Updated December 10, 2022 by Ernie
The world of Light Novels is full of the isekai genre. However, the isekai genre comes with an overpowered main character as well. Even though it’s not an isekai, you’re bound to find a lot of light novels with an overpowered mc. So today, we’ll be talking about some of the best Light Novels with an overpowered Mc. Are you guys ready? Let’s get started!
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BEST LIGHT NOVELS WITH AN OVERPOWERED MC
21. Bofuri: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense
| Title | Bofuri: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense |
| Genre | Action, Adventure |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Koin, Yuumikan |
| Published | 2017 |
Bofuri introduces us to a girl named Kaede who was forced to play a New World Online game by her friend. She named her character Maple. As a new player, she shifts all of her stats to vitality because she’s afraid of getting hurt.
She ended up having a high defense and no other ability. However, that’s not a downside since she is able to defeat all of her enemies easily using her high defense and other items she obtains. Only three days into the game and Maple secures third place in a server-wide event. Despite being highly overpowered, Maple still needs to learn a lot of things and she befriends a lot of new people and forms new relationships that will benefit her in the future.
20. How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
| Title | How To Not Summon a Demon Lord |
| Genre | Action, Comedy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Tsurusaki, Takahiro |
| Published | 2014 |
This light novel tells us the story of Takuma Sakamoto who is extremely good at the game Cross Reverie. He’s too overpowered and no one could challenge him. But despite his reputation, Takuma is a shut-in neet who spends all his time playing the game and doing nothing else.
One day, Takuma ends up getting transported to a fantasy world where he finds himself in the body of Diablo, the character he plays in the game. It is revealed that two girls named Rem Galeu and Shera L summoned him into that world. The two girls try a spell to enslave him but it backfires, making them his slaves. He starts enjoying his new life as the Demon Lord Diablo.
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19. 86
| Title | 86 |
| Genre | Action, Drama |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Shirabi, Asato, |
| Published | 2017 |
86 introduces us to two warring countries named the Republic of San Magnolia and Giadian’s Empire. The Giadian Empire uses unnamed drones named Legions. The Republic also creates its own kind of drones and claims they’re automatic. However, they’re driven by young men and women who are stripped of their basic human rights and are branded “eighty-six”. The eighty-six are in for a suicide mission. They know that they won’t be able to survive while protecting the Republic that treats them like trash. However, there’s one Republican girl named Vladilena Milize who is adamant to give Eighty-Six their basic rights. But this is not going to be easy for her.
18. The World’s Finest Assassin
| Title | World’s Finest Assassin |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Sumeragi, Hamao |
| Published | 2019 |
This light novel introduces us to an extraordinarily skilled assassin who gets reincarnated in a fantasy world as Lugh Tuatha De. Lugh is trained by his father to become an assassin. However, he already has his memories and knowledge from his past life; he’s passing all his father’s tests. He becomes a skilled assassin at a very young age. He slowly gains more experience and forms a good relationships with others in order to become the best assassin in history.
17. Goblin Slayer
| Title | Goblin Slayer |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Kannatsuki, Noboru, Kagyuu, Kumo |
| Published | 2016 |
Goblin Slayer tells us the story of a young priestess who had just joined a party and is stoked about it. When she goes on her first mission with her party, a bunch of goblins start torturing her party members brutally before killing them. When one of the goblins turns to her, she is saved by a man in armor named the Goblin Slayer. The priestess is traumatized but doesn’t give up and forms a new party with the Goblin slayer and a bunch of other adventurers and that’s where their endless journey of slaying goblins starts.
16. Arifureta
| Title | Arifureta |
| Genre | Adventure, Fantasy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Takayaki, Shirakome, Ryou |
| Published | 2015 |
Hajime Nagumo is an average otaku whose life completely changes when he along with his classmates is summoned to a fantasy world. While his classmates get impressive skills and abilities, Hajime is given a really weak transmutation skill that has no huge impact.
Hajime and his classmates are exploring the Great Orcus Labyrinth when he’s betrayed by one of his classmates and is pushed to the bottom of an abyss. He finds himself surrounded by dangerous monsters. He’s desperate to live on and return home one day. He explores the abyss some more and comes across a vampire named Yue who also wants to escape the labyrinth. That’s where Hajime’s journey from zero to hero starts.
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15. Reincarnated as a Sword
| Title | Reincarnated as a Sword |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | LLO, Tanaka, Yuu |
| Published | 2016 |
A man opens his eyes in a fantasy world only to find out he’s reincarnated in that world after death and as a sword. He slowly gets used to his new body and kills monsters in order to gain useful skills. One day, he comes across a beast girl who is being mistreated by her master. That’s when a deadly monster attacks them. The man decides to help the beast girl and tells her to equip him. The beast girl is able to take out the monster easily using an intelligent weapon. He names the beast girl Fran and Fran name him, Teacher. Fran wishes to change the reputation of her race as her race was considered low. He decides to help Fran but he must also keep his identity a secret.
14. Re: Monster
| Title | Re: Monster |
| Genre | Adventure, Fantasy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Authors | Kanekiru, Kogitsune, Yamaada |
| Published | 2012 |
Re: Monster is a story about a guy named Tomokui Kanata who died pretty early in his life. However, he finds himself in a fantasy world full of magic and monsters. But he finds himself to be a lowly goblin. He doesn’t lose his heart and decides to train hard in order to become extremely powerful. He has his memories from his past life and will use them in order to become the best of the best.
13. Cautious Hero
| Title | Cautious Hero |
| Genre | Action, Adventure |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Toyota, Saori, Tuchihi, Light |
| Published | 2017 |
Geabrande is a fantasy world where our protagonist, Seiya, is summoned as a hero by Goddess Ristarte. As the fate of Geabrande lies in Seiya’s hands, he must prove himself to be a capable hero. Now, Seiya is obsessed with training day and night. He goes overboard with buying items and muscle training because he wants to be cautious. Ristarte is baffled by his antics but must keep her sanity until he defeats the demon king.
12. So I’m a Spider, So What?
| Title | So I’m a Spider So What? |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | 384 |
| Volumes | 16 |
| Authors | Kiryuu, Tsukasa, Baba, Okina |
| Published | 2015 |
The protagonist in this novel was a normal high school girl until she was suddenly reincarnated into a fantasy world as a spider. She opened her eyes in a dungeon full of deadly monsters. She had no powers that she could use against them. She only had her knowledge and positivity that somehow made her survive. She’s not satisfied with her powers and will do her best to become stronger.
11. Reincarnated as a Skeleton Knight
| Title | Reincarnated as a Skeleton Knight |
| Genre | Fantasy, Action |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | KeG, Hakari, Enki |
| Published | 2015 |
Arc is the main character of the series who wakes up in a game world. It’s the very MMORPG that he was obsessed with playing. He found himself to be the character he usually played with. He appeared to be a skeleton covered in heavy armor. He must keep his identity concealed or he could be considered a monster. He decides to lay low for a while and not garner unwanted attention. However, he cannot ignore damsels in distress and helps them get away from torture. How will he keep himself concealed when he can’t keep himself on the sidelines?
10. Mushoku Tensei
| Title | Mushoku Tensei |
| Genre | Adventure, Fantasy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Rifujin na Magonote, Sirotaka |
| Published | 2014 |
Rudeus Greyrat used to be a 34-year-old shut-in neet in his previous life. He met with an accident and got reincarnated into a fantasy world and this is now his new life. As he grew up, Rudeus was trained by his father to fight and taught magic by a magic teacher named Roxy Migurdia. He can see a lot happening in this new world and will use his previous life’s knowledge to get through everything in this fantasy world that he calls home now.
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9. Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
| Title | Death March To The Parallel World Rhapsody |
| Genre | Adventure, Fantasy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Ainana, Hiiro |
| Published | 2014 |
Ichiro Suzuki finds himself in a fantasy world when he was supposed to be taking a nap. Now known as “Satou”, he finds a menu screen in front of him. It seems like he is inside the game he was working on before taking a nap. He’s a total beginner in this game. However, he had three meteor showers that he could use anytime. Suddenly, a bunch of lizardmen appear before Satou. He uses his Meteor Shower and his level suddenly increases to 310. Satou is baffled but his journey full of adventures has just begun.
8. The Misfit of Demon King Academy
| Title | The Misfit of Demon King Academy |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Shizuma, Yoshinori, Shuu |
| Published | 2018 |
Anos Voldigoad was a fearsome demon king who ruled the entire demonkind. One day, he becomes bored with his life and the endless war. He reincarnated himself in hopes of living a peaceful life. He woke up 2000 years later and found his people to have grown weaker than before. He enrolled himself at the Demon King Academy and showed his immense power to them. That’s when he was branded a misfit by his academy. Will he be able to make a positive impact on this world?
7. Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?
| Title | Death March To The Parallel World Rhapsody |
| Genre | Adventure, Fantasy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Ainana, Hiiro |
| Published | 2014 |
Ichiro Suzuki finds himself in a fantasy world when he was supposed to be taking a nap. Now known as “Satou”, he finds a menu screen in front of him. It seems like he is inside the game he was working on before taking a nap. He’s a total beginner in this game. However, he had three meteor showers that he could use anytime. Suddenly, a bunch of lizardmen appear before Satou. He uses his Meteor Shower and his level suddenly increases to 310. Satou is baffled but his journey full of adventures has just begun.
6. The Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime
| Title | The Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Mitz Vah, Fuse |
| Published | 2014 |
Satoru is an average salaryman who gets stabbed while hanging out with his colleague and his girlfriend. Instead of dying at the spot, Satoru finds himself in a fantasy world and as a slime. Satoru is trying to wrap his head around things as he doesn’t understand what happened to him. He accepts his fate and starts exploring. One day, while exploring, he comes across a massive dragon named Veldora Tempest who had been sealed away. Taking pity on Veldora, Satoru decides to help him unseal it. Veldora is pleased and grants him his divine protection as well as the name Rimuru Tempest. Now, Rimuru is all set to go on a journey full of adventures.
5. The Irregular at Magic High School
| Title | The Irregular at Magic High School |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | 32 |
| Authors | Sato, Tsutomu, Ishida, Kana |
| Published | 2011 |
4. No Game no Life
| Title | No Game no Life |
| Genre | Comedy, Fantasy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Kamiya, Yuu |
| Published | 2012 |
This is a story of two hikikomori neet siblings who are transported to a game world where everything could be solved by challenging each other to games. Shiro and Sora are always up for challenges. They’re also pretty skilled. They decide to become the next kings of the game world as they’re two overpowered. Is this going to be a piece of cake for them or are they going to be challenged by even stronger beings?
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3. The Saga of Tanya the Evil
| Title | The Saga of Tanya the Evil |
| Genre | Adventure, Fantasy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Shinotsuki, Shinobu, Zen, Carlo |
| Published | 2013 |
Tanya the Saga of Evil introduces us to Tanya, a military personnel in a fantasy world who used to be an average salaryman in her past life. Tanya is a killing machine on the battlefield. She’s just too overpowered. She wishes to climb up the ranks of the military in order to become the best of the best.
2. Sword Art Online
| Title | Sword Art Online |
| Genre | Adventure, Action |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Bunbun, Kawahara, Reki |
| Published | 2009 |
Kirito takes part in the beta testing of a newly released MMORPG along with thousands of other players. Soon enough, the players notice that they’re unable to log out of the game. It is revealed that they’re actually stuck inside the game and must defeat the 1–level’s final boss in order to get out of it. If they die in the game, they die in real life as well. Kirito must survive in that game no matter what because there’s no way he wants to get killed inside the game.
1. Overlord
| Title | Overlord |
| Genre | Adventure, Fantasy |
| Type | Light Novel |
| Chapters | Unknown |
| Volumes | Unknown |
| Authors | Maruyama, Kugane, so-bin |
| Published | 2012 |
Momonga is obsessed with playing an MMORPG named YGGDRASIL. One day, he finds himself inside the game and as his favorite character, Ainz Ooal Gown. Ainz is a powerful being who can literally get anything he wants. He gets bored with his life and decides to take over the fantasy game world he was reincarnated into. However, he’s going to meet with a lot of challenges before he could rule the world of YGGDRASIL.
Conclusion
This is it for our list of some of the best light novels with an overpowered main character. Comment down below and let us know your favorite light novel from this list. We’ll come back with more light novel blogs soon. See you at the next one!
