseases that plague her country. Unfortunately for her, this earns her the title "Goddess," "as well as much more work than she initially wanted.

1 Magic Gems Gourmet

Ain leads Claune away from the ships

When meeting the goddess to be reborn, he obtains the skill [Toxin Decomposition EX] through a gacha system, which allows him to nullify the effects of any poison. He was shunned at first due to having a supposedly average ability, but he finds that this skill allows him to consume magic stones that increase his power. Since his previous kingdom failed to see his potential, his mother takes him back to her homeland, where he discovers that he's actually nobility.

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