That's quite a boost for SAO, but there's also one for Jinrui and Oda Nobuna. Date A Live seems to be popular, Mahouka only needs an anime to become very popular.Tap wrote:About the LN popularisation thing, here's the list of "readers recommended series" from the first half of the year (surveyed from book stores across Japan):And mind you, here's the current weekly sales rankings of Rakuten. (screencap)Spoiler! :
All 10 volumes of SAO are in the top 16 at the moment, with 10, 1 and 2 in the top 3 positions.
Oh, and totally unrelated, but the special promotion for buying the whole set of the anime's Blu-ray & DVD at Toranoana - a chance to win a replica of Elucidator.
SAO's anime is successful, and I hope that it stays like that.
I heard about the sword replica. That's an original prize.