Forum Settings
Forums

Japan's Weekly Light Novel Rankings for Apr 4 - 10

New
Apr 13, 2016 6:54 PM
#1
News Team
꙳•❅*°⋆❆.ೃ࿔*:・*❆

Offline
Apr 2010
3379
Here are the weekly light novel rankings for April 4 - 10

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

*1. 74,864 *74,864 Sword Art Online Vol.17
*2. 29,939 *29,939 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Vol.15
*3. 24,292 *48,695 Kokuhaku Yokou Renshuu Vol.4 "Koi-iro ni Sake"
*4. 17,908 *17,908 Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.7
*5. 17,302 *61,900 Movie Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: Sotsugyou-hen
*6. 15,000 *19,172 Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: Korotan - Toite Minitsuku! Bunpou no Jikan
*7. 13,463 *15,928 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.1
*8. 10,774 *10,774 Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon Vol.22
*9. 10,080 *10,080 Netgame no Yome wa Onna no Ko ja Nai to Omotta? Vol.10
10. *7,979 **9,437 Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai

11. *7,191 *21,672 Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off: Kono Kamen no Akuma ni Soudan wo!
12. *7,091 181,226 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Vol.19
13. *6,769 *63,102 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.1
14. *6,390 **6,390 Ryuu no Wakaba, Dr. no Dekai
15. *5,645 **5,645 Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami Vol.2
16. *5,540 *26,067 Knights & Magic Vol.6
17. *5,400 *60,373 Date A Live Vol.14
18. *5,367 **5,367 Oushuu Youitan Vol.12 "Oldin no Shukuhai"
19. *5,303 **5,303 Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin Vol.9
20. *5,161 *12,719 Saiunkoku Monogatari "Gaikotsu wo Kou" Part 1

21. *5,084 *40,758 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.2
22. *4,824 **4,824 Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho Vol.6
23. *4,800 **4,800 Guin Saga Vol.138
24. *4,597 **4,597 Botsuraku Yotei nano de, Kaji Shokunin wo Mezasu
25. *4,564 **5,304 Shujin no Aishuu
26. *4,338 *11,983 Boku dake ga Inai Machi: Another Record
27. *4,129 *30,266 Kidou Senshi Gundam Unicorn Vol.11
28. *3,595 **4,413 Mahoutsukai no Konyakusha Vol.2
29. *3,138 187,446 Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: Korotan
30. *2,674 **2,674 Grimoire x Reverse: Tensei Kijin Romantan Vol.3

31. *2,569 *13,898 Ao Oni: Mujuu-hen

Separated by Specific Ranking
Bunko
*1. 74,864 *74,864 Sword Art Online Vol.17
*3. 29,939 *29,939 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Vol.15
*4. 24,292 *48,695 Kokuhaku Yokou Renshuu Vol.4 "Koi-iro ni Sake"
12. 10,774 *10,774 Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon Vol.22
15. 10,080 *10,080 Netgame no Yome wa Onna no Ko ja Nai to Omotta? Vol.10
21. *7,191 *21,672 Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off: Kono Kamen no Akuma ni Soudan wo!
22. *7,091 181,226 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Vol.19
23. *6,769 *63,102 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.1
26. *6,390 **6,390 Ryuu no Wakaba, Dr. no Dekai
32. *5,540 *26,067 Knights & Magic Vol.6

33. *5,400 *60,373 Date A Live Vol.14
34. *5,367 **5,367 Oushuu Youitan Vol.12 "Oldin no Shukuhai"
35. *5,303 **5,303 Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin Vol.9
36. *5,161 *12,719 Saiunkoku Monogatari "Gaikotsu wo Kou" Part 1
38. *5,084 *40,758 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.2
44. *4,824 **4,824 Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho Vol.6
45. *4,800 **4,800 Guin Saga Vol.138
50. *4,564 **5,304 Shujin no Aishuu
(cut-off 4,564)


Book
*5. 17,908 *17,908 Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.7
*6. 17,302 *61,900 Movie Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: Sotsugyou-hen
*7. 15,000 *19,172 Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: Korotan - Toite Minitsuku! Bunpou no Jikan
10. 13,463 *15,928 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.1
27. *7,979 **9,437 Zutto Mae kara Suki deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai
48. *5,645 **5,645 Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami Vol.2
(cut-off 5,501)


Literature Books Genre (duplicates removed)
11. *4,597 **4,597 Botsuraku Yotei nano de, Kaji Shokunin wo Mezasu
12. *4,338 *11,983 Boku dake ga Inai Machi: Another Record
13. *4,129 *30,266 Kidou Senshi Gundam Unicorn Vol.11
14. *3,595 **4,413 Mahoutsukai no Konyakusha Vol.2
18. *3,138 187,446 Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: Korotan
19. *2,674 **2,674 Grimoire x Reverse: Tensei Kijin Romantan Vol.3
20. *2,569 *13,898 Ao Oni: Mujuu-hen
(cut-off 2,569)

Source: Oricon Youtaijou

← Previous Week

Submit News × GuidelinesPart of U × Color Your Night × Limelight × Headline˙⊹܀⁺☁︎˚˙⊹⁺.˙⁺
Apr 13, 2016 6:55 PM
#2

Offline
Nov 2011
129033
 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index volume 15 almost 30k+ this week, not bad.

Death March is also becoming a popular thing recently.
Apr 13, 2016 7:07 PM
#3

Offline
Jan 2015
2743
Considering that some pretty popular LN came out I'm happy that Re:Zero got that good of a boost.
Big Order (TV):great anime or greatest anime?
Apr 13, 2016 7:10 PM
#4

Offline
Jan 2015
322
Index has really lost its footing......
Apr 13, 2016 7:16 PM
#5

Offline
Mar 2014
18200
>2 days
>didn't sell 100k
SAO is dead.
Time to drop everything and focus on Progressive.
Apr 13, 2016 7:23 PM
#6
Offline
Jul 2014
33
Really hyped with the cover of the new SAO vol.
Apr 13, 2016 7:33 PM
#7

Offline
Nov 2007
4626
Weekly Light Novel Series
*1 83,553 ソードアート・オンライン
*2 30,528 新約 とある魔術の禁書目録
*3 26,771 Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活
*4 26,351 この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!
*5 24,292 告白予行練習 短編集
*6 23,887 ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った?
*7 20,283 暗殺教室 [小説]
*8 19,095 映画 暗殺教室
*9 17,908 デスマーチからはじまる異世界狂想曲
10 13,463 僕のヒーローアカデミア 雄英白書
The News Club: Quality News/Discussion (anime, CDs, manga, novels, games, seiyuu), & sales data (daily, weekly, mid-year, yearly).
Apr 13, 2016 7:42 PM
#8

Offline
Aug 2015
411
Paulo27 said:
>2 days
>didn't sell 100k
SAO is dead.
Time to drop everything and focus on Progressive.


So far Underworld arc follows rather closely to the Web version, which ends at vol 18. So I am guessing the next vol. will be the last so it is not that bad.
Apr 13, 2016 8:02 PM
#9

Offline
Apr 2014
4400
*9. 10,080 *10,080 Netgame no Yome wa Onna no Ko ja Nai to Omotta? Vol.10

hope to see this more
Apr 13, 2016 8:17 PM

Offline
Sep 2013
22818
They should wrap it up at 150 the best they can and call it a day, shame the author died.

23. *4,800 **4,800 Guin Saga Vol.138

RE zero :O maybe it'll pas 100K too.
Big novel boosts becoming more common.
Apr 13, 2016 8:27 PM

Offline
Oct 2012
1028
When is Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon S3 coming?! D:

Death March anime when?
「友達なんていない。人はすぐに裏切るし、学校っていうのは誰かを標的にしないとやってられない馬鹿共の集 まり。ままごとみたいな役決めて、仲のいいふりして都合が悪くなったら知らんぷり。そんな奴らと仲良くした いとか全然思わない。」
Apr 13, 2016 9:11 PM
Offline
Jul 2018
564084
Pretty interesting seeing Sword Art Online being this high, but I assume base on what people told me its amazing. I have a doubt xD Since I like Alicazation.
Apr 13, 2016 9:28 PM

Offline
Oct 2015
689
13. *6,769 *63,102 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.1

21. *5,084 *40,758 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.2

the anime boost doin its thing already
Apr 13, 2016 9:43 PM
Offline
Aug 2012
470
Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku
Anime when?

Date A Live
Another season, ova, or movie would be nice.

Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin
I wonder how far will the anime go with the adaptation.
Apr 13, 2016 9:50 PM
Offline
Jul 2018
564084
So both netgame and Re:zero got the boost from the anime. Nice, konosuba Vanir spinoff selling well. xD
Apr 14, 2016 12:12 AM

Offline
Dec 2011
8944
Weekly series rankings from Oricon website:
1. Sword Art Online
2. Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index
3. Kokuhaku Yokou-Renshuu
4. Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
5. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
6. Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko Janai to Omotta
7. Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Novelisation
8. Eiga Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Novelisation
9. Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku
10. Boku no Hero Academia Yuuei Hakusho
11. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shikufuku wo! Spinoff
12. Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
13. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
14. GENESIS Series: Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
15. Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita. Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai
16. Gakusen Toshi Asterisk
17. Saiunkoku Hishou
18. No Game No Life
19. Date A Live
20. orange novelisation


Other series on the Oricon Bunko top 30 that may be of interest:
10. 11,904 Seirei no Moribito
18. *8,574 Yami no Moribito
24. *6,749 Yume no Moribito
kuuderes_shadowApr 14, 2016 12:59 AM
There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do.
Apr 14, 2016 12:40 AM
Manga Moderator
Sleepy

Offline
Jul 2009
18218
kuuderes_shadow said:

10. Boku no Hero Academia 雄英白書*


Boku no Hero Academia: Yuuei Hakusho

Yuuei is the name of the hero school the MC goes to. Also, it's Hero (Eiyuu) backwards. A play on words.
Apr 14, 2016 12:57 AM

Offline
Dec 2011
8944
POS ranks for series with ongoing anime adaptations:

Netoge:
*48位  ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った? Lv.10 (new)
174位  ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った?
323位  ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った? Lv.2

RE: Zero:
*71位  Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活(1)
113位  Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活(2)
201位  Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 3
308位  Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活(4)
413位  Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活(5)
286位  Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活(8)

Asterisk:
221位 学戦都市アスタリスク 10 龍激聖覇

Winter Season leftovers:
KonoSuba:
114位 この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!スピンオフ この仮面の悪魔に相談を! (new last week)
204位 この素晴らしい世界に祝福を! あぁ、駄女神さま
250位 この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!2 中二病でも魔女がしたい!
248位 この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!3 よんでますよ、ダクネスさん。
245位 この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!4 鈍ら四重奏 ~ナマクラカルテット~
463位 この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!スピンオフ この素晴らしい世界に爆焔を! めぐみんのターン
255位 この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!5 爆裂紅魔にレッツ&ゴー!!
262位 この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!6 六花の王女
284位 この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!7 億千万の花嫁
336位 この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!8 アクシズ教団VSエリス教団

(source: shoseki blog)

Wizzy123 said:

Boku no Hero Academia: Yuuei Hakusho


Thanks. And yes I gathered the origin of it

bobzanny said:
Considering that some pretty popular LN came out I'm happy that Re:Zero got that good of a boost.


What else comes out (unless it's from a related series) doesn't really affect the size of the boost. It can affect the requirement to get into the rankings, but that's determined by the amount of things that come out, not how big they are. This is a relatively quiet week in that respect.

And lol at people judging series' success based on how many copies they sell in two days.
There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do.
Apr 14, 2016 2:19 AM

Offline
Nov 2013
136
>8. 10,774 10,774 Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon Vol.22
>13. 6,769  63,102 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.1
>19. 5,303  5,303 Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin Vol.9
>21. *5,084 *40,758 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.2

Good.
Apr 14, 2016 2:57 AM

Offline
Feb 2016
205
With 2 days Netoge got 10k , it will probably stick around for next week too.

quite a big disparity between volume 1 and volume 2 of ReZero
Apr 14, 2016 2:59 AM

Offline
Jul 2015
6154
*1. 74,864 *74,864 Sword Art Online Vol.17
Sao for life <3
Apr 14, 2016 3:31 AM

Offline
Mar 2012
18961
Cavalry vol 10 is out today isn't it? Need to wait for next week to see the sales. Other than than did NT sales drop again?
Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together.
Apr 14, 2016 3:59 AM

Offline
Dec 2011
8944
NeoAnkara said:
Cavalry vol 10 is out today isn't it?

Yes.
Other than than did NT sales drop again?

Can't say. The last time a volume of the series came out this late in the week was volume 4. Sales are down 55% on the week 1 sales for that volume but total sales from the weekly rankings for the last volume were down by about 48% compared to volume 4...
There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do.
Apr 14, 2016 4:07 AM

Offline
Mar 2012
18961
kuuderes_shadow said:
Other than than did NT sales drop again?

Can't say. The last time a volume of the series came out this late in the week was volume 4. Sales are down 55% on the week 1 sales for that volume but total sales from the weekly rankings for the last volume were down by about 48% compared to volume 4...
Kamachi really need to make Index III happen to raise the sales again.
Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together.
Apr 14, 2016 4:59 AM

Offline
Apr 2015
2116
Nice to see that Re:Zero's boost has already started. Since the start of the story is its weakest point I expect the sales to become even better throughout the next weeks.

Still as a completely new series that starts out slow, it's holding its own against those bigger series, great! :)
FappaApr 14, 2016 5:29 AM
Apr 14, 2016 6:00 AM

Offline
Mar 2015
47062
*4. 17,908 *17,908 Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.7

this pick my interest TBH.

13. *6,769 *63,102 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.1
21. *5,084 *40,758 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.2

nice one.

23. *4,800 **4,800 Guin Saga Vol.138

WOW!
"If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on."
Apr 14, 2016 2:55 PM

Offline
Feb 2016
205
SAO came out in the 9th so it had 2 days
last volume did 280k
Apr 18, 2016 2:00 AM
Offline
Dec 2011
519
I just realized something after I remembered that Oricon only counts the sales of paperback books and publishing companies gain profit from them. Do the publishing companies also gain profit from the sales of the E-book version?
Apr 18, 2016 4:31 AM

Offline
Dec 2011
8944
AP24 said:
I just realized something after I remembered that Oricon only counts the sales of paperback books and publishing companies gain profit from them. Do the publishing companies also gain profit from the sales of the E-book version?


If they didn't then they wouldn't produce them.
There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do.
Apr 18, 2016 8:45 AM
Offline
Dec 2011
519
kuuderes_shadow said:
AP24 said:
I just realized something after I remembered that Oricon only counts the sales of paperback books and publishing companies gain profit from them. Do the publishing companies also gain profit from the sales of the E-book version?


If they didn't then they wouldn't produce them.


Would be nice if there are sales result for e-book versions, cause it's possible that some series sell e-book version as much as paperback version or even more.

I don't get why don't they since the sales of e-books should be easier to count than paperback books.
AP24Apr 18, 2016 8:50 AM
Apr 19, 2016 7:44 PM

Offline
Nov 2007
4626
AP24 said:
kuuderes_shadow said:


If they didn't then they wouldn't produce them.


Would be nice if there are sales result for e-book versions, cause it's possible that some series sell e-book version as much as paperback version or even more.

I don't get why don't they since the sales of e-books should be easier to count than paperback books.


I would assume Oricon does count them, because it is essentially the same procedure when placing an order for a physical copy or an E-book copy of the same thing on Amazon JP. Amazon JP's job is just to report how many copies they have sold, so I don't see how they can't do such a thing.

If Amazon JP don't count E-book copies, there must be some sort of reason why they don't do such a thing. Do they have a fear of over-counting the number of sold E-Books if there are problems in delivering the copies over the internet? Who knows...
The News Club: Quality News/Discussion (anime, CDs, manga, novels, games, seiyuu), & sales data (daily, weekly, mid-year, yearly).

More topics from this board

» 'Babanbabanban Vampire' Announces Additional Cast Pair

Vindstot - 5 hours ago

3 by KietaTeenRomance »»
15 minutes ago

» Novel 'Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de' Gets TV Anime in 2025

DatRandomDude - Yesterday

8 by Memore »»
1 hour ago

» Manga 'Seihantai na Kimi to Boku' Gets TV Anime for Winter 2026

Vindstot - Nov 24

16 by 0arche »»
4 hours ago

» Light Novel 'Shinjiteita Nakama-tachi ni Dungeon Okuchi de Korosarekaketa ga Gift "Mugen Gacha" de Level 9999 no Nakama-tachi wo Te ni Irete Moto Party Member to Sekai ni Fukushuu & "Zamaa!" Shimasu!' Gets Anime

DatRandomDude - Nov 15

18 by LyLord »»
8 hours ago

» 'Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi' Unveils Production Staff, Additional Cast, Teaser Promo for Spring 2025

DatRandomDude - 10 hours ago

2 by EcchiGodMamster »»
8 hours ago
It’s time to ditch the text file.
Keep track of your anime easily by creating your own list.
Sign Up Login