Taiki Kawakami, Fuse and Mitz Vah’s Tensei Shitara Suraimu Datta Ken (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime) Comic Edition Vol. 33 hits No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Book Hot 100 chart released Oct. 15.
The manga adaptation of the popular “TenSura” light novel series logs its third No. 1 on the tally. The volume lands in the top 10 across three metrics, hitting No. 1 in both brick-and-mortar and e-books and No. 10 in e-commerce (EC).
Last week’s No. 1, Daisuke Ashihara’s World Trigger Vol. 30, places No. 2 in both brick-and-mortar and e-books and lands at No. 2 overall as well. The historical fantasy manga Arslan Senki (The Heroic Legend of Arslan) Vol. 25 debuts in the top three at No. 3, charting within the top 20 on three metrics: No. 4 in brick-and-mortar, No. 11 in EC and No. 6 in e-books.
Yu Nagira’s Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku (You, Like a Star) — whose live-action film adaptation opened in theaters Oct. 9 — jumps 13-4, setting a new peak for the title. The novel tops both subscriptions and social media. Nagira’s Hoshi wo Amu, the sequel to Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku, also rises 27-18.
The Billboard Japan Book Hot 100 is a comprehensive chart combining physical books, e-books, subscriptions such as library loans, and social media buzz. Below are the top 10 titles on this week’s list, tracking the week from Oct. 5 to 11.
(Numbers in parentheses indicate the title’s metric placements for brick-and-mortar, EC, e-books, subscriptions, and social media, top 20 only. English title given if translations or adaptations exist.)
1. Tensei Shitara Suraimu Datta Ken (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime) Comic Edition Vol. 33, Taiki Kawakami, Fuse, Mitz Vah (1/10/1/–/–)
2. World Trigger Vol. 30, Daisuke Ashihara (2/12/2/–/–)
3. Arslan Senki (The Heroic Legend of Arslan) Vol. 25, Hiromu Arakawa, Yoshiki Tanaka (4/11/6/–/–)
4. Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku (You, Like a Star), Yu Nagira (11/–/–/1/1)
5. Mairimashita! Iruma-kun (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun) Vol. 51, Osamu Nishi (3/–/–/–/–)
6. Gran Buru (Grand Blue Dreaming) Vol. 27, Kenji Inoue, Kimitake Yoshioka (6/–/4/–/–)
7. Madan no Ichi (Ichi the Witch) Vol. 10, Shiro Usazaki, Osamu Nishi (7/–/12/–/–)
8. BORUTO -TWO BLUE VORTEX- Vol. 9, Masashi Kishimoto, Mikio Ikemoto (8/–/9/–/–)
9. Ao no Hako (Blue Box) Vol. 27, Koji Miura (5/–/16/–/–)
10. Yurucamp (Laid-Back Camp) Vol. 19, Afro (9/–/10/–/–)
