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

by Snow
Jan 25, 2017 12:30 PM | 22 Comments

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

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

*1.　28,660　*,*82,323　Monogatari Series: Off Season Vol.4 "Musubimonogatari"
*2.　13,571　1,377,503　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Bunko)
*3.　11,537　*,*22,931　Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry Vol.11
*4.　*9,413　*,*20,116　Goblin Slayer Vol.4
*5.　*9,110　*,**9,110　Only Sense Online Vol.11
*6.　*8,895　*,*69,298　Youjo Senki Vol.1
*7.　*8,634　*,**8,634　Oda Nobuna no Yabou Zenkokuban Vol.17
*8.　*7,095　*,**7,095　Tsujou Kougeki ga Zentai Kougeki de 2-kai Kougeki no Okaasan wa Suki desu ka?
*9.　*6,358　*,310,301　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko)
10.　*6,082　*,**6,082　Finder no Souen

11.　*6,049　*,**6,049　Qualidea Code: Doudemo Ii Sekai nante Vol.2
12.　*5,571　*,**6,845　Sono Mono. Nochi ni... Vol.3
13.　*5,567　*,*40,809　Youjo Senki Vol.2
14.　*5,075　*,**5,075　Yowa-Chara Tomozaki-kun Vol.3
15.　*4,929　*,*28,647　Eromanga-sensei Vol.8
16.　*4,751　*,**4,751　Otonari no Yajuu-san
17.　*4,750　*,**4,750　Aka-chan Soudouki: Mr. Secret Floor
18.　*4,501　*,*45,530　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo! Vol.4
19.　*4,249　*,**4,249　Makikomarete Isekai Teni suru Yatsu wa, Taitei Cheat Ω
20.　*3,929　*,*29,012　Youjo Senki Vol.3

21.　*3,908　*,**3,908　Joushi to Konyaku: Dankei Daikazoku Monogatari Vol.8

Separated by Specific Ranking

Bunko
*5.　13,571　1,377,503　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Bunko)
*8.　11,537　*,*22,931　Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry Vol.11
13.　*9,413　*,*20,116　Goblin Slayer Vol.4
16.　*9,110　*,**9,110　Only Sense Online Vol.11
17.　*8,634　*,**8,634　Oda Nobuna no Yabou Zenkokuban Vol.17
20.　*7,095　*,**7,095　Tsujou Kougeki ga Zentai Kougeki de 2-kai Kougeki no Okaasan wa Suki desu ka?
22.　*6,049　*,**6,049　Qualidea Code: Doudemo Ii Sekai nante Vol.2
27.　*5,194　*,**5,194　Kajiya Kanmidokoro Aratame Vol.5
28.　*5,075　*,**5,075　Yowa-Chara Tomozaki-kun Vol.3
31.　*4,929　*,*28,647　Eromanga-sensei Vol.8

32.　*4,751　*,**4,751　Otonari no Yajuu-san
34.　*4,501　*,*45,530　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo! Vol.4
44.　*3,908　*,**3,908　Joushi to Konyaku: Dankei Daikazoku Monogatari Vol.8
45.　*3,901　*,*71,783　No Game No Life: Practical War Game
(cut-off 3,775)

Book
*1.　28,660　*,*82,323　Monogatari Series: Off Season Vol.4 "Musubimonogatari"
21.　*8,895　*,*69,298　Youjo Senki Vol.1
34.　*6,358　*,310,301　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko)
38.　*6,082　*,**6,082　Finder no Souen
47.　*5,571　*,**6,845　Sono Mono. Nochi ni... Vol.3
48.　*5,567　*,*40,809　Youjo Senki Vol.3
(cut-off 5,368)

Literature Books Genre (duplicates removed)
13.　*4,750　*,**4,750　Aka-chan Soudouki: Mr. Secret Floor
17.　*4,249　*,**4,249　Makikomarete Isekai Teni suru Yatsu wa, Taitei Cheat Ω
18.　*3,929　*,*29,012　Youjo Senki 3 The Finest Hour
(cut-off 3,788)

Source: Oricon Youtaijou

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DarklordVor said:

kuuderes_shadow said:

Actually that's damn good for sales during a second series. Probably helped by the fact that it had never actually dropped off entirely from the first one.

Really? I'm glad that the numbers are actually doing good. Do you know if these rankings and sales number included the e-Book side of the sales? Since I recently learned that KonoSuba earned the #1 spot for e-book of the year 2016.

No, they don't include ebook sales.
The POS rankings are apparently based on about 2500 stores around Japan, but they don't specify which ones.
Oricon doesn't include ebooks either.

I don't think there are any rankings that provide a full picture of Japan's ebook sales - although there are plenty for individual retailers that make up significant parts of the ebook market. Unfortunately these tend to give very different results from one another. They also tend to be series based rather than volume based which can obscure the data. I think it's fairly safe to say that KonoSuba does well on the ebook front, though.

Jan 31, 2017 3:00 AM by kuuderes_shadow

ichii_1 said:

I don't know, the anime by itself will still sell and it's fairly popular, not everything is dependent on source material sales.

Yeah, I suppose the current preorders on the BD is not so bad and there's still 2 more months before release, so hopefully there's still a chance.

kuuderes_shadow said:

Actually that's damn good for sales during a second series. Probably helped by the fact that it had never actually dropped off entirely from the first one.

kuuderes_shadow said:

Then again series beyond the second (and even the second to a large extent) depend more on other things than the boost to the original source. At the same point in time in the airing of Highschool DxD's second season there was not a single back volume on the POS* rankings at all, yet that got a third season.

Of course, a third season of a light novel adaptation is absurdly rare anyway. No Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko title has ever had one (this doesn't count). Not even Haruhi did.

*Bunko, as this was before the bunsho rankings started. But it's easier to get on the bunko ones than the bunsho ones - KonoSuba vol 1 was 94th on the bunko ranks for this week.

Yeah, I realized that most anime never even get a third season. Not even one of the most popular LN that goes up the ranking of the year almost every year, Toaru series, can get a third season. If Highschool DxD who sold less than 10k on average can get a third and fourth season, I hope KonoSuba can too.

Jan 31, 2017 2:40 AM by DarklordVor

DarklordVor said:
Damn. I just remembered that most season 2 anime's LN never really get additional sales. I assumed from the data, that KonoSuba being on rank 193+ on each volume is a very low sales and bad sign for the LN side, since there is no huge increase of sales like last year.

193位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！　あぁ、駄女神さま
242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！
290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。
301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～
498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
313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!!
355位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！６　六花の王女
373位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！７　億千万の花嫁
366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
350位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！９　紅の宿命
322位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！10　ギャンブル・スクランブル！

So... RIP KonoSuba season 3? ;_; This series is honestly one of my biggest hype to get a third season, considering how epic it would be to adapt volume 5 and 6.

Actually that's damn good for sales during a second series. Probably helped by the fact that it had never actually dropped off entirely from the first one.

Then again series beyond the second (and even the second to a large extent) depend more on other things than the boost to the original source. At the same point in time in the airing of Highschool DxD's second season there was not a single back volume on the POS* rankings at all, yet that got a third season.

Of course, a third season of a light novel adaptation is absurdly rare anyway. No Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko title has ever had one (this doesn't count). Not even Haruhi did.

*Bunko, as this was before the bunsho rankings started. But it's easier to get on the bunko ones than the bunsho ones - KonoSuba vol 1 was 94th on the bunko ranks for this week.

Jan 30, 2017 9:02 AM by kuuderes_shadow

DarklordVor said:

So... RIP KonoSuba season 3? ;_; This series is honestly one of my biggest hype to get a third season, considering how epic it would be to adapt volume 5 and 6.

I don't know, the anime by itself will still sell and it's fairly popular, not everything is dependent on source material sales.

Jan 30, 2017 8:58 AM by ichii_1

Damn. I just remembered that most season 2 anime's LN never really get additional sales. I assumed from the data, that KonoSuba being on rank 193+ on each volume is a very low sales and bad sign for the LN side, since there is no huge increase of sales like last year.

So... RIP KonoSuba season 3? ;_; This series is honestly one of my biggest hype to get a third season, considering how epic it would be to adapt volume 5 and 6.

Jan 30, 2017 7:25 AM by DarklordVor

POS bunsho rankings for series with ongoing anime adaptations:

I've gone back to the bunsho/bunko rankings for POS as the rankings have been back for a while now and Youjo Senki isn't a bunko format release.
These rankings include all volumes, not just light novel ones. Which is why the ranks are much lower than those in the thread above.

w/c 16th January:
Youjo Senki:
326位　幼女戦記７　Ut sementem feceris, ita metes

*52位　幼女戦記１　Deus lo vult
102位　幼女戦記２　Plus Ultra
178位　幼女戦記３　The Finsest hour
281位　幼女戦記４　Dabit deus his quoque finem.
387位　幼女戦記５　Abyssus abyssum invocat
479位　幼女戦記６　Nil admirari

KonoSuba:
118位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！スピンオフ　続・この素晴らしい世界に爆焔を！　我ら、めぐみん盗賊団

193位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！　あぁ、駄女神さま
242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！
290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。
301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～
498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
313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!!
355位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！６　六花の王女
373位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！７　億千万の花嫁
366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
350位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！９　紅の宿命
322位　この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！10　ギャンブル・スクランブル！

Left over from previous seasons:
Re:Zero:
207位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活11

323位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活１
424位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活２
448位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活９
367位　Re：ゼロから始める異世界生活10

w/c 9th January:

w/c 2nd January:

Source: POS via book-rank.net

Jan 30, 2017 5:54 AM by kuuderes_shadow

Seems that the anime adaptation of Youjo Senki is helping with a boost.

Jan 26, 2017 9:25 AM by Stark700

Snow said:
Here are the weekly light novel rankings for January 16 - 22

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

*1.　28,660　*,*82,323　Monogatari Series: Off Season Vol.4 "Musubimonogatari"

Source: Oricon Youtaijou

← Previous Week

Any other series at the top and I'll be quite sad but I'm actually quite happy Musubimonogatari is at the top again.

Jan 26, 2017 2:54 AM by Jiharo

Series ranking from Oricon website:
*1. Monogatari Series
*2. Youjo Senki
*3. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*4. Shousetsu Kimi no Na wa.
*5. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
*6. Goblin Slayer
*7. Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry
*8. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spinoff
*9. Only Sense Online
10. Sword Art Online
11. Oda Nobuna no Yabou Zenkokuban
12. Overlord
13. Tsujou Kougeki ga Zentai Kougeki de 2-kai Kougeki no Okaasan wa Suki desu ka?
14. Eromanga-sensei
15. Doudemo Ii Sekai Nante
16. Sono mono. Nochi ni...
17. Yowa Chara Tomozaki-kun
18. No Game No Life
19. Shousetsu Finder no Souen
20. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

(Source: Oricon website)

Jan 26, 2017 12:23 AM by kuuderes_shadow

*1.　28,660　*,*82,323　Monogatari Series: Off Season Vol.4 "Musubimonogatari"

Musubi is everywhere and I'm getting more and more hyped. Plus, getting more and more disappointed at myself for being unable to fully read Japanese nor have a copy for myself, completely being dependent to awesome people who give out translations and such.

Jan 25, 2017 5:47 PM by Sarasa

ichii_1 said:

Nice sales, this has been getting some buzz.
Ton of isekai coming up in the next few months, hope they sell well.
*8.　*7,095　*,**7,095　Tsujou Kougeki ga Zentai Kougeki de 2-kai Kougeki no Okaasan wa Suki desu ka?

Looks like Milf material lol

Jan 25, 2017 4:14 PM by Shishou_23

Bleach is off the list :'(
Goblins Slayer still slaying.

Nice sales, this has been getting some buzz.
Ton of isekai coming up in the next few months, hope they sell well.
*8.　*7,095　*,**7,095　Tsujou Kougeki ga Zentai Kougeki de 2-kai Kougeki no Okaasan wa Suki desu ka?

Jan 25, 2017 3:48 PM by ichii_1

Monogatari<3 fuck yes.

Jan 25, 2017 3:47 PM by Voidd

11,537　*,*22,931　Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry Vol.11

Quite nice hope it reaches 30k and wish it would get a 2nd season aswell since the manga is barely just catching up to the end of the anime stuff and the novels are also slow on translation

Jan 25, 2017 2:48 PM by KurumiNightmare

10.　*6,082　*,**6,082　Finder no Souen

Awww YES!!! <3
I hope SuBLime license it.

Oh, just now I noticed that we got 3 another BL light novel, that means we got 4. I'm so happy.

Jan 25, 2017 2:37 PM by removed-user

Great to see "Tsujou Kougeki ga Zentai Kougeki de 2-kai Kougeki no Okaasan wa Suki desu ka?" in there already.
Really a great novel.

Jan 25, 2017 1:43 PM by cure_potato

joe_g7 said:
Bleach fell off the list.

*7.　*8,634　*,**8,634　Oda Nobuna no Yabou Zenkokuban Vol.17

We're never getting a season 2 are we?? :/

Would have happened long ago if it was ever going to. Not that the anime of the first season did particularly well anyway. The change of publishers can't have helped matters either.

And bigger than Bleach falling off - Kimi no Na wa. Another Side: Earthbound is not on the rankings for the first time.

Jan 25, 2017 1:03 PM by kuuderes_shadow

Bleach fell off the list.

*7.　*8,634　*,**8,634　Oda Nobuna no Yabou Zenkokuban Vol.17

We're never getting a season 2 are we?? :/

Jan 25, 2017 12:51 PM by joe_g7

*3.　11,537　*,*22,931　Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry Vol.11

Still doing well. Alas, translations are slow atm.

Jan 25, 2017 12:38 PM by Shishou_23

Glad to see Monogatari still at the top for this week.

Jan 25, 2017 12:38 PM by AntwanMantilla

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