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3rd place: I Married into the Enemy Kingdom, Isolated…Apparently I'm the Strongest Witch? vol.2

Katia, having traveled alone to an unfamiliar land, is set to marry Emperor Eckhart of the Zardein Empire. Though she returns from the territory of the Wolf Duke, their wedding is postponed until the injury to her right arm heals.

Yet even during this time, Katia continues to shock those around her—trying to cook with the Holy Bird’s Egg she brought back from ancient ruins, or attempting to use the rare Witch’s Stone as a dress ornament!

One day, Katia is sent to the territory of the Hawk Duke, the third-ranking member of the Eight Sacred Houses. There, she tries to formally apologize to Alban…

But his response is sharp and cold:
“No apology is necessary! Because I have no intention of accepting it.”
She's met with fierce hostility!?

The next stage: the Hawk Duke’s domain!
A massive, fully-grown beastman—an ancestral throwback of the hawk tribe—emerges, and strange phenomena begin appearing in a dungeon connected to ancient ruins…

Wherever Katia goes, chaos follows (…again?) in this action-packed Volume 2!

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: Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian vol.10

"I’m going back to being Masachika Suo—so I can become someone I’m proud of."

With firm resolve to reclaim the head of the Suo family and unwavering determination to win the election, Masachika and Yuki finally reconcile after laying their true feelings bare.

(Wait… Who is this? Seriously, is he a different person? No, no way… right?)

Meanwhile, despite being thrown into chaos by Yuki’s full-on little sister mode, Alya finds herself empathizing with the siblings' burdens and comes to accept the truth of their shared past.

At the same time, Ayano seems to be struggling with something on her own—
and before she can sort it out, Nonoa draws dangerously close, hiding innocent-looking malice behind a sweet smile...

“—You’re really just annoyed by her, aren’t you? Arisa Kujou.”

A youth rom-com with a Russian high school girl—schemes and emotions collide in Volume 10!

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Oricon Weekly Light Novel Sales Ranking

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

1 22,210 22,210 Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian vol.10 Sansansun (Story) / Momoco (Illustration)
2 6,587 158,933 The Apothecary Diaries vol.16 Natsu Hyuuga (Story) / Shino Touko (Illustration)
3 4,953 4,953 I Married into the Enemy Kingdom, Isolated…Apparently I'm the Strongest Witch? vol.2 Toya (Story) / Seren (Illustration)
4 3,943 5,834 A Late-Start Tamer's Laid-Back Life vol.14 Yuu Tanaka (Story) / Nardack (Illustration)
5 3,232 328,263 The Apothecary Diaries vol.5 Natsu Hyuuga (Story) / Shino Touko (Illustration)
6 3,120 3,120 The Millennium Kingdom I Created vol.1 Kureha (Story) / You Hihara (Illustration)
7 2,944 2,944 The Former Aristocratic Four Brothers Don't Give Up! vol.3 Nadeha (Story) / potg (Illustration)
8 2,676 11,086 Re: Life in a Different World from Zero Vol.41 Tappei Nagatsuki (Story) / Shinichirou Otsuka (Illustration)
9 2,559 2,559 Cinderella of the Forbidden Game: Reborn as Trash Villain in an 18+ GG World vol.4 Abataro (Story) / kodamazon (Illustration)
10 2,475 306,955 The Apothecary Diaries vol.6 Natsu Hyuuga (Story) / Shino Touko (Illustration)

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