Japan Top 13 Weekly Light Novel Ranking: February 21, 2022 to February 27, 2022

Has the Anime announcement somewhat rekindled people’s interest for Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e: 2-nensei-hen’s Light Novels? Perhaps it did. Note that on Monday, February the 21st last month, Kadokawa announced that the Anime is set to receive a sequel on an unannounced date (Source: ANN; Official Website). The series received an adaptation by studio Lerche in 2017 spanning 12 episodes between July and September of the year. Copies sold were high for its first three volumes, but that has since slowed down up till Volume 5. Take note that the announcement came 5 days before Volume 6 was released. Its sales performance for the volume is nearly identical to Volume 1 at 3 days of sales, higher by 3.25% than Volume 4.5 within the same number of days. Nevertheless, it is too early to tell, as such lets keep a lookout for its future volume and see if we will be able to observe an upward trend.

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! In addition, all the data you find below is accessible via Oricon right here (Light Novel) and here (Bunko).

As for Number 2, I decided to take it in and consider it as a Light Novel after looking at several databases including a small indicator on CDJapan which suggests that it is one (also see Source 1 and Source 2). The Light Novel for a fact received a Manga adaptation, but was short lived, having been cancelled after two volumes. Saigo no Bangohan was also adapted into a live action drama series in 2018, and according to its volume cover, it now has 1 million copies in circulation. The latest volume sees 9,766 copies sold in 6 days. 

Head over to Number 4 and you will find Around 40 Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki Volume 16 at 6,405 copies sold in its first 3 days, not its best since Volumes 10 for instance had 2 days of sales, but it managed to achieve 7,628 copies sold. A direct comparison would be with Volume 13, which 3-day sales netted 6,643 copies sold, not a big difference. However, its trend suggests that it is on a decline. The series has also been adapted into Manga, serialized in ComicWalker of which several of its chapters are available here for free in Japanese. The series is also said to have reached 2.2 million copies in circulation according to its volume’s cover. 

Around 40 Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki’s Manga 1st chapter colour spread page

Number 5 is a fairly new series, Okiraku Ryoushu no Tanoshii Ryouchi Bouei: Seisankei Majutsu de Na mo Naki Mura wo Saikyou no Jousai Toshi ni’s 2nd volume at 4,970 copies sold in its first 3 days. The title too has a Manga adaptation of the same name, published in Comic Gardo. You can check out several of its chapters here for free in Japanese. Gokujou Danshi wa, Jimiko wo Ubaitai. Volume 6 is next at 4,854 copies sold in its first 3 days. 

The Manga’s 1st chapter colour spread page for Okiraku Ryoushu no Tanoshii Ryouchi Bouei: Seisankei Majutsu de Na mo Naki Mura wo Saikyou no Jousai Toshi ni

A spot below is a series that has had frequent appearances on Oricon’s sales charts, Seiken Gakuin no Makentsukai Volume 9 at 4,101 copies in its first 3 days. This is however still less than the 3-day sales that Volume 5 had at 5,422 copies sold. Its sales performance has been on a steady decline since Volume 5, but its average sales have improved by a decent amount for Volume 9. You can also check out some of its Manga adaptation chapters right here for free in Japanese.

The final two new releases on the chart belong to Number 9’s Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki Volume 25 at 3,385 copies sold in its first week while the 1st part of Sousei Mahou no Saigensha: Musai no Shounen to Sora no Majo is 12th at 2,965 copies sold in its first 3 days. Note that Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki was last seen for its 24th volume which sold 3,889 copies in its first 3 days between October 18 and October 24 of last year. It is quite clear that the performance for its latest volume is not that good. If all goes well, it may see better copies sold the following week. Without further ado, the full list is as follows:

Light Novel Weekly Top 13

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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

Google Charts:
Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e: 2-nensei-hen
Around 40 Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki
Seiken Gakuin no Makentsukai

Visualisations:
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Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e: 2-nensei-hen

Updated on March 11, 2022: Added Wagaya wa Machi no Ogamiya-san Vol. 15

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