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

by Snow
May 10, 2017 1:53 PM | 26 Comments

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

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

*1.　44,667　*71,711　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.11
*2.　42,224　*43,922　Haikyuu!! Shousetsu-ban!! Vol.8
*3.　16,648　*55,440　Meitantei Conan Karakurenai no Love Letter
*4.　11,677　*11,677　Ookami Heika no Hanayome: Karen no Utage
*5.　*7,302　*41,196　Hidan no Aria Vol.25
*6.　*7,292　*14,430　Satsuriku no Tenshi Vol.2
*7.　*6,028　**6,319　Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Vol.1
*8.　*5,354　138,414　Eromanga-sensei Vol.1
*9.　*5,088　**9,257　Migawari Hakushaku to Shuumaku no Tsuzuki
10.　*4,702　103,150　Eromanga-sensei Vol.2

11.　*4,654　**4,654　Isekai Shihai no Skill Taker Vol.6
12.　*4,425　104,459　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.1
13.　*4,342　*23,979　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Memory Records Vol.2
14.　*4,299　*86,836　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.2
15.　*4,271　*77,112　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.3
16.　*4,075　**4,471　Kyouou no Jouai
17.　*4,015　*75,392　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.12
18.　*3,906　*90,417　Eromanga-sensei Vol.3
19.　*3,672　*17,689　Fate/Prototype: Sougin no Fragments Vol.5
20.　*3,595　*65,748　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.4

21.　*3,462　*18,018　Jinrui Saikyou no Tokimeki

Separated by Specific Ranking

Bunko
*3.　44,667　*71,711　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.11
10.　*7,302　*41,196　Hidan no Aria Vol.25
18.　*5,354　138,414　Eromanga-sensei Vol.1
20.　*5,088　**9,257　Migawari Hakushaku to Shuumaku no Tsuzuki
27.　*4,702　103,150　Eromanga-sensei Vol.2
28.　*4,654　**4,654　Isekai Shihai no Skill Taker Vol.6
30.　*4,425　104,459　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.1
33.　*4,342　*23,979　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Memory Records Vol.2
35.　*4,299　*86,836　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.2
36.　*4,271　*77,112　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.3

38.　*4,075　**4,471　Kyouou no Jouai
40.　*4,015　*75,392　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.12
43.　*3,906　*90,417　Eromanga-sensei Vol.3
50.　*3,595　*65,748　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.4
(cut-off 3,595)

Book
*1.　42,224　*43,922　Haikyuu!! Shousetsu-ban!! Vol.8
10.　16,648　*55,440　Meitantei Conan Karakurenai no Love Letter
15.　11,677　*11,677　Ookami Heika no Hanayome: Karen no Utage
35.　*7,292　*14,430　Satsuriku no Tenshi Vol.2
48.　*6,028　**6,319　Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Vol.1
(cut-off 5,831)

Literature Books Genre (duplicates removed)
15.　*3,672　*17,689　Fate/Prototype: Sougin no Fragments Vol.5
17.　*3,462　*18,018　Jinrui Saikyou no Tokimeki
(cut-off 3,048)

Source: Oricon Youtaijou

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Feels bad for those ppl dont understand anything about the charts but keep typing nonstop and judge two LN by their adaptations.

May 15, 2017 6:55 PM by WashingMachine45

Beat000 said:

Jagd84 said:

What? Plenty of people are buying the LN. It was even at the top of the chart for two weeks with vol 12 came out last month like Konosuba this month.

Yeah, plenty of people is buying the LN but why it's not beating the sales in rank?

Rank means nothing look at the damn overall numbers lmfao.

May 15, 2017 6:32 PM by moodie

Beat000 said:

Jagd84 said:

What? Plenty of people are buying the LN. It was even at the top of the chart for two weeks with vol 12 came out last month like Konosuba this month.

Yeah, plenty of people is buying the LN but why it's not beating the sales in rank?

I'm not sure what you mean. The volume has been out for almost more than a month now. It will naturally go down after some time. All LN do this.

May 15, 2017 6:11 PM by Iron_Maw

Jagd84 said:

Beat000 said:
Well Re:zero is alot better but i think most of the people already read the web novel for free thats why no one is bothering to buy the light novel

What? Plenty of people are buying the LN. It was even at the top of the chart for two weeks with vol 12 came out last month like Konosuba this month.

Yeah, plenty of people is buying the LN but why it's not beating the sales in rank?

May 15, 2017 8:49 AM by Beat000

Beat000 said:
Well Re:zero is alot better but i think most of the people already read the web novel for free thats why no one is bothering to buy the light novel

What? Plenty of people are buying the LN. It was even at the top of the chart for two weeks with vol 12 came out last month like Konosuba this month.

May 15, 2017 5:55 AM by Iron_Maw

Well Re:zero is alot better but i think most of the people already read the web novel for free thats why no one is bothering to buy the light novel

May 12, 2017 1:30 AM by Beat000

Monthly Oricon light novel volume and series rankings for April 2017 (10th April - 7th May)

May 12, 2017 12:35 AM by kuuderes_shadow

Don't really understand why Konosuba is #1 but I guess it just wasn't my thing. Glad Re:Zero isn't in top ten, I did not get the hype for it at all.

Nice to see Rokudenashi doing well despite what I expected.

Didn't know Isekai Shihai no Skill Taker existed until now so I'm going to give it a shot. Thanks errbody. :3

May 11, 2017 9:41 PM by lirisimah

kuuderes_shadow said:
Series rankings from Oricon website:
*1. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*2. Haikyuu!! Shousetsuban!!
*3. Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records
*4. Eromanga Sensei
*5. Sword Art Online
*6. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

SAO keeps getting 5th place. I Guess Ordinal scale boosted it quite a bit lol

May 11, 2017 7:46 AM by TapuTapuu

Re:Zero should be on number 1
Damn you Japan.
Konosuba is trash in comparison to Re:Zero

May 11, 2017 5:02 AM by swirlydragon

Good Kono Subarashii first.

May 11, 2017 3:10 AM by Swagernator

kinda sad to see SaeKano so low on the series ranking. Yeah I know s2's don't usually result in as much as s1's do but still, expected it to sell a bit more over all the vols with maybe a couple guys picking it up from scratch.

KonoSuba not surprising at all considering that last week wasn't even a week for konosuba

May 11, 2017 1:18 AM by Toadesstern

As expect of Konosuba

Good to see Akashic records is getting a decent boost!

May 11, 2017 1:04 AM by G_Spark233

Series rankings from Oricon website:
*1. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*2. Haikyuu!! Shousetsuban!!
*3. Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records
*4. Eromanga Sensei
*5. Sword Art Online
*6. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
*7. Gekijouban Meitantei Conan: Karakurenai no Love Letter Novelisation
*8. Shousetsu Ookami Heika no Hanayome Karen no Utage Novelisation
*9. Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
10. Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka?
11. Satsuriku no Tenshi
12. Hidan no Aria
13. Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
14. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka
15. No Game No Life
16. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
17. Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Memory Records
18. Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho
19. Overlord
20. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden

(Source: Oricon website)

Slow week so lots of things on the rankings without any releases. Anime boosts, mega-hits that burn through a few thousand sales every week, and TenSura pretending to have an anime boost when it doesn't.

May 10, 2017 10:22 PM by kuuderes_shadow

So like Re:Zero, Knonsuba dominated the chart for two weeks straight! lol

Managed to sell bit more in the same period thanks to the anime boost it got from S2 tho. I'm really curious how S2 of Re:Zero will hold against it when happens.

Akashic Records and Eromanga look to be LN favs saleswise this season.

May 10, 2017 8:32 PM by Iron_Maw

Ooh the Eromanga Sensei boost.

Still glad to see Konosuba doing well.

May 10, 2017 8:01 PM by Stark700

Wait, Haikyuu has a light novel?!

May 10, 2017 7:18 PM by SkyFullOfStars

Nice to see Konosuba on top. Akashic records also got a pretty nice boost, the anime has been pretty decent so far so it's nice to see that it's yielding good results.

May 10, 2017 5:01 PM by thebrentinator24

70k in 2 weeks for Konosuba, thats good. RokuAka best LN adaptation this spring, no surprise

May 10, 2017 4:37 PM by WashingMachine45

The Rokudenashi LN got a pretty nice boost with the anime. I might give it a try too.

May 10, 2017 4:18 PM by cure_potato

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