Japan Top 18 Weekly Light Novel Sales Ranking: February 6 – February 12, 2023

The follow up volume to Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregotozukai that was initially released back in April 2008.

The 10,032 copies sold for Shin Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Cygnus no Otome-tachi Volume 5 could not rebound from the high 15,348 copies sold with Volume 2 back in July 2021, also in its first 3 days. The latest performance is also less than Volume 1’s 12,917 copies sold in its first 2 days. The series successfully charted with Volumes 3 and 4 as well to sell 16,001 copies and 13,551 copies in their first 4 days and 5 days respectively.

The series has a Manga adaptation that is serialized in Comic Alive by artist La-na of which some of its chapters are available for reading right here in Japanese.

When compared to the 3-day sales of Episode 11, Episode 12 did 20.93% lower, selling below the 10,000 mark. Episode 7 here is much higher due to its longer days of sales of 6 days while Episodes 8 and 9 were lower than Episode 11 prior to the airing of its Anime adaptation. Note that Episode 11 was released after the Anime’s first season broadcast.

The latest volume is titled “Holy Blue Bullet”.

The series has an ongoing Manga adaptation by artist Motoki Yoshihara that is serialized in Square Enix’s Young Gangan magazine of which more information can be learned about it here via its official webpage and its first chapter can be read for free right here in Japanese. In January 2021, another Manga adaptation titled “Run Through the Battlefront”, that served as a sequel to the main storyline began its serialization by artist Hakuyo Yamasaki. It, however, is being serialized in Manga UP! instead with more information here, and the first chapter can be read for free right here in Japanese.

In April 2021, A-1 Pictures adapted the work into a TV Anime series with the first cour lasting 11 episodes while the second cour began airing from October 2021. Production issues faced by the project forced the series to end its broadcast later than planned in March of 2022.

Copies sold for the volume including that of the last two week’s have now reached 63,568.

The series was last seen with the main story’s final volume at 13,944 copies sold in 2 days back in January 2022.

Physical sales in Japan have hit 441,595 copies sold in its first 173 days.

The series last made an appearance with Volume 2 at 4,100 copies sold in its first 6 days back in October 2022.

It is looking really rough for Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha. The latest volume performed worse by 52.46%, 54.16%, 28.59%, 34.20% and 2.02% against Volumes 7, 9, 10 Part 1 and Part 2 and 12 Part 2. It also did considerably worse than Volume 8’s 7,140 copies sold in its first 2 days back in October 2020.

Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha inspired a 13-episode TV Anime series in July 2020 that was produced by SILVER LINK. with the follow up season being aired this season as of the time of writing.