Oricon (Japanese research organization) released its weekly Light Novel ranking for the week of Dec 1 2025.
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Oricon Comic Ranking Summary

3rd place: Spy Classroom 14: Theia of the “Phantom Drama”

The girls who once carried the label of “failures” have redeemed themselves. Now their battle enters the final stage.

After completing their “impossible mission” in the Lailat Kingdom, the members of Hikari return to the Din Republic, all except one. One year later, Ran of the counterintelligence unit Ukigumo receives a new assignment:

Investigate whether the nation’s saviors—‘Hikari’—harbor disloyal intentions.

2nd place: Junket Bank: Side Bet Stories

The hit gambling manga Junket Bank receives its first-ever novelization!
Mishima’s fate hangs in the balance as Miketsu takes on a high-stakes antique appraisal!
A patient challenges Dr. Murasame with claims of misdiagnosis—but what verdict will the doctor deliver?
And what divine judgment will Tendo bestow upon the young boy who rushes into a church seeking salvation?

Along with these three stories that reveal the hidden sides of top gamblers, the novel also includes a new episode featuring Shishigami, who battles for his Half-Life promotion!
Experience gripping tales you can only read in novel form—complete with brand-new illustrations by Ikko Tanaka.

1st place: Full Metal Panic! Family 3

Teletha Testarossa joins the Family series!
Sousuke and Tessa… acting as a married couple!?
The long-awaited third installment of the shocking new Full Metal Panic! series is here!

“I’m here today because I have a favor to ask.”
The chaotic daily life of Sousuke and his “family” is suddenly disrupted by the arrival of none other than Teletha “Tessa” Testarossa—Sousuke’s former commanding officer and Kaname’s romantic rival. And the request she brings is…

“My, my. You’re being rather formal, aren’t you? We’re husband and wife, remember?”
Tessa proposes infiltrating a gangsters’ party as a fake four-person family, with herself playing the role of Sousuke’s wife! (Kaname is completely left out!)
After nearly twenty years, Sousuke and Tessa find themselves drawn uncomfortably close once again. Meanwhile, Natsumi and Ando—joining them as part of the fake family—face their own unexpected troubles…
Set on a resort island in the Aegean Sea, the “temporary Sagara family” runs wild in this explosive new adventure!

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Oricon Comic Ranking Summary

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

1 13,490 13,490 Full Metal Panic! Family 3 Shoji Kato (Story) / Doji Shiki (Art)
2 4,697 4,697 Junket Bank: Side Bet Stories Ikko Tanaka (Story & Art) / Sakaku Hishikawa (Novel)
3 3,731 3,731 Spy Classroom 14: Theia of the “Phantom Drama” Takemachi (Story) / Tomari (Art)
4 3,659 3,659 The Princess’s Tutor 21: The Sworn Moon Key Riku Nanano (Story) / cura (Art)
5 3,473 3,473 Welcome to the Classroom of the Elite 3rd Year Arc 3 Shogo Kinugasa (Story) / Shunsaku Tomose (Art)
6 2,500 2,500 The King’s Proposal: 1st Bride Tsukasa K Tachibana (Story) / Tsunako (Art)
7 2,318 2,318 I Reincarnated as the Villainous Heir Who Turned the Eroge Countess into a Servant Maid 3 Toi (Story) / Wonn (Art)
8 2,288 2,288 Isekai Easy Uninhabited Island Life 3 Tomin Kozu (Story) / Giu Nyu (Art)
9 2,270 2,270 Boundary Melody 2 (Special Edition with Drama CD) Toshiya Miyata
10 2,156 2,156 Spy Classroom side “Hou”: Murder Unsuitable for Spies Takemachi (Story) / Gabilan (Art) / Tomari (Character Design)

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