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eromangasensei said:

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NeoAnkara said:

10. *3,420 Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry (2015/12/25)



Still not convinced but oh well I wouldn't really take this at face value to be honest.

That's the preliminary sales data of the first couple days of sales, which is the same data they've had since the end of December. Rakudai's sales could very well be higher (and probably are). You shouldn't be looking at these numbers as absolute values anyway, they are mostly to compare series. That's the preliminary sales data of the first couple days of sales, which is the same data they've had since the end of December. Rakudai's sales could very well be higher (and probably are). You shouldn't be looking at these numbers as absolute values anyway, they are mostly to compare series.



these oricon numbers are estimates, meaning the lowest amount of sell number available. Since publisher dont release sales data & Some stores dont report to oricon. These are all time numbers until this week that oricon has, not preliminary data of first week.



I'm pretty sure tho that rakudai has sold around 3.5k, nothing more.



I've seen rakudai fans deny this number because they have a vague info like it was out of stock somewhere. Just because it was out of stock at some 1-2 stores of HMV, animate or toranoara it doesnt mean much. Amazon shortage is also negligebile since they have pre-order ranking system so it's not like they had 10k bd copies of rakudai in stock & then went out of it.



Plus there's no data mess up from oricon in here either, as they had done in the week when Overlord v1 was released. In overlord's case it was out of stock in amazon & it had already sold 10k+ overall before being so. Three weeks later amazon had a restock & it sold around 1.5k that week, that's it. these oricon numbers are estimates, meaning the lowest amount of sell number available. Since publisher dont release sales data & Some stores dont report to oricon. These are all time numbers until this week that oricon has, not preliminary data of first week.I'm pretty sure tho that rakudai has sold around 3.5k, nothing more.I've seen rakudai fans deny this number because they have a vague info like it was out of stock somewhere. Just because it was out of stock at some 1-2 stores of HMV, animate or toranoara it doesnt mean much. Amazon shortage is also negligebile since they have pre-order ranking system so it's not like they had 10k bd copies of rakudai in stock & then went out of it.Plus there's no data mess up from oricon in here either, as they had done in the week when Overlord v1 was released. In overlord's case it was out of stock in amazon & it had already sold 10k+ overall before being so. Three weeks later amazon had a restock & it sold around 1.5k that week, that's it.

I'm a fan of Rakudai, but whether or not a Season 2 happens means nothing to me, I'll just watch something else, so I can tell you there's no bias in what I'm about to say.



There was no "vague info" of it being out of stock. I double-checked myself when people were claiming it, and they were correct. Rakudai vol.1 sold out day 1 (Thursday) on every major online retailer that was selling it, from Amazon to CDJapan. It restocked the following week. This meant that the first "week" of sales for Rakudai based on Oricon data was, effectively, a single day and stocking of sales which added up to ~3400 discs pushed from pre-orders. There were also a few conclusive reports of it selling out at store fronts.



The fact that in the weeks since a restock, the Oricon number hasn't budged from its day 1 sales indicates that Oricon doesn't have enough information to provide an accurate up-to-date number for the series. Considering it is in the top 10 based on a single day of sales, based on its ratings on MAL and popularity in Japan and LN sales, any reasonable person would conclude that it has probably sold more than that 3.4k disc sales and that the Oricon numbers are inaccurate. That's also why the Oricon numbers themselves are listed as "preliminary" fall numbers, because they don't have the full picture yet.



Based on this, I almost guarantee that Rakudai has sold more than 3.5k discs. How much more? I don't know, but if it reached 4k it wouldn't surprise me. It also wouldn't really surprise me if it didn't, but the fact remains that the data Oricon provides isn't nearly 100% accurate and in this case it is painting a very incomplete picture. I'm a fan of Rakudai, but whether or not a Season 2 happens means nothing to me, I'll just watch something else, so I can tell you there's no bias in what I'm about to say.There was no "vague info" of it being out of stock. I double-checked myself when people were claiming it, and they were correct. Rakudai vol.1 sold out day 1 (Thursday) on every major online retailer that was selling it, from Amazon to CDJapan. It restocked the following week. This meant that the first "week" of sales for Rakudai based on Oricon data was, effectively, a single day and stocking of sales which added up to ~3400 discs pushed from pre-orders. There were also a few conclusive reports of it selling out at store fronts.The fact that in the weeks since a restock, the Oricon number hasn't budged from its day 1 sales indicates that Oricon doesn't have enough information to provide an accurate up-to-date number for the series. Considering it is in the top 10 based on a single day of sales, based on its ratings on MAL and popularity in Japan and LN sales, any reasonable person would conclude that it has probably sold more than that 3.4k disc sales and that the Oricon numbers are inaccurate. That's also why the Oricon numbers themselves are listed as "preliminary" fall numbers, because they don't have the full picture yet.Based on this, I almost guarantee that Rakudai has sold more than 3.5k discs. How much more? I don't know, but if it reached 4k it wouldn't surprise me. It also wouldn't really surprise me if it didn't, but the fact remains that the data Oricon provides isn't nearly 100% accurate and in this case it is painting a very incomplete picture. BBCode