Latest ORICON Japan Weekly Light Novel Ranking Mar 2 2026

Oricon (Japanese research organization) released its weekly Light Novel ranking for the week of Mar 2 2026.
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3rd place: Urban Myth Dissolution Center (Novel) Vol. 1

A smash-hit game that won the Excellence Award at the Japan Game Awards—now fully novelized!

Azami Fukurai, a college student, has been troubled by a secret: she can see a crimson, human-shaped figure—like a ghost.
Clinging to any hope she can find, she visits the “Urban Legend Dismantling Center.”
There she meets Wataru Mawariya, the center’s suspicious director, and through an unexpected turn of events, Azami ends up working as a rookie investigator—chasing the truth behind bizarre requests tied to urban legends, anomalies, cursed objects, and more…!?

A hefty novel adaptation that lets you relive the story’s world firsthand.

2nd place: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System 2

The debut work of author Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, in its official Japanese translation.

Having escaped his original fate of death and successfully revived, Shen Qingqiu attempts to start a new life. During his absence, a peculiar story featuring Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe as its protagonists has been circulating in the world.

Then, by a twist of fate, he reunites with the ultimate stallion protagonist, Luo Binghe. While they were apart, Luo Binghe had been making a remarkable name for himself in the demon realm—yet he seems to be living a life quite unlike that of a stallion novel's protagonist.

Bewildered by developments that diverge from the original work, Shen Qingqiu finds himself once again inside the Dreamscape, where Luo Binghe suddenly kisses him...

The action-packed second volume that you won't be able to take your eyes off!

Younger seme / Older uke / Transmigration / Fantasy Includes serialized chapters 24–50

1st place: Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

An overworked, high-spec high school girl × a high-energy Princess Kaguya × a virtual idol!?

A little way into the future.
Iroha Sakayori, an overworked, ultra-capable high school girl living alone to focus on getting into the University of Tokyo, is on her way home one day when she finds a mysterious baby—emerging from a rainbow-glowing “gaming utility pole”!

But that baby rapidly grows up right before her eyes, turning into a spoiled girl who absolutely adores Iroha!
Claiming she came from the moon, the girl is named “Kaguya” by Iroha.
However, once Kaguya learns how The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter ends, she makes a bold declaration—

“I’m going to make it a happy ending. No matter what!”

And then, for some reason, she sets her sights on becoming a top idol in Japan’s largest virtual world, “Tsukuyomi”…!?

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Oricon Comic Ranking Summary

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

1 8,906 16,383 Cosmic Princess Kaguya! Studio Chromato (Story) Studio Colorido (Story) Naruto Kiriyama (Author) Asao Urata (Illustration)
2 3,474 10,866 Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Vol. 2 Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (Author) Seika Go (Translation) Sakuramochi (Illustration) Dobutsu (Supervision) Numa Otoshi Yokai (Supervision)
3 2,759 2,759 Urban Myth Dissolution Center (Novel) Vol. 1 Kureha Matsuzawa (Author) Shueisha Games (Cooperation) Urban Myth Dissolution Center / Hakababunko (Story)
4 2,427 2,427 Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon Vol. 14 Shisui Meikyo (Author) tef (Illustration)
5 2,371 4,388 Yama, Kaimashita Vol. 7: Isekai Gurashi mo Warukunai Emu Mikawa (Author) Ririnra (Illustration)
6 2,135 2,135 Yuruyaka na Yoru ni Modoru Haruhi Sakitani (Author) Ai Hasukawa (Illustration)
7 2,031 5,886 Doraemon the Movie Novel: New Nobita's Undersea Devil Castle Fujiko F. Fujio (Story) Isao Murayama (Author) Tetsuo Yajima (Supervision)
8 1,968 1,968 The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady Vol. 13 Piero Karasu (Author) Yuri Kisaragi (Illustration)
9 1,846 1,846 Bougyaku Hido no Gokuaku Kizoku o Enjiteru Dake nano ni! Kato Myojin (Author) Falmaro (Illustration)
10 1,767 1,767 Kurohyo Jujin no Kyuaiku Kusen Jijo Vol. 12 Isshin Hyakumon (Author) Kaoru Harugano (Illustration)

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