Japan's Weekly Light Novel Rankings for Nov 7 - 13

Here are the weekly light novel rankings for November 7 - 13

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

*1.　36,059　*,*36,059　Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Vol.17
*2.　29,466　1,173,283　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Bunko)
*3.　12,084　*,274,376　Kimi no Na wa. Another Side: Earthbound
*4.　11,498　*,*73,091　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.10
*5.　10,974　*,*10,974　Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin Vol.11
*6.　10,485　*,*10,485　Sword Art Online Alternative: Clover's Regret
*7.　*8,884　*,**8,884　Legend Vol.7
*8.　*8,784　*,210,850　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko)
*9.　*5,952　*,**5,952　Sanzensekai no Karasu wo Koroshi Vol.20
10.　*5,916　*,**5,916　Maou na Anoko to Murabito A Vol.11

11.　*5,566　*,**5,566　Madoushi wa Heibon wo Nozomu Vol.16
12.　*5,111　*,*63,446　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.10
13.　*4,657　*,**4,657　Adachi to Shimamura Vol.7
14.　*4,258　*,*92,734　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol.11
15.　*4,160　*,*18,936　Youheidan no Ryouriban Vol.1
16.　*4,093　*,**4,093　Okashi na Tensei Vol.5
17.　*4,027　*,**4,027　Kisei shite Level-ageta n da ga, Sodachisugita kamo Shirenai
18.　*3,714　*,**3,714　Elf Yome to Hajimeru Isekai Ryoushu Seikatsu Vol.3
19.　*3,366　*,**4,011　Kanna no Kanna: Itan Shoukansha wa Scenario Breaker
20.　*3,590　*,*58,827　Kokuhaku Yokou Renshuu: Kinyoubi no Ohayou

21.　*3,540　*,**3,540　Diego no Kyojin
22.　*3,476　*,**3,476　Cool na Shachou no Dekiai Sengen!?
23.　*3,454　*,153,904　Kotonoha no Niwa
24.　*2,617　*,**3,134　Isekai Shoukan no Shihainin
25.　*2,579　*,120,347　Overlord Vol.11

Bunko
*2.　36,059　*,*36,059　Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Vol.17
*3.　29,466　1,173,283　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Bunko)
*7.　12,084　*,274,376　Kimi no Na wa. Another Side: Earthbound
*8.　11,498　*,*73,091　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.10
*9.　10,974　*,*10,974　Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin Vol.11
10.　10,485　*,*10,485　Sword Art Online Alternative: Clover's Regret
20.　*5,952　*,**5,952　Sanzensekai no Karasu wo Koroshi Vol.20
21.　*5,916　*,**5,916　Maou na Anoko to Murabito A Vol.11
26.　*5,111　*,*63,446　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.10
34.　*4,657　*,**4,657　Adachi to Shimamura Vol.7

42.　*4,258　*,*92,734　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol.11
43.　*4,160　*,*18,936　Youheidan no Ryouriban Vol.1
(cut-off 3,857)


Book
34.　*8,884　*,**8,884　Legend Vol.7
35.　*8,784　*,210,850　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko)
(cut-off 7,546)


Literature Books Genre (duplicates removed)
10.　*5,566　*,**5,566　Madoushi wa Heibon wo Nozomu Vol.16
11.　*4,093　*,**4,093　Okashi na Tensei Vol.5
12.　*4,027　*,**4,027　Kisei shite Level-ageta n da ga, Sodachisugita kamo Shirenai
14.　*3,366　*,**4,011　Kanna no Kanna: Itan Shoukansha wa Scenario Breaker
19.　*2,617　*,**3,134　Isekai Shoukan no Shihainin
20.　*2,579　*,120,347　Overlord Vol.11
(cut-off 2,579)

Source: Oricon Youtaijou

← Previous Week

I am glad for not seeing Kimi no Na Wa in first place yet another week.

*5.　10,974　*,*10,974　Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin Vol.11
This needs more sales

*1.　36,059　*,*36,059　Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Vol.17
Is it good? The cover and synopsis interested me, is there any scan translating it?

Series? Yes, it's good.

Let's see, new Vol. was released on 10th November so it's not full week... but Vol.16 had 50,124 in first week and was on sale just one day longer so... It's look like it's another drop in sales.

16th Vol. 1st week: https://myanimelist.net/news/47393781
Rankings August 8 - 14
Released August 10


17th Vol 1st week
November 7 - 13
Released November 10

Iris volume and konosuba sold less than prev week?! Damn you jap.

Index sales have been falling steadily since NT2.

158,602 158,602 Toaru Majutsu no Index: New Testament vol.2 5 days
111,443 111,443 Toaru Majutsu no Index: New Testament Vol.8 5 days
50,124　50,124　Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Vol.16 5 days
36,059　36,059　Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Vol.17 4 days

Index sales is decreasing rapidly. why don't they just adapt the rest of the old testament. it has been selling so good in merch/disc/manga/novel. they are just losing money by not making more. i know it is used for commercial purposes but when the sales are actually good, 20k avg bd/dvd good. then i don't even know what the producers are thinking anymore.

the director already stated in his reddit AMA that he's ready to make it any time.

If Konosuba is sold so quickly, I'm afraid even to imagine how to grow sales after the launch of the second season.

By the way, today is really almost all most popular light novell is fantasy ?

Overlord breaks 120K with the normal edition :)

So many isekai so little translation :'(
24.　*2,617　*,**3,134　Isekai Shoukan no Shihainin

Not that I'm expecting much but it's still sad when Rokujouma disappear yet again.

@Snow - bunko rank 2 should be above bunko rank 3 on the list.

anyway...

POS (bunko) ranks of series with ongoing anime adaptations:

Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku:
232位　魔法少女育成計画
372位　魔法少女育成計画 restart (前)
481位　魔法少女育成計画 restart (後)

Occultic;Nine:
473位　Occultic;Nine (１)　―オカルティック・ナイン―

Bungo Stray Dogs:
208位　文豪ストレイドッグス　太宰治の入社試験
276位　文豪ストレイドッグス　太宰治と黒の時代
223位　文豪ストレイドッグス　探偵社設立秘話
112位　文豪ストレイドッグス　55Minutes

Hibike! Euphonium:
325位　響け！ユーフォニアム　北宇治高校の吹奏楽部日誌
429位　響け！ユーフォニアムシリーズ　立華高校マーチングバンドへようこそ 前編
391位　響け！ユーフォニアムシリーズ　立華高校マーチングバンドへようこそ 後編

Leftover from previous seasons:

Spring/Summer:
Re:Zero:
*43位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活10
131位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活 Re:zeropedia
153位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活１
195位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活２
241位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活３
283位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活４
279位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活５
382位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活　短編集１
309位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活６
339位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活７
335位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活８
114位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活９

Winter:
KonoSuba:
**7位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！10　ギャンブル・スクランブル！
277位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！　あぁ、駄女神さま
311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！
322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。
306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～
352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!!
354位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！６　六花の王女
414位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！７　億千万の花嫁
330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
199位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！９　紅の宿命

(source:POS via book-rank.net)

Weekly series rankings from Oricon website:
*1. Shousetsu Kimi no Na wa.
*2. Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index
*3. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*4. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
*5. Kimi no Na wa. ANOTHER SIDE:EARTHBOUND
*6. Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin
*7. Sword Art Online Alternative: Clover's Regret
*8. Legend
*9. Sword Art Online
10. Overlord
11. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka
12. Bungou Stray Dogs
13. Kokuhaku Yokou Renshuu
14. Sanzensekai no Karasu wo Koroshi
15. Maou na Ano Ko to Murabito A
16. Madoushi wa Heibon wo Nozomu
17. Adachi to Shimamura
18. No Game No Life
19. Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku
20. Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records

(source: Oricon website)

It'll be interesting to see what comes out top next week. There are a few reasonably big series out but they're all out at the end of the week. The two things that beat Kimi no Na Wa. in last week's ranking both came out last week... Coffee-ten Talleyrand no Jikenbo is still able to beat KnNw. on the daily rankings but Index isn't. GA Bunko's top release couldn't beat KnNw/CtTnJ on its day of release so not much chance there. Could Kimi no Na wa. return to the top? There are a couple of things that look very likely to beat it on the bunko ranks but they aren't even close to being light novels.

Oh, and in case anyone's interested, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child sold 317,078 copies in the week covered by this thread.



You do know that's normal, right? Something with nothing giving it an active boost will basically never sell more in one full week of sales than it did in a previous full week.



If you take a broader definition of what constitutes fantasy it pretty much always has been. You get scifi stuff (Accel World and even Mahouka are really more sci-fi than they are fantasy) and mysteries (usually under labels that are borderline to light novel status), and spin-offs of things from other media - and the occasional yaoi hit - but the brief period where series like Haganai and OreImo could become standalone megahits with no fantasy, sci-fi or mystery elements was very much the exception in light novel history, not the norm.
Indeed, today's biggest series that would fall under this grouping are Imouto Sae Ireba Ii. and Eromanga-sensei, written by the same authors as Haganai and OreImo respectively. SaeKano isn't far behind them, though.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


Kimi no Na wa took 2nd for the 2nd week :(

Was hoping it to bounce back to first :|

Anyways it'll be a miracle if it can remain 2nd for 10 weeks straight.



You have something against Kimi no Na wa? Wow.....

Being beaten by precisely one thing for 10 consecutive weeks? That would be hilarious. Not going to happen, though.

MoshiDora held 3rd place for 7 weeks of an 8 week period once. I think that's the only time anything's come remotely close to doing something like that.

Seeing Index at the top makes me a happy man.

Absolutely nothing, it's just pretty boring when the same thing is in the 1st place every single week for so long, seeing something new is better.

Welp. Doesn't seem like sales will improve...

Did not know what Eromanga-sensei is so popular, I after reading the first volume did not notice anything special. In any case, by mystery you mean title with detective part?

Stuff like the Q series, Boukyaku Tantei series, Biblia, Bungaku Shoujo, GOSICK, Shinrei Tantei Yakumo, Sakurako-san, possibly the Kotenbu series...

Thank you, now I understand. In general, I am surprised that now the romance in his purest form is easier find among manga than in the most popular light novell.

Incidentally, I'm a complete idiot. Obviously the best selling ongoing series that isn't fantasy, sci-fi or mystery is OreGairu. The fact that it hasn't had a new volume since June last year and has none planned for the near future made me not think of it earlier... =\

@Toshiya_K - vol 15 at least should be on the year end rankings, which several of the figures for earlier volumes are taken from. That will boost it above volume 14's sales. Vol 16 might be on there as well, depending on how good its long tail is. But yes, the series is definitely in a steep decline. Then again quite a few series have seen sales drop away fairly steeply recently. I wonder what the ebook sales trend (which aren't included in Oricon's data) would look like.

Well, I can understand why OreGairu so popular.

Ah. I just thought that if after it holds the first place 11-12 weeks in a row, if it can do the same for the second place that'll be a miracle. At least it's still selling pretty well.

lmao I didn't even know the new Index volume was out yet

Is it really surprising that Index sales are falling? I mean, it's the 39th volume for goodness' sake, people may have gotten tired of it. :P
Also, it's been ages since the sales-boosting anime ended.

By the way, what's that SAO alternative thing?

I'm not surprised that the Index volume sells gets lower with every new release. Still glad it's at the top this week though.

Also, Legend is quite an underrated series.

Sanzensekai no Karasu wo Koroshi never heard of it but underrated scifi making into rankings which means it is good.

Lol Index really needs to end soon, for its own sake.

This. I don't want it to end like Bleach.

It's already like Bleach, if not worse.

It's a shame, really.

That awful index sales is a testament for them that it needs another anime adaptation, asap.