Japan's Weekly Light Novel Rankings for May 16 - 22

by Snow
May 25, 2016 2:12 PM | 30 Comments

Here are the weekly light novel rankings for May 16 - 22

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

*1.　38,449　*77,172　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol.10
*2.　37,900　*37,900　Arslan Senki Vol.15 "Senki Futou"
*3.　24,520　*24,520　Boukyaku Tantei Series Vol.6
*4.　20,812　104,267　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei SS
*5.　16,673　*16,673　Date A Live: Encore Vol.5
*6.　11,341　*11,341　Oda Nobuna no Yabou Vol.15
*7.　10,859　*10,859　Only Sense Online Vol.9
*8.　*7,817　*47,403　Strike the Blood Vol.15
*9.　*7,665　*44,813　Fate/strange Fake Vol.3
10.　*7,406　*19,074　Goblin Slayer Vol.2

11.　*6,966　*64,490　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.3
12.　*6,696　*30,131　Saikyou Series Vol.2 "Jinrui Saikyou no Junai"
13.　*6,650　*99,295　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.1
14.　*6,338　261,951　Sword Art Online Vol.17
15.　*5,953　*73,979　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.2
16.　*5,720　*51,725　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.4
17.　*5,416　**5,416　Grancrest Senki Vol.7
18.　*5,321　*10,497　Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne! Vol.1
19.　*5,164　**5,164　Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. Vol.5
20.　*5,073　**5,073　Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de Vol.10

21.　*4,944　*39,569　Meitantei Conan: Junkoku no Nightmare
22.　*4,775　*44,490　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.5
23.　*4,716　*24,002　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol.10 Limited Edition
24.　*4,469　*24,124　Toaru Majutsu no Index x Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-On
25.　*4,311　**4,311　Granblue Fantasy: Members Fate
26.　*4,165　*36,272　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.6
27.　*3,496　**3,496　Koutei wa Mikohime ni Oboreru
28.　*3,105　*45,412　Owari no Seraph: Kyuuketsuki Mikaela no Monogatari Vol.2
29.　*2,996　**2,996　Mundane Hurt
30.　*2,927　**2,927　Majo no Ketsuzoku: Original Witch

Separated by Specific Ranking

Bunko
*2.　38,449　*77,172　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol.10
*5.　20,812　104,267　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei SS
*9.　16,673　*16,673　Date A Live: Encore Vol.5
14.　11,341　*11,341　Oda Nobuna no Yabou Vol.15
15.　10,859　*10,859　Only Sense Online Vol.9
21.　*7,817　*47,403　Strike the Blood Vol.15
22.　*7,665　*44,813　Fate/strange Fake Vol.3
23.　*7,406　*19,074　Goblin Slayer! Vol.2
24.　*6,966　*64,490　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.3
25.　*6,650　*99,295　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.1

27.　*6,338　261,951　Sword Art Online Vol.17
31.　*5,953　*73,979　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.2
34.　*5,720　*51,725　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.4
36.　*5,416　**5,416　Grancrest Senki Vol.7
40.　*4,775　*44,490　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.5
43.　*4,716　*24,002　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol.10 Limited Edition
45.　*4,469　*24,124　Toaru Majutsu no Index x Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Toaru Majutsu no Virtual-On
48.　*4,311　**4,311　Granblue Fantasy: Members Fate
50.　*4,165　*36,272　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.6
(cut-off 4,165)

Book
*2.　37,900　*37,900　Arslan Senki Vol.15 "Senki Futou"
*3.　24,520　*24,520　Boukyaku Tantei Series Vol.6
12.　10,074　*10,074　Diamond no Ace Official Fanbook: 18.44m no Kizuna
30.　*6,696　*30,131　Saikyou Series Vol.2 "Jinrui Saikyou no Junai"
38.　*5,321　*10,497　Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Itta yo ne! Vol.1
44.　*5,073　**5,073　Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de Vol.10
50.　*4,944　*39,569　Meitantei Conan: Junkoku no Nightmare
(cut-off 4,944)

Literature Books Genre (duplicates removed)
15.　*3,496　**3,496　Koutei wa Mikohime ni Oboreru
16.　*3,105　*45,412　Owari no Seraph: Kyuuketsuki Mikaela no Monogatari Vol.2
17.　*2,996　**2,996　Mundane Hurt
19.　*2,927　**2,927　Majo no Ketsuzoku: Original Witch
(cut-off 2,893)

Source: Oricon Youtaijou

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For danmachi. you can download all danmachi novels volumes 1 to 9 and the gaiden at http://kimechanic.com/1DUu

Sep 21, 2017 3:15 PM by TedBn

Mahouka and Strike the Blood on top 10?
That's a damn great news to know!
Now I really want both of them to have a 2 cour sequel!

May 27, 2016 11:58 AM by Rayzer

Waiting for the 2016 first-half rankings to come out early June.

May 27, 2016 9:28 AM by AP24

Fappa said:

Urcanpy said:

If you don't mind me asking, how do the length of the arcs compare in the LN version for what's out so far? Unless you're talking about the LN after all, since I'm assuming that you're comparing the WN version? ^^;

I'm talking about the LN version since it almost covers the entire third arc :).

Ahh alright, thanks ^_^ I had a look at the WN chapter numbers which were pretty similar, so I thought maybe you were comparing that instead. I can only hope that the rest of the adaptation goes well, though I've just had too many disappointments that it's hard not to doubt that. But it's evident that the staff are putting a lot of effort into the project. I'm hoping that the nature of the content itself allows them to animate all of the third arc without the feeling of rushing.

May 26, 2016 4:37 PM by Urcanpy

Glad to see Danmachi taking first place, and look at ReZero going

May 26, 2016 4:19 PM by joe_g7

I'm talking about the LN version since it almost covers the entire third arc :).

May 26, 2016 3:26 AM by Fappa

A good bonus for Re:Zero, but it's kinda sad to see volume 6-9 total sales is "low" compared to volume 1. That just shows how much people either go read the WN or dropped the series. I'm hoping it's just that people don't want to get spoiled instead of dropping it.

Also, DAL Encore 5 sells 16k wow. Not bad for a spin-off novel without Kotori's illustration (salty :3)

Though congrats on the 5th anniversary Date A Live! The "If situation" on Dragon Magazine issue is totally cute. At least there's a Kotori illustration there :3

May 26, 2016 2:51 AM by DarklordVor

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

Re:Zero:
*32位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活１
*38位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活２
*29位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活３
*39位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活４
*46位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活５
233位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活　短編集１
*49位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活６
361位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活Ex　獅子王の見た夢
*55位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活７
383位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活Ex2　剣鬼恋歌
*68位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活８

Netoge:
297位　ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？
388位　ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？ Lv.2
377位　ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？ Lv.3
396位　ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？ Lv.4
485位　ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？ Lv.5
491位　ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？ Lv.6
490位　ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？ Lv.7
348位　ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？ Lv.10

Bungou Stray Dogs:
*71位　文豪ストレイドッグス　太宰治の入社試験
*87位　文豪ストレイドッグス　太宰治と黒の時代
101位　文豪ストレイドッグス　探偵社設立秘話

Continuing from last season:

KonoSuba:
188位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！　あぁ、駄女神さま
201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！
204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。
182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～
287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
177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!!
364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！２　ゆんゆんのターン
212位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！６　六花の王女
411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！３　ふたりは最強！のターン
224位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！７　億千万の花嫁
219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
291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！

Grimgar:
466位　灰と幻想のグリムガル　level.8 そして僕らは明日を待つ

(Source: POS via book-rank.net)

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Series ranking from Oricon website:
1. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka
2. Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
3. Boukyaku Tantei Series
4. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
5. Date A Live Encore
6. Sword Art Online
7. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
8. Oda Nobuna no Yabou Zenkokuban
9. Only Sense Online -Only Sense Online-
10. Kokuhaku Yokou-Renshuu
11. FATE/STRANGE FAKE
12. Bungou Stray Dogs
13. Goblin Slayer
14. Strike the Blood
15. Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
16. Saikyou Series
17. Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko Janai to Omotta?
18. Grancrest Senki
19. Granblue Fantasy Novelisation
20. Watashi, Nouryoku wa Heikinchi de tte Ii yo ne!

Source: Oricon website

May 25, 2016 11:29 PM by kuuderes_shadow

I was hoping Re:Zero vol 1 could reach 100k this week, i gues next week will be.

May 25, 2016 9:06 PM by Houreki

Fappa said:

ColdBreeze said:
That's the question though. Nobody is really sure about how far they will/can adapt it with this pace (which is good btw).

If they adapt all the avaiable LN's it would have a faster pace, that's sure.

Arc 3 has close to double the number of chapters that arc 2 has ( while the length of a chapter generally is the same ) so we're completely fine with adapting the whole thing.

Arc 2: ~45 chapters in 7 episodes
Arc 3: ~85 chapters which would be adapted in about 15 episodes

A perfect fit :D

If you don't mind me asking, how do the length of the arcs compare in the LN version for what's out so far? Unless you're talking about the LN after all, since I'm assuming that you're comparing the WN version? ^^;

May 25, 2016 8:29 PM by Urcanpy

Myyy myyy Re:Zero, good job! I'm surprised to see Only Sense Online there.
No more KONOSUBA though :(

May 25, 2016 7:25 PM by removed-user

I want a S2 of DanMachi so bad. Glad it's still chart topping for a second week. Hopefully it will chart top next week as well, still excited for the spin-off anime but I need some more Bell x Hestia in my life.

May 25, 2016 6:36 PM by Ahoy_NATO

Nice, but that start makes it less likely to get an anime, guess they can just gloss it over or skip it no, big deal.
10.　*7,406　*19,074　Goblin Slayer Vol.2

Jesus Christ, wasn't expecting that.
NSFW
30.　*2,927　**2,927　Majo no Ketsuzoku: Original Witch

May 25, 2016 5:08 PM by ichii_1

Weekly light novel top 10

*1 46,733 Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka
*2 41,734 Re: Zero kara Hajimaru Isekai Seikatsu
*3 38,725 Arslan Senki
*4 26,126 Boukyaku Tantei Series
*5 20,812 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei SS
*6 16,673 Date a Live: Encore
*7 12,455 Sword Art Online
*8 12,178 Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*9 11,522 Oda Nobuna no Yabou
10 11,033 Only Sense Online

Re: Zero's great boost continues and DanMachi is looking really good this long after the anime. nisioisin and VOFAN still on the board.

KonoSuba finally tapering off.

May 25, 2016 4:15 PM by hpulley

ColdBreeze said:
Hm now that sounds promising. It looks really possible even without having a faster pacing(or at least too fast) and to stop halfway wouldn't make much sense tbh. So WhiteFox has to do it, I guess? :D

And I can't wait to see the influence of arc 3 here on MAL (reactions and score) and/or Reddit.

Yeah arc 3 has 3 times more volumes than arc 2 but only about 2 times more chapters. This means that the chapters are more wide spread for the third arc. That's where the early impression that there is no way they can adapt it without rushing comes from. But once you look deeper into the actual content size it all becomes clearer that they actually can pull that off easily :)

Oh yes. Here on MAL, Reddit but especially on the sales. Considering that arc 1+2 is the warm up, I can't wait to see what impact certain scenes in arc 3 have on the sale numbers :)

May 25, 2016 3:53 PM by Fappa

May 25, 2016 3:34 PM by Fappa

I'm so glad for DanMachi and Arslan Senki !

May 25, 2016 3:31 PM by Shishou_23

harkan said:

Week 5 was Golden Week so it is the highest selling week so the drop in week 6 was normal.

Also Anime will most likely cover all LN volumes(the 3 arcs) out so a second season will take time.

Oh damn you're absolutely right, my bad.

Yep all the way up to volume 9 which will release while the anime is airing. Give it around 1 1/2 years and we should have enough volumes ( entirety of arc 4 ) :)!

May 25, 2016 3:23 PM by Fappa

Fappa said:

ColdBreeze said:
Nice boost again. Last week was a bit week.

I hope the BR/DVD sell well after release. They can't stop right there.
A second season is needed.

Actually last week it was still better than week 4 and the previous ones. Week 5 simply gave it such a big boost ( 37% ) that week 6's minor decrease felt like it was weak. But hey this week it once again got a big boost Yay! It almost seems like it keeps a high standard and overcomes a "hurdle" which results in a sudden boost. It's actually interesting to look at :D

And yes it is ( adapting only about 15% of the story is nowhere near enough :/ )

Week 5 was Golden Week so it is the highest selling week so the drop in week 6 was normal.

Also Anime will most likely cover all LN volumes(the 3 arcs) out so a second season will take time.

May 25, 2016 3:14 PM by harkan

Re:Zero's boost is still there which makes me happy.

May 25, 2016 3:07 PM by G_Spark233

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