Japan's Weekly Light Novel Rankings for Sept 11 - 17
Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles
*1. 55,194 143,570 Sword Art Online Vol.20
*2. 16,388 *16,388 Goblin Slayer Vol.6
*3. *7,378 **7,378 Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut Vol.13
*4. *6,906 **7,751 Henkyou Kizoku wa Risou no Slow Life wo Motomeru
*5. *6,481 **6,481 Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru Vol.13
*6. *5,613 **5,613 29 to JK Vol.3
*7. *5,434 *14,949 Shinsetsu Ookami to Koushinryou: Ookami to Youhishi Vol.3
*8. *4,836 *42,266 Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka?
*9. *4,764 **4,764 Sengoku Komachi Kuroutan Vol.6
10. *4,622 *91,392 Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.12
11. *4,595 **4,595 Nanchatte Cinderella: Outo Meikyuu-hen
12. *4,530 **4,530 Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shounen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu Youna Monogatari Vol.3
13. *4,463 *13,954 Heavy Object Vol.14
14. *4,320 **4,320 Maou-sama no Machizukuri!: Saikyou no Dungeon wa Kindai Toshi Vol.3
15. *3,706 158,555 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Vol.23
16. *3,658 **3,658 Cheat Aru kedo Mattarishitai: Nonbiri Madougu Tsukuttetai no ni
17. *3,309 **3,535 A-Rank Boukensha no Slow Life Vol.1
18. *3,223 **3,223 Isekai Guild Meshi Vol.1
19. *3,200 **3,200 Gouka Kyakusen de Koi wa Hajimaru Vol.13
20. *3,174 **3,174 Goblin Slayer Vol.6 Limited Edition
21. *3,089 **9,325 Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Part 3 Vol.5
22. *2,696 **2,696 Drop!!: Kaori no Reijou Monogatari Vol.4
23. *2,689 *10,134 Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami Vol.5
24. *2,678 *11,560 Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou desu Vol.2
25. *2,538 **8,138 Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.
*2. 55,194 143,570 Sword Art Online Vol.20
*8. 16,388 *16,388 Goblin Slayer Vol.6
19. *7,378 **7,378 Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut Vol.13
26. *6,481 **6,481 Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru Vol.13
27. *6,244 171,734 Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka?
28. *5,613 **5,613 29 to JK Vol.3
29. *5,434 *14,949 Shinsetsu Ookami to Koushinryou: Ookami to Youhishi Vol.3
35. *4,622 *91,392 Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.12
37. *4,595 **4,595 Nanchatte Cinderella: Outo Meikyuu-hen
39. *4,530 **4,530 Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shounen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu Youna Monogatari Vol.3
40. *4,463 *13,954 Heavy Object Vol.14
(cut-off 3,966)
Book
31. *6,906 **7,751 Henkyou Kizoku wa Risou no Slow Life wo Motomeru
(cut-off 5,435)
Literature Books Genre (duplicates removed)
*5. *4,764 **4,764 Sengoku Komachi Kuroutan Vol.6
*6. *4,320 **4,320 Maou-sama no Machizukuri!: Saikyou no Dungeon wa Kindai Toshi Vol.3
*8. *3,658 **3,658 Cheat Aru kedo Mattarishitai: Nonbiri Madougu Tsukuttetai no ni
11. *3,309 **3,535 A-Rank Boukensha no Slow Life Vol.1
14. *3,200 **3,200 Gouka Kyakusen de Koi wa Hajimaru Vol.13
15. *3,089 **9,325 Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen Part 3 Vol.5
17. *2,696 **2,696 Drop!!: Kaori no Reijou Monogatari Vol.4
18. *2,689 *10,134 Koushaku Reijou no Tashinami Vol.5
19. *2,678 *11,560 Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou desu Vol.2
20. *2,538 **8,138 Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.
(cut-off 2,538)
Source: Oricon Youtaijou
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Regarding these, sales upon leaving the weekly rankings of the latest volume in the series:
SAO - 268675
Mahouka - 158693
Re:Zero - 75392
OreGairu - 163472
SAO is clearly a far bigger seller than OreGairu is. From that it looks as though OreGairu is slightly above Mahouka, but it's a >2 year gap since the last volume, and long gaps tend to mean big sales drops. Back when the last OreGairu volume came out, Mahouka was selling 200k per volume anyway. It would take quite a big drop for it to fall below Re:Zero, though.
Mahouka vol 16 is around 25640, that is a peak of mahouka. After that it keep dropping to 160-180K. It look like this latest volume quite good plus with movie boosting. For sure next volume will reach 200K
Sep 23, 2017 2:40 AM by CrazyFrogz
Even mahouka, sao and rezero can't defeat oregairu sales.
Oregairu outsells both of these series (or at least Re:Zero), but it's releases are much less frequent, so it won't rank well here.
Regarding these, sales upon leaving the weekly rankings of the latest volume in the series:
SAO - 268675
Mahouka - 158693
Re:Zero - 75392
OreGairu - 163472
SAO is clearly a far bigger seller than OreGairu is. From that it looks as though OreGairu is slightly above Mahouka, but it's a >2 year gap since the last volume, and long gaps tend to mean big sales drops. Back when the last OreGairu volume came out, Mahouka was selling 200k per volume anyway. It would take quite a big drop for it to fall below Re:Zero, though.
Sep 23, 2017 2:04 AM by kuuderes_shadow
Sep 22, 2017 7:27 AM by thepath
Every week we look at the sales of the past week.
If you look at the top it says September 11-17 so SNAFU Vol 12 can't be possibly included yet
Sep 22, 2017 7:20 AM by Fappa
As I understand that particular that ranking is about overall series sales and favors consistent near releases. Re:Zero gets a new release every 3 months, SAO gets a book at least once every year I think. Oregairu outsells both of these series (or at least Re:Zero), but it's releases are much less frequent, so it won't rank well here.
im saying volume release sales, not overall series sales.
Sep 22, 2017 7:05 AM by CrazyFrogz
As I understand that particular that ranking is about overall series sales and favors consistent near releases. Re:Zero gets a new release every 3 months, SAO gets a book at least once every year I think. Oregairu outsells both of these series (or at least Re:Zero), but it's releases are much less frequent, so it won't rank well here.
Sep 22, 2017 3:24 AM by Iron_Maw
Oregairu vol 12 not in the ranking? heh..
Of course not. It hadn't come out yet at this point.
Well Vol12 out on 21 sept, i thought it will be included in the ranking.
Sep 22, 2017 12:28 AM by CrazyFrogz
Oregairu vol 12 not in the ranking? heh..
Of course not. It hadn't come out yet at this point.
and will rerank when the next volume is released.
Now, I hope Progressive volume 5 will come out till the end of the year.
I wouldn't expect a rerank if I were you. Yes, volume 17 reranked when vol 18 came out so it's obviously possible, but that's the only time it's happened.
And Kawahara usually releases one volume every 2 months, and with Accel World 22 scheduled for November it's very unlikely that we'll get a SAO Progressive volume this year.
I assume the MF Bunko J festival which heavily featured Re:Zero content including the announcement of the OVA did the deed
Possible. I'm always suspicious such events have much direct impact, though - they tend to be more about enthusing existing fans than getting in new ones or getting people back into the series who had put it aside. Then again we're only talking a few thousand copies, so...
Sep 21, 2017 11:02 PM by kuuderes_shadow
Sep 21, 2017 2:41 PM by CrazyFrogz
YouJitsu's series sales dropped from 22.4k last week to 16.9k this week. If that reduction had applied evenly on the sales last week that would put the top seller at 2968, 206 less than it would have needed to rank.
As for why Re:Zero's sales have been going up for the past few weeks, I honestly don't know. Then again it was purely backlog sales getting it on the rankings anyway, so these things can happen.
I see. Thanks for the insights then. :)
In the case of Re:Zero I guess I can this as the series having really good staying power.
I assume the MF Bunko J festival which heavily featured Re:Zero content including the announcement of the OVA did the deed
Well the 14 volume is coming out in just a couples of days so that probably helping too.
Sep 21, 2017 12:30 PM by Iron_Maw
Now, I hope Progressive volume 5 will come out till the end of the year.
Sep 21, 2017 6:45 AM by TapuTapuu
Huh, I wonder what's causing Re:Zero to raise here considering none of the volumes charted? Same with Classroom of the Elite. Maybe everything else outside the mega franchises like SAO is too low?
As for why Re:Zero's sales have been going up for the past few weeks, I honestly don't know. Then again it was purely backlog sales getting it on the rankings anyway, so these things can happen.
I assume the MF Bunko J festival which heavily featured Re:Zero content including the announcement of the OVA did the deed
Sep 21, 2017 6:43 AM by Fappa
It would be nicer if only I can fully read Japanese tho... TvT
Sep 21, 2017 3:06 AM by Meira_Eve
Sep 21, 2017 2:04 AM by IrisFTW
Does anyone know the plot of "29 to JK"? Or at least a synopsis. Looks like a romance of sensei and schoolgirl.
Seems to be just that, since JK is a term for a high school student. So I assume the plot is focused on a 'romance' between a 29 year old and a high schooler.
It looks like the 29 year old guy and the high school girl became a couple in Vol 1 or 2.
Hmm, it would be interesting to see this, I thought that such stories disappeared from the anime for reasons of censorship.
I wonder if Goblin Slayer will get an anime...I hope so.
I'm scared to imagine what its rating will be. For it is more offensive to women than Violence Jack.
Sep 21, 2017 1:50 AM by RobertBobert
Sep 21, 2017 12:47 AM by Vlad974
Series rankings from Oricon website:
*1. Sword Art Online
*2. Goblin Slayer
*3. Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e
*4. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*5. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
*6. Gamers!
*7. No Game No Life
*8. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
*9. Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut
10. Henkyou Kizoku wa Risou no Slow Life wo Motomeru
11. Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru
12. 29 to JK
13. Shinsetsu Ookami to Koushinryou: Ookami to Youhishi
14. Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka? Novelisation
15. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
16. Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shounen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu Youna Monogatari
17. Nanchatte Cinderella
18. Sengoku Komachi Kuroutan
19. Heavy Object
20. Maou-sama no Machizukuri!
(Source: Oricon website)
Huh, I wonder what's causing Re:Zero to raise here considering none of the volumes charted? Same with Classroom of the Elite. Maybe everything else outside the mega franchises like SAO is too low?
YouJitsu's series sales dropped from 22.4k last week to 16.9k this week. If that reduction had applied evenly on the sales last week that would put the top seller at 2968, 206 less than it would have needed to rank.
As for why Re:Zero's sales have been going up for the past few weeks, I honestly don't know. Then again it was purely backlog sales getting it on the rankings anyway, so these things can happen.
Sep 21, 2017 12:18 AM by kuuderes_shadow
Series rankings from Oricon website:
*1. Sword Art Online
*2. Goblin Slayer
*3. Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e
*4. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*5. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
*6. Gamers!
*7. No Game No Life
*8. Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
*9. Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut
10. Henkyou Kizoku wa Risou no Slow Life wo Motomeru
11. Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru
12. 29 to JK
13. Shinsetsu Ookami to Koushinryou: Ookami to Youhishi
14. Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka? Novelisation
15. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
16. Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shounen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu Youna Monogatari
17. Nanchatte Cinderella
18. Sengoku Komachi Kuroutan
19. Heavy Object
20. Maou-sama no Machizukuri!
(Source: Oricon website)
Huh, I wonder what's causing Re:Zero to raise here considering none of the volumes charted? Same with Classroom of the Elite. Maybe everything else outside the mega franchises like SAO is too low?
Sep 21, 2017 12:02 AM by Iron_Maw
Does anyone know the plot of "29 to JK"? Or at least a synopsis. Looks like a romance of sensei and schoolgirl.
It looks like the 29 year old guy and the high school girl became a couple in Vol 1 or 2.
Sep 20, 2017 11:44 PM by AP24
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I wouldn't expect a rerank if I were you. Yes, volume 17 reranked when vol 18 came out so it's obviously possible, but that's the only time it's happened.
And Kawahara usually releases one volume every 2 months, and with Accel World 22 scheduled for November it's very unlikely that we'll get a SAO Progressive volume this year.
Sep 23, 2017 6:14 AM by TapuTapuu