Japan's Weekly Light Novel Rankings for Apr 10 - 16
Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles
*1. 23,060 *42,907 Fate/strange Fake Vol.4
*2. 18,479 *18,479 Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria Vol.8
*3. 13,038 *13,038 Meitantei Conan kara Kurenai no Love Letter
*4. 11,665 *41,763 Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol.10
*5. 10,414 *10,414 Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry Vol.12
*6. *9,476 *26,036 Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.10
*7. *8,295 *90,679 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.1
*8. *8,234 *13,900 Heavy Object Vol.13
*9. *7,644 **7,644 Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut Vol.12
10. *7,020 *74,124 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.2
11. *6,135 122,359 Eromanga-sensei Vol.1
12. *5,698 **8,779 Ookami-san Series Vol.13
13. *5,643 **9,363 Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo Vol.5
14. *5,635 *63,348 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.12
15. *5,364 *64,995 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.3
16. *5,081 **7,992 Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho Vol.9
17. *4,383 *24,273 Last Embryo Vol.4
18. *4,380 *89,455 Eromanga-sensei Vol.2
19. *4,323 *54,888 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.4
20. *4,282 **6,992 Gekitotsu no Hexennacht Vol.4
21. *4,126 **4,126 Sono Mono. Nochi ni... Vol.4
22. *4,039 **4,039 Jinrou e no Tensei, Maou no Fukukan Vol.6
23. *3,894 **3,894 Sengoku Komachi Kuroutan Vol.5
24. *3,498 **3,498 Tensei Oujo wa Kyou mo Flag wo Tatakioru Vol.3
*2. 23,060 *42,907 Fate/strange Fake Vol.4
*4. 18,479 *18,479 Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria Vol.8
*9. 10,414 *10,414 Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry Vol.12
15. *8,295 *90,679 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.1
16. *8,234 *13,900 Heavy Object Vol.13
19. *7,644 **7,644 Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut Vol.12
20. *7,406 271,863 Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou Vol.7
21. *7,020 *74,124 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.2
23. *6,135 122,359 Eromanga-sensei Vol.1
31. *5,698 **8,779 Ookami-san Series Vol.13
32. *5,643 **9,363 Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo Vol.5
33. *5,635 *63,348 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.12
36. *5,364 *64,995 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.3
40. *5,081 **7,992 Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho Vol.9
47. *4,383 *24,273 Last Embryo Vol.4
48. *4,380 *89,455 Eromanga-sensei Vol.2
49. *4,323 *54,888 Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.4
(cut-off 4,301)
Book
*9. 13,038 *13,038 Meitantei Conan kara Kurenai no Love Letter
11. 11,665 *41,763 Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol.10
18. *9,476 *26,036 Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.10
(cut-off 5,858)
Literature Books Genre (duplicates removed)
10. *6,230 *26,351 Shinrei Tantei Yakumo Vol.10
13. *4,126 **4,126 Sono Mono. Nochi ni... Vol.4
14. *4,039 **4,039 Jinrou e no Tensei, Maou no Fukukan Vol.6
15. *3,894 **3,894 Sengoku Komachi Kuroutan Vol.5
19. *3,498 **3,498 Tensei Oujo wa Kyou mo Flag wo Tatakioru Vol.3
(cut-off 3,180)
Source: Oricon Youtaijou
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Apr 23, 2017 2:28 AM by TuyNOM
Expected a bit more from Clockwork Planet but then again its not really a hot topic or anything.
Apr 21, 2017 3:18 AM by Larkanite
On the other hand the size of a sales boost from an anime in Japan has little to no bearing on the chance of a series getting licensed in the West.
Oops, my bad.
For future reference though, what factors affect the chances of a series getting licensed?
1. Whether the foreign licensor thinks it will sell well in their language market.
2. Who the Japanese publishing label is.
3. How much the Japanese publisher/author wish to push the series with a foreign audience.
That's basically it. Obviously various things can influence #1 and #3, and a big boost from an anime in Japan may make the Japanese publisher want to push that series for an English language release, but at the end of the day it really isn't that significant.
Apr 21, 2017 1:37 AM by kuuderes_shadow
On the other hand the size of a sales boost from an anime in Japan has little to no bearing on the chance of a series getting licensed in the West.
Oops, my bad.
For future reference though, what factors affect the chances of a series getting licensed?
Apr 21, 2017 12:59 AM by Fate-Symphony
Otherwise, the flavor of the season LN gets an anime advert boost, nothing new. SukaSuka deserves far more boost than the fanservice title.
Seriously what's with Fate/stange Fake, is it a parody/comedy, is it just another series.
Its pretty much Durarara but with a fate skin. Its an okay read but its pretty much just that. Sales are mainly due to the fate brand.
Apr 21, 2017 12:58 AM by Ahenshihael
Is it just me, or is Clockwork Planet utterly missing from this list. At this rate, it's never going to get licensed. Oh well, Guess we'll have to see how the anime sales go.
#DOYOURBEST
Not just not on the rankings but nowhere near them. Even the first volume is 241st on the POS bunko ranks - below every volume of eromanga-sensei and perhaps 1.5k sales tops? Vol 2 375th (joint with volume 1 of Biblia), and vols 3+ not in the top 500.
The order of the boosts of light novels (on the basis of boosts for the first 2 volumes - so no influence from new volumes) at the moment seems to be:
1. Akashic Records
2. Eromanga Sensei
3. Sakurada Reset
4. SukaSuka
5. Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho
6. Clockwork Planet
7. SaeKano season 2 (2nd seasons always give smaller boosts)
8. DanMachi Sword Oratoria (seems to be functioning similarly to a second season)
On the other hand the size of a sales boost from an anime in Japan has little to no bearing on the chance of a series getting licensed in the West.
Apr 21, 2017 12:54 AM by kuuderes_shadow
Apr 21, 2017 12:09 AM by Lexars
Is it just me, or is Clockwork Planet utterly missing from this list. At this rate, it's never going to get licensed. Oh well, Guess we'll have to see how the anime sales go.
#DOYOURBEST
Apr 20, 2017 11:52 PM by Fate-Symphony
Why?
In print does not mean sold. And a lot of these volumes are being sold in places that do not report to Oricon.
The tweet seems to suggest that the 120k is the total between vols 1 and 2 as well, unless I'm misreading it. So 60k per volume. For a series with millions of viewers. It's a good deal cheaper than most anime would be as well.
Oh well that makes sense ^^
Apr 20, 2017 10:13 PM by Robiiii
Seriously what's with Fate/stange Fake, is it a parody/comedy, is it just another series.
It's another series about a "fake" grail war (I guess) with Gilgamesh as a main character. Which is all I need to want it licensed.
Gilgamesh is everything in this world
Apr 20, 2017 1:04 PM by NG_Chloe
Kemono friends official twitter revealed that the first 2 BD Official Guide book volumes have broken 120k copies in print.
Lol that seems impossible ahaha
Why?
In print does not mean sold. And a lot of these volumes are being sold in places that do not report to Oricon.
The tweet seems to suggest that the 120k is the total between vols 1 and 2 as well, unless I'm misreading it. So 60k per volume. For a series with millions of viewers. It's a good deal cheaper than most anime would be as well.
Apr 20, 2017 12:54 PM by kuuderes_shadow
Kemono friends official twitter revealed that the first 2 BD Official Guide book volumes have broken 120k copies in print.
Lol that seems impossible ahaha
Apr 20, 2017 12:13 PM by Robiiii
Apr 20, 2017 11:36 AM by Larkanite
Seriously what's with Fate/stange Fake, is it a parody/comedy, is it just another series.
It's another series about a "fake" grail war (I guess) with Gilgamesh as a main character. Which is all I need to want it licensed.
Apr 20, 2017 10:41 AM by DoubleMangekyo
Eromanga also going up.
Apr 20, 2017 9:20 AM by ichii_1
Akashic records has three volumes on this list. I'm impressed.
When can we get sequels to Rakudai and Mondaiji tachi
Apr 20, 2017 5:34 AM by NG_Chloe
Nice to see Heavy Object going relatively steady as well. Shame the anime resulted in almost zero noticeable boost.
Apr 20, 2017 4:13 AM by VulgarLife
Apr 20, 2017 4:01 AM by TyphoonS
Although I'm going to assume it's volume 1, you didn't actually write out which volume the top Rokudenashi seller was in the OP @Snow (#7 on the list)
Volume 1 of Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records doesn't have any number in its title.
Apr 20, 2017 3:24 AM by HaXXspetten
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