In mid-August, the sixth episode of the "Fate/Zero" anime aired, and the second volume of the official novel finally went on sale. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The content of the second volume of the novel is equivalent to the length of episodes 5 to 10 of the anime, and it begins to really present the [Holy Grail War] to the audience, the difference in concepts between magicians and the clash of magic, the conflict between the concept of the heroic spirit and the master, and the undulating plots are interlocking and do not give the audience time to breathe at all. Although [Holy Grail Q&A] is the first flashpoint of the plot of "Fate/Zero", this part of the plot is equivalent to a volcano of accumulated strength, bringing enough tension and anticipation to the audience to vent together.

Chiyo Shoten began advertising the novel on its own light site a few weeks before the novel's release, and thanks to the popularity accumulated before the novel's gaiden and the obvious increase in the anime's broadcast, the upcoming release of the second volume has aroused a great response from readers. At present, the total sales of the seven novels of "Fate/Zero" are 2.4 million, an average of 350,000 per volume, and the sales volume of the first volume of the official chapter is comparable to the original Saber biography novel "The Knight's Twilight", both of which are more than 400,000. At first glance, such sales figures are not exaggerated, and can only be regarded as the standard for the sales volume of excellent light novels.

However, it was only a month before the release of "Fate/Zero", which means that it reached the cumulative sales figures of several years or even ten years of the average excellent light novel, and "Fate/Zero" did it within a month. And now because the animation is on the air, this data is still slowly rising. After all, the overwhelming publicity, the quality of the work is excellent, with the support of animation, and the theme of the novel is also innovative, if a light novel achieves this level of popularity, it is still in a half-dead state, and the entire light novel industry will be pulled in to accompany the funeral.

The animation production company and Chiyo Shoten reached a cooperation through the relevant conditions of "Madoka Magical Girl", and Yu Kamiya did not put forward harsh cooperation conditions for his novels, "fate/zero" naturally became one of the main works in the second half of this year in the light novel department of Chiyo Shoten, and the sales volume ranked first in Chiyo Shoten light novels. However, the light novel industry is not monopolized by Chiyo Shoten, and there are several publishers whose names Yu Kamiya can pronounce by himself, and in terms of the total sales of light novels this year, the first volume of "Fate/Zero" can reach fourth place in sales.

・・・・・・

2018 Top 10 Japanese Light Novel Sales ORICON (Public Trust List).

1st place: "Brave Story 2" (892837 book, released in April 2017, data has been counted since January. ）

Yu Kamiya read this light novel, but didn't read it. To sum up, this light novel is the otherworldly Japanese-style dragon Aotian type of light novel in the next world 11 districts.,The male protagonist is a bland high school student.,One day after being summoned to the other world, he found that he had a very strong magical talent.,And then it's all the way to crush the enemy.,Collect a few girls with otherworldly characteristics.。 To be honest, this light novel is far from good, and it can only bluff some new readers who have no reading experience, of course, this is also the mainstream of light novels at present.

Second place: "Exotic Tales" (752817 book, released in February 2018, data has been counted since February. ）

This Yuu Kamiya didn't pay attention to it after reading the introduction, because he was not the reader for whom this light novel was directed. This light novel is similar to the previous world "Rainbow Country Story", with Chinese culture as the center to create an alternate world, and then a certain bland female high school student travels here and loves all kinds of ancient handsome guys to die and live. For the animation created in the background of Chinese culture, Yuu Kamiya's favorite is "The Twelve Kingdoms", which has rarely been mentioned, he is deeply impressed by the plot of this animation, and the growth of the individual characters in the animation is full of emotion, the heroine has become a qualified empress from an ordinary female high school student who has been delayed in the early stage, and another princess who only knows pleasure also understands the obligations she should bear. He feels that the most interesting part is probably that the heroine has become the emperor in the back, but she has to disguise herself as a civilian knight to participate in the event, and when she finally reveals her identity, the refreshing feeling brought to the audience is the same as watching the protagonist of an online novel pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger.

Third place: "My Sister Can't Be a Fox Fairy" (601982 book, released in September 2017, data has been counted since January. ）

Typical Crystal Palace YY type light novel,This is the only one of Kamiya Yu's three books to read.,The male owner accidentally found out that his sister was a fox fairy.,And then was involved in a series of events related to the monsters in the 11th district.,The overall plot of the novel isn't very good.,But the clever design can always cause the reader to laugh.,The male owner undertakes the spit service of the whole novel.,Just looking at his spit feels very interesting.。

Fourth place: "fate/zero" (472819 copy, released in July 2018, data has been counted since July. ）

Kamiya Yu is equivalent to standing on the shoulders of giants to create,There are such generous conditions, his remastered version of the novel is of course more exciting and attractive than the original,The original "fate/zero" is already an alternative in light novels,The protagonist is not an ordinary high school student,The plot is also more deliberate and in-depth than the average light novel,It is not an exaggeration to say that Kamiya Yu thinks that there is basically no work in the same period that can surpass "fate/zero"。 It's even more different in this world.,The premature commercialization atmosphere in the 11 districts of this world has led to the fact that most of the popular light novels on the market are commercial templates.,All the otherworldly Japanese-style dragon Aotian,Japanese-style crystal palace,There are very few light novels that use imagination to create stories,Most of them are compared with "fate/zero" It's like a second teenager to read,"fate/zero" is for young people with more mature views.

Over time, the uniqueness of "Fate/Zero" has also become a factor sought after by many readers.

Fifth place: "Knight's Twilight" (491827 copies, released in June 2018, data has been counted since June. ）

The Japanese light novel sales oricon (public trust list) did not include "Knight's Twilight" into "Fate/Zero" for statistics, which led to three "Fate/Zero" squeeze into the top 10 of the list in addition to the main novel. In fact, this is considering that the speed at which Michigaya Yu writes novels is too abnormal, usually writing 200,000 words a week, worthy of the title of human flesh typewriter, even if the average light novelist has an outline, writing 10,000 words a day may fall into a state of inspiration exhaustion, holding a pen is more resistant than holding a red-hot soldering iron.

・・・・・・

・・・・・・

"This public trust list should not have counted the sales of the second volume, the "fate/zero" anime has been broadcast to the fifth episode, and the increase in sales brought to the first volume is very objective, and the sales volume of the second volume after its release will inevitably not be much worse than the first volume." Yu Kamiya smiled in his office as he looked at the computer screen showing the sales statistics released by the 11th District Light Novel Official List, the second volume of the "Fate/Zero" novel has been on sale for more than four days, and it won't take long for a week's sales data to come out. To be honest, if it weren't for the anime and his fame bonus, Yuma Kamiya would not be confident that the "fate/zero" novel would surpass the previous three works, and it is not entirely good that the "fate/zero" novel is different, and the difference means that the audience is also small, so animation is needed to increase the base of selected readers.

"Ahhh~ Now is not the time to watch this, and I was accidentally distracted again..."

Yu Kamiya closed the 11 District Light Novel Sales List, and then opened the software used to write novels, the third volume of the novel is the first plot flashpoint of "Fate/Zero", Yu Kamiya needs to be more cautious about the plot construction of the third volume, and go deep into each character to think about the positioning of each event in their eyes, so the creation time of the third volume is likely to be more than twice the number of other volumes.

These days, he still feels busy even after devoting his sleep time, and he wishes that he could have forty-eight hours a day to complete the work in hand. (To be continued.) )