Japan Top 10 Weekly Light Novel Ranking: August 17, 2020 ~ August 23, 2020

Sales are pretty slow for the week between August 17 to August 23 for Light Novels with all of Kimetsu No Yaiba’s titles down for the week. Kaze no Michishirube fell the hardest among the bunch, seeing nearly 44% plunge in number of copies sold. Ryuuou no Oshigoto! which sat comfortably at number 2 the week before dropped eight places to number 10. It registered a 4,301 copies sold, down almost 60% when compared to the prior week, which it then sold 10,562 copies.

It is thanks to the amazing fellows at Oricon that we get to see these charts on a weekly basis, so be sure to head over to their site here, and show them lots of love! Sales data for the week can be found here.

That said, the week features four new titles making into the chart with Date A Live Encore trailing Kaze no Michishirube closely at number 2. This is followed by Isekai de Cheat Skill wo te ni Shita ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru ~Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta~ at number 3 while Arafoo Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki settles for number 4. At number 7 you will find the third volume of Spy Kyoushitsu. The full list is as follows:


1. Kimetsu no Yaiba Kaze no Michishirube (↓43.81%)
by (Original) Koyoharu Gotouge and (Novel) Aya Yajima

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Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: July 2020
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 10,684
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Kaze no Michishirube


2. Date A Live Encore Vol. 10 (NEW)
by (Author) Koushi Tachibana and (Illustration) Tsunako

Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: August 2020
Price: 715 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 9,012
Link (JPN): Date A Live Encore Vol. 10


3. Isekai de Cheat Skill wo te ni Shita ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru ~Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta~ Vol. 6 (NEW)
by (Author) Miku and (Illustration) Kuwashima Rein

Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: August 2020
Price: 715 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 6,773
Link (JPN): Isekai de Cheat Skill wo te ni Shita ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru ~Level Up wa Jinsei wo Kaeta~ Vol. 6


4. Arafoo Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki Vol. 13 (NEW)
by (Author) Yasukiyo Kotobuki and (Illustration) John Dee

Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: August 2020
Price: 1,320 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 6,643
Link (JPN): Arafoo Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki Vol. 13


5. Kimetsu no Yaiba Shiawase no Hana (↓35.96%)
by (Original) Koyoharu Gotouge and (Novel) Aya Yajima

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Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: February 2019
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 6,271
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Shiawase no Hana


6. Kimetsu no Yaiba Katabane no Chou (↓35.99%)
by (Original) Koyoharu Gotouge and (Novel) Aya Yajima

Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: October 2019
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 6,044
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Katabane no Chou


7. Spy Kyoushitsu Vol. 3 (NEW)
by (Author) Takemachi and (Illustration) Tomari

Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: August 2020
Price: 737 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 5,678
Link (JPN): Spy Kyoushitsu Vol. 3


8. Kimetsu no Yaiba Novelize ~ Kyoudai no Kizuna to Oni Korosetai hen ~  (↓39.44%)
by (Original) Koyoharu Gotouge and (Author) Shuka Matsuda

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Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: July 2020
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 5,637
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Novelize ~ Kyoudai no Kizuna to Oni Korosetai hen ~


9. Kimetsu no Yaiba Novelize ~ Tanjirou to Nezuko, Unmei no Hajimari Hen ~ (↓40.07%)
by (Original) Koyoharu Gotouge and (Author) Shuka Matsuda

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Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: June 2020
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 5,050
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Novelize ~ Tanjirou to Nezuko, Unmei no Hajimari Hen ~


10. Ryuuou no Oshigoto! Vol. 13 (↓59.28%)
by (Author) Shirow Shiratori, (Illustration) Shirabi and (Supervision) Saiyuki

Publisher: SB Creative
Release date: August 2020
Price: 748 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 4,301
Link (JPN): Ryuuou no Oshigoto! Vol. 13
Link (ENG): Vol. 10; Vol. 11; Vol. 12


As usual, if you find any problems with the chart, please do not hesitate to let me know. Also, if you have thoughts about the week’s list you’d like to share with us, don’t shy away from doing so via the comment section below!

Source: Oricon

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