Japan Top 14 Weekly Light Novel Sales Ranking: August 1 – August 7, 2022

Past titles are still a dominant force as we head into the first week of July with Overlord Volume 16 keeps a hold of its Number 1 position for the second consecutive week. Copies sold are down by 57.37% for its Regular Edition to 33,187 while the Limited Edition slips hard to Number 12 by 81.79% with copies sold at 4,161. Together, that will be 37,348 copies sold, and as for its 10-day sales total, the number has grown to a very healthy 138,046 copies sold. When compared to its other past volumes performances, the latest volume has a clear advantage over Volume 15’s 130,897 copies sold in its first 11 days, and it improves the number of sales recorded for Volume 11 in its first 10 days by 12.32%, however, there is a gap of 19.20% between the latest volume and the 10-day sales produced by Volume 13.

Several new releases can be found on the list, starting with Number 5’s Coffee-ten Talleyrand no Jikenbo at 12,856 copies sold in its first 4 days, not its first appearance on the chart since it has done so with Volume 7 back in March 2022 at 10,166 copies in its first 3 days. The series received a Manga adaptation by Hiro Touge, split into three seasons with the first one serialized between February and September 2015. More information about the work can be found here via the Kono Manga site along with its Manga chapters of which the first chapter can be read here for free in Japanese. According to its latest volume sleeve, the Manga now has more than 2.5 million copies in circulation.

Coffee-ten Talleyrand no Jikenbo’s Manga adaptation first few pages from Chapter 1

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), here (Bunko) and here (Bungei-sho).

Seirei Gensouki makes its 22^nd volume debut at 9,905 copies sold in its first 7 days, not as good as its past titles from Volumes 15 to 21 as they were all charted with less than 7 days of sales. For instance, Volume 22 sold only 16.42% higher than the 2-day sales of Volume 15 while Volumes 16 and 21 had 5 days and 6 days of sales each. Seirei Gensouki was first published in October 2015 where it was later adapted into a Manga series that was unfortunately discontinued in 2016. A year later, it started anew with another Manga adaptation by a different artist, Futago Minazuki. More information about the work can be obtained via its official web page right here while its Manga chapters can be read for free in Japanese here. In 2021, the series was adapted into a 12-episode TV Anime series by TMS Entertainment with a sequel set to follow suit on an unannounced date. In the meantime, you can check out the video of the announcement down below. According to the author’s official Twitter account, the series now has more than 2.4 million copies in circulation.

Then, we have the latest addition to the Hoshi no Kirby Light Novel family with the entrance of Discovery Shinsekai e Hashiri dase! Hen volume at Number 9 with copies sold at 6,434, but these are its pre-release sales. The volume will officially come out on August 8. Note that its prior and latest volume, Starlight Theatre e Youkoso! sold 9,356 copies in its first 5 days back in March. With such a heavy performance for its pre-release debut, it may not see an outcome similar to its previous volume in its first week. According to its latest volume, the series has surpassed 2.25 million copies in circulation.

Finally, we have Ichijinsha’s Tensei Shitara Akuyaku Reijou dattanode Hiki NEET ni Narimasu: Kishi de Hakushaku na Osananajimi no Iroke ga Tsuyo Sugiru Volume 3 at Number 14 with 3,562 copies sold in its first 6 days, a 9.87% improvement over Volume 2’s 3,242 copies old in its first 6 days back in November last year. The series was first published in May 2021 and a Manga adaptation is also available by artist Touya Kagari with some of its chapters available for reading right here in Japanese (click here for easy access to Chapter 1).

Tensei Shitara Akuyaku Reijou dattanode Hiki NEET ni Narimasu: Kishi de Hakushaku na Osananajimi no Iroke ga Tsuyo Sugiru’s Manga adaptation first few pages from Chapter 1

Light Novel Weekly Top 14

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Source: Oricon

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Overlord
Seirei Gensouki

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