Sword Art Online Sugary Days Tops Oricon Light Novel Ranking for August
The new Sugary Days novel leads the monthly Oricon chart, while Witch on the Holy Night's novel adaptation rides anticipation for its November anime film.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Oricon's monthly light novel ranking for August 2026 places Sword Art Online Material 1: Sugary Days first with 27,284 copies sold. Kirby: Mugen no Haguruma and Witch on the Holy Night Part 1 follow. The chart covers Japanese retail sales from August 3 to 30.
Oricon published its monthly light novel sales ranking for August 2026 on September 4, tracking estimated print sales at retail outlets across Japan from August 3 to 30. Reki Kawahara and abec's Sword Art Online Material 1: Sugary Days topped the list with 27,284 copies, depicting newlywed life for Kirito and Asuna. Two other Kadokawa titles, a Kirby novel and a Witch on the Holy Night adaptation, fill out the top three.
- Sword Art Online Material 1: Sugary Days: Rank 1, 27,284 copies
- Kirby: Mugen no Haguruma-Kiri ni Tsutsumareta Daijiken!?: Rank 2, 24,410 copies
- Witch on the Holy Night Part 1: Rank 3, 19,560 copies
- Full Metal Panic! Family 4: Rank 4, 15,503 copies
- Magical Girl Witch Trials: Rank 5, 12,259 copies
- Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody 36: Rank 6, 11,694 copies
- Playful Relationships 4: Rank 7, 8,732 copies
- From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman 11: Rank 8, 8,637 copies
- Mobile Police Patlabor: Goto the Sushi Chef: Rank 9, 7,112 copies
- Chō Kaguya-hime!: Rank 10, 5,669 copies
- Yokya Shudan ni Iru Serizawa wa, Ore no Mae da to Yosu ga Okashii: Rank 11, 5,618 copies
- ONE PIECE novel ZORO: Rank 12, 5,123 copies
- My Next Life as a Villainess 16: Rank 13, 5,039 copies
- Too Many Losing Heroines! 9: Rank 14, listed in top 20
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.