Mamoru Hosada’s Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime or is simply known as BELLE sees another climb week-on-week as sales are up by 21.01% over previous week’s 14,726 copies. The lifetime sales for the title is now at 60,954 copies sold. Another version of the Light Novel which comes along with illustrations by Yoriyuki Ikegami did not make the Oricon chart the week it came out, but it is not the same this time around. The volume places 4th with 7,575 copies sold for the week. In total, both versions of the title have sold 26,218 copies!
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It is thanks to the amazing folks over 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! Plus, all the data you find below is accessible via Oricon right here (Books) and here (Light Novels). Note, I have decided to check out the Books ranking as some titles could have missed out on the Light Novel charts. For instance, in the week’s ranking Yotsugogurashi is not listed on Oricon Light Novel sales chart.
Following close behind BELLE is Yotsugogurashi Volume 9, though not much is known about this title. It is authored by Himari Hino and Oriko Sakura (who is working on a Manga titled ‘Swing!!”) serves as the main illustrator. Head over to Number 4 is Gimai Seikatsu Volume 3. The release of the volume marks the second debut-to-debut increase for the title from 7,529 copies it sold for Volume 2 in its first week to 8,370 copies.Gimai Seikatsu is a very new series, which began serialization January 25, 2021. The author, Mikawa Ghost has written a slew of titles while the illustrator Hiten is a Taiwanese who is based in Japan. Like the author, the illustrator has worked on other titles such as: Boku to Kanojo to Futari no Korekara and Sankaku no Kyori wa Kagirinai Zero. You can check out the promotional video of Gimai Seikatsu by Kadokawa down below:
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Two other new releases are placed at Number 10 and Number 11. There you will find Liar Liar Volume 8 with 5,554 copies sold whereas Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! is at 5,256 copies sold. The Light Novel Liar Liar is set to receive an Anime adaptation on an unannounced date. There is not much information about the production of the Anime as of now, but Kadokawa serves as its producer. You can check out the Anime adaptation announcement down below:
As for others, Kimetsu no Yaiba Novelize: Yuukaku Senyuu Daisakusen-hen sales are up from its debut week to 10,657 copies, putting its two-week sales at 19,228 copies sold. Hoshi no Kirby: Dedede Daiou no Dassou Daisakusen sales are down from the week before to 7,520 copies while Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken Volume 5 drops six spots to see its two-week sales at 26,977 copies. Spy x Family: Kazoku no Shouzou four-week sales have now hit 44,121 copies.
Light Novel Weekly Top 10
1. Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon Vol. 5 (↓53.71%)
by (Author) Agitogi Akumi and (Illustration) Tsukioka Tsukiho
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: July 2021
Price: 704 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 31,550
Link (JPN): Vol. 5
2. Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime (↑21.01%)
by Mamoru Hosoda
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: June 2021
Price: 726 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 18,643
Link (JPN): CDJapan
3. Yotsugogurashi Vol. 9 (NEW)
by (Author) Himari Hino and (Illustration) Oriko Sakura
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: July 2021
Price: 748 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 10,860
Link (JPN): Vol. 9
4. Kimetsu no Yaiba Novelize: Yuukaku Senyuu Daisakusen-hen (↑19.57%)
by (Original and Art) Koyoharu Gotouge and (Author) Shuka Matsuda
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: July 2021
Price: 935 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 10,657
Link (JPN): CDJapan
5. Gimai Seikatsu Vol. 3 (NEW)
by (Author) Ghost Mikawa and (Illustration) Hiten
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: July 2021
Price: 682 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 8,370
Link (JPN): Vol. 3
6. Ryuu to Sobakasu no Hime (N/A)
by (Author) Mamoru Hosoda and (Illustration) Yoriyuki Ikegami
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: June 2021
Price: 880 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 7,575
Link (JPN): CDJapan
7. Hoshi no Kirby: Dedede Daiou no Dassou Daisakusen (↓10.56%)
by (Author) Mie Takase and (Illustration) Tau Karino, Poto
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: July 2021
Price: 748 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 7,520
Link (JPN): CDJapan
8. Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken Vol. 5 (↓63.69%)
by (Story) Saeki-san and (Illustration) Hanekoto
Publisher: SB Creative
Release date: July 2021
Price: 704 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 7,186
Link (JPN): Vol. 5
Link (ENG): Catalogue
9. Ryukishi no Okiniiri: Futari wa Shukumei ni Chokumenchuu Vol. 9 (NEW)
by (Author) Asagi Orikawa and (Illustration) Akito Itou
Publisher: Ichijinsha
Release date: July 2021
Price: 730 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 6,498
Link (JPN): Vol. 9
10. Spy x Family: Kazoku no Shouzou (↓26.75%)
by (Original) Tatsuya Endo and (Novel) Aya Yajima
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: July 2021
Price: 770 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 5,660
Link (JPN): CDJapan
11. Liar Liar: Usotsuki Tenkousei wa Goku Futsu no JK ni Shitto sarete imasu Vol. 8 (NEW)
by (Author) Haruki Kuou and (Illustration) konomi
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: July 2021
Price: 726 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 5,554
Link (JPN): Vol. 8
12. Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! (NEW)
by (Author) Takibi Amamori and (Illustration) Muru Imigi
Publisher: Shogakukan
Release date: July 2021
Price: 704 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 5,256
Link (JPN): CDJapan
13. Tensei Ouji wa Daraketai Vol. 12 (NEW)
by (Author) Nagomu Asahina
Publisher: AlphaPolis
Release date: July 2021
Price: 1,320 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 5,020
Link (JPN): Vol. 12
As always, if you find any issues with the list above, please do not hesitate to let me know! Also, don’t shy away from dropping a comment or two down below and share your thoughts with us!
Source: Oricon
Updated (August 7, 2021): Added Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon Vol. 5 and Tensei Ouji wa Daraketai Vol. 12 to the list.
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