Latest: Japan Weekly Light Novel Sales Ranking As of September 22 2025 Announced by Oricon

3rd place: The Irregular at Magic High School: The Dark Flashes in the Night's Veil Vol.3

The black-winged Kuroba twins race through the shadows—but is spring finally arriving for Fumiya…?

On June 10th, 2099, Fumiya and Ayako celebrate their 19th birthday.
Surrounded by congratulations from Tatsuya, Miyuki, and Lina, they enjoy a brief moment of peace.

However, as the ones entrusted with overseeing the Kuroba family’s Tokyo base, a new mission soon awaits them.
With a rise in kidnapping cases, Fumiya heads out to investigate and stumbles upon an attempted abduction of Mira Abe, a half-Russian student enrolled at the Magic University. He handles the situation swiftly and without issue.

Mira is a distant relative of the Yotsuba family and a descendant of a mistress of a former Russian tycoon—making her a likely target for further Russian plots.

Thus, Fumiya and Ayako are assigned as her bodyguards.
But perhaps due to Fumiya having saved her life, Mira starts acting a little awkward around him...

2nd place: 86 -Eighty Six- Ep.14: Paint It Black

A reenactment of despair—yet they still fight on. Volume 14 marks the beginning of the final arc!

The Federal Republic of Giad.
A nation that, even while enduring relentless invasions by the autonomous weapons known as the Legion—a remnant of the former Giad Empire—continued to uphold its national creed:
"We shall be a beacon of justice to the world."

Through tremendous sacrifice, they extended a hand to neighboring countries, sometimes offering aid, other times forming alliances, fending off the threat together.

That is, until that day came.

Following the simultaneous collapse of all fronts, frontline troops were issued a command forbidding retreat, while minefields were laid behind them.
With the path forward blocked by the Legion and the way back sealed by human malice, it was no different from the battlefield once called "District 86."

Sensing the dire situation early, Shin and the members of the Armored Assault Force establish a defensive line at the Lustkammer Base, supported by Lena and others who are under “house arrest” in the capital.
Determined not to repeat the tragedies of the past, they fight with all they have, keeping the flame of hope alive as the time for Operation Grand Monarch draws near.

But after relentless assaults, the Legion's grasp finally closes in on Shin—
and the Armored Assault Force faces an unprecedented crisis...!

1st place: Kino's Journey XXIV: the Beautiful World

Kino’s Journey: 25th Anniversary!
The long-awaited latest volume is here!!

"The flowers are in full bloom. Aren’t they beautiful, Kino?" said Hermes.
"I didn’t fall," replied the rider called Kino.

As Kino and Hermes rode across a meadow tinged with pink, they crested a gentle hill and saw something up ahead.
"There’s someone ahead," said Hermes.
"I see them too," Kino replied.

There, on the path before them—where previously only untouched nature had stretched—was a sight of the man-made:
a single motorrad lying on its side between the road and the grassland, with its rider struggling in vain to lift it back up.

(Featuring “The Journey of XXXXX – 25 Years –” and 12 other stories)

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Oricon Weekly Light Novel Sales Ranking

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

1 11,398 11,398 Kino's Journey XXIV: the Beautiful World Keiichi Sigsawa (Author) / Kuroboshi Kouhaku (Illustration)
2 9,885 9,885 86 -Eighty Six- Ep.14: Paint It Black Asato Asato (Author) / Shirabi (Illustration) / I-IV (Mechanical Design)
3 8,774 8,774 The Irregular at Magic High School: The Dark Flashes in the Night's Veil Vol.3 Tsutomu Sato (Author) / Kana Ishida (Illustration)
4 5,785 5,785 The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten 11.5 Special Edition with SS Booklet Sanbi (Author) / Hanekoto (Illustration)
5 5,409 5,409 Transferred to Another World, I Found Myself in the Mountains. I Chose Comfort over Strength Vol.15 Jagabata (Author) / Minako Iwasaki (Illustration)
6 3,506 6,462 The Little Gnome in Your Castle ～Sky-Flying Plumber～ Vol.1 Kazuhito Minagi (Author) / п猫R (Illustration)
7 3,381 3,381 The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten 11.5 Sanbi (Author) / Hanekoto (Illustration)
8 2,792 2,792 A Certain Item of Dark Side Vol.5 Kazuma Kamachi (Author) / Niritu (Character Design & Illustration) / Kiyotaka Haimura (Character Design)
9 2,593 2,593 Top Doctor’s Premarital Affection [Berries Bunko Affection Anthology] Momo Wakana, Aki Hongo, Sa Hotori (Authors) / cielo (Illustration)
10 2,562 2,562 A Story About a Married Teacher Falling for Her Female Student Vol.3 Hitoma Iruma (Author) / Pushio Nekoyashiki (Illustration)

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