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Here are the weekly light novel rankings for October 19 - 25

Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles

*1. 47,299 *47,299 Date A Live Vol.13
*2. 21,583 *21,583 Amagi Brilliant Park Vol.7
*3. 13,542 *53,884 Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria Vol.5
*4. 12,966 *12,966 Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan Vol.8
*5. 12,909 *12,909 Only Sense Online Vol.7
*6. 12,387 119,135 Monogatari Series: Off Season Vol.1 "Orokamonogatari"
*7. 11,990 *87,711 Accel World Vol.19
*8. 10,511 *10,511 Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu. Vol.10
*9. 10,102 *49,851 Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World Vol.19
10. 10,094 *10,094 Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Vol.8

11. *9,995 **9,995 Isekai Mahou wa Okureteru! Vol.5
12. *9,918 **9,918 Ore ga Ojou-sama Gakkou ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Rachirareta Ken Vol.10
13. *9,585 150,124 Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku
14. *9,024 **9,024 Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechuu Vol.2
15. *8,280 **8,280 Haunted Campus Vol.8 "Kono Ko no Nanatsu no Oiwai ni"
16. *7,624 *50,563 Okitegami Kyouko no Yuigonsho
17. *7,604 **7,604 Magi Craft Meister Vol.7
18. *7,511 *52,804 Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda.
19. *7,489 **7,489 Magika no Kenshi to Vasreus Vol.10
20. *7,230 **7,230 Sekai no Owari no Encore Vol.5

21. *7,056 **7,056 Bu ni Mi wo Sasagete Hyaku to Yonen. Elf de Yarinaosu Musha Shugyou Vol.6
22. *7,031 *85,152 Shinrei Tantei Yakumo: Another Files Vol.3 "Sabaki no Tou"
23. *6,947 *25,222 Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry Vol.8
24. *6,811 **6,811 Sonna Sekai wa Kowashite Shimae
25. *6,804 *14,488 Nanatsu no Taizai Gaiden Vol.2 "Karera ga Nokoshita Nanatsu no Kizuato"
26. *6,708 **6,708 Isekai Tensei Soudouki Vol.6
27. *5,830 **5,830 Yomigaeri no Maou Vol.2
28. *5,298 *54,920 Naruto: Itachi Shinden - Anya-hen
29. *5,282 105,721 Overlord Vol.9
30. *4,940 104,754 Overlord Vol.8

31. *4,781 **4,781 Yobidasareta Satsurikusha Vol.2
32. *4,580 101,106 Overlord Vol.7
33. *4,449 **4,449 Dungeon wo Tsukurou Vol.2
34. *4,328 **5,251 Okashi na Tensei Vol.1
35. *4,311 **4,311 Sono Mugen no Saki e Vol.1

Separated by Specific Ranking

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*2. 47,299 *47,299 Date A Live Vol.13
*5. 21,583 *21,583 Amagi Brilliant Park Vol.7
*9. 13,542 *53,884 Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria Vol.5
10. 12,966 *12,966 Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan Vol.8
11. 12,909 *12,909 Only Sense Online Vol.7
15. 11,990 *87,711 Accel World Vol.19
19. 10,511 *10,511 Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu. Vol.10
23. 10,102 *49,851 Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World Vol.19
25. *9,995 **9,995 Isekai Mahou wa Okureteru! Vol.5
27. *9,918 **9,918 Ore ga Ojou-sama Gakkou ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Rachirareta Ken Vol.10

35. *8,280 **8,280 Haunted Campus Vol.8 "Kono Ko no Nanatsu no Oiwai ni"
38. *7,511 *52,804 Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda.
40. *7,489 **7,489 Magika no Kenshi to Vasreus Vol.10
43. *7,230 **7,230 Sekai no Owari no Encore Vol.5
45. *7,056 **7,056 Bu ni Mi wo Sasagete Hyaku to Yonen. Elf de Yarinaosu Musha Shugyou Vol.6
47. *7,031 *85,152 Shinrei Tantei Yakumo: Another Files Vol.3 "Sabaki no Tou"
48. *6,947 *25,222 Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry Vol.8
49. *6,811 **6,811 Sonna Sekai wa Kowashite Shimae Vol.1
(cut-off 6,800)


Book
*7. 12,387 119,135 Monogatari Series: Off Season Vol.1 "Orokamonogatari"
11. 10,094 *10,094 Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Vol.8
14. *9,585 150,124 Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku
17. *9,024 **9,024 Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechuu Vol.2
25. *7,624 *50,563 Okitegami Kyouko no Yuigonsho
26. *7,604 **7,604 Magi Craft Meister Vol.7
33. *6,804 *14,488 Nanatsu no Taizai Gaiden Vol.2 "Karera ga Nokoshita Nanatsu no Kizuato"
34. *6,708 **6,708 Isekai Tensei Soudouki Vol.6
41. *5,830 **5,830 Yomigaeri no Maou Vol.2
(cut-off 5,389)


Literature Books Genre (duplicates removed)
13. *5,298 *54,920 Naruto: Itachi Shinden - Anya-hen
14. *5,282 105,721 Overlord Vol.9
15. *4,940 104,754 Overlord Vol.8
16. *4,781 **4,781 Yobidasareta Satsurikusha Vol.2
17. *4,580 101,106 Overlord Vol.7
18. *4,449 **4,449 Dungeon wo Tsukurou Vol.2
19. *4,328 **5,251 Okashi na Tensei Vol.1
20. *4,311 **4,311 Sono Mugen no Saki e Vol.1
(cut-off 4,311)

Source: Oricon Youtaijou

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Oct 28, 2015 8:06 PM
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Good for Monogatari.

Overlord vol 7,8,9 each reach 100k. YES!
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion.

http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30

It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist.
Oct 28, 2015 8:08 PM
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Overlord volumes still lingering. Wow. The boost is real.

Okitegami is a also getting a good boost from the live action.
Oct 28, 2015 8:22 PM
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Damn that Date a Live cover,shes so beautiful,that see-through dress though!
Oct 28, 2015 8:51 PM
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Good to see Amagi Brilliant Park in the list.
Oct 28, 2015 8:57 PM
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Overlord still ends up charting after all this time, how long will it last?
Oct 28, 2015 9:40 PM
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Eh, not too surprised. Like before Monogatari's also doing well.
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Oct 28, 2015 10:16 PM
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Snow said:

10. 10,094 *10,094 Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Vol.8


needs more fame :3
Oct 28, 2015 10:26 PM
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New girl in DAL's cover is cute, and that's probably the main reason Vol.13 took 1st place, since the publisher's summary sounds pretty insipid.

Surprised that Kuusen ranked at all and even topped Monogatari Series! Well, not that I mind as long as the Nisio titles stay in the list.

Oct 28, 2015 10:40 PM

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Naruto is considered literature now?
Oct 28, 2015 10:42 PM

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The beginning of the supreme visible boost.
http://myanimelist.net/news/40885915

That's 16 weeks so far XD



All Hail Ainz-Sama!
29. *5,282 105,721 Overlord Vol.9
30. *4,940 104,754 Overlord Vol.8
32. *4,580 101,106 Overlord Vol.7

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LOL I could seriously fund a 2nd season myself considering the anime quality XD no joke.

*4. 12,966 *12,966 Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan Vol.8
Oct 28, 2015 11:05 PM
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Overlord, 29, 30 and 32
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Seems like a lot of different titles got into the chart this week.

10. 10,094 *10,094 Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Vol.8

Damn this is great to see. Needs a disgusting grown up Rudeus_smile.jpg inserted here.

31. *4,781 **4,781 Yobidasareta Satsurikusha Vol.2

So this managed to chart huh?Guess I'll continue the wn to see how things develop later on. I don't dislike the dude's morals thats for sure lol at least for the situations he's in.

27. *5,830 **5,830 Yomigaeri no Maou Vol.2

Goddamit the illustrations for the LN is just ugh....yeah not the best.


4. *5,282 105,721 Overlord Vol.9
15. *4,940 104,754 Overlord Vol.8
17. *4,580 101,106 Overlord Vol.7

100k Banzai!
barmarOct 28, 2015 11:43 PM
Oct 28, 2015 11:31 PM

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POS ranks for w/c October 19th for light novels with airing anime:

Rakudai Kishi:

*83位 落第騎士の英雄譚8

165位 落第騎士の英雄譚
177位 落第騎士の英雄譚2
221位 落第騎士の英雄譚3
248位 落第騎士の英雄譚4
310位 落第騎士の英雄譚5
346位 落第騎士の英雄譚6
330位 落第騎士の英雄譚7

Asterisk:

462位 学戦都市アスタリスク 09. 悠日戦啾

256位 学戦都市アスタリスク 01. 姫焔邂逅
253位 学戦都市アスタリスク 02. 銀綺覚醒
412位 学戦都市アスタリスク 03. 鳳凰乱武
459位 学戦都市アスタリスク 05. 覇凰決戦

Sakurako-san:

190位 櫻子さんの足下には死体が埋まっている はじまりの音

184位 櫻子さんの足下には死体が埋まっている
326位 櫻子さんの足下には死体が埋まっている 骨と石榴と夏休み
493位 櫻子さんの足下には死体が埋まっている 雨と九月と君の嘘

Heavy Object:

323位 ヘヴィーオブジェクト 外なる神

Shomin Sample:
*50位 俺がお嬢様学校に「庶民サンプル」として拉致られた件10 (new)
276位 俺がお嬢様学校に「庶民サンプル」として拉致られた件10 特装版 (new)

Monogatari series:
*22位 愚物語


Remnants from last season:

Overlord
193位 オーバーロード1 不死者の王
242位 オーバーロード2 漆黒の戦士
232位 オーバーロード3 鮮血の戦乙女
188位 オーバーロード4 蜥蜴人の勇者たち
156位 オーバーロード5 王国の漢たち [上]
175位 オーバーロード6 王国の漢たち [下]
129位 オーバーロード7 大墳墓の侵入者
122位 オーバーロード8 二人の指導者
112位 オーバーロード9 破軍の魔法詠唱者

Source: POS via book-rank.net


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Oricon series rankings for w/c October 19th

*1位 48,008部 Date A Live (KADOKAWA)
*2位 36,432部 Overlord
*3位 27,396部 Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry
*4位 25,076部 Boukyaku Tantei Series
*5位 21,808部 Amagi Brilliant Park(KADOKAWA)
*6位 17,896部 Ore ga Ojou-sama Gakkou ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Rachirareta Ken
*7位 17,688部 Monogatari Series
*8位 15,967部 Gakusen Toshi Asterisk(KADOKAWA)
*9位 15,135部 Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden
10位 13,162部 Only Sense Online
11位 Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan
12位 Accel World
13位 Sword Art Online
14位 Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu.
15位 Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu
16位 Kino no Tabi -The Beautiful World-
17位 Isekai Mahou wa Okureteru!
18位 Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechuu
19位 Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka
20位 Naruto Shinden Series

Source: Oricon, 2ch
kuuderes_shadowOct 28, 2015 11:40 PM
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Oct 28, 2015 11:54 PM

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Thoughts on this week:

Date A Live further ahead of AmaBuri than I expected it to be.

KuuMado:
vol 4 - 5306 from 2 days, 11138 from 9 days
vol 5 - 9877 from 4 days
vol 6 - 9262 from 3 days
-anime started airing a little over a week before vol 7 went on sale-
vol 7 - 6028 from 2 days, 14556 from 9 days
vol 8 - 12966 from 6 days
Not exactly easy to work out the anime boost from that. It does seem to be there, though.

Good to see OreTwi breaking 10k sales. I think that's the first time it's got 10k on release.

Unless it gets another boost for some reason, this could be the last time we'll see back volumes of Overlord on the rankings.
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Oh my, Date A Live at the TOP.
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kuuderes_shadow said:
POS ranks for w/c October 19th for light novels with airing anime:

Rakudai Kishi:

*83位 落第騎士の英雄譚8

165位 落第騎士の英雄譚
177位 落第騎士の英雄譚2
221位 落第騎士の英雄譚3
248位 落第騎士の英雄譚4
310位 落第騎士の英雄譚5
346位 落第騎士の英雄譚6
330位 落第騎士の英雄譚7

Asterisk:

462位 学戦都市アスタリスク 09. 悠日戦啾

256位 学戦都市アスタリスク 01. 姫焔邂逅
253位 学戦都市アスタリスク 02. 銀綺覚醒
412位 学戦都市アスタリスク 03. 鳳凰乱武
459位 学戦都市アスタリスク 05. 覇凰決戦

Sakurako-san:

190位 櫻子さんの足下には死体が埋まっている はじまりの音

184位 櫻子さんの足下には死体が埋まっている
326位 櫻子さんの足下には死体が埋まっている 骨と石榴と夏休み
493位 櫻子さんの足下には死体が埋まっている 雨と九月と君の嘘

Heavy Object:

323位 ヘヴィーオブジェクト 外なる神

Shomin Sample:
*50位 俺がお嬢様学校に「庶民サンプル」として拉致られた件10 (new)
276位 俺がお嬢様学校に「庶民サンプル」として拉致られた件10 特装版 (new)

Monogatari series:
*22位 愚物語


Remnants from last season:

Overlord
193位 オーバーロード1 不死者の王
242位 オーバーロード2 漆黒の戦士
232位 オーバーロード3 鮮血の戦乙女
188位 オーバーロード4 蜥蜴人の勇者たち
156位 オーバーロード5 王国の漢たち [上]
175位 オーバーロード6 王国の漢たち [下]
129位 オーバーロード7 大墳墓の侵入者
122位 オーバーロード8 二人の指導者
112位 オーバーロード9 破軍の魔法詠唱者

Source: POS via book-rank.net


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Oricon series rankings for w/c October 19th

*1位 48,008部 Date A Live (KADOKAWA)
*2位 36,432部 Overlord
*3位 27,396部 Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry
*4位 25,076部 Boukyaku Tantei Series
*5位 21,808部 Amagi Brilliant Park(KADOKAWA)
*6位 17,896部 Ore ga Ojou-sama Gakkou ni "Shomin Sample" Toshite Rachirareta Ken
*7位 17,688部 Monogatari Series
*8位 15,967部 Gakusen Toshi Asterisk(KADOKAWA)
*9位 15,135部 Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden
10位 13,162部 Only Sense Online
11位 Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan
12位 Accel World
13位 Sword Art Online
14位 Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu.
15位 Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu
16位 Kino no Tabi -The Beautiful World-
17位 Isekai Mahou wa Okureteru!
18位 Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechuu
19位 Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka
20位 Naruto Shinden Series

Source: Oricon, 2ch

Rakudai is still selling and remains the most successful of all the ones with anime currently airing. Rakudai Vol 1 should be at least 60k by now. After the latest episode LN sales might increase later.
Oct 29, 2015 1:26 AM

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No Grimgal.
RIP ;_;
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I didn't think Only Sense Online was actually quite popular. I guess I should continue reading it.
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19. *7,489 **7,489 Magika no Kenshi to Vasreus Vol.10
This is going to get an anime sooner or later
Oct 29, 2015 1:47 AM

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No Grimgal.
RIP ;_;


It was actually last out of Overlap's releases this week

328位 灰と幻想のグリムガル Level.6 とるにたらない栄光に向かって

In all honesty, though, in a week with as many releases as this one had, it was never going to appear in the rankings.
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Mm, I started reading DAL volume 13 this week. Not too surprised at its ranking already. I'm also glad to see Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World still being quite relevant.
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ALL HAIL LORD AINZ
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10. 10,094 *10,094 Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Vol.8

Anime adaptation fucking when?
Oct 29, 2015 3:54 AM

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Here are the weekly light novel rankings for October 19 - 25

Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles

*1. 47,299 *47,299 Date A Live Vol.13

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Nia looking great! Love that design of hers. Glad DAL took the top. Gonna buy the latest volume soon.
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Amagi hang in there.

They gotta stop wasting money on shit like Date a Live tho, they will never learn.
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*1. 47,299 *47,299 Date A Live Vol.13
*2. 21,583 *21,583 Amagi Brilliant Park Vol.7
*7. 11,990 *87,711 Accel World Vol.19

Fab to see these up there, waiting for the full translation before I start DAL 13 but the cover is lovely. Amagi selling well and Accel World continuing to perform exceptionally.

Still surprised Overlord boost is still showing, thought it would've died down more by now.

@kuuderes_shadow do the Shinmai books not show at all on the rankings? That's airing right now but you haven't got it on your info?
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The girl in DAL cover looks so hot. I want season 3 now
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Naruto is considered literature now?

I'd pick Naruto literature over magical highschool/otaku in another world literature any day of the week :D
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@kuuderes_shadow do the Shinmai books not show at all on the rankings? That's airing right now but you haven't got it on your info?


They're not in the top 500, no. Nor is Lance N' Masques or Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai. The last of these three shows up on the bunko top 500, but not the other two.
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kuuderes_shadow said:
MAGiC_DREAMBOX said:

@kuuderes_shadow do the Shinmai books not show at all on the rankings? That's airing right now but you haven't got it on your info?


They're not in the top 500, no. Nor is Lance N' Masques or Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai. The last of these three shows up on the bunko top 500, but not the other two.
That's what you get when cramming as much as possible content in two episode/volume ratio.
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So none of the shows from this season have managed to have their backlog volumes rank so far which is probably why Overlord volumes are still there. Pretty underwhelming season (sales wise).
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So none of the shows from this season have managed to have their backlog volumes rank so far which is probably why Overlord volumes are still there. Pretty underwhelming season (sales wise).

It's mostly because the cut-off for the past couple of weeks have been higher than usual. We probably won't see them on the next weekly chart as well. However on the weekly chart Nov 2 - 8, we might see not just Rakudai but Asterisk volumes as well since the cut-off during that week should be much lower than usual judging from the new releases during that week.
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OMG MUSHOKU TENSEIIIIIII


HOLY SHITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

Fuck everything else, the king is ON THE LIST NOW

Almost fell off my fucking chair reading that list.
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Almost fell off my fucking chair reading that list.
Thats quite the reaction.
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barmar said:
hoopla123 said:


Almost fell off my fucking chair reading that list.
Thats quite the reaction.


I was slowly reading down the list and saw Twintails and I was like "Ohh, that's unexpected."

And then saw Mushoku Tensei and I was fucking hyped and almost fell off.

Since I'm a huge fan of the series I always wanted MT to sell well, seeing this list makes me happy beyond measure.
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Agafin said:
So none of the shows from this season have managed to have their backlog volumes rank so far which is probably why Overlord volumes are still there. Pretty underwhelming season (sales wise).


Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry volume 1 ranked on w/c 5th October

Both weeks since then have had extremely high thresholds - I'm pretty sure this week has the highest bunko threshold of the year so far, and last week was the highest since May. Even the last full week of December last year, which is typically the most competitive week of the entire year, had a lower bunko threshold than this week does.

Furthermore, none of the Overlord volumes even came close to selling as much as this bunko threshold. The only series with an airing anime that is even on the same set of rankings as Overlord is Monogatari, so even if every series with an anime was somehow breaking all records for sales boosts it wouldnt push Overlord off.

Also, a sales boost sufficient to get on this week's rankings is something that only happens to a couple of series a year. None of them being on there is not a sign of poor sales.

If you want to see the boosts they're getting look on the series rankings I posted (although bear in mind that some, most notably Shomin Sample, had volumes out recently). Those are some genuinely decent boosts there.

I think your perception has become skewed by the fact that we got, in consecutive seasons, 2 of the 4 biggest light novel sales boosts from the last 4 years...
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Thats quite the reaction.


I was slowly reading down the list and saw Twintails and I was like "Ohh, that's unexpected."

And then saw Mushoku Tensei and I was fucking hyped and almost fell off.

Since I'm a huge fan of the series I always wanted MT to sell well, seeing this list makes me happy beyond measure.

Well kinda similar thing happened to me.Not to that degree but saw Only Moe Online,was like huh so it actually sells that much and suddenly....FINALLY Mushoku Tensei XD

Imo its definitely the best series in its genre,or rather even beyond that.Deserves way more sales.Anyways can't w8 how the other volumes chart,or screw that I need moar illustrations.
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barmar said:
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I was slowly reading down the list and saw Twintails and I was like "Ohh, that's unexpected."

And then saw Mushoku Tensei and I was fucking hyped and almost fell off.

Since I'm a huge fan of the series I always wanted MT to sell well, seeing this list makes me happy beyond measure.

Well kinda similar thing happened to me.Not to that degree but saw Only Moe Online,was like huh so it actually sells that much and suddenly....FINALLY Mushoku Tensei XD

Imo its definitely the best series in its genre,or rather even beyond that.Definitely deserves way more sales.Anyways can't w8 how the other volumes chart,or screw that I need moar illustrations.


Ya. Saw OSO and was decently suprised as well since I see it all the time since the same translator also translates AmA.

MT definately deserves more sales. I know that the web novel is extremely popular but so far I have all the MT volumes minus vol 7 and vol 8. Gotta get them when I have the chance.

Need illustrations of grown up Eris and Badigadi.
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MT definately deserves more sales. I know that the web novel is extremely popular but so far I have all the MT volumes minus vol 7 and vol 8. Gotta get them when I have the chance.


Oh thats pretty neat, I'll have to order all of them as a bundle once they're out......1 day.I do wonder what are the chances of it getting licensed in english though.

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Need illustrations of six-packed Eris and Badigadi.
Yup indeed.
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barmar said:
hoopla123 said:


MT definately deserves more sales. I know that the web novel is extremely popular but so far I have all the MT volumes minus vol 7 and vol 8. Gotta get them when I have the chance.


Oh thats pretty neat, I'll have to order all of them as a bundle once they're out......1 day.I do wonder what are the chances of it getting licensed in english though.

hoopla123 said:

Need illustrations of six-packed Eris and Badigadi.
Yup indeed.


If MT gets licensed in english, I would restart my collection all over again.

But ya, MT volumes are a bit more expensive than your average LN (since it is bigger as well).

It is around 1200 yen a volume.
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*8. 10,511 *10,511 Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu. Vol.10


Those are some good sales. At least the LN is doing well.
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29. *5,282 105,721 Overlord Vol.9


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kuuderes_shadow said:
Furthermore, none of the Overlord volumes even came close to selling as much as this bunko threshold. The only series with an airing anime that is even on the same set of rankings as Overlord is Monogatari, so even if every series with an anime was somehow breaking all records for sales boosts it wouldnt push Overlord off.

I don't get what you mean here. I'm not really well versed in this "specific ranking" that light novels get. Do you mean that Rakudai volumes needed to sell more than the Bunko threshold (6,811) rather than the 4,311 I see in the general ranking?

I think your perception has become skewed by the fact that we got, in consecutive seasons, 2 of the 4 biggest light novel sales boosts from the last 4 years...

Possible. Before this spring, the last time I followed these light novel rankings on a regular basis was Spring 2014 and back then, NGNL, Mahouka and Kagerou Days volumes iirc where all getting decent to impressive boosts and appearing on the list all in the SAME season which made me assume it's a regular thing.
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kuuderes_shadow said:
Furthermore, none of the Overlord volumes even came close to selling as much as this bunko threshold. The only series with an airing anime that is even on the same set of rankings as Overlord is Monogatari, so even if every series with an anime was somehow breaking all records for sales boosts it wouldnt push Overlord off.

I don't get what you mean here. I'm not really well versed in this "specific ranking" that light novels get. Do you mean that Rakudai volumes needed to sell more than the Bunko threshold (6,811) rather than the 4,311 I see in the general ranking?
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Exactly. BEcause overlord aren't bunkobon, it's easier to remain in the ranking. As you can see on the separated list, the cut off is 4300 for tankoubon against 6800 for bunkobon this week, which is a huge difference. If overlord was published in bunkobon, with the same sales, it wouldn't appear in the ranking at all.
Then again bunkobon are cheaper than tankoubon, so if Overlord was published in bunkobon, maybe the sales would be a bit higher and appear anyway. Who knows.
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Agafin said:
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Furthermore, none of the Overlord volumes even came close to selling as much as this bunko threshold. The only series with an airing anime that is even on the same set of rankings as Overlord is Monogatari, so even if every series with an anime was somehow breaking all records for sales boosts it wouldnt push Overlord off.

I don't get what you mean here. I'm not really well versed in this "specific ranking" that light novels get. Do you mean that Rakudai volumes needed to sell more than the Bunko threshold (6,811) rather than the 4,311 I see in the general ranking?


In the actual data, there is no "general ranking" - that's just MAL putting together novels from all the different rankings into one list.

The data comes from 4 different rankings:
- the bunko ranking, which is the top 50 bunko format releases
- the book ranking, which is the top 50 non-bunko releases
- the "literature" ranking, which is the top 20 out of a selection from the book ranks
- the light novel ranking, which is a top 20 of all volumes Oricon considers light novels. It isn't listed as it almost never gives any information that isn't in one of the other rankings.

Of these four, the literature ranking almost always has the lowest threshold, and the light novel ranking almost always has the highest threshold. Whichever has the lowest threshold of the rankings that a novel is eligible for is the amount that it needs to sell to appear on the rankings. Overlord is eligible for the book, literature and light novel rankings, the lowest threshold of which is the 4311 for the literature rankings, which is thus the amount it needed to sell to get on the rankings. Rakudai is eligible for the bunko and light novel rankings, of which the lowest threshold is the 6800 for the bunko ranking.

Agafin said:
I think your perception has become skewed by the fact that we got, in consecutive seasons, 2 of the 4 biggest light novel sales boosts from the last 4 years...

Possible. Before this spring, the last time I followed these light novel rankings on a regular basis was Spring 2014 and back then, NGNL, Mahouka and Kagerou Days volumes iirc where all getting decent to impressive boosts and appearing on the list all in the SAME season which made me assume it's a regular thing.


The light novel anime adaptations that have given >100k sales boosts to volume 1 of the novel during its time in the main rankings are:
Sword Art Online (Summer 2012)
No Game No Life (Spring 2014)
Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou Ka (Spring 2015)
Overlord (Summer 2015)

That's it. Mahouka's boost was 36k. Kagerou Daze's boost is hard to measure as the volume actually entered the rankings not from anime boost but from the boost from volume 5 coming out. It was at most 86k, and may have got more than half of that even if it weren't for the anime. AmaBuri was the next biggest boost of 2014, with 42k sales boost.

In 2013 the biggest boost of the entire year was hataraku maou-sama with 67k for volume 1.

Winter and Summer 2014 both had just a single week for a single volume in terms of visible anime boost - and neither of them sold the amount needed for this week's threshold (furthermore, the former was alongside a new volume being released, and the latter was... well, Sword Art Online).
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Thanks for the explanation @kuuderes_shadow
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10,094 *10,094 Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Vol.8

I just finish volume 6 and will soon start volume 7. Is these sales good? I don't follow the LN sales so I don't know what's considered to be good or bad sales. Also what series has sold the most since oricon started to collect data? Is 100k that overlord is selling makes it a big seller? Looking at the list it seems 100k isn't a hard feat to reach since a lot of series is selling close to that mark.
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10,094 *10,094 Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Vol.8

I just finish volume 6 and will soon start volume 7. Is these sales good? I don't follow the LN sales so I don't know what's considered to be good or bad sales. Also what series has sold the most since oricon started to collect data? Is 100k that overlord is selling makes it a big seller? Looking at the list it seems 100k isn't a hard feat to reach since a lot of series is selling close to that mark.


MT selling that much for a series that just went from a WN to LN is good. Although not as many sales as others (may have to do with the lack of an anime adaption, promotions, the books are thicker than your average LN but more expensive as well). But it was a popular WN so I'm sure that it will sell strongly in the future once more people know about it. As of right now, the sales for MT as far as I can see is steadily increasing.

And Overlord hitting 100k+ is extremely good too. There are plenty of quality LNs that don't make the top seller list.
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keragamming said:
10,094 *10,094 Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Vol.8

I just finish volume 6 and will soon start volume 7. Is these sales good? I don't follow the LN sales so I don't know what's considered to be good or bad sales. Also what series has sold the most since oricon started to collect data? Is 100k that overlord is selling makes it a big seller? Looking at the list it seems 100k isn't a hard feat to reach since a lot of series is selling close to that mark.


MT selling that much for a series that just went from a WN to LN is good. Although not as many sales as others (may have to do with the lack of an anime adaption, promotions, the books are thicker than your average LN but more expensive as well). But it was a popular WN so I'm sure that it will sell strongly in the future once more people know about it. As of right now, the sales for MT as far as I can see is steadily increasing.

And Overlord hitting 100k+ is extremely good too. There are plenty of quality LNs that don't make the top seller list.


Thnx for the explanation. Maybe a anime will be possible for it?
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