Japan's Weekly Manga & Light Novel Rankings for Oct 27 - Nov 2

by Snow
Nov 5, 2014 12:48 PM | 44 Comments

Here are the weekly Manga & Light Novel rankings for October 27th - November 2nd

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

Manga
*1.　297,925　298,377　Drifters Vol.4
*2.　151,413　151,944　Horimiya Vol.6
*3.　130,333　130,524　Youkai Watch Vol.5
*4.　*66,073　209,992　Giant Killing Vol.33
*5.　*63,871　453,577　Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Vol.23
*6.　*61,687　128,162　Kanojo wa Uso wo Aishisugiteru Vol.15
*7.　*58,101　533,529　Tokyo Ghoul Vol.14
*8.　*57,480　378,720　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.11
*9.　*50,077　103,609　Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!! Vol.8
10.　*44,040　324,605　JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: Jojolion Vol.8

11.　*43,175　*43,330　Cuticle Tantei Inaba Vol.14
12.　*40,685　*40,685　Jisatsutou Vol.12
13.　*38,562　*38,562　Yamikin Ushijima-kun Vol.32
14.　*37,600　115,015　Vinland Saga Vol.15
15.　*37,042　296,523　Kingdom Vol.36
16.　*36,547　*78,718　Nijiiro Days Vol.7
17.　*35,975　*35,975　Dorei-ku: Boku to 23-nin no Dorei Vol.6
18.　*35,852　*84,388　Hirunaka no Ryuusei Vol.11
19.　*35,751　*74,692　Himitsu no Ai-Chan Vol.14
20.　*35,563　*35,563　Naruto Vol.71

21.　*34,527　*34,527　Mujihi na Karada
22.　*34,392　101,515　Piano no Mori Vol.25
23.　*32,601　499,758　Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu. Vol.7
24.　*32,191　*76,886　Inu Yashiki Vol.2
25.　*31,854　*48,327　Karneval Vol.14
26.　*31,374　529,927　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.3
27.　*30,456　105,436　Toaru Majutsu no Index Vol.14
28.　*30,187　*59,076　Clover Trèfle Vol.4
29.　*30,104　563,483　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.2
30.　*30,034　496,165　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.4

31.　*29,439　585,579　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.1
32.　*28,422　491,502　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.5
33.　*27,225　*29,715　Horimiya Vol.6 Special Limited Edition
34.　*27,108　427,947　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.10
35.　*26,990　476,115　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.6
36.　*26,544　*50,318　Kaze Hikaru Vol.36
37.　*26,206　464,993　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.7
38.　*25,990　*25,990　12-sai. Vol.5
39.　*25,837　457,743　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.8
40.　*25,508　*55,129　True Love Vol.6

41.　*25,314　441,982　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.9
42.　*23,840　*23,840　Majo no Geboku to Maou no Tsuno Vol.1
43.　*23,308　325,990　Chihayafuru Vol.26
44.　*23,279　*69,815　Adamas Vol.11
45.　*23,054　*23,054　Kuneru Marta Vol.5
46.　*22,712　691,162　Haikyuu!! Vol.13
47.　*22,425　623,433　Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu. Vol.1
48.　*22,322　*65,680　Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui! Vol.7
49.　*21,240　559,037　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.11
50.　*20,970　*63,405　Mahoujin Guru Guru 2 Vol.3

Light Novels and Anime/Manga related books
*1.　17,558　*17,558　Love Live! School Idol Diary: Aki no Gakuensai♪
*2.　13,037　*13,037　Cheat Kusushi no Isekai Tabi Vol.1
*3.　11,816　*11,816　Next Life Vol.5
*4.　*9,637　**9,637　Kochira Toubatsu Quest Assen Madoguchi Vol.1
*5.　*8,981　*41,469　Madan no Ou to Vanadis Vol.10
*6.　*8,232　**8,232　Haken no Kouki Altina Vol.7
*7.　*7,697　**7,697　Boku wa Isekai de Fuyo Mahou to Shoukan Mahou wo Tenbin ni Kakeru Vol.2
*8.　*7,631　137,641　Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Vol.11
*9.　*6,810　**6,810　Hyakuren no Haou to Seiyaku no Valkyrie Vol.6
10.　*6,771　*23,620　Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai Vol.14

11.　*6,511　**6,511　Haken no Kouki Altina "Shoukitan"
12.　*6,503　**6,503　Isekai Tensei Soudouki Vol.3
13.　*6,475　**6,475　Level 99 Boukensha ni yoru Hajimete no Ryouchi Keiei Vol.1
14.　*6,154　**6,154　Isekai Meikyuu Toshi de Chiyu Mahoutsukai Yattemasu Vol.1
15.　*6,009　*58,404　Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World Vol.18
16.　*5,894　**5,894　Kantai Collection -Kan Colle-: Toaru Chinjufu no Ichinichi Vol.2
17.　*5,798　*28,221　Manga de Wakaru Nanatsu no Shuukan Vol.3
18.　*5,636　**5,636　Kou-1 desu ga Isekai de Joushu Hajimemashita Vol.4
19.　*5,545　117,953　Haikyuu!! Shousetsu-ban!! Vol.4
20.　*5,360　100,496　Accel World Vol.17

21.　*5,238　**5,238　Rossellini-ke no Musuko Ryakudatsusha: Keishousha Vol.1
22.　*5,177　**5,177　Rossellini-ke no Musuko Ryakudatsusha: Keishousha Vol.2
23.　*5,045　**5,045　Clockwork Planet Vol.3

Source: Oricon Youtaiju

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20 of 44 Comments Recent Comments

Hope Giant killing will get an anime sequel soon.. >.<

Nov 11, 2014 2:41 AM by ThEoNePugNA

Koe no Katachi out of list, so this one is not popular as much as I thought.

-Katsu-kun- said:
Chihayafuru is still somehow in the top.. Or it's always been like this? :3

always been since before first season anime air.

Nov 7, 2014 12:35 PM by Monomunu

Chihayafuru is still somehow in the top.. Or it's always been like this? :3

Nov 7, 2014 10:50 AM by Katsu-kun

Great to see Hirunaka no Ryuusei holding on for a second week! To be honest though, I'm baffled by the fact that it doesn't sell a whole lot more. It seems to be wildly popular everywhere except Japan, though this is an assumption based on scanlations.

Nov 7, 2014 10:35 AM by SalemWitch

Never heard of Drifters :O
Naruto T^T

Nov 7, 2014 1:55 AM by Tengai

Kaioshin_Sama said:

umashikaneko said:
Love live is popular only among otaku in Japanese definition of the word otaku
and most people don't know its existence for sure but it certainly have big fanbase

Love Live is massively popular in Japan and surrounding Asian countries in general, not just strictly with otaku. I assure you plenty of people over there know of it's existence since it makes the regular news beat more often than one might think. It's not so popular in Western territories because they don't really have an idol scene. It's pretty much the most explosively popular new original anime franchise this decade along with Madoka Magica and unlike Madoka Magica it's actually been built with the intent of being a more long lasting multimedia franchise in mind instead of something that was written as one complete work that just got popular and as a result now sees it's creators struggling to find ways to continue exploiting and make new content out of with questionable results. Also sucks that Madoka Magica is SHAFT animated series that relies on freelance animators like Gekidan Inu Curry and the studios own horrendous sense of scheduling and consistency in order for there to be a chance at more product whereas Love Live is by Sunrise which is apparently going to be able to get the movie out in time for Spring 2015. It'll be hilarious if it's just that much better animated than movies that have taken several times as long and about as many man hours to produce.

Love Live is very popular among otaku in Japan and not much known to non-otaku population that is how we use the word otaku.Otaku does not necessarily mean anime obsessed fat hikikomori/neet people.
I think you are over estimating how-well known it is because you live in near akihabara if I remember correctly which is by no means place where you can find average Japanese opinion.

this is time slot for love live 2
tokyo mx pm 10:30-11:00
aichi ch am1:35 - 2:05
sun tv am 2:29 - 2:59

Business business satellite 0:00-0:30

Many of them are not major ch but minor local ch or BS and even on them they don't get prime time slot except in tokyo.

It is like airing only in
NY ch that air NY and some parts of surrounding states(pm10:30-11:00)
Los Angeles and California ch(am2:29 - 2:59)　
Washington, D.C.ch (am1:35 - 2:05)
Business satellite(am0:00-0:30)

I live one of the few places where love live air terrestrial broadcasting ch which means love live anime friendly area but little presence here.

That being said, I can agree with you depends on your definition of massively popular because it has certainly many notorious otaku fans that buy several copies of same CD/BD for the sake of suku-fes and Live concert.

Nov 6, 2014 4:27 PM by umashikaneko

umashikaneko said:
Love live is popular only among otaku in Japanese definition of the word otaku
and most people don't know its existence for sure but it certainly have big fanbase

Nov 6, 2014 2:28 PM by PeacingOut

Mr_Gutts said:
Tokyo ghoul is making a killing

Nov 6, 2014 1:32 PM by Yehart

Tokyo ghoul is making a killing

Nov 6, 2014 1:31 PM by Mr_Gutts

Cant w8 for naruto next week

Nov 6, 2014 11:48 AM by CareBear69

Damn Chihayafuru staying strong.

Need season 3 now!

Nov 6, 2014 10:34 AM by Hiryu12

Zapredon said:
I want my Magi 3 now. And how come Vinland Saga still don't have anime?

i really want my Vinland saga anime, it would be so good as long as it was animated by a good studio.

Nov 6, 2014 9:39 AM by xtremexx

sasuga otaku idol xDD

Nov 6, 2014 6:12 AM by kamikenshi

Awesome, Accel world hits 100k before going out of the chart. Still waiting for second season tho...

Also good sales for Nanatsu no Taizai, it deserves.

Nov 6, 2014 6:02 AM by TapuTapuu

Love live is popular only among otaku in Japanese definition of the word otaku
and most people don't know its existence for sure but it certainly have big fanbase

Nov 6, 2014 2:37 AM by umashikaneko

shipshipsship said:
17k is actually not that good sales espesially Love Live and Light Novel both are mainly popular in otaku community

Well i'd expect it to reach 40k eventually. I mean the previous school idol diary which contained the more popular Maki x Nico duo ended up selling only 20k in the 1st week, but is now at 40k by Sep 28th (with possibly 50k by the end of October when the monthly rankings are out).

You'd be surprised how many female Love Live! fans (typically in their 20s and 30s) there are. Especially in the mobage, where a lot of the big spenders are actually female players! Symbv plays the Chinese version and has met a lot of female players in game. There are quite a number of female players of the English game too as evident in the dedicated MAL thread here (http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=635035&show=1680). And then I play the Japanese version of the game, and have also met my fair share of big female spenders in game. There is also a Korean version, but we don't know anyone around here who actually plays it.

Besides, the big sales are for the CD releases, concert BD/DVD, anime BD/DVD, and the mobage (Sukufesu singlehandedly brought Klab Games out of the red). I have been tracking the CD/BD/DVD sales for Love Live! since April:
http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1156141&show=0#msg30226161

Best Live collection album has almost reached 100k at Oricon, after charting for a record 95 weeks in a row since it was released in 2013. The 2nd Season OP single reached 100k a few weeks ago, with the mobage theme song single coming agonising close at almost 98k. These 3 singles however had achieved gold status a long time ago (as they obviously reached shipment numbers of 100k much earlier due to Oricon numbers representing only 30,000 stores in Japan).

Nov 6, 2014 1:40 AM by Ejc

Snow said:

*1.　297,925　298,377　Drifters Vol.4

Anime When for God's Sake?????

Nov 6, 2014 1:28 AM by King_of_Heretics

Kaioshin_Sama said:

ichii_1 said:
Drifters Ultimate - anime when? :O
*1.　297,925　298,377　Drifters Vol.4

Breaking 100K+, someone take the rights from sunrise and do a season 2 already :(
20.　*5,360　100,496　Accel World Vol.17

Don't do this. Sunrise Studio 8 is about one of the only reasons it turned out good at all since they actually put the effort into making the most of it, same as with Horizon. Yes it sucks that it's almost impossible to get them to actually do an adaptation anymore since they prefer to generate their own in house content and are pretty much one of the only remaining studios that doesn't actually need to rely on other media to sustain itself (honestly I can't think of any other active studio off the top of my head that has a higher number of original titles to adaptations...maybe I.G and Bones come close) but I'd rather remain patient and hopefully see it continued with the same staff and effort level put into it if it's going to continue getting adapted then to see some second rate studio pick it up and wing it.

Incidentally speaking of Sunrise Love Live continues to be a pretty ridiculous phenomenon. Is there any format it hasn't dominated in some capacity at some point this year? I heard the PSVita game didn't do so well, though that might just be because it was kind of legitimately bad or so I hear, but that doesn't really matter when the cell phone game is gaining a million followers every couple months.

17k is actually not that good sales espesially Love Live and Light Novel both are mainly popular in otaku community

Nov 5, 2014 11:43 PM by shipshipsship

20.　*35,563　*35,563　Naruto Vol.71

Someone didn't like what happened in volume 71, huh? (Yes, I know it's only been sold for a short time)

Watashi20 said:
Hope Naruto gets a nice ending boost. It would be crazy to see the final volume sell more than a OP volume.

There's no logical reason for that to happen.

I wouldn't be comparing Tokyo Ghoul to Nanatsu no Taizai while the latter is still airing its first episodes. Wait a few weeks or months.

Nov 5, 2014 11:11 PM by Tomislavr7

Kikou Shoujo wa Kizutsukanai sequel, when?? >.>

Nov 5, 2014 11:10 PM by Anon1409

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