Japan Top 15 Weekly Light Novel Ranking: December 27, 2021 ~ January 2, 2022

Jujutsu Kaisen is also seeing strong sales for its Light Novel department, though its past titles such as Yoake no Ibara Michi and Yuku Natsu to Kaeru Aki are nowhere to be seen. The novelization of Jujutsu Kaisen 0 theatrical film remains at Number 1 as copies sold grow 30.68% to 26,112 copies. The Mirai Bunko edition which failed to chart the week before is 4th on the chart at 9,187 copies. As such, its total copies sold stand at a great 35,299 copies for the week. As for the non-Mirai Bunko edition, its 10-day sales have now reached 44,212 copies.

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu’s recent performance is a cause for concern. While Volume 28 is still pushing out good sales at 10,371 copies in its second week, this is its worst 10-day sales performance to date. Note that Volumes 24, 25 and 27 all have the same days of sales, but managed to see better copies sold. Its 10-day sales for Volume 28 is still at a healthy 24,422 copies sold, however any further downtrend may not bode so well for the series.

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). The respective Google charts are also found at the bottom of the post if you are more comfortable with those.

Note, although Number 3 is “NEW”, Oni no Hanayome Volume 5 was featured in prior’s week chart despite having its release date on the 28th of December. Copies sold are up to 9,267 copies from the 5,428 copies it made as it placed 13th between December 20 to December 26. As a result, its total copies sold are now at 14,695 copies. 

The other new release for the week would be Number 10’s Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja Volume 16 at 4,155 copies sold in its first 6 days. The series has made a number of appearances on the Light Novel sales chart and was featured once on the Top 30 Manga sales chart back in January 2020. Its Manga’s 6th volume was placed 25th at the time with 30,372 copies sold. As for its Light Novels, it saw its 12th volume at 5,529 copies within its first 2 days, and 4,192 copies the week after. Volume 13 which came out on May 29 saw its 3-day sales at 6,276 copies, however, it missed a placement for Volume 14. In 2021, its 15th volume was ranked 8th on the Light Novel sales chart with 5,055 copies sold in 7 days. It would seem that the series is facing a downward trend in sales performance. The title’s Manga adaptation is published in Comic Ride, of which its 1st chapter is available here for free in Japanese. In May 2020, it was announced that it will receive an Anime adaptation, and it was later revealed that Studio A-CAT will be responsible for its production. Do check out the teaser down below!

Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja’s Manga 1st chapter first few pages

The Top 15 list is heavily occupied with past titles such as Number 9’s Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Aalya-san Volume 3 at 4,213 copies. Its 33-day sales are now at 54,849 copies. Then, Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Volume 19 is 11th at 4,128 copies sold with its lifetime sales so far (including presales) at 122,253 copies sold. Without further ado, the full list is as follows:

Light Novel Weekly Top 15

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Source: Oricon

Google Charts:
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Visualisations:
Part 1
Part 2

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