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Here are the results of the character popularity contest of the light novel that has been turned into both a TV animation and a movie, **KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!**, held from Nov. 1 to Dec. 5, 2019.

The main heroine goddess Aqua got special treatment by earning five times as many points as other characters, where an overwhelming number of votes were from the Axis (Aqua fans) that took her to the first place. In response to this, Aqua laughed and commented, “Hahaha! It’s an expected result! This is the power of Axis, and ‘my true position’! Let’s keep this up!”

The light novel “KonoSuba” have sold over 9 million copies and had developed as a media mix product, which has a TV animation, a movie, games and others.KonoSuba**, which has a TV animation, a movie, and games, have sold over 9 million copies.
Kazuma Sato, the shut-in NEET main character, who lost his life due to a certain situation, reincarnates and travels to a new world by dragging along the goddess Aqua, who made fun of his death.
It the start of a big adventure… or so we thought, despite being reincarnated in a new world, what comes is the fact that he still has to work for food. Furthermore, the ‘useless goddess’ Aqua causes one problem after another and ends up catching the attention of the Demon King’s Army.

The on-going character poll of *KonoSuba**, from Nov. 1 to Dec. 5, allows each person to vote once every day, choosing among one of the 38 characters.
The ranking will be determined by the number of points received and the higher rank characters in the announcement of the final results will get to be in some special projects, such as a specially written short story by the author Akatsuki Natsume.

When voting in this contest, normally 10 points are given to a character but in the previous popularity contest, despite being the main heroine, Aqua got 4th place, a special features is prepared for Aqua only where one can choose to give 10 points or ’50’ points..

Due to this special treatment, Aqua now stands at the very top with some overwhelming 1,503,890 points (including the 1,491,800 points given by the Axis), about 4.5 times the point of the second place, earned by Megumin with 336,040 points. Darkness, who got 76,650 points, ranked third. Let’s keep an eye on what the final result will be.

The voting period for **KonoSuba**’s popularity contest is from 13:00 Nov. 1 to 13:00 Dec. 5 (JST), check the poll page for more details.

In addition, the top three will have a short story with them as main characters written by the original novel author Akatsuki Natsume and it had been decided that the short story will be attach to “KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!” and “Sentouin, Hakken Shimasu! 5” (Fighters, dispatch! 5) which will go on sale on sale from Jan. 1, 2020.

– Top 10 Characters, Mid-term announcement as at Nov. 15 –
1. Aqua 1,503,890pt (including Axis 1,491,800pt)
2. Megumin 336,040pt
3.Darkness 76,650pt
4. Iris 75,240pt
5. Eris 70,370pt
6. Yunyun 64,970pt
7. Kazuma 47,180pt
8. Wiz 44,100pt
9. Chris 32,310pt
10. Vanir 24,340pt

– Selected Publication for the bonus –
“KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!”
Story by Akatsuki Natsume, Art by Mishima Kurone
Publisher: KADOKAWA, Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
Release date: Jan. 1, 2020 (Wed)
Price: ¥ 620 + tax
ISBN: 9784041085219
★Bonus 1st place character’s special short story

** Sentouin, Hakken Shimasu! 5**
Story by Akatsuki Natsume, Art by Lantern Kakao
Publisher: KADOKAWA, Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
Release date: Jan. 1, 2020 (Wed)
Price: ¥ 620 + tax
ISBN: 9784041089743
★ 2nd and 3rd place characters’ special short story

(C) Akatsuki Natsume, Mishima Kurone / KADOKAWA
(C) 2017 Akatsuki Natsume, Mishima Kurone / KADOKAWA / Konsuba 2 Production Committee