The sales chart for Light Novels between December 23 and December 29 has been released and is currently out via Oricon here. Be sure to pay them a visit! Kimetsu no Yaiba’s Light Novel iterations are still not budging away from the top 3, they jumped a spot up from the week before. Sword Art Online which occupied the top spot prior to the week went down 3 spots to number 4.
Other new titles making into the week include Hidan no Aria XXXII Soukyuu no Étranger (No. 3), Around 40 Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki (No. 6), Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! (No. 7), Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Yorimichi! (No. 8), Kyuutei Shinkan Monogatari (No. 9) and Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou Zero (No. 10). The full list is as follows:
1. Kimetsu no Yaiba Katabane no Chou
by (Original) Koyoharu Gotouge and (Novel) Aya Yajima
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: October 2019
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 28,186
Link: Kimetsu no Yaiba Katabane no Chou
2. Kimetsu no Yaiba Shiawase no Hana
by (Original) Koyoharu Gotouge and (Novel) Aya Yajima
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: February 2019
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 28,171
Link: Kimetsu no Yaiba Shiawase no Hana
3. Hidan no Aria XXXII Soukyuu no Étranger
by (Author) Chuugaku Akamatsu and (Illustration) Kobuichi
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: December 2019
Price: 704 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 21,093
Link: Hidan no Aria XXXII Soukyuu no Étranger
4. Sword Art Online – Unital Ring II – Vol. 23
by (Author) Reki Kawahara and (Illustration) abec
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release Date: December 2019
Price: 693 yen (tax included)
Estimated sales: 16,313
Link: Sword Art Online – Unital Ring II – Vol. 23
5. Frozen 2
by (Author) David Blaze and (Translation) Akako Daida
Publisher: Shogakukan
Release Date: December 2019
Price: 605 yen (tax included)
Estimated sales: 16,059
Link: Frozen 2
6. Around 40 Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki Vol. 11
by (Author) Yasukiyo Kotobuki and (Illustration) Johndee
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release Date: December 2019
Price: 1,320 yen (tax included)
Estimated sales: 13,418
Link: Around 40 Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki Vol. 11
7. Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! Vol. 18
by (Author) Y.A and (Illustration) Choko Fuji
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release Date: December 2019
Price: 1,320 yen (tax included)
Estimated sales: 12,980
Link: Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! Vol. 18
8. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Yorimichi!
by (Author) Natsume Akatsuki and (Illustration) Kurone Mishima
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release Date: January 2020
Price: 682 yen (tax included)
Estimated sales: 12,859
Link: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Yorimichi!
9. Kyuutei Shinkan Monogatari Vol. 9
by Yuuri Eda
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release Date: December 2019
Price: 616 yen (tax included)
Estimated sales: 12,378
Link: Kyuutei Shinkan Monogatari Vol. 9
10. Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou Zero Vol. 4
by (Author) Ryou Shirakome and (Illustration) Takayaki
Publisher: Overlap
Release Date: December 2019
Price: 825 yen (tax included)
Estimated sales: 9,493
Link: Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou Zero Vol. 4