Japan Top 10 Weekly Light Novel Ranking: April 26, 2021 ~ May 2, 2021

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto rocks the sales chart the week between April 26 to May 2 with both Regular Edition and Special Edition making onto the charts at number 1 and 6 respectively. The total combined sales of the two are 37,322 copies selling at 748 yen (~$6.86) and 2,750 yen (~$25.21) respectively. The series had a wild performance back in January and February as Volume 10 recorded incredibly positive sales for the first two weeks. Sales did not die down fast as the title’s 10th volume went on for the next three weeks on Oricon’s sales chart with total five-week sales hitting 88,089 copies. There has been no official news of an Anime adaptation so far, but Square Enix has released three volumes of its Manga adaptation in English (Volume 3 in September 2021).

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Move on to the 4th place, and you will find Isekai Nonbiri Nouka‘s Volume 10. Unfortunately, the title has been seeing a decline in number of copies sold after peaking out at 16,373 copies for its 7th volume. Debut sales for Volume 9 has dropped below 10,000 copies, the first time ever since Volume 11 to see it ended the week with 9,937 copies sold. However, it may see sales recover the week after given its relatively shorter period of sales for the week. You can also check out the commercial released by Kadokawa Anime for the series below:

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The two-week sales for Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka‘s Volume 17 has reached 64,971 copies, while Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.‘s Volume 14.5 is at 43,809 copies. Tenshi-tachi no Kagai Katsudou at number 7 experienced a sharp decline in sales, but two-week sales for the title currently stand at 28,683 copies sold. At number 10 is another new release, Venom Kyuuai-sei Shoujo Shougougun at 4,231 copies sold. Zoku Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Magian Company and Okitegami Kyouko no Kansatsu Hyou are out of the list.

Light Novel Weekly Top 10


1. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Vol. 11 (NEW)
by (Author) Natsu Hyuuga and (Illustration) Touko Shino
Publisher: SHUFUNOTOMO
Release date: April 2021
Price: 748 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 29,770
Link (JPN): Vol. 11


2. Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol. 17 (↓62.27%)
by (Author) Fujino Omori and (Illustration) Suzuhito Yasuda
Publisher: SB Creative
Release date: April 2021
Price: 836 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 17,799
Link (JPN): Vol. 17
Link (ENG): Catalogue


3. Detective Conan: Hiiro no Dangan (↓23.81%)
by (Author) Shima Mizuki and (Original) Gosho Aoyama
Publisher: Shogakukan
Release date: December 2020
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 13,764
Link (JPN): CDJapan


4. Isekai Nonbiri Nouka Vol. 10 (NEW)
by (Author) Kinosuke Naitou and (Illustration) Yasumo
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: April 2021
Price: 1,320 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 9,937
Link (JPN): Vol. 10


5. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Vol. 14.5 (↓74.15%)
by (Author) Wataru Watari and (Illustration) Ponkan⑧
Publisher: Shogakukan
Release date: April 2021
Price: 682 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 8,998
Link (JPN): Vol. 14.5
Link (ENG): Catalogue


6. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Vol. 11 [Limited Edition] (NEW)
by (Author) Natsu Hyuuga and (Illustration) Touko Shino
Publisher:
SHUFUNOTOMO
Release date:
April 2021
Price:
2,750 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies:
7,552
Link (JPN):
Vol. 11 [Limited Edition]


7. Tenshi-tachi no Kagai Katsudou Vol. 8 (↓76.99%)
by Sunako Kayata
Publisher: Chuokoron-Shinsha
Release date: April 2021
Price: 1,100 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 5,366
Link (JPN): Vol. 8


8. Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! Vol. 22 (↓23.88%)
by (Author) Y.A and (Illustration) Choko Fuji
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: April 2021
Price: 1,430 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 5,154
Link (JPN): Vol. 22


9. Madougushi Dahlia wa Utsumukanai: Kyou Kara Jiyuu na Shokunin Life Vol. 6 (↓29.39%)
by (Author) Hisaya Amagishi and (Illustration) Kei
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: April 2021
Price: 1,430 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 4,629
Link (JPN): Vol. 6


10. Venom Kyuuai-sei Shoujo Shougougun (NEW)
by (Author) Shirosaki, (Illustration) Nou and (Original and Supervision) Kairiki Bear
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: April 2021
Price: 682 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 4,231
Link (JPN): CDJapan


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Source: Oricon

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2 thoughts on “Japan Top 10 Weekly Light Novel Ranking: April 26, 2021 ~ May 2, 2021

  1. Really feels like digital sales are eating a lot of usual physical sales in Japan. As the series totals (the publishers announced every now and then) don’t really correlate with the physical sales at all. not even close.

    1. Yeah, I remember when tracking Famitsu’s chart for video games. The first week, it listed Final Fantasy VII Remake as selling around 800,000 copies in Japan, but Square Enix announced that it has sold 1,000,000 copies that week.

      I am quite confident to say that Oricon is 80% accurate with its sales data, or even more. It should include some of the online sales (as mentioned on their website) through Point-of-sale (POS), but it could be missing some of the stores. I would say, expect sales to be around 10% to 20% higher from the figures they have provided.

      You can check out more here:
      https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/about/

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