Classroom of the Elite: Year 3 Tops Oricon's Light Novel Ranking for October
The anime adaptation's fourth and latest season debuted on April 1 and covers the first semester of the Year 2 light novels. The anime will get a fifth season.
The second volume of Kinoko Nasu and illustrator Hirokazu Koyama's Witch on the Holy Night novel series ranked at #2, selling 30,534 copies. The volume shipped on September 30. The first volume shipped on August 27 and ranked at #3 on Oricon's light novel ranking chart for August. The Witch on the Holy Night anime film will open in Japan on November 20. The original visual novel game's smartphone version will also launch simultaneously on November 20.
The 12th volume of Sunsunsun and illustrator Momoco's Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian light novel series ranked at #3, selling 23,197 copies. The volume shipped on October 1. Yen Press releases the novels in English. The second anime season based on the novels will debut next year after a delay from this year.
| 1 | Classroom of the Elite: Year 3 Vol. 5 | (Author) Shogo Kinugasa / (Illustration) Shunsaku Tomose | Kadokawa | 50,932 | 50,932 |
| 2 | Witch on the Holy Night: Part 2 | (Author) Kinoko Nasu / (Illustration) Hirokazu Koyama | Seikaisha | 30,534 | 30,534 |
| 3 | Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian 12 | (Author) Sunsunsun / (Illustration) Momoco | Kadokawa | 23,197 | 23,197 |
| 4 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Doctor Pig+ | (Author) Hajime Kamoshida / (Illustration) Keeji Mizoguchi | Kadokawa | 17,484 | 17,484 |
| 5 | Case Closed: Meitantei no Kirokusha | (Author) Takahiro Ōkura / (Original Story) Gōshō Aoyama | Shogakukan | 13,042 | 13,042 |
| 6 | Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start With Magical Tools 15 | (Author) Hisaya Amagishi / (Illustration) Hachi Komada / (Original Character Design) Kei | Kadokawa | 11,855 | 11,855 |
| 7 | Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Tale of the Butterfly-Rat Body Swap in the Maiden Court 13 | (Author) Satsuki Nakamura / (Illustration) Kana Yuki | Ichijinsha | 11,055 | 11,055 |
| 8 | Cosmic Princess Kaguya! | (Story) Studio Chromato / Studio Colorido / (Author) Naruto Kiriyama / (Frontispiece & Interior Illustrations) Asao Urata | Kadokawa | 9,232 | 217,435 |
| 9 | Rascal Does Not Dream of Doctor Pig+ (Special Edition with Drama CD) | (Author) Hajime Kamoshida / (Illustration) Keeji Mizoguchi | Kadokawa | 9,161 | 9,161 |
| 10 | Your Castle's Little Helper: Sora wo Kakeru Haikankan 3 | (Author) Kazuhito Minagi / (Illustration) PenekoR | Square Enix | 8,998 | 8,998 |
| 11 | Witch on the Holy Night: Part 1 | (Author) Kinoko Nasu / (Illustration) Hirokazu Koyama | Seikaisha | 7,774 | 41,218 |
| 12 | Phantom Busters: After School! | (Original Story) Neoshoco / (Novel) Shunto Nishiuma | Shueisha | 7,474 | 7,474 |
| 13 | Magical Explorer 14 | (Author) Irisu / (Illustration) Noboru Kannatsuki | Kadokawa | 7,373 | 7,373 |
| 14 | Classroom of the Elite: Honami Ichinose Character Book | (Story) Syougo Kinugasa / (Illustration) Tomoseshunsaku | Kadokawa | 7,046 | 12,652 |
| 15 | Maō to Yūsha no Tatakai no Ura de: Danshou 1 | (Author) Yuki Suzuki / (Illustration) Sanshouuo | Overlap | 6,942 | 6,942 |
| 16 | Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start With Magical Tools 14 | (Author) Hisaya Amagishi / (Illustration) Hachi Komada / (Original Character Design) Kei | Kadokawa | 6,840 | 14,388 |
| 17 | Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- 46 | (Author) Tappei Nagatsuki / (Illustration) Shinichirou Otsuka | Kadokawa | 6,548 | 11,940 |
| 18 | Mamahaha no Kokoroe 9 | (Author) Toru | AlphaPolis | 6,057 | 7,038 |
| 19 | A Tale of the Secret Saint: Short Story Collection 1 | (Author) Touya / (Illustration) chibi | Earth Star Entertainment | 5,949 | 5,949 |
| 20 | The Detective Is Already Dead 14 | (Author) Nigojū / (Illustration) Umibōzu | Kadokawa | 5,734 | 5,734 |
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