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Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Volume: 2021 (First Half)
posted on by Egan Loo
The Jujutsu Kaisen: Iku Natsu to Kaeru Aki book also ranked #12 on the general book sales ranking chart, and Jujutsu Kaisen: Yoake no Ibara Michi was #14. They were #3 and #4, respectively, on the literary novel chart. Oshiri Tantei: Oshiri Tantei no Koi!? (Butt Detective: Butt Detective's Love!?) was #20 on the general book sales ranking chart with 170,547 copies.
Sword Art Online 25 Unital Ring IV was also #7 on the bunko-format sales ranking chart, and Sword Art Online Progessive 007 was #25 with 92,751. The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya was #12, The Apothecary Diaries 10 was #18 with 110,245 copies, and Classroom of the Elite's fourth 2-Nensei-Hen (Second-Year Student Arc) volume was #19 with 109,267 copies.
This list covers sales of physical copies surveyed from November 23, 2020 to May 23, 2021.
| Rank | Title | Author | Estimated Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jujutsu Kaisen: Iku Natsu to Kaeru Aki | Gege Akutami, Baraddo Kitaguni | 235,170 |
| 2 | Jujutsu Kaisen: Yoake no Ibara Michi | Gege Akutami, Baraddo Kitaguni | 206,059 |
| 3 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Kaze no Michishirube | Original Story: Koyoharu Gotouge/Novel: Aya Yajima | 190,945 |
| 4 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Shiawase no Hana | Original Story: Koyoharu Gotouge/Novel: Aya Yajima | 166,085 |
| 5 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Kataha no Chō | Original Story: Koyoharu Gotouge/Novel: Aya Yajima | 162,810 |
| 6 | Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Novelization Mirai Bunko Edition | Original Story: Koyoharu Gotouge/Writer: Shuka Matsuda/Script: ufotable | 146,841 |
| 7 | Sword Art Online 25 Unital Ring IV | Writer: Reki Kawahara/Illustration: abec | 138,775 |
| 8 | The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya | Writer: Nagaru Tanigawa/Illustration: Noizi Ito | 132,813 |
| 9 | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 18 | Writer: Fuse/Illustration: Mitz Vah | 126,789 |
| 10 | Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Novelization | Original Story: Koyoharu Gotouge/Novel: Aya Yajima/Script: ufotable | 123,984 |
Update: Baraddo Kitaguni's name spelling corrected. Thanks, shosakukan.
Source: Oricon
follow-up of Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2021 (First Half)
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