Japan's Weekly Light Novel Rankings for Aug 1 - 7

by Snow
Aug 10, 2016 1:54 PM | 26 Comments

Here are the weekly light novel rankings for August 1 - 7

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

*1.　25,547　*25,547　Naruto: Konoha Shinden - Yukemuri Ninpouchou
*2.　23,445　*71,659　Monogatari Series: Off Season Vol.4 "Nademonogatari"
*3.　*9,906　*16,440　Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai
*4.　*9,527　**9,527　Black Clover: Abareushi no Sho
*5.　*9,277　*13,230　Shounen Onmyouji "Itsuka Inochi no Owaru Hi ga"
*6.　*8,578　*13,702　Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: Yoshino Chiaki no Baai Vol.2
*7.　*8,447　**8,447　Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.8
*8.　*7,742　**7,742　Sousei no Onmyouji: Tenen Wakatora
*9.　*7,406　*30,540　Osomatsu-san: Maematsu Limited Edition
10.　*7,163　*23,790　One Piece Film Gold

11.　*6,880　*16,323　Osomatsu-san: Maematsu
12.　*6,676　**6,676　Juuou Mujin no Fafnir Vol.12
13.　*6,553　*12,636　Satsuriku no Tenshi: Until Death Do Them Apart
14.　*5,059　**8,101　Shinmai Maou no Testament: Sweet!
15.　*4,820　**9,306　Skill Tracer Vol.1
16.　*4,799　**4,799　Oushuu Youitan Vol.13
17.　*4,788　**7,582　Takumi-kun Series Kanzenban Vol.6
18.　*4,735　*25,122　Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru Vol.9
19.　*4,515　*40,962　High School DxD Vol.22
20.　*4,459　*13,820　Kenja no Mago Vol.4

21.　*4,425　*34,639　Imouto sae Ireba Ii. Vol.5
22.　*4,383　155,110　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.1
23.　*4,317　*10,768　Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? Vol.23

Separated by Specific Ranking

Bunko
19.　*6,676　**6,676　Juuou Mujin no Fafnir Vol.12
32.　*5,059　**8,101　Shinmai Maou no Testament: Sweet!
36.　*4,799　**4,799　Oushuu Youitan Vol.13
37.　*4,788　**7,582　Takumi-kun Series Kanzenban Vol.6
39.　*4,735　*25,122　Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru Vol.9
44.　*4,515　*40,962　High School DxD Vol.22
46.　*4,459　*13,820　Kenja no Mago Vol.4
47.　*4,425　*34,639　Imouto sae Ireba Ii. Vol.5
49.　*4,383　155,110　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.1
50.　*4,317　*10,768　Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? Vol.23
(cut-off 4,317)

Book
*4.　25,547　*25,547　Naruto: Konoha Shinden - Yukemuri Ninpouchou
*5.　23,445　*71,659　Monogatari Series: Off Season Vol.4 "Nademonogatari"
24.　*9,906　*16,440　Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai
32.　*8,578　*13,702　Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: Yoshino Chiaki no Baai Vol.2
33.　*8,447　**8,447　Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.8
41.　*7,742　**7,742　Sousei no Onmyouji: Tenen Wakatora
46.　*7,406　*30,540　Osomatsu-san: Maematsu Limited Edition
49.　*7,163　*23,790　One Piece Film Gold
(cut-off 7,146)

Literature Books Genre (duplicates removed)
18.　*6,880　*16,323　Osomatsu-san: Maematsu
19.　*6,553　*12,636　Satsuriku no Tenshi: Until Death Do Them Apart
(cut-off 4,426)

Source: Oricon Youtaijou

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thebrentinator24 said:

murielmondadori said:
*7.　*8,447　**8,447　Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.8
And the million dollar question is: Where the fuck is the anime?

Allennnnn said:
*7.　*8,447　**8,447　Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.8

Death March Anime adaptation please

I have no knowledge of this LN, but if I'm judging solely by the synopsis, I bet an anime will come within the next year or two. These "stuck in a video game/parallel world" anime seem to be all over the place as of late, so Japan will definitely capitalize on that fact soon enough.

If you have time, take a look in the web novel, it's really good and weird(in a good way).

Aug 12, 2016 4:26 AM by Baio-kun

murielmondadori said:
*7.　*8,447　**8,447　Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.8
And the million dollar question is: Where the fuck is the anime?

Allennnnn said:
*7.　*8,447　**8,447　Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.8

Death March Anime adaptation please

Aug 11, 2016 5:21 PM by thebrentinator24

kuuderes_shadow said:
Monthly Oricon light novel volume and series rankings for July 2016 (June 27th - July 31st)

so Alderamin sold around 45k copies, that's around 30k boost for 1st month.
Decent boost, though on the low side. Don't know what kadokawa is doing, this series deserves way better advertising than it's currently getting.

Aug 11, 2016 10:34 AM by JetNoir

kuuderes_shadow said:

Yohimo_asakura said:
why isn't Kimi no na wa included this week?

Lol I didn't even realise it wasn't on there.

*5位　　*30,555部　182,570部　小説　君の名は。

Oh ok, thank you.

It sells more and more each week. Interesting.

Aug 11, 2016 8:46 AM by TapuTapuu

Yohimo_asakura said:
why isn't Kimi no na wa included this week?

Lol I didn't even realise it wasn't on there.

*5位　　*30,555部　182,570部　小説　君の名は。

Aug 11, 2016 8:42 AM by kuuderes_shadow

why isn't Kimi no na wa included this week?

Aug 11, 2016 8:35 AM by TapuTapuu

Monthly Oricon light novel volume and series rankings for July 2016 (June 27th - July 31st)

Aug 11, 2016 7:00 AM by kuuderes_shadow

14.　*5,059　**8,101　Shinmai Maou no Testament: Sweet!
19.　*4,515　*40,962　High School DxD Vol.22

Fab to see Shinmai spin-offs selling well also. No idea what this one is about though. DxD still going strong is great as well.

Shame that Masou Gakuen HxH isn't getting a noticeable boost, my hopes for more anime material fading by the week.

Aug 11, 2016 4:11 AM by VulgarLife

I love those weekly summaries. I always find new things to watch/read! Thanks ;)

Aug 11, 2016 3:42 AM by HelenMiller1954

kaguraa_ said:

Snow said:

*2.　23,445　*71,659　Monogatari Series: Off Season Vol.4 "Nademonogatari"

Glad to see the series doing well! I wonder whether SHAFT will animate the Off-Season though...

I hope so too though some arcs will be particularly difficult to animate due to the way they are written.

Aug 11, 2016 1:58 AM by hpulley

Series ranking from Oricon website:
*1. Shousetsu Kimi no Na Wa.
*2. Naruto -Naruto- Konoha Shinden
*3. Monogatari Series
*4. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
*5. Osomatsu-san Novelisation
*6. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*7. Shounen Onmyouji Bangaihen Tanhenshuu
*8. Black Clover: Abareushi no Sho
*9. Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin
10. Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku
11. Sword Art Online
12. Sousei no Onmyouji -Tenen Wakatora-
13. ONE PIECE FILM GOLD novelisation
14. Overlord
15. Juuou Mujin no Fafnir
16. Satsuriku no Tenshi Novelisation
17. Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou
18. Imouto Sae Ireba Ii.
19. Kenja no Mago
20. Shinmai Maou no Testament LIGHT!

(source: oricon website)

Other things on the bunko rankings that may be of interest:
*5位　*30,555部　182,570部　Shousetsu Kimi no Na wa
16位　**8,122部　*52,736部　Eiga Novelisation: Aozora Yell
33位　**4,924部　**4,924部　Hibike! Euphonium Series: Tachibana Koukou Marching Band e Youkoso Zenpen

(source: Oricon via refugeechan)

Aug 10, 2016 10:41 PM by kuuderes_shadow

POS bunko ranks for series with ongoing anime adaptations:

Re:Zero:
*52位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活１
*79位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活２
112位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活３
137位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活４
155位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活５
195位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活　短編集１
119位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活６
418位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活Ex　獅子王の見た夢
*76位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活７
476位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活Ex2　剣鬼恋歌
*82位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活８
173位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活　短編集２

Alderamin:
324位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン X
293位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン
345位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン II
390位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン III
405位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン IV
441位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン V
490位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン VI
474位　ねじ巻き精霊戦記　天鏡のアルデラミン VII

Qualidea Code:
421位　そんな世界は壊してしまえ　―クオリディア・コード―
450位　そんな世界は壊してしまえ２　―クオリディア・コード―
139位　どうでもいい世界なんて　―クオリディア・コード―
470位　いつか世界を救うために　―クオリディア・コード―

Leftover from previous seasons:
Spring:
Bungou Stray Dogs:
404位　文豪ストレイドッグス　太宰治の入社試験
491位　文豪ストレイドッグス　太宰治と黒の時代
483位　文豪ストレイドッグス　探偵社設立秘話

Winter:
KonoSuba:
304位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！　あぁ、駄女神さま
380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！
321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。
339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～
344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!!
320位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！６　六花の王女
342位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！７　億千万の花嫁
334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
478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！
*91位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！９　紅の宿命

Aug 10, 2016 10:30 PM by kuuderes_shadow

*7.　*8,447　**8,447　Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.8

Death March Anime adaptation please

Aug 10, 2016 9:49 PM by Allennnnn

ichii_1 said:
I demand that Shinmai Sweet! be an OVA NOW! :(

hold on they might make another season then you'll get your OVA

Aug 10, 2016 9:23 PM by DoctorSexy

*2.　23,445　*71,659　Monogatari Series: Off Season Vol.4 "Nademonogatari"
12.　*6,676　**6,676　Juuou Mujin no Fafnir Vol.12
14.　*5,059　**8,101　Shinmai Maou no Testament: Sweet!
19.　*4,515　*40,962　High School DxD Vol.22
23.　*4,317　*10,768　Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? Vol.23

Aug 10, 2016 9:21 PM by DoctorSexy

Kinda funny seeing a Naruto light novel of all things.

Aug 10, 2016 9:19 PM by malvarez1

*7.　*8,447　**8,447　Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.8
And the million dollar question is: Where the fuck is the anime?

Aug 10, 2016 8:44 PM by Baio-kun

I'm so glad to see sekaiichi hatsukoi in the list. It can really sell well if it get animated! <3

Aug 10, 2016 5:34 PM by removed-user

Only one Re:Zero volume, all the way at the bottom, lol

ichii_1 said:
I demand that Shinmai Sweet! be an OVA NOW! :(

This.

Aug 10, 2016 5:11 PM by Hongu

kaguraa_ said: