Rascal Does Not Dream of Doctor Pig+ held No. 1 on Japan’s weekly light novel ranking dated October 26, 2026, with an estimated 6,014 copies sold during the October 12–18 tracking period. Detective Conan: The Great Detective’s Chronicler followed just 166 copies behind at No. 2 with 5,848 copies, while A Tale of the Secret Saint: Short Story Collection Vol. 1 ranked third with 3,903 copies.
Japan Weekly Light Novel Sales Ranking, As of Oct 26 2026 announced by Oricon
At a Glance
– Rascal Does Not Dream of Doctor Pig+ remained No. 1 with 6,014 estimated copies sold.
– A new Detective Conan novel debuted at No. 2, just 166 copies behind.
– A Tale of the Secret Saint: Short Story Collection Vol. 1 ranked No. 3 with 3,903 copies.
– Top 10 sales totaled 33,019 copies, down 14.3% week over week.
Rascal Holds No. 1 in an Extremely Close Race
Rascal Does Not Dream of Doctor Pig+
Rascal Does Not Dream of Doctor Pig+ remained at No. 1 with an estimated 6,014 copies sold, almost unchanged from the previous week’s 6,080 copies.
Its weekly sales declined by just 1.1%, while estimated cumulative sales reached 12,094 copies.
The margin at the top was extremely narrow, with only 166 copies separating Rascal Does Not Dream of Doctor Pig+ from the new Detective Conan novel in second place.
New Detective Conan Novel Takes No. 2
Detective Conan: The Great Detective’s Chronicler
Detective Conan: The Great Detective’s Chronicler ranked No. 2 with an estimated 5,848 copies sold.
Written by Takahiro Okura with original work by Gosho Aoyama, the book is an original Detective Conan novel rather than a manga volume.
Its weekly total put it only 2.8% behind the No. 1 title.
Returning Titles Move Lower as the Top 10 Changes
A Tale of the Secret Saint: Short Story Collection, Vol. 1
Five titles from the previous week remained in the Top 10.
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Vol. 12 moved from No. 4 to No. 6, with weekly sales falling 49.8% to 2,648 copies.
The drama CD special edition of Rascal Does Not Dream of Doctor Pig+ moved from No. 3 to No. 7, while Witch on the Holy Night (Middle Volume) fell from No. 5 to No. 8.
Overall Top 10 sales reached 33,019 copies, down 14.3% from the previous week’s 38,531 copies.
Japan Weekly Light Novel Sales Ranking Chart, As of Oct 26 2026 announced by Oricon
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