Japan Top 23 Weekly Light Novel Sales Ranking: December 19 – December 25, 2022

Including copies sold of its presales, the volume has sold 28,014 copies.

Physical sales in Japan have hit 357,415 copies sold in its first 124 days.

The skew that you notice on the graph below is due to the 1-day sale that Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi Volume 13 had on the chart. Although the 15,803 copies sold made by the latest volume is certainly much stronger than most of its past volumes’ performances such as Volume 9 to 11 in their first 3 days, 6 days and 4 days, it is still unclear as to their 1-day performances since all of the volumes mentioned above had their own respective presales. When their presales were to be included, Volume 9 sold 25,301 copies, Volume 10 sold 26,268 copies while Volume 11 sold 23,176 copies. Compared to Volume 12, Volume 13 is ahead still as the previous volume sold 18,250 copies in its first 2 days.

The volume is titled “Niku-dango no Amazu-an x Boukensha no Ryuugi”.

The series was adapted into a Manga series by artist Akagishi K which is serialized in the Comic Gardo magazine. More information about it can be found on its official website right here while some of its Manga chapters can be read for free in Japanese right here. Studio MAPPA will be adapting the work into a TV Anime series, slated for broadcast this coming January 11, 2023.

The volume is titled “Keiri-bu no Morikawa-san” or “Morikawa-san from the Accounting Department”.

The series was last seen with its 9th volume at 9,697 copies sold in its first 3 days back in March 2022.

This is for the first time among its volumes with 3 days of sales since Volume 22 that copies sold dipped below the 10,000 mark for the series. The series 32^nd volume performed worse than Volumes 24 and 25, and 27 to 30, all in their first 3 days after peaking for Volume 25 at 19,705 copies. That said, please take note that despite the seemingly low turnout, the series has been performing really well overall for KADOKAWA. It was ranked as 3^rd best KADOKAWA publishing title for the fiscal year 2022 and was ranked 4^th for the first half of fiscal year 2023. Since Oricon only tracks physical sales, it may be doing well elsewhere such as on digital platforms or overseas.

It was adapted into a Manga series by artist Daichi Matsuse, serialized in Comic Alive with some of its Manga chapters can be read for free in Japanese on Comic Walker. White Fox adapted the work into a 25-episode TV Anime series in April 2016, ever since, it has seen numerous other Anime-related releases such as the side story “Memory Snow” in October 2018 and Re:Petit kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu in June 2016. It received its sequel TV Anime season split into 2-cour format in July 2020 and January 2021.

Together with sales made the past eight weeks, it has sold 82,264 copies.

Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru Volume 12’s 9,402 copies is in fact not as good as its 8^th volume that sold 8,988 copies in its first 4 days back in May 2021 and it only sold a little higher than the 9,040 copies sold by Volume 9 in its first 5 days. The series was also last seen with its 10^th and 11^th volumes selling 5,096 copies and 4,716 copies each in their first 2 days.

It also has a Manga adaptation being serialized in Web DenPlay Comic of which you can give it a try via Comic Walker for free in Japanese right here.

The spike you see in its average per day sale is also due to Ore wa Seikan Kokka no Akutoku Ryoushu! Volume 6, like Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi, had only a day of sale on the chart. Nevertheless, the performance of its latest volume is very encouraging, selling way above Volumes 4 and 5 that produced 5,556 copies and 6,188 copies sold in their first 7 days.

It has a Manga adaptation by artist Kai Nadajima which has been serialized in Comic Gardo since May 28, 2021. You can check out some of its chapters right here for free in Japanese.

Physical sales for Hidan no Aria in Japan as tracked by Oricon are not looking good at all. Volume 38’s 7,395 copies were down against Volumes 34 to 37, all in their first 3 days with a large gap in sales between Volume 38 and Volume 34 can be seen by 38.31%.

It has a Manga adaptation that is still ongoing, serialized via Comic Alive. Some of its chapters can be read for free right here in Japanese. In 2011, it received a 12-episode TV Anime adaptation by J.C.Staff, and later on a Special episode and a side story,  Hidan no Aria AA were released.

Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai deshou! Volume 27’s 7,390 copies sold were down by 10.85% against the 3-day sales of Volume 24. Had the volume gone several days longer, it would still not sell more than Volumes 18, 19 and Volumes 21 to 23.

The series was adapted into a Manga series by artist Hiroki Kusumoto in April 2015. Some of its Manga chapters can be read for free in Japanese via Comic Walker right here in Japanese. In April 2020, it received a 12-episode TV Anime series adaptation by studios SynergySP and Shin-Ei Animation that ended its broadcast in June the same year.

Similar spike is noted here for Hazurewaku no “Joutai Ijou Skill” de Saikyou ni Natta Ore ga Subete wo Juurin suru made Volume 10 amid its short 1-day sale. The series was seen with its other past volumes consistently placing on Oricon’s Top 10 or Top 30 charts (for Bunko) such as Volume 7 at 9,616 copies in its first 6 days, Volume 8 at 9,146 copies and Volume 9 at 7,451 copies in their first 6 days, 4 days and 2 days.

The title was adapted into a Manga series by artist Shou Uyoshi which is serializing in Comic Gardo. You can read some of its chapters that are available for free right here.

Quite a low turnout for Gimai Seikatsu Volume 7, particularly against Volume 4 by 24.53% which also made its debut at 3 days of sales. The volume would most likely not sell more than Volumes 2 and 6 that had 7,529 copies and 7,562 copies sold in their first 4 days due to a low average per day sales that the latest volume had between December 19 and December 25.

The work will be adapted into a TV Anime series, though information about the adaptation is still very scarce. In the meantime, you can watch the announcement video of the coming TV Anime series adaptation down below.

The volume has hit 34,833 copies sold in its first 17 days.

A spin-off title of the Isekai de Cheat Skill wo Te ni Shita Ore wa, Genjitsu Sekai wo mo Musou Suru series by a different author. As the title suggests, the Light Novel focuses on the girls’ side of the story.

The series was last seen with its 6^th volume at 4,081 copies sold in its first 3 days.

The title has a Manga adaptation that is ongoing through the Zero-Sum Online magazine of which several of its chapters are available for free in Japanese right here (click here for easy access to Chapter 1).