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Oreimo Light Novel #9 Tops Sales Chart for 2nd Week
posted on by Egan Loo
Since it officially shipped on September 10, the ninth volume of Tsukasa Fushimi's Ore no Imōto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai (Oreimo) comedy light novel series ranked #1 for a second week in a row on Oricon's bunko (pocket-sized paperback) chart. It sold 75,885 more copies during the September 12-18 week for a new total of 155,820.
The story of Oreimo follows the daily life of an ordinary high school boy named Kyōsuke Kōsaka. Kyōsuke's younger sister Kirino is a pretty fashion model — but also a secret otaku of adult games. Kirino reveals her hidden obsession and other issues to Kyōsuke.
The ninth volume happens to feature a cameo by ClariS, a pair of middle school girls from Hokkaido who sang the opening theme songs for the Oreimo anime as well as the Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime. ClariS also provided a theme song for the novel volume. The "Nexus" CD single shipped last Wednesday and sold 19,478 copies to rank #5 for the week.
Hiro Kanzaki illustrates the light novels. The novels inspired a 2010-2011 television anime series with animation studio AIC. Crackle, Crunchyroll, and Hulu are streaming the anime before Aniplex of America ships a DVD box set next month.
Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
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