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3rd place: Aria the Scarlet Ammo XLIII: Return in Rome Hidan no Aria

Armed Detectives — known as "Butei" — are licensed to carry weapons in order to combat increasingly violent crime.

Kinji Tohyama, an ordinary student (most of the time), is suddenly chosen as the partner of Aria, an elite S-rank Butei.

The assault on Beretta and her team, Juste, was orchestrated by a terrifying mastermind leading a secret organization.

Now, Kinji must face an overwhelming army of fake heroes — enemies who can copy the abilities of real heroes and outnumber them.

Standing with him are Augusta, Flame Rider, White Snow, Rhino Candy, and Samurai Zero. Together, they take the fight to the enemy!

Behind these unexpected foes lurks an even more unexpected goddess —
And finally, Kinji discovers his true calling, one that even he can't deny!?

High-stakes action and romantic comedy collide in Volume 43 of this thrilling saga!

2nd place: Re: Life in a Different World from Zero Vol.41 (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World)

Don’t think you’ll ever sleep peacefully again. —The entire world is now your enemy.”

With that declaration, Al, who has captured Natsuki Subaru and even neutralized the Sword Saint Reinhard, turns the whole world against him.
After freeing the captured Sin Archbishops in the royal capital, Al finds himself pursued by countless unseen eyes lurking in the shadows—
Eyes that send forth none other than the Witch of Frost, cloaked in snow.

As the fierce battle between Al and his co-conspirators rages on, Petra, having read Subaru’s Book of the Dead, resolves to catch up to the heart of the conflict.
She offers up a price—proof of her determination—to borrow the power of a man who had long remained a mere bystander.

“I knew it all along... I have the potential to change the world!”

In this 41st act of the wildly popular web novel, where wishes clash with their price,
my entire being is made of love and devotion—to you.

1st 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...

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

1 8,833 152,346 The Apothecary Diaries Vol.16 Natsu Hyūga (Story) / Touko Shino (Art)
2 8,410 8,410 Re: Life in a Different World from Zero Vol.41 Tappei Nagatsuki (Story) / Shin’ichirō Ōtsuka (Art)
3 6,842 6,842 Aria the Scarlet Ammo XLIII: Return in Rome Hidan no Aria Nakamura Chūgaku (Story) / Kobuichi (Art)
4 6,363 6,363 Mushoku Tensei - Dasoku-hen: Jobless Red Carpet Vol.3 Rifujin na Magonote (Story) / Shirotaka (Art)
5 4,963 4,963 Days with Step Sister Vol.14 Gōsuto Mikawa (Story) / Hiten (Art)
6 4,657 4,993 The Villainess Lives Freely in the Enemy Kingdom (Short Stories) Tōko Amekawa (Story) / Yami☆One (Art)
7 2,948 9,914 By the Grace of the Gods Vol.17 Roy (Story) / Ririnra (Art)
8 2,805 7,201 Shin Tenchi Muyō! Ryo-Ohki Gaiden: GXP 18 – Suzuraza Arc Masaki Kajishima (Story & Art)
9 2,757 2,966 Isekai Musou with Brainwashing Skills!? Vol.1 KT (Story) / Oyazuri (Art)
10 2,723 6,261 Spy Classroom Vol.13: “Ryouka” no Klaus Takemachi (Story) / Tomari (Art)

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