Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for Oct 14 - Oct 20

Ugh there goes my hope for s2.

Pretty good first week sales for Monogatari Second Season. Curious to see how much loss there will be due to the 'marathon'/12 volume release method.

Sorry I was thinking of Hanazawa LOL Must have been the stress I was experiencing when I was being distracted while typing the post...

Back to your original post then, Hanekawa is not really the most liked girls in the series. She is below Nadeko and Senjougahara, and also Shinobu and likely Hachikuji as well. So among the main cast from Bake she is near bottom. In fact so much so that fans said that this Neko Kuro/Shiro is a hard-to-come-by opportunity to raise Hanekawa's star for the audience. However it seems franchise fatigue may have bigger influence here....

I'm pretty sure it does.

But NekoShiro does not feature much of Hanekawa though....

and Valvrave op (TM X Nana) hit 80k in 1st week

IIRC it's even a drop from v1wk1 of Neko Kuro.

I haven't bought it yet myself. After buying the first 13 discs in the franchise, the thought of buying 12 more discs for as low as 25 new episodes this season is a bit of sticker shock. I really should get at least Neko Shiro to make it look complete beside my Neko Kuro discs but man, Aniplex seems greedy right now. I love their releases but so many discs for so few episodes hurts... I expect a break on a 2-cour series, 7-9 discs.

Wow, that's a big drop from Nisemonogatari and it's like half of Bakemonogatari.
I thought Hanekawa was one of the most liked girl in the series as well...

Got caught up with something, so here is a quick update of today's result. The actual new thread will come a bit later.

BD
35304　NekoShiro 1
22714　Yamato 2199 7
12384　Railgun2 4
11541　UtaPri2 5
11320　OreImo2 5
7823　Gargantia 3
7656　OreGairu 5
5186　F/k Illya 2
5010　Date A Live 5
4174　Full Metal Panic BD Box
3379　Valvrave 5
3254　Shingeki 4
3037　Nyaruko2 6
2973　MJP 5
2878　Yuyushiki 6


DVD
(17618　Gintama event for the movie final)
9536　Yamato 2199 7
8076　UtaPri2 5
(5219　Japanese land SDF DVD narrated by GirlPan's Akiyama-san)
4437　NekoShiro 1
(3932　Shimono's program v3)
3119　BroCon 3
2925　Saint Oniisan movie
2081　Railgun2 4
1984　Shingeki 4
(1912　浪川) 3
1849　KimiMachi 2
1707　OreGairu 5
1525　OreImo2 5
1270　Karneval 6
1261　DanganRonpa 3
1068　Date A Live 5
1014　Totoro
911　Silver Spoon 2
888　Valvrave 5
869　SerSer 3

Biggest observation is NekoShiro v1 did not get past 40k line....

Oricon Daily All-Genre Top 30 DVD/Top 20 BD Rankings for Oct 21~27.

DVD
*21 *22 *23 *24 *25 *26 *27　 週
*** *** *** **3 **3 **4 *10 | -- | Yamato 2199 7
*** **6 **4 **7 **6 **7 *12 | -- | UtaPri 2000% 5
*** **8 **6 *18 *13 *15 *** | -- | Nekomonogatari Shiro 1
*** *12 **7 *21 *14 *27 *** | -- | BROTHERS CONFLICT 3
**4 *24 *15 *** *28 *30 *** | -- | Shingeki 4
*** *11 *13 *** *20 *** *** | -- | Saint☆Onii-san
*** *13 *25 *** *26 *** *** | -- | Kimi no Iru Machi 2
*** *14 *14 *** *27 *** *** | -- | RailgunS 4
*** *** *** *10 *** *** *** | -- | Karneval 6
*** *** *** *11 *** *** *** | -- | Hakkenden 8
*** *** *** *22 *** *** *** | -- | Date A Live 5
*** *** *** *23 *** *** *** | -- | Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W 6
*** *** *** *24 *** *** *** | -- | Senyuu. Season 3
*** *20 *17 *** *** *** *** | -- | OreImo. 5
*** *** *26 *** *** *** *** | -- | Valvrave 5
*** *15 *27 *** *** *** *** | -- | OreGairu. 5
*** *21 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Dangan Ronpa the ANIMATION 3
*** *22 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Gin no Saji 2
*** *28 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Servant x Service 3
*17 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Tonari no Totoro
*20 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Free！2

BD
*21 *22 *23 *24 *25 *26 *27　 週
*** **1 **1 **3 **2 **1 **1 | -- | Nekomonogatari Shiro 1
*** *** *** **1 **1 **2 **2 | -- | Yamato 2199 7
*** **6 **2 *10 **6 **5 **3 | -- | UtaPri 2000% 5
*** **3 **5 *13 **7 **4 **4 | -- | RailgunS 4
*** **4 **4 *18 **8 **3 **5 | -- | OreImo. 5
*** *** *** **5 *10 **6 **8 | -- | Date A Live 5
*** *** *** *17 *** *16 **9 | -- | Love Lab 2
*** *** *** **4 *11 **7 *10 | -- | Fate/Kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2
*** *** *** **2 **3 **8 *11 | -- | Gargantia BOX 3
**2 *20 **9 *** *16 *17 *15 | -- | Shingeki 4
*** *12 *11 *** *17 **9 *16 | -- | Valvrave 5
*** **5 **7 *** **9 *11 *17 | -- | OreGairu. 5
*** *** *** **9 *** *10 *19 | -- | Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W 6
*** *** *** **6 *** *15 *20 | -- | Majestic Prince 5
*** *** *** **7 **4 *18 *** | -- | Full Metal Panic! BOX All Stories
**6 *** *** *** *** *20 *** | -- | Love Live！7
*** *** *** *16 *15 *** *** | -- | Karneval 6
*** *** *** *** *19 *** *** | -- | Kitakubu 2
*** *** *** **8 *** *** *** | -- | Teekyuu Season 2
*** *** *** *12 *** *** *** | -- | Yamato yo Towa ni
*** *** *** *14 *** *** *** | -- | Uchouten Kazoku 2
*** *** *** *19 *** *** *** | -- | Photokano 5
*** *18 *10 *** *** *** *** | -- | BROTHERS CONFLICT 3
*** *15 *12 *** *** *** *** | -- | Dangan Ronpa the ANIMATION 3
*** *10 *13 *** *** *** *** | -- | Saint☆Onii-san
*** *16 *15 *** *** *** *** | -- | Servant x Service 3
*** *11 *16 *** *** *** *** | -- | Yuyushiki 6
*** *17 *18 *** *** *** *** | -- | Kimi no Iru Machi 2
*** *19 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Gin no Saji 2
**4 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Hanasaku Iroha Movie Limited Edition
**9 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Hataraku Maou-sama！4
*10 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Free！2
*15 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Shingeki 3

For trauma it means that the incident left an emotional scar to the character. Of course we know there was one massive incident that caused the guy to get the power, but does it mean that it left the guy in some trauma state? This is what I think the author of the LN wants to say: That even though the scale of incident and event can be huge and potentially trauma inducing, this is not what he intends to cover. In fact, he will go for the contrary and say that there is little trauma or angst inside the characters even though they went through those incidents and events.

This surprises me as well. But clearly Yukina is very popular among anime fans, which of course would help boost the popularity (and sales) of the show.

I"d prefer if you had given me details on how to check the predicted sales for every product, but thank you though! :D

And by now, the BD pre-orders rose up to like 1.1k.... So... I guess we're slowly getting there? xD Let's hope so, though! Gingitsune has like a month and a half left until its first volume goes on sale. Go Silver Fox!

I should add for "tiny lamp" that low stock or not it is only ranked #220 on amazon for CDs so the sales may still not be very good, perhaps just understocked.

As for Stalker for Gingitsune, see here:
http://www27392u.sakura.ne.jp/show.cgi?n=B00F4S3F2I
The bottom number right now is the estimated points/presales for when volume 1 ships and it is 984 right now :'(

That's sad :c, well at least let's hope that the manga's popularity get boosted up.

Wait, could you detail me on how to check for Stalker's estimated/recorded figures?

Might just be a sign of inadequate stock but fhana's "tiny lamp" the OP for Gingitsune is currently sold out at amazon and HMV. My copy has shipped. So at least something may sell well for Gingitsune anime... too bad, the Stalker figures for the Blurays are under 1K :'(

Yeah if anything Konagi from NouCome is the loveliest character of the season and she's a supporting character.

I think I've only completed the first 2 episodes, but wouldn't you agree that there seemed to be some pretty serious trauma associated with his power? I thought that was why he had a memory issue.

Also, while I think Yukina is very cute (she has that innocent feel about her), calling her the loveliest character of THIS season (one PACKED with "lovely" characters in my opinion) seems like an extravagant claim to me. A matter of personal preference I guess but there are so many bishoujos this season lol.

Mod Edit: Triple post reduced to single post. Please don't multiple post.

It seems that the guy just took the incident that got him the power in strides, so I would still take the words of the LN author as meaning the whole LN not just going forward.

Anyway, let me see if I can find that interview and check if I remember what he said correctly...

I haven't read the LN, but based on the anime, it seemed to me like the main character had/has some pretty significant trauma/angst associated with his power. Unless you mean going forward that there is not too much of a focus on angst over his power, in which case I guess that's possible.

Basically what RyanSaotome said, but there is a strong appeal of the heroine character Yukina as I read so many comments about her being "the loveliest character" of this cour.

Also, the author of the LN stated clearly in an interview that he wants to go against the current trend of the hero/heroine having some trauma or angst behind the power he/she got. He wants to focus instead on how the characters do to adapt to the power and use it to deal with the events. In a way this is a throwback to the old days but it is also something that proves to be still quite popular.