Top 5 Light Novel Like That Incompetent Is Actually the World's Strongest Wizard - He Was Scorned as Incompetent and Kicked Out of His Aristocratic Family, but His Gift of Reincarnation Awakened and Brought Back the Abilities of His Previous Life (Sono Munou, Jitsu wa Sekai Saikyou no Mahoutsukai: Munou to Sagesumare, Kizokuka kara Oidasareta ga, Gift "Tenseisha" ga Kakusei shite Zense no Nouryoku ga Yomigaetta) [2025 List]

Sono Munou, Jitsu wa Sekai Saikyou no Mahoutsukai: Munou to Sagesumare, Kizokuka kara Oidasareta ga, Gift "Tenseisha" ga Kakusei shite Zense no Nouryoku ga Yomigaetta

Alma, the third son of an aristocratic family who could not receive the ability "gift" that should have been given by God, is despised as incompetent from his parents' home and is expelled from the house. However, in reality, Alma was given a special "gift" -alma who regained the abilities of the previous life with that gift "reincarnated" becomes the strongest wizard in the world! Alma, who devoted all of his first life to the quest for magic, seeks a "happy second life" with the magic of his previous life!

That Incompetent Is Actually the World's Strongest Wizard - He Was Scorned as Incompetent and Kicked Out of His Aristocratic Family, but His Gift of Reincarnation Awakened and Brought Back the Abilities of His Previous Life It is also Known as: その無能、実は世界最強の魔法使い 〜無能と蔑まれ、貴族家から追い出されたが、ギフト《転生者》が覚醒して前世の能力が蘇った〜, Sono Munou, Jitsu wa Sekai Saikyou no Mahoutsukai: Munou to Sagesumare, Kizokuka kara Oidasareta ga, Gift "Tenseisha" ga Kakusei shite Zense no Nouryoku ga Yomigaetta

Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

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Top 5 Light Novel Like That Incompetent Is Actually the World's Strongest Wizard - He Was Scorned as Incompetent and Kicked Out of His Aristocratic Family, but His Gift of Reincarnation Awakened and Brought Back the Abilities of His Previous Life (Sono Munou, Jitsu wa Sekai Saikyou no Mahoutsukai: Munou to Sagesumare, Kizokuka kara Oidasareta ga, Gift "Tenseisha" ga Kakusei shite Zense no Nouryoku ga Yomigaetta) [2025 List]

5. Mahou Sensei Negima!

Mahou Sensei Negima!

Negi Springfield, a 10-year-old wizard who recently graduated from Merdiana Magic Academy in Wales, hopes to achieve two things—to find his missing father, who was once known as the Thousand Master, and to become a Magister Magi, someone who helps the everyday world through magic. To reach his latter goal, he is assigned one last task: to teach English at a middle school in Japan.

Much to his surprise and dismay, he not only discovers that his homeroom class consists of 31 girls, but also ends up revealing his true identity as a magician to Asuna Kagurazaka, one of his new students. Negi must now negotiate with the girl and face his most difficult challenge yet—to keep his identity a secret as he tackles magical threats both from within and outside of Mahora Academy, all the while keeping a watchful eye out for his lost father.

Negima! Magister Negi Magi has finished publishing and it has 355 Chapters. It is also Known as: 魔法先生ネギま!, Magical Teacher Negima!, Negima

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4. Sousou no Frieren

Sousou no Frieren

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about.

Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. With the great struggle over, they all go their separate ways to live a quiet life. But as an elf, Frieren, nearly immortal, will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to terms with the mortality of her friends? How can she find fulfillment in her own life, and can she learn to understand what life means to the humans around her? Frieren begins a new journey to find the answer.



Notes:
- Winner of the Grand Prize at the 14th Manga Taisho Awards.
- Nominated for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
- Placed 3rd at the 7th Annual Next Manga Award.

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 葬送のフリーレン, Frieren at the Funeral, Frieren the Slayer

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3. Rosario to Vampire

Rosario to Vampire

Aono Tsukune is so hard up on luck, that he can't even get admitted into high school. His parents finally find him a school with no tests required for admittance, out in the middle of nowhere. He finds out the school is a youkai (monster) academy, Just as he is about to resign himself and get back on the bus home, he bumps into a beautiful girl. Turns out this beautiful girl, Akashiya Moka, is also a vampire who bites him right off the bat. They become friends and Tsukune is ready for a happy school life with her, until he finds out that if a human is found on the school grounds, he or she should be killed. Now Tsukune must conceal his identity from the rest of the monsters at school, while at the same time being a ready snack for Moka when ever the urge takes her. What effect will this have on Tsukune and will Moka be able to keep him out of harm's way?

Rosario+Vampire has finished publishing and it has 40 Chapters. It is also Known as: ロザリオとバンパイア, Rosario and Vampire

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2. A Returner's Magic Should Be Special

A Returner's Magic Should Be Special

"Now that I'm back, I won't allow my loved ones to die again!" The Shadow Labyrinth - the deadliest catastrophe humanity has ever known. Desir Arman, one of the six remaining survivors of mankind, is inside the Labyrinth. The six of them attempt to clear the final level of the Labyrinth but ultimately fail, and the world comes to an end. However, when Desir thought he would meet his demise, what appears before him is the world... thirteen years ago?! Desir is returned to the past, back to the time when he enrolled at the nation's finest magic academy, Havrion. He is reunited with his precious friends, and he is determined to change the past to save the world and his loved ones...! Three years remain before the emergence of the Shadow World! Change the past and gather powerful comrades to save mankind!

A Returner's Magic Should Be Special has finished publishing and it has 268 Chapters. It is also Known as: A Returner's Magic Should Be Special

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1. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken

Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken

After being killed by a passing robber, a normal 37-year-old guy finds himself reincarnated in another world as a blind slime with unique abilities. He takes up a new name and calls himself "Rimuru Tempest," which he thought of after meeting his new friend, "catastrophe-level" Storm Dragon Verudora. There, he begins his new slime-like life in another world with his increasing number of minions by his side.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 転生したらスライムだった件, Regarding Reincarnated to Slime, Re: My Reincarnation as a Slime

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