A pretty good week for Light Novels in Japan if I may say. The week’s chart is opened by the latest volume of Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu‘s which performed slightly better than Volume 24 in its debut week — the volume sold 17,686 copies then. Sales of the title remained strong for Volume 24 in its second week, but failed to impress on the third. Therefore, you can expect similar outcome for its Volume 25 — there is also a chance for number of copies sold to go up, so keep a lookout for that.
It is thanks to the wonderful folks over at Oricon that bestowed us these charts on a weekly basis, even on a New Year’s Day! So be sure to head over to their site here and show them some love! More love if possible. The week’s data is accessible right here.
Other than that, the week features two other new titles with Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko‘s Volume 10 at number 7 with 13,261 copies sold while at number 10 you will find Hidan no Aria‘s Volume 34 with 11,988 copies sold. Jujutsu Kaisen: Yuku Natsu to Kaeru Aki (No. 8) still maintains a strong presence in the chart seeing sales improving 3.8% week-on-week. Kimetsu no Yaiba Kaze no Michishirube and Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen Novelize Mirai Bunko Edition are both up for the week, while the rest fell.
1. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol. 25 (NEW)
by (Author) Tappei Nagatsuki and (Illustration) Shinichirou Ootsuka
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: December 2020
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 19,705
Link (JPN): Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol. 25
Link (ENG): Vol. 12; Vol. 13; Vol. 14
2. Kimetsu no Yaiba Kaze no Michishirube (↑4.25%)
by (Original) Koyoharu Gotouge and (Novel) Aya Yajima
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: July 2020
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 17,490
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Kaze no Michishirube
3. Kimetsu no Yaiba Shiawase no Hana (↓12.31%)
by (Original) Koyoharu Gotouge and (Novel) Aya Yajima
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: February 2019
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 13,880
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Shiawase no Hana
4. Kimetsu no Yaiba Katabane no Chou (↓8.71%)
by (Original) Koyoharu Gotouge and (Novel) Aya Yajima
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: October 2019
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 13,866
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Katabane no Chou
5. Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen Novelize Mirai Bunko Edition (↑2.65%)
by (Original) Koyoharu Gotouge, (Novel) Shuka Matsuda and (Script) ufotable
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: October 2020
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 13,641
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen Novelize Mirai Bunko Edition
6. Sword Art Online: Unital Ring IV Vol. 25 (↓48.41%)
by (Author) Reki Kawahara and (Illustration) abec
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: December 2020
Price: 693 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 13,602
Link (JPN): Sword Art Online: Unital Ring IV Vol. 25
Link (ENG): Vol. 19; Vol. 20; Vol. 21
7. Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko Vol. 10 (NEW)
by (Author) Roy and (Illustration) Ririnra
Publisher: Hobby Japan
Release date: December 2020
Price: 1,320 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 13,261
Link (JPN): Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko Vol. 10
Link (ENG): Vol. 4; Vol. 5; Vol. 6
8. Jujutsu Kaisen: Yuku Natsu to Kaeru Aki (↑3.80%)
by Gege Akutami and Ballad Kitaguni
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: May 2019
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 13,106
Link (JPN): Jujutsu Kaisen: Yuku Natsu to Kaeru Aki
9. Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen Novelize (↓2.50%)
by (Original) Koyoharu Gotouge, (Novel) Aya Yajima and (Script) ufotable
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: October 2020
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 12,390
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen Novelize
10. Hidan no Aria Vol. 34 (NEW)
by (Author) Chuugaku Akamatsu and (Illustration) Kobuichi
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: December 2020
Price: 704 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 11,988
Link (JPN): Hidan no Aria Vol. 34
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Source: Oricon
Updated January 8, 2020: Fixed titled, corrected the period.
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