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Here are the weekly light novel rankings for March 26 - April 1

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

*1. 21,225 *48,448 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.16
*2. 14,047 *14,047 Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu Vol.14
*3. 10,995 *10,995 Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki Vol.15
*4. 10,434 *10,434 Kenja no Mago Vol.8
*5. 10,173 *42,508 Date A Live Vol.18
*6. *9,805 136,368 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Vol.24
*7. *8,231 **8,231 Seirei Gensouki Vol.10
*8. *8,153 *33,281 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.11
*9. *7,782 *20,936 Hai to Gensou no Grimgar Vol.12
10. *7,538 **7,538 Tensei Ouji wa Daraketai Vol.5

11. *7,363 *31,723 High School DxD Vol.25
12. *7,007 *17,253 Gakusen Toshi Asterisk Vol.13
13. *6,373 **6,373 Aisaretete yo
14. *6,175 *52,427 Ryuuou no Oshigoto! Vol.8
15. *5,838 **5,838 Isekai Tensei Soudouki Vol.12
16. *5,614 *15,878 Hoshi no Kirby: Kessen! Battle Deluxe!!
17. *5,452 128,626 No Game No Life Vol.10
18. *5,360 *20,807 Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Memorial Regular Edition
19. *4,639 **4,639 Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Vol.9
20. *4,605 *10,575 Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko. Vol.12

21. *4,372 *19,940 Log Horizon Vol.11
22. *4,090 179,227 Sword Art Online: Progressive Vol.5
23. *4,000 **4,000 Status All Infinity Vol.1
24. *3,963 **3,963 Around 40 Shachiku no Golem Master Vol.3
25. *3,877 **3,877 Shinmai Maou no Testament Vol.12
26. *3,558 **3,558 Kokuyou ni Michibikarete Ai wo Mitsuketa Otoko no Hanashi
27. *3,536 *16,114 Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. Vol.12
28. *3,206 *60,924 Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol.12
29. *2,851 **2,851 Cadenza Vol.7

Separated by Specific Ranking
Bunko
*2. 21,225 *48,448 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.16
*6. 10,434 *10,434 Kenja no Mago Vol.8
*8. 10,173 *42,508 Date A Live Vol.18
*9. *9,805 136,368 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Vol.24
10. *8,614 *13,871 Haunted Campus "Hakamori wa Warawanai"
11. *8,231 **8,231 Seirei Gensouki Vol.10
12. *8,153 *33,281 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.11
15. *7,782 *20,936 Hai to Gensou no Grimgar Vol.12
17. *7,363 *31,723 High School DxD Vol.25
19. *7,007 *17,253 Gakusen Toshi Asterisk Vol.13

21. *6,373 **6,373 Aisaretete yo
22. *6,175 *52,427 Ryuuou no Oshigoto! Vol.8
27. *5,452 128,626 No Game No Life Vol.10
28. *5,360 *20,807 Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Memorial Regular Edition
31. *4,605 *10,575 Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko. Vol.12
34. *4,090 179,227 Sword Art Online: Progressive Vol.5
37. *4,000 **4,000 Status All Infinity Vol.1
39. *3,963 **3,963 Around 40 Shachiku no Golem Master Vol.3
41. *3,877 **3,877 Shinmai Maou no Testament Vol.12
(cut-off 3,356)

Book
*9. 14,047 *14,047 Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu Vol.14
13. 10,995 *10,995 Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki Vol.15
34. *7,538 **7,538 Tensei Ouji wa Daraketai Vol.5
47. *5,838 **5,838 Isekai Tensei Soudouki Vol.12
(cut-off 5,651)

Literature Books Genre (duplicates removed)
12. *4,639 **4,639 Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Vol.9
13. *4,372 *19,940 Log Horizon Vol.11
14. *3,558 **3,558 Kokuyou ni Michibikarete Ai wo Mitsuketa Otoko no Hanashi
15. *3,536 *16,114 Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. Vol.12
18. *3,206 *60,924 Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol.12
20. *2,851 **2,851 Cadenza Vol.7
(cut-off 2,851)

Source: Oricon Youtaijou

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Apr 5, 2018 7:30 PM
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nice sales for Rezero but woah is that Emila on the cover???
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Had a slight feeling that Re:Zero would top the list but hey Grimgar is still in the top 10 (i'm glad to see Seirei Gensouki in the top 10 as well).
Apr 5, 2018 7:42 PM
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moodie said:
nice sales for Rezero but woah is that Emila on the cover???


Nah it's another character called Sirius
Apr 5, 2018 7:46 PM
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Pnbn said:
moodie said:
nice sales for Rezero but woah is that Emila on the cover???


Nah it's another character called Sirius

they should be able give us 2nd season now right.?


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Glad to see Re: Zero at Top. I need to catch up the WN now.

*7. *8,231 **8,231 Seirei Gensouki Vol.10
*9. *7,782 *20,936 Hai to Gensou no Grimgar Vol.12

And I need to start reading it.
Apr 5, 2018 10:54 PM
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Series rankings from Oricon website:
*1. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
*2. Overlord
*3. Ryuuou no Oshigoto
*4. Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu
*5. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
*6. No Game No Life
*7. Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki
*8. Kenja no Mago
*9. Date A Live
10. Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Record
11. Hoshi no Kirby Novelisation
12. Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
13. Seirei Gensouki
14. Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
15. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
16. Highschool DxD
17. Tensei Ouji wa Daraketai
18. Gakusen Toshi Asterisk
19. Sword Art Online
20. Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku

(Source: Oricon website)
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Apr 5, 2018 11:02 PM
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RIP Log Horizon. Seems to have lost half its sales since the last volume. Long break + the reason for the break + not all that much promotion for its continuation = a triple hit on its sales figures.
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Apr 5, 2018 11:07 PM
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Kenja no Mago is selling well like always. SasuMago.

By the way, I heard that the Author of No Game No Life is not a Japanese person. Is this true ?
I am someone that would like to watch a Harem Anime with 2 male leads that each gets their own harem company of girls from the main cast. For example, 1st male lead gets a company of 4 girls and 2nd male lead gets 2-3 girls etc.
Apr 5, 2018 11:40 PM
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feel bad for grimgar , i mean the art makes the book less attractive , at least with japanese
Apr 6, 2018 12:05 AM
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Hyakuren no Haou recently got an Anime Adaptation, so why has its latest volume 15 that went on sale on the 30th March recently didn't rank in the Top 30 list above ? Not many people in Japan buying the latest volume ?

Here's the latest volume of Hyakuren no Haou >> https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E7%99%BE%E9%8C%AC%E3%81%AE%E8%A6%87%E7%8E%8B%E3%81%A8%E8%81%96%E7%B4%84%E3%81%AE%E6%88%A6%E4%B9%99%E5%A5%B3-15-HJ%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB-%E9%B7%B9%E5%B1%B1%E8%AA%A0%E4%B8%80/dp/4798616745/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZFMSFTV4R8VAJ5QFR7PF

I thought that it was a somewhat good selling LN series to get an Anime Adaptation, so I find it quite shocking and unexpected that its latest volume is not on the Top 30 rankings above. Even Seirei Gensouki was ranked higher than Hyakuren no Haou.

Also, why is the latest Shinmai Maou no Testament selling less than 4000 copies in less than a week since its release on stores ? The MC of Shinmai Maou is 100 times more cooler and badass than Isekai Smartphone's MC, so it's sad to see it selling so lower than Smartphone.
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Apr 6, 2018 12:05 AM

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And Isekai at the top once again.
Apr 6, 2018 12:39 AM

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CoolitzHubertXVI said:
Hyakuren no Haou recently got an Anime Adaptation, so why has its latest volume 15 that went on sale on the 30th March recently didn't rank in the Top 30 list above ? Not many people in Japan buying the latest volume ?

Here's the latest volume of Hyakuren no Haou >> https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E7%99%BE%E9%8C%AC%E3%81%AE%E8%A6%87%E7%8E%8B%E3%81%A8%E8%81%96%E7%B4%84%E3%81%AE%E6%88%A6%E4%B9%99%E5%A5%B3-15-HJ%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB-%E9%B7%B9%E5%B1%B1%E8%AA%A0%E4%B8%80/dp/4798616745/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZFMSFTV4R8VAJ5QFR7PF

I thought that it was a somewhat good selling LN series to get an Anime Adaptation, so I find it quite shocking and unexpected that its latest volume is not on the Top 30 rankings above. Even Seirei Gensouki was ranked higher than Hyakuren no Haou.

Also, why is the latest Shinmai Maou no Testament selling less than 4000 copies in less than a week since its release on stores ? The MC of Shinmai Maou is 100 times more cooler and badass than Isekai Smartphone's MC, so it's sad to see it selling so lower than Smartphone.

Well it could be like the last volume came out on April 1 of Shinmai Maou no Testament and the ranking closed on April 1 was only the sales of that day maybe next week have more sales, from the following days to April 1
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And Re:0 jumps right up top spot once it has a full week of sales. Nice!

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RIP Log Horizon. Seems to have lost half its sales since the last volume. Long break + the reason for the break + not all that much promotion for its continuation = a triple hit on its sales figures.


Didn't author get arrested fro tax evasion or something? I figure that something to do with the big decease in sales.

Swagernator said:
And Isekai at the top once again.


Date A Live top the chart last week though...
Apr 6, 2018 2:02 AM

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Jagd84 said:
Date A Live top the chart last week though...

Sometimes im thinking if it is good or actually bad that only a harem can beat isekai.
Apr 6, 2018 2:29 AM

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they should be able give us 2nd season now right.?


Yep it's now 16 volume and the anime stopped at the ninth one so...
Hope they will announce the second season by the OVA
Apr 6, 2018 3:30 AM

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where is my ossan adaptation?
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Apr 6, 2018 8:52 AM
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Nah it's another character called Sirius

they should be able give us 2nd season now right.?


What i want is for YenPress to pick up its shit and start translating faster, they are going at almost the same pace of the LN release in Japan!
Apr 6, 2018 9:13 AM

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Pnbn said:
moodie said:

they should be able give us 2nd season now right.?


Yep it's now 16 volume and the anime stopped at the ninth one so...
Hope they will announce the second season by the OVA


For a nice adaptation, without cutting anything too important. Volumes 10 - 15 (arc 4) would need at least 18 episodes to adapt. Since the volumes are about 40 pages longer each than arc 3s volumes, and there isn't as much stuff that they can cut out effectively as arc 3s content.

Arc 5 might end up being 4 volumes (16 - 19), but I really don't want them to cram that all into 24 episodes. 30 - 36 episodes would do nice though.
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Jagd84 said:

kuuderes_shadow said:
RIP Log Horizon. Seems to have lost half its sales since the last volume. Long break + the reason for the break + not all that much promotion for its continuation = a triple hit on its sales figures.


Didn't author get arrested fro tax evasion or something? I figure that something to do with the big decease in sales.


He got a fine and suspended prison sentence, which is the reason for the break in the series.
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Apr 6, 2018 12:05 PM

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DAL went from 1st to 5th boo... but I guess that's expected. Could that season 3 boost it though? I mean, they already had 2 seasons, 2 OVAs, 1 movie and 3 games, could they still get more new people to read the LN?

20. *4,605 *10,575 Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko. Vol.12

Oh wait, I didn't saw this last week. Henneko still exists?! Nice. I remembered watching it long time ago as one of my first harem anime. So basically I blame this series for turning me into harem lover.

25. *3,877 **3,877 Shinmai Maou no Testament Vol.12

I saw the LN illustrations for this one and it's literally a hentai novel. Also I didn't really follow this LN's series, but has it always this low in sales? I thought it would've some DxD number to it.

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>*1. 21,225 *48,448 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.16
Die with cancer
Apr 6, 2018 12:09 PM
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DAL went from 1st to 5th boo... but I guess that's expected. Could that season 3 boost it though? I mean, they already had 2 seasons, 2 OVAs, 1 movie and 3 games, could they still get more new people to read the LN?

20. *4,605 *10,575 Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko. Vol.12

Oh wait, I didn't saw this last week. Henneko still exists?! Nice. I remembered watching it long time ago as one of my first harem anime. So basically I blame this series for turning me into harem lover.

25. *3,877 **3,877 Shinmai Maou no Testament Vol.12

I saw the LN illustrations for this one and it's literally a hentai novel. Also I didn't really follow this LN's series, but has it always this low in sales? I thought it would've some DxD number to it.


Henneko ended at Vol 12 btw. Shinmai sales were from 2 days only.
Apr 6, 2018 12:11 PM

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AP24 said:

Henneko ended at Vol 12 btw. Shinmai sales were from 2 days only.


Wait, what?! Damn, so Henneko actually ended just when I thought it's still running. Do you have any LN illustrations and spoilers of the ending?

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DarklordVor said:
AP24 said:

Henneko ended at Vol 12 btw. Shinmai sales were from 2 days only.


Wait, what?! Damn, so Henneko actually ended just when I thought it's still running. Do you have any LN illustrations and spoilers of the ending?


https://imgur.com/a/7va3w (some pics are NSFW as usual)
Apr 6, 2018 12:26 PM

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AP24 said:
DarklordVor said:


Wait, what?! Damn, so Henneko actually ended just when I thought it's still running. Do you have any LN illustrations and spoilers of the ending?


https://imgur.com/a/7va3w (some pics are NSFW as usual)



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DarklordVor said:
AP24 said:


https://imgur.com/a/7va3w (some pics are NSFW as usual)




I don't know what happens in the final volume.
Apr 6, 2018 12:34 PM

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Tsuki ga and kuma kuma should get an anime, there's enough material now.

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And Isekai at the top once again.

Get with the times grandpa, isekai reigns supreme.
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Kenja no Mago is selling well like always. SasuMago.

By the way, I heard that the Author of No Game No Life is not a Japanese person. Is this true ?
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Apr 6, 2018 5:56 PM

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Glad Re:Zero is number 1 again. It consistently tops the charts after each LN release without an anime to boost sales. All the more reason for a season 2 to be in the works.
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Tsuki ga and kuma kuma should get an anime, there's enough material now.

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And Isekai at the top once again.

Get with the times grandpa, isekai reigns supreme.


The beautiful irony of all this is that this is the first time for 4 weeks that an isekai has been on top, and only the second isekai volume to place 1st on the rankings this year.
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kuuderes_shadow said:
ichii_1 said:
Tsuki ga and kuma kuma should get an anime, there's enough material now.


Get with the times grandpa, isekai reigns supreme.


The beautiful irony of all this is that this is the first time for 4 weeks that an isekai has been on top, and only the second isekai volume to place 1st on the rankings this year.

It's 3 with hataraku maou-sama (reverse isekai)
The list being full of isekai also counts towards dominance.
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I wonder how long would Re:Zero stay in the top spot for...?
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I can't wait for the Anime version of Kenja no Mago.

I wonder who will do the voices for Shin, Cecily, August, and Maria. Can you guys take a guess ?
I am someone that would like to watch a Harem Anime with 2 male leads that each gets their own harem company of girls from the main cast. For example, 1st male lead gets a company of 4 girls and 2nd male lead gets 2-3 girls etc.
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>*1. 21,225 *48,448 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.16
Die with cancer


You literally gave the show 1/10 because your waifu got rejected LMFAO and now you're salty about the LN sales?

That's just sad mate

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