Japan's Weekly Light Novel Rankings for Jul 25 - 31

Figure that their best seller is not sold that high either.

This week's POS bunko rankings* for HJ Bunko titles:
HJ文庫
*43位　六畳間の侵略者!?23
*86位　高1ですが異世界で城主はじめました９
161位　造られしイノチとキレイなセカイ
181位　押しかけ軍師と獅子の戦乙女
255位　戦うパン屋と機械じかけの看板娘５
307位　世界最強は家族と仲良く出稼ぎ中！３
387位　自宅警備員は社会の奴隷になりました。

Their bestselling ongoing series is either Rokujouma or Seirei Gensouki - the latest volume of the latter has the top reported sales for the label in the year to date, with a little over 9k sold in the first week, which had a few days more sales than this week had for new releases.

*Note that this uses both different data and a different method of counting to that used by Oricon. For volumes in a situation that HJ Bunko is in this week the method differences tend to result in POS giving lower rankings than Oricon does, as can be seen from Rokujouma's ranking above compared to the volume's bunko ranking from Oricon.


Incidentally, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Rokujouma was 21st on the series ranking.

And it's not surprise that Rokujouma didn't make it. Do you know how other HJ Bunko series fare on the sales?

So Alderamin actually sold around 10k as a whole this week, heh.
Considering how much this series is completely slipping under the radar right now, it's not that bad, I guess.

Oricon website series ranking:
*1. Monogatari Series
*2. Osomatsu-san Novelisation
*3. Shousetsu Kimi no Na wa.
*4. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
*5. Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou
*6. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*7. Highschool DxD
*8. Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin
*9. Re:Monster
10. ONE PIECE FILM GOLD Novelisation
11. Imouto Sae Ireba Ii.
12. Flower Knight Girl Novelisation
13. Kenja no Mago
14. Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu
15. Sword Art Online
16. Youjo Senki
17. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
18. Overlord
19. Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! AFTER
20. Isekai Tensei Soudouki

(source: Oricon website)

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POS bunko ranks for series with ongoing anime adaptations:

Re:Zero:
*62位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活１
102位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活２
134位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活３
160位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活４
167位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活５
219位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活　短編集１
108位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活６
*90位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活７
*91位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活８
170位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活　短編集２

Alderamin:
275位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン X

243位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン
260位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン II
303位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン III
344位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン IV
400位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン V
432位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン VI
488位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン VII
458位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン IX

Qualidea Code:
*57位　どうでもいい世界なんて　―クオリディア・コード― (new last week)
342位　そんな世界は壊してしまえ　―クオリディア・コード―
357位　そんな世界は壊してしまえ２　―クオリディア・コード―

Left over from previous seasons:

Spring 2016:

Bungou Stray Dogs:
407位　文豪ストレイドッグス　太宰治の入社試験
444位　文豪ストレイドッグス　太宰治と黒の時代
424位　文豪ストレイドッグス　探偵社設立秘話

Winter 2016:

KonoSuba:
*32位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！９　紅の宿命

348位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！　あぁ、駄女神さま
403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！
380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。
376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～
356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!!
363位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！６　六花の王女
343位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！７　億千万の花嫁
338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

(source: POS via book-rank.net)

It is selling well but it will depend on how the movies does though the pre-screening was successful and it is opening in a lot of theaters so it will probably do good too.

*1.　48,214　*48,214　Monogatari Series: Off Season Vol.4 "Nademonogatari"

i want another season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
look at that interesting title again xD i really really want to see more of it xD

damn the monogatari series off season really interests me, I hope they animate it.

Nice to see Monogatari at the top!

Dat. Winter is coming for commies.

I'm guessing Kimi no na wa is a big success?

Actually it's 26 volume. Two volume is very much plot important "side story"(vol 7.5 & 8.5 which start right after the place anime end) and one bonus volume that came with anime. Plus there are several side story that haven't been bundled into a volume.

Osomatsu-san everywhere

Well a bunch of new volumes released and a huge wave is in its second week so the cut off line is rather high.

The volumes not being in the rankings doesn't mean it sold not much right off the bat. Should still be within the top 5 series rankings,

Its always nice to see gatari in its rightful place at the top. :^)

19.　*6,451　**6,451　Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? Vol.23

I didn't know this have existed for a long time.... volume 23? Damn, the anime is dead a long long time ago.

20.　*6,319　*56,113　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.9

Megumin's volume is still strong after a month I see~ that volume must've received a lot love from other Megumin's fan! It's too glorious.

With the limited edition, the total sales should be around 70-80k right? That's pretty awesome for KonoSuba...

*chant with me*

Season 3! Season 3! Season 3! Season 3! AND A MOVIE! Deen please.

Arifureta proving that its Overlap's golden egg.

Considering Nademonogatari was released on July 29th and the weekly ranking ended two days later, it sold 16,071 copies on an average of 3 days, which I consider a fair sell. Wazamonogatari on the other hand sold 66,100 copies upon its release, but ranking for that week ended 4 days later it was published, so 13,222 copies on an average of 5 days (39,666 copies in a 3-day average).

I think Monogatari's market is pretty consistent. Of course, it's no longer what it used to be, but still decent enough for a franchise that's been running for almost 10 years now.

>re: monster

Psh old news, goblin slayer is where it's at.

*4.　27,495　152,015　Kimi no Na wa.

This is getting better and better, gosh