Shade of Yggdrasil(仮)

As a side note for light novels, especially, to explain why they often have two volume numbers: They’re usually subtitled with the name of the current plot arc, each arc taking two or three books that are commonly called “upper” and “lower” or “upper”, “middle”, and “lower”. With no analogous English, it’s my opinion that the best usage is “Series (vol. #): Subtitle (arc vol. #)”.
As for Soul Eater’s appearance, note that all total sales are since Oricon (and coincidentally I) started tracking; apparently the TV adaption has made volume 1 sell steadily in the 10,000 range, and this week things were stale enough to let it poke through into the top 30.
Finally, take note of lack of word wrap; if something looks like it extends out of the text column, it probably -does-.

Paperbacks

☆  *2  － *2 1  *28,553  *28,553  **536  Spice and Wolf Vol. 8 : Village of Opposition Vol. 1
HASEKURA Isuna (A)/AYAKURA Ju (I) [Dengeki Bunko]
☆  *4  － *4 1  *22,349  *22,349  **515  Meg and Seron Vol. 2 : Summer Vacation, 3305 Vol. 2
SIGSAWA Keiichi (A)/KUROBOSHI Kohaku (I) [Dengeki Bunko]
↓  10  *1 *1 3  *16,985  *92,754  **500  Saiunkoku Monogatari: Sparkle of Amber at Dawn
YUKINO Sai (A)/YURA Kairi (I), The Beans (Kadokawa Beans Paperbacks)
↑  25  41 25 5  **8,580  *35,963  **480  Monster Hunter Portable 2nd: Slashing + Bow Weapons Handbook 1 - Greatswords, Katana, One-Handed Swords, Dual Swords, Bows -
- (CAPCOM)
☆  28  － 28 1  **7,872  **7,872  **578  Lucky Chance! 3
ARISAWA Mamizu (A)/QP:flapper (I) [Dengeki Bunko]
☆  29  － 29 1  **7,792  **7,792  **578  DRAGONBUSTER 1
AKIYAMA Mizuhito (A)/FUJISHIRO Akira (I) [Dengeki Bunko]

General

↑  10  18 10 3  *11,579  *33,755  1,260  Pokemon National All-Character Encyclopedia
Supersonic (Comp.)/Shogakukan Production (Coll.)/KIMURA Mitsuo (I) (Big Korotan)

Comics

－  *1  *1 *1 2  264,862  770,368  **410  NARUTO 42
KISHIMOTO Masashi, Weekly Shonen Jump [Jump Comics]
☆  *2  － *2 1  149,358  149,358  **420  WORST 20
TAKAHASHI Hiroshi, Weekly Shonen Champion [Shonen Champion Comics]
☆  *3  － *3 1  *76,826  *76,826  **530  Angel Heart 26
HOJO Tsukasa, Weekly Comic Bunch [Bunch Comics]
↑  *4  *5 *4 2  *75,728  171,352  **410  CLAYMORE 14
YAGI Norihiro, Jump Square [Jump Comics]
↑  *5  *6 *5 2  *65,364  146,295  **410  To LOVEru 9
YABUKI Kentaro (I)/HASEMI Saki (A), Weekly Shonen Jump [Jump Comics]

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From this week, I’m covering paperback, general, and comics sales. Since the first two have relatively few relevant books, they’re above the fold; as usual, comics 6-30 are after.

Paperback

↑  *1  *5 *1 2  *49,853  *75,769  **500  Saiunkoku Monogatari: Sparkle of Amber at Dawn
YUKINO Sai (A)/YURA Kairi (I), The Beans (Kadokawa Beans Paperbacks)
↓  25  *4 *4 2  **9,201  *35,273  **500  Kurenai ~Foul Festival vol. 2~
KATAYAMA Kentaro (A)/YAMAMOTO Yamato (I) (Super Dash Paperbacks)

General

☆  *9  － *9 1  *12,322  *14,187  1,680  Warriors Orochi: Rebirth of the Demon Lord Complete Guide vol. 1
ω-Force (Koei)
↑  13  17 *1 6  *11,440  201,103  1,300  Monster Hunter 2nd G Official Grade-Up Book
V Jump Editorial Staff (Shueisha)
↑  18  32 18 2  *10,506  *22,176  1,260  Pokemon National All-Character Encyclopedia
Supersonic (Comp.)/Shogakukan Production (Coll.)/KIMURA Mitsuo (I) (Big Korotan)
↓  21  *8 *8 2  **9,768  *24,402  **672  Mobile Suit Gundam UC 4  Battle of Palau
FUKUI Harutoshi, Gundam Ace (Kadokawa Comics Ace)

Comic

☆  *1  － *1 1  505,506  505,506  **410  NARUTO 42
KISHIMOTO Masashi, Weekly Shonen Jump (Jump Comics)
☆  *2  － *2 1  179,515  179,515  **550  Initial D 37
SHIGENO Hideaki, Weekly Young Magazine (Young Magazine Comics)
↓  *3  *1 *1 2  118,195  229,471  **510  High School Debut 11
KAWAHARA Kazune, Extra Margaret (Margaret Comics)
↓  *4  *2 *2 2  113,594  216,374  **420  I’ll Give You My First Love 11
AOKI Kotomi, Shojo Comic (Flower Comics)
☆  *5  － *5 1  *95,264  *95,264  **410  CLAYMORE 14
YAGI Norihiro, Jump Square (Jump Comics)

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Holy shit at Evangelion, nice numbers for Aria and Kitaro, Votoms and ZSZS continue their modest success, Gundam a bit low, Bamboo Blade starts to slip, and I guess we aren’t seeing Genshiken S3 anytime soon.

**1  －  219,315  219,315  *1  EVANGELION:1.01 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE. LE
**5  －  *21,760  *21,760  *1  Mobile Suit Gundam 00 4
**8  －  *18,349  *18,349  *1  Lucky☆Star 11 LE
*10  －  *14,598  *14,598  *1  theatrical Naruto Shippuden LE
*11  －  *12,090  *12,090  *1  Meet the Robinsons

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Numbers for 5/5 are coming in about an hour, just wanted to get these out of the way. It seems my source is going biweekly. Nothing really notable this week, except for the failure of Noble Masters and the bleed-out of Stranger.

*4　--　*18,030　*18,030　**1　CLANNAD 5 FPLE
23　20　**2,718　129,410　*65　The World of GOLDEN EGGS Vol.01
28　–　**2,255　**2,255　**1　They Are My Noble Masters 1 FPLE
30　27　**2,218　*98,346　*59　The World of GOLDEN EGGS Vol.02
47　18　**1,487　*18,036　**3　DRAGON BALL GT #6

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The new formatting software is beginning to pay off; this was basically a background activity while catching the too many shows that are on Thursday night. Notable today are my NOT forgetting the relevant non-comic publications, and the general lack of huge releases.
Perhaps it’d be better if I listed author and imprint, followed by parenthesized syndicating magazine? It’s more in line with how things are organized in terms of books, but when deciding format I thought English-speakers are more familiar, and more concerned, with the magazines than the imprints.

First off, the three non-comic-trade books this week that charted:

☆  *8  － *8 1  *14,634  *14,634  **672  Mobile Suit Gundam UC 4  Battle of Palau
FUKUI Harutoshi, Gundam Ace (Kadokawa Comics Ace)
☆  14  － 14 1  *11,005  *11,005  1,260  Mobile Suit Gundam UC 4  Battle of Palau (with MG Unicorn weapons)
FUKUI Harutoshi, Gundam Ace (Kadokawa Comics Ace)
↓  17  *6 *1 5  *10,520  189,663  1,300  Monster Hunter 2nd G Official Grade-Up Book
V Jump Editorial Staff, Shueisha

And, top 30 comics:

☆  *1  － *1 1  111,276  111,276  **410  High School Debut 11
KAWAHARA Kazune, Extra Margaret (Margaret Comics)
☆  *2  － *2 1  102,780  102,780  **420  I’ll Give You My First Love 11
AOKI Kotomi, Shojo Comic (Flower Comics)
↓  *3  *1 *1 2  *90,161  237,806  **420  Hayate the Combat Butler 15
HATA Kenjiro, Weekly Shonen Sunday (SS Comics)
↓  *4  *3 *3 2  *89,113  196,834  **420  Kekkaishi 20
TANABE Yellow, Weekly Shonen Sunday (SS Comics)
☆  *5  － *5 1  *82,055  *82,055  **693  Emma 10
MORI Kaoru, Comic Beam (Beam Comix)

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Late this week due to spending 4 days writing a programming to do my layout rather than an hour doing it by hand. It’s pretty dead, and there’s a whole load of Flower and Dream. Also, slight format changes: a star now denotes new entries, and I’ve revised publication name translation more towards proper names and less toward beating home the target audience.

☆  *1  － *1 1  147,645  147,645  420  Hayate the Combat Butler 15
HATA Kenjiro, Weekly Shonen Sunday (SS Comics)
☆  *2  － *2 1  144,601  144,601  420  Negima! 22
AKAMATSU Ken, Weekly Shonen Magazine (Shonen Magazine Comics)
☆  *3  － *3 1  107,721  107,721  420  Kekkaishi 20
TANABE Yellow, Weekly Shonen Sunday (SS Comics)
☆  *4  － *4 1  *99,504  *99,504  420  Diamond Ace 10
TERAJIMA Yuji, Weekly Shonen Magazine (Shonen Magazine Comics)
☆  *5  － *5 1  *77,469  *77,469  410  OtoMen 5
KANNO Aya, Extra Flower and Dream (Flower and Dream Comics)

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Two weeks in one, this time, due to data for the 14th being delayed.

4/14

*10  －  13,252  *13,252  **1  DRAGON BALL GT #5
*11  －  13,206  *13,206  **1  DRAGON BALL GT #6
*12  －  *8,663  **8,663  **1  Lupin III GREEN vs RED LE
*13  －  *7,374  **7,374  **1  Wolf and Spices Limited Pack
*19  －  *4,649  **4,649  **1  Lupin III GREEN vs RED

4/21

**7  －  **9,075  **9,075  **1  Minamike 4 (FPLE)
*18  11  **3,613  *16,819  **2  DRAGON BALL GT #6
*19  10  **3,482  *16,734  **2  DRAGON BALL GT #5
*20  23  **3,471  126,692  *64  The World of GOLDEN EGGS Vol.01
*26  －  **2,754  **2,754  **1  Sword of the Stranger

And, from the top for each, due to format:

4/14

*10  －  13,252  *13,252  **1  DRAGON BALL GT #5
*11  －  13,206  *13,206  **1  DRAGON BALL GT #6
*12  －  *8,663  **8,663  **1  Lupin III GREEN vs RED LE
*13  －  *7,374  **7,374  **1  Wolf and Spices Limited Pack
*19  －  *4,649  **4,649  **1  Lupin III GREEN vs RED
*23  54  *3,900  123,221  *63  The World of GOLDEN EGGS Vol.01
*25  *5  *3,562  *28,697  **2  Mobile Suit Gundam 00 3
*26  －  *3,545  **3,545  **1  D.Gray-man 2nd stage 02
*33  －  *3,148  **3,148  **1  ef - a tale of memories. 5
*34  74  *3,138  *93,470  *57  The World of GOLDEN EGGS Vol.02
*41  －  *2,705  **2,705  **1  Saiunkoku Monogatari Second Series vol. 8 (FPLE)
*50  *6  *2,214  *22,175  **2  Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Vol.9
*52  －  *2,007  **2,007  **1  Naruto Shippuden Faraway Reunion vol. 1
*56  －  *1,957  **1,957  **1  ONE PIECE 9th Season Enias Lobby arc piece.4
*57 100  *1,938  *45,496  *33  World/GOLDEN EGGS “SEASON 2″ Vol.03*64  －  *1,794  **1,794  **1  Koharu Biyori 3
*68  －  *1,724  **1,724  **1  Case Closed Secret File Vol.3
*72  *7  *1,625  *18,836  **2  Gurren Lagann 9 (final)
*73 109  *1,621  *38,187  *32  The World of GOLDEN EGGS “SEASON 2″ Vol.04
*75  77  *1,580  *23,599  **4  Ex Machina -APPLESEED SAGA- standard edition
*76  19  *1,576  *23,824  **3  Lucky☆Star 10 LE
*81  13  *1,496  *12,678  **2  Gintama Season Two 09
*82  47  *1,483  **6,048  **2  New Messiah Legend Fist of the North Star Legend of Toki Standard Edition
*91 139  *1,183  *69,026  *54  The World of GOLDEN EGGS “SEASON 2″ DVD-BOX
*92 132  *1,168  804,478  328  My Neighbor Totoro
*94  39  *1,132  **6,202  **2  True Messiah Legend Fist of the North Star Legend of Toki FPLE
*96  60  *1,093  **5,063  **2  Saint Seiya: Hades Elysion Arc 1
*97  *8  *1,085  *18,063  **2  .hack//G.U.TRILOGY
100  (*1,058)

4/21
**7  －  **9,075  **9,075  **1  Minamike 4 (FPLE)
*18  11  **3,613  *16,819  **2  DRAGON BALL GT #6
*19  10  **3,482  *16,734  **2  DRAGON BALL GT #5
*20  23  **3,471  126,692  *64  The World of GOLDEN EGGS Vol.01
*26  －  **2,754  **2,754  **1  Sword of the Stranger
*27　34　**2,658　*96,128　*58　The World of GOLDEN EGGS Vol.02
*33　19　**2,139　**6,788　**2　Lupin III GREEN vs RED
*38　57　**1,749　*47,245　*34　World/GOLDEN EGGS “SEASON 2″ Vol.03
*42　－　**1,585　**1,585　**1　Sword of the Stranger FPLE
*44　12　**1,553　*10,216　**2　Lupin III GREEN vs RED LE
*51　73　**1,352　*39,539　*33　The World of GOLDEN EGGS “SEASON 2″ Vol.04
*54　25　**1,300　*29,997　**3　Mobile Suit Gundam 00 3
*61　13　**1,174　**8,548　**2　Wolf and Spices Limited Pack
*65　92　**1,133　805,611　329　My Neighbor Totoro
*66　91　**1,129　*70,155　*55　The World of GOLDEN EGGS “SEASON 2″ DVD-BOX
*70　75　**1,065　*24,664　**5　Ex Machina -APPLESEED SAGA- standard edition
*79　－　***,999　***,999　**1　Heroic Age XI
*80 103　***,950　**9,208　**4　theatrical Yes!  Precure 5  Miracle Adventure in the Mirror Kingdom (FPLE)
*82　－　***,923　***,923　**1　Happy Feet
*84　26　***,886　**4,431　**2　D.Gray-man 2nd stage 02
*90　68　***,839　**2,563　**2　Case Closed Secret File Vol.3
*92　33　***,820　**3,968　**2　ef - a tale of memories. 5
100　　　 ***,763

Updating the format; it’s now Rank; Last Week; Best; Weeks; Sales; Total Sales; Price; Title.

－  *1  － *1 1  430,081  430,081  **410  BLEACH 33
KUBO Tite, Weekly Boys’ Jump
－  *2  － *2 1  334,695  334,695  **420  Detective Conan 61
AOYAMA Gosho, Weekly Boys’ Sunday
－  *3  － *3 1  250,179  250,179  **410  REBORN! 19
AMANO Akira, Weekly Boys’ Jump
－  *4  － *4 1  191,108  191,108  **410  Gintama 23
SORACHI Hideaki, Weekly Boys’ Jump
－  *5  － *5 1  137,134  137,134  **410  Ouran Host Club 12
HATORI Bisco, LaLa

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Oricon’s now providing book sales, with exact numbers, down to 30. I’m now despairing over my doomed free time.

*1  －  347,826  347,826  **410  1  To You 6

SHIINA Karuho,  Extra Margaret

*2  －  317,252  317,252  **410  1  Fullmetal Alchemist 19

ARAKAWA Hiromu, Boys’ Gangan

*3  －  118,994  118,994  **420  1  Nodame Cantabile 20

NINOMIYA Tomoko, Kiss

*4  －  104,365  104,365  **530  1  BAMBOO BLADE 8

IGARASHI Aguri (I)/TOTSUKA Masahiro (W), Young Gangan

*5  —  *98,344  *98,344  **630  1  Lunar Legend Tsukihime 6

SASAKI Shonen (I)/TYPE-MOON (W), Comic Dengeki Daioh

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Another week of no big surprises.

**5　－　*25,135　*25,135　*1　Mobile Suit Gundam 00 3
**6　－　*19,961　*19,961　*1　Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Vol.9
**7　－　*17,211　*17,211　*1　Gurren Lagann 9 (final)
**8　－　*16,978　*16,978　*1　.hack//G.U.TRILOGY
*13　－　*11,182　*11,182　*1　Gintama Season Two 09

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