Boukensha ni Naritai to Miyako ni Deteitta Musume ga S-Rank ni Natteta Vol.1

4,530 Copies Sold This Week
aka My daughter who went out to the capital wanting to become an adventurer was S rank

What it’s about… (Bad Google Translation version)

Introduction

The strongest beautiful girl, appear!
A masterpiece of heart-to-world world fantasy, opening here!

“Become a novelist” Top annual general ranking top, topic’s popular work has become a wonderful one volume.
With popularity, comicalization is ongoing as well!

Angelin, a beautiful girl with the title of the highest guild «S rank», struggling day by day to eliminate demons of high rank.
She loves her foster father Bergriff from long ago!
Although taking a long vacation for a certain number of days in a certain day and planning to return to the father of his hometown, the existence of demons appearing one after another continues to keep hoarding home.

“When will I get to see my father … …!”

Heartful world foreign fantasy, which opens vividly the interactions between parents and children, friendship and powerful battle scenes, opens here!

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e Vol.7.5

4,603 Copies Sold this week.
aka Classroom of the Elite
http://www.novelupdates.com/series/youkoso-jitsuryoku-shijou-shugi-no-kyoushitsu-e/
Anime adaptation 12 episodes aired July-September 2017 covered volumes 1-3 and used some material from 4.5. According to Reddit the anime made significant changes to the source material. Can be streamed via Crunchyroll
Currently no license for the light novel or manga English

What it’s about…

Koudo Ikusei Senior High School, a leading prestigious school with state-of-the-art facilities where nearly 100% of students go on to university or find employment. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Koudo Ikusei is a paradise-like school, but the truth is that only the most superior of students receive favorable treatment.

The protagonist Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its “inferior” students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyou Kushida, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka’s situation begins to change.

Saikyou no Kanteishi tte Dare no Koto? Vol.3

5,496 Copies Sold this week
aka Who is the Strongest Appraiser?
No License for English

What it’s about… (bad Google translation version)

Men’s high school students start living in a different world!

Yumi Kugimiya of a boys high school student suddenly moved to another world.
The place which was getting lost in the dungeon is called “the crimson wildcat (Scarlet · link)”
To be protected by adventurers.

I got the strongest skill (skill) of the appraisal system [the eyes of God] when it metastasized, but do not do that to such a thing!
It felt that he liked the original cooking skill and fine work and fell into the honor cooking charge,
Grabbing the stomachs of people around you, producing things not in the other world, or wasteful use of cheat abilities on parade!
While getting angry with various kinds of efforts, I am enjoying a different world life!

Sandwich in croquette, handmade mayonnaise etc.
Delicious Slow Life Opening !!

Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shounen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu Youna Monogatari Vol.4

5,511 Copies Sold this week
aka A story such as a boy in the village before the last dungeon lives in the early stages
No English license for the light novel or manga

What it’s about… (bad Google translation version)

A boy in a remote neighborhood village, Connon village Lloyd longed for a soldier who read in a story, decided to go to the kingdom and become a soldier. The villagers who worried about the weakest Lloyd in the village oppose, but with permission of the village head, they depart for the kingdom. In the kingdom he was preparing for a military academy admission test while living in the house of the witch Marie who is the disciple of the village chief.

29 to JK Vol.4

5,759 Copies Sold this week
No English license for the Light Novel or Manga

What it’s about…

Very little information in English.
Appears to be about a 29 year old man who is ordered by the president of his company to date a 15 year old girl (possibly the president’s granddaughter?) Is sold as a “forbidden age difference romantic comedy.”

Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol.13 Limited Special Edition

6,174 Copies Sold this week
aka Is It Wrong to Try to Pick-Up Girls in a Dungeon?
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/dungeon-ni-deai-o-motomeru-no-wa-machigatte-iru-darou-ka/
Licensed for English release by Yen On. Volume 11 releases in English in April
13 episode anime covered volumes 1-5. Streaming on Crunchyroll

What it’s about…

In Orario, fearless adventurers band together in search of fame and fortune within the monstrous underground labyrinth known as Dungeon.

But while riches and renown are incentive enough for most, Bell Cranel, would-be hero extraordinaire, has bigger plans.

He wants to pick up girls.

Is it wrong to face the perils of Dungeon alone, in a single-member guild blessed by a failed goddess? Maybe. Is it wrong to dream of playing hero to hapless maidens in Dungeon? Maybe not. After one misguided adventure, Bell quickly discovers that anything can happen in the labyrinth–even chance encounters with beautiful women. The only problem? He’s the one who winds up the damsel in distress!

Ookami to Koushinryou Vol.20

7,623 Copies Sold this week
aka Spice & Wolf
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/ookami-to-koushinryou/
25 Episode anime + 1 OVA & 2 Specials. Licensed in English by Funimation
Licensed for English release by Yen On

What it’s about…

A young travelling merchant, Kraft Lawrence has become accustomed to days of roaming and trading, with few companions. Or so it was until one peculiar day where the trader finds a young, naked, wolf-like girl asleep in his wagon.

The beautiful girl, calling herself Holo, claims to be a local wolf deity worshipped by locals as the God of Good Harvest. Year after year, she ensured they would reap a good harvest, but she has since grown tired of fulfilling the wishes of the ungrateful locals.

Holo ends up striking a deal with Kraft: if he helps her escape the villagers, she will gladly help him in his merchant endeavours. Together, they roam from town to town in search of business, and Kraft realizes both the ups and downs of travelling with a haughty and shrewd wolf goddess.

Netgame no Yome wa Onna no Ko ja Nai to Omotta? Vol.16

9,683 Copies Sold this week
aka And you thought there is never a girl online?
https://myanimelist.net/manga/57835/
http://www.novelupdates.com/series/netoge-no-yome-wa-onnanoko-ja-nai-to-omotta/
No license for the light novels
The 12 episode anime was licensed by Funimation

What it’s about…

After mustering up the courage to propose to a girl in an online game, naïve otaku Hideki “Rusian” Nishimura is devastated when she flat out rejects him. To make matters worse, the girl reveals that she is actually an older man in real life. With his dreams crushed and his heart broken, Rusian comes to an abrupt decision in the midst of his raging fit: he will never trust another girl in an online game again.

Years later, Rusian is now in a guild with three other players, one of whom possesses a female avatar by the name of “Ako.” Ako is deeply in love with Rusian and wants to marry him. Although he entertains the possibility that she might be a guy, Rusian accepts her proposal, claiming that her gender doesn’t matter as long as she is cute in the game. However, after a discussion between guild members that led to all of them having an offline meeting, Rusian finds out that Ako, along with the other members, are not just girls, but also his schoolmates.

Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol.13 Regular Edition

64,319 Copies Sold this week
aka Is It Wrong to Try to Pick-Up Girls in a Dungeon?
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/dungeon-ni-deai-o-motomeru-no-wa-machigatte-iru-darou-ka/
Licensed for English release by Yen On. Volume 11 releases in English in April
13 episode anime covered volumes 1-5. Streaming on Crunchyroll

Sword Art Online: Progressive Vol.5

65,785 Copies Sold this week
Licensed for English release by Yen On
Previous 4 volumes already available in English
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/sword-art-online-progressive/
Anime used some material from Progressive Volume 1 for the Aincrad arc.

What it’s about…

“There’s no way to beat this game. The only difference is when and where you die…”

One month has passed since Akihiko Kayaba’s deadly game began, and the body count continues to rise. Two thousand players are already dead.

Kirito and Asuna are two very different people, but they both desire to fight alone. Nonetheless, they find themselves drawn together to face challenges from both within and without. Given that the entire virtual world they now live in has been created as a deathtrap, the surviving players of Sword Art Online are starting to get desperate, and desperation makes them dangerous to loners like Kirito and Asuna. As it becomes clear that solitude equals suicide, will the two be able to overcome their differences to find the strength to believe in each other, and in so doing survive?

Sword Art Online: Progressive is a new version of the Sword Art Online tale that starts at the beginning of Kirito and Asuna’s epic adventure–on the very first level of the deadly world of Aincrad!

Hitoribocchi no Isekai Kouryaku Vol.1

6,598 Copies Sold This Week.
aka All alone world strategy life. Cheat skills were sold out
No English License

What the Series is About: (Sorry, terrible Google translation version)

Haruka who spends his high school life “Bobo” is suddenly summoned to another world with a classmate one day. Haruka, who was in front of God, thought that he could choose his favorite skills to live in a different world from the list of skills that cheat skills are lined up – skill selection is a quick win. My cheat skill has been exhausted by my classmate!
Haruka who only got unsatisfactory subtle skills, adventure to loneliness even in the different world, can not organize parties due to the effect of “Botcha” skill. Haruka who knew the crisis of the classmate secretly decided to save them, did not rely on cheat, and walked the way to the strongest heresier than cheat. The Strongest Booty World Campaign, Opening!

Kawaikereba Hentai demo Suki ni Natte Kuremasu ka? Vol.4

6,818 Copies Sold This Week
aka Would you even fall in love with a pervert as long as it’s a cutie?
or Will you please like hentai if it’s cute?
http://lndb.info/light_novel/Kawaiikereba_Hentai_demo_Suki_ni_Natte_Kuremasu_ka
No English license for the light novel or manga

What the Series is About:

After cleaning the Calligraphy Club room one afternoon, Kiryuu Keiki found a love letter addressed to him on the club’s desk. Eager at the possibility of finally getting a girlfriend, he opens the envelope only to find the words, “I like you” along with a pair of the sender’s panties. With only these panties as evidence, Keiki narrows down the identity to the four girls who helped him clean the club room that day: Tokihara Sayuki the lazy third-year president of Calligraphy Club, Koga Yuika a library committee member of foreign descent, Nanjou Mao, Keiki’s slightly tsundere fellow classmate, and most awkwardly, Kiryuu Mizuha, Keiki’s clean freak of a younger sister. Among at least three of these girls, Keiki believes is the one who left him the letter and their panties so with determination in his heart, he sets out to uncover which of these seemingly unorthodox ladies will become his girlfriend!

Kuro no Shoukanshi Vol.6

7,438 Copies Sold This Week
aka Black Summoner
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/kuro-no-shoukanshi/
No English License

What the Series is About:

Losing his memories, the curtains of the story of alternate world transfer of the MC rises. After the transfer his name changes to Kelvin. While steadily levelling, he adds new subordinates by mastering his skill. And by the time he noticed it, he had obtained overwhelming power. Where will our MC be heading off to?

Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Vol.17

7,557 Copies Sold This Week
aka Jobless Reincarnation ~ It will be All Out if I Go to Another World ~
http://www.novelupdates.com/series/mushoku-tensei-ln/
No license for the light novels in English.
The manga adaptation has been licensed by Seven Seas (Volume 6 released October 24, 2017)

What the Series is About:

A 34-year-old NEET otaku, chased out from his house by his family, found that his life is reaching a dead end. He then recalled that his life could actually have been much better if he had made better choices in the past.
Just when he was at the point of regret, he saw a truck moving at fast speed, and three high schoolers in its path. Mustering all the strength he had, he tried to save them and ended getting run over by the truck, quickly ending his life.
The next time he opened his eyes, he is reincarnated to a world of sword and magic as Rudeus Greyrat. Born to a new world, a new life, Rudeus decided that, “This time, I’ll really live my life to the fullest with no regret!” Thus starts the journey of a man yearning to restart his life.

The New Gate Vol.11

7,564 Copies Sold This Week
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-new-gate/
No English license

What the Series is About:

“THE NEW GATE”, an online game that trapped its players and turned into a death game, was now releasing the thousands of players that had been dragged into it, thanks to the efforts of Shin, one of the most powerful players. But after having defeated the last boss and freed everyone, he was swallowed up by a strange light and found himself inside the game world 500 years in the future and unable to leave.

Ryuuou no Oshigoto! Vol.7

7,720 Copies Sold This Week
aka The Ryuo’s Work is Never Done
https://global.bookwalker.jp/de23be2c95-bbac-4cce-9177-50a9dc26073c/
licensed in English by Bookwalker (exclusive to them, in eBook format only)
12 episode anime currently airing. Streaming on Crunchyroll.

What the Series is About:

Latest series from Shirow Shiratori, the author of “No-Rin”! A comedy about a live-in apprentice who won’t take “no” for an answer and the most intense Shogi matches this century, all supervised by “Saiyuki”, Osaka’s young professional Shogi team!!

Open front door, and there’s a grade school girl sitting there–.
“I’m here to be your apprentice, as you promised!”
Claiming the Shogi World’s strongest title, “Ryuo”, at the age of 16, Yaichi Kuzuryu comes home to find a 3rd grade girl waiting for him, Ai Hinatsuru. A nine-year-old.
“Come again? …… Apprentice? Huh?“
“…… Don’t you remember?”
He did not, but that’s how the two came to share the same roof. Yaichi’s spirit was on the verge of breaking, but Ai’s unyielding enthusiasm reignites the fire within him–.

Okitegami Kyouko no Iromihon

8,194 Copies Sold This Week
aka The Forgetful Detective Series
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-forgetful-detective-series/
by Nisioisin art by Vofan
9th Volume in the series.
No English license.

What the Series is About:

Okitegami Kyouko is a famous detective who solves cases in a single day. In fact, she has to, since her memories only last for one day before they ‘reset.’ However, for important things, she writes messages for herself down on her body with a special pen. One of her common clients is Kakushidate Yakusuke, a man who is often wrongly suspected of committing crimes. There is also a live-action drama adaptation of this story.
The original novel’s story is about a detective named Kyōko Okitegami who is also known as the forgetful detective. She forgets everything in a day, but solves cases the same day. (Her name has the Japanese word for “today” in it.) An unlucky young man named Yakusuke Kakushidate somehow ends up as the suspect in every case, and he always asks for the detective.

Gamers! Vol.9

11,656 Copies Sold This Week
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/gamers/
No official English License
12 episode anime aired July-September 2017. Streamed on Crunchyroll. Covered up to volume 5

What the Series is About:

The romantic comedy light novel series centers on the gaming lives of various high school students who play video games, including: Keita Amano, a lonely young man who loves video games; Karen Tendō, the beautiful president of the video game club; Chiaki Hoshinomori, who constantly fights with Keita; and Tasuku Uehara, who puts on a facade of being satisfied with his life in the real world, but he in truth loves video games.

Hidan no Aria Vol.27

25,897 Copies Sold This Week
https://myanimelist.net/manga/12297/
http://www.novelupdates.com/series/hidan-no-aria/
aka Aria the Scarlet Ammo
The light novel looks to have been licensed by a company called Digital Manga Group, but only the 1st 2 volumes are available vie eBook with volume 2 released May 29, 2014

What the Series is About:

Tokyo Butei High school— It was a special school where armed detectives, also known as “Butei” are being brought up. Tohyama Kinji is a sophomore student who has the unique body which activates a “super mode” when it was stimulated by “something”. He tries to hide it to others in order to live a peaceful life. But trouble came to find him when he became a victim of a bombing incident, where he met the Butei high “Assault” department elite, Aria H. Kanzaki.

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e Vol.7.5

44,710 Copies Sold This Week
aka Classroom of the Elite
http://www.novelupdates.com/series/youkoso-jitsuryoku-shijou-shugi-no-kyoushitsu-e/
Anime adaptation 12 episodes aired July-September 2017 covered volumes 1-3 and used some material from 4.5. According to Reddit the anime made significant changes to the source material. Can be streamed via Crunchyroll
Currently no license for the light novel or manga English

What the Series is About:

Koudo Ikusei Senior High School, a leading prestigious school with state-of-the-art facilities where nearly 100% of students go on to university or find employment. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Koudo Ikusei is a paradise-like school, but the truth is that only the most superior of students receive favorable treatment.

The protagonist Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its “inferior” students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyou Kushida, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka’s situation begins to change.