Japan Top 18 Weekly Light Novel Ranking: July 11, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon makes for a big return with its 6^th volume, sitting atop of the list at 49,132 copies sold in just 3 days. The Light Novel was last seen with its 5^th volume that may have sold slightly better at 68,161 copies in its first 4 days. Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon began its publication journey in January 2019, and a Manga of the same name is serialized in Square Enix’s Gangan Online magazine. More information about the work can be accessed via its official website right here while several of its Manga chapters are available in Japanese right here for free. As of July this year, the series has surpassed 5 million copies in circulation (Source: Yahoo). Studio Kinema Citrus is set to produce the series Anime adaptation; however, the specific date of its broadcast is not yet known. Be sure to check out its latest TV Anime promotional video that was released by KADOKAWA on July 20 which also features Reina Ueda and Kaito Ishikawa, the official voice actors of the series. The video can be watched below.

Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon’s Manga colour spread page from Chapter 1

At Number 2 is Tian Guan Ci Fu Volume 1’s Regular Edition with a great opening of 19,973 copies sold in its first 3 days while its Special Edition can be found at Number 6 with 8,291 copies sold. Yes, the Special Edition you see here IS priced at 7,000 yen (≈50 USD) each, more expensive than a copy of Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku-hen Blu-ray. This should put its total revenue for both editions at 93,988,400 yen (≈682.30 thousand USD). Note that the volume does come in other formats such as the Animate Limited Set, the Stella Worth Limited Set etc., however, they are not counted here. Also known as Heaven Official’s Blessing in English, the work by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu was first published in February of 2021 and was later adapted into an Anime by Haoliners Animation League the same year. The title is also available officially in English, published by Seven Seas.

Next, at Number 3 is the 12^th volume of Yotsugogurashi at 16,731 copies sold in its first 5 days, slightly down by 10.57% from Volume 11’s 18,708 copies sold back in March this year. More information about the KADOKAWA title can be found on its official webpage right here, and via the same page, you can check out a music video and voice drama released by KADOKAWA to promote the title.

Goblin Slayer makes its 16^th volume debut at Number 5 selling 8,407 copies in its first 4 days. Unfortunately, its sales performance has not been great. The 4-day sales here are 43.98% and 32.93% less than the 3-day sales of Volumes 11 and 12, and it is only a small improvement over Volume 14’s 3 days of sales by 0.50%. Goblin Slayer was first published as a Light Novel in February 2016 where it then received a Manga adaptation three months after its first volume, serialized in Square Enix’s Big Gangan magazine. More information about the title can be found on its official webpage right here, and some of its Manga chapters can be read for free right here in Japanese. According to its 16^th volume description, the series has surpassed 9 million copies in circulation. The title was also adapted into a 12-episode TV Anime series in 2018 by White Fox, and a sequel in the form of a film was released in 2020 titled “Goblin’s Crown”. It is slated for yet another sequel TV series, though the broadcasting date is still unknown as of the time of writing. You can check out the promotional video of its sequel Anime announced in January of 2021 below.

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

Head over to Number 7 and 9, you will find Jikanwari Danshi Volume 9 and Umiiro Diary: Itsutsugo Idol ga Oogenka?! Futaba no Hatsukoi at 7,772 copies and 7,110 copies sold in their first 5 days and 3 days. I was having a hard time deciding if to include these two new releases or not, and after checking through, I decided to take them in. You can obtain more information about the Jikanwari Danshi right here, and as for Umiiro Diary, according to its product description, the series has now surpassed 300,000 in printed circulation.

Kouka Koukyuu Monogatari Volume 14 us 10^th on the list with 6,965 copies sold in its first 3 days, much better than the 8,265 copies sold it had for Volume 13 in its first 6 days back in February this year. Kouka Koukyuu Monogatari has a Manga adaptation that is ongoing, serialized in the Princess magazine by Akita Shoten. You can obtain more information about the work through its official webpage right here whereas the first thirteen chapters of its Manga have been made freely available for reading right here in Japanese (click here for direct access to Chapter 1). According to Saru, the series hit the 1.4 million mark in circulation in December 2020. The series also received a short promotional video that was released three years ago to promote the work of which you can watch below.

Then at Number 11 is Kimetsu no Yaiba latest novelization which covers the Akaza and Inosuke fight. In just 3 days, copies sold stood at 6,692. However, this is still less than the 9,337 copies sold for Mugen-jou Totsunyuu! Shinobu no Omoi-hen by 28.33% back in March this year.

Tensei shita Daiseijo wa, Seijo de Aru Koto wo Hitakakusu Zero makes its maiden entrance with Volume 1 at 5,443 copies sold in its first 3 days. The title is a spin-off title of the main storyline, however, is set 300 years before Tensei shita Daiseijo wa, Seijo de Aru Koto wo Hitakakusu and centres around Serafina, a princess from the Kingdom of Nave. According to PR Times, the series has already breached 1 million copies in circulation, and a celebratory video was also released by Earth Star Entertainment two months to celebrate the series reaching the milestone.

Light Novel Weekly Top 18

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Source: Oricon

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