Shosen Book Tower, a popular bookstore in Akihabara, Tokyo, has announced its January light novel sales rankings, with the top spot going to the eighth volume of "The Man I Loved Said to Die in Place of My Sister" (TO Books). The much talked about anime adaptation is a love fantasy about a lonely former heir and a genius nobleman.
Coming in second place was the first volume of "Magical Girls Are Adults' Duties" (Overlap Bunko), and the seventh volume of "The Witch and the Mercenary" (GCN Bunko) came in third.
*Ranking
1st place: The man I loved asked me to die in his place. 8
2nd place: Magical Girls are Adults' Duties. 1
3rd place Witch and Mercenary 7
4th Silent Witch 11
5. Licorice Recoil Gluttony Days
6th place: Wandering Meals in Another World with Incredible Skills a la carte 1
7th place I am a hero knight of an interstellar nation! 5
8th place: The reincarnated great saint hides her identity as a saint 12
9th place: Too many losing heroines! 8.5
10th place: The beloved daughter of a villainous family is reincarnated as a yakuza lady in an otome game. 5
