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3rd place: Ordinary Person’s Reincarnation: Unmatched Effort vol.4 – I’ve Been Trying Since I Was a Baby and Somehow Ended Up Carrying Japan’s Future

Their enemy—none other than the one who killed Nina’s father.

“I’ve arranged for Nina to stay at Itsuki’s house.”

After a certain incident, Nina begins living under the same roof as Itsuki. Now in his second year, Itsuki has made new friends and spends fulfilling days practicing magic and going on dates with Nina.

But that peaceful daily life suddenly begins to unravel—

Their foe is the very person who murdered Nina’s father. A Sixth-Rank sorcerer capable of conjuring a melted hell.
As the fangs of a monster—one who has sacrificed millions of children in pursuit of an ideal world—draw ever closer, Itsuki is forced to confront his past life deep within his Inner Heart.

“My Inner Heart is ‘Night’—a hollow world that swallows everything whole.”

To protect Nina, Itsuki must overcome all that came before—
The 'Elysium Arc' begins!

2nd place: The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 16

■ Volume 16 of the Original Novel
Half a month has passed since the Emperor’s surgery was successfully completed, and the season edges toward winter.
Thanks to the treatment being entrusted to a senior court physician, Maomao’s busy yet steady daily life has resumed.

But one day, when Lady Gyokuyō reads a letter addressed to the old physician, her face turns pale.

“This might become something terrible.”
The letter reports an increase in patients suffering from blisters.

Maomao senses something ominous—and her premonition comes true.

“An outbreak of smallpox.”
A terrifying epidemic known for its high infectivity and mortality rate, and for leaving lasting scars on the face and body.

There is no known cure, and even Maomao realizes it would be nearly impossible to find one now.
If it spreads, it could lead to the total quarantine of entire villages.

In the midst of such despair, hope comes from a surprising place:

“I survived because of a doctor,” says Lady Gyokuyō, who had once recovered from smallpox herself.
The only physician Maomao knows who specializes in smallpox is Kokuyou.

After an interview process, Kokuyou is officially appointed and dispatched with Gyokuyō to a rural village of several hundred residents, where the infection is beginning to spread.

Meanwhile, Maomao is approached by Jinshi with a troubling matter.
The daughter of the head of the Empress Dowager’s family is suspected of having cast a curse on someone.

That daughter is Zhizi, a frail girl born of a concubine and the Empress Dowager’s niece.
Maomao begins investigating at the Empress Dowager’s request to save her niece—only to discover that Zhizi may have been poisoned.

As Maomao listens to Gyokuyō’s accounts while she battles the outbreak, a question arises:

“Where did the smallpox come from?”
In seeking the source of the infection, Maomao and her companions uncover a shocking truth...

1st place: The Irregular at Magic High School Magian Company vol.10

The next target of the Great Asian Alliance Army, burning with revenge against Tatsuya, is—Masaki Ichijou!?

After repelling the attack on the Yotsuba main house and fending off assaults from both the Great Asian Alliance and the New Soviet Union, Tatsuya and his allies enjoy a brief moment of peace.
Requests to host stellar reactor plants have started pouring in from both domestic and international sources, bringing Tatsuya one step closer to his ideal world—where magic users are no longer treated as weapons, but as human beings living ordinary lives.

However, the next threat is already closing in.

Still bitter over their repeated defeats at Tatsuya’s hands, the Great Asian Alliance Army sets its sights on Japan’s newest "Apostle," Masaki Ichijou.
And at the center of their latest operation appears to be none other than—Liu Li Lei...

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Ranking / Estimated number of copies sold / Estimated cumulative sales volume / Title / Author

1 17,165 17,165 The Irregular at Magic High School Magian Company vol.10 Author: Tsutomu Sato / Illustrator: Kana Ishida
2 15,339 133,368 The Apothecary Diaries vol.16 Author: Natsu Hyuuga / Illustrator: Touko Shino
3 3,415 3,415 Ordinary Person’s Reincarnation: Unmatched Effort vol.4 – I’ve Been Trying Since I Was a Baby and Somehow Ended Up Carrying Japan’s Future Author: Shikuramen / Illustrator: Yunagi
4 3,056 3,254 I Will Gladly Accept This White Marriage – The Substitute Political Bride Doesn’t Realize the Coldhearted Vice President’s Intense Love vol.1 Author: Iori Sakura / Illustrator: Mio Tatsumoto
5 2,993 3,175 The Betraying Pilot Unleashes Hidden Passionate Love on the Mom and Son – Exquisite Bad Boy Series vol.1 Author: Naomi Satsuki / Illustrator: Tsuki no Omame
6 2,541 2,713 The Coldhearted Prosecutor Recovers His Contract Wife and Twins with Unwavering Love vol.1 Author: Nagomi Hozuki / Illustrator: Akaza Samamiya
7 2,498 2,657 The Stubborn Diplomat Dad Loves the Escaping Mom Too Much vol.1 Author: Misaki Tachibana / Illustrator: Neneba Fujisaki
8 2,469 11,832 Who Killed the Hero? Hero's Chapter Author: Daken / Illustrator: toi8
9 2,412 2,412 I Heard There Was No Love in Our Marriage! – When I Declared Divorce, My Husband’s Overwhelming Affection Exploded!? vol.1 Author: Yabe / Illustrator: Kotofuzuki
10 2,409 2,409 My Silent Neurosurgeon Husband's Inner Voice (for Some Reason Super Sweet) Is Leaking! vol.1 Author: Saya Yoshizawa / Illustrator: May

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