How Osamake’s Novel Sales Declined Brutally
Let’s take a look at the decline in Osamake’s novel sales. Officially ending on February 7, 2025, after just 13 volumes, the novel couldn’t withstand the negative impact the anime adaptation had on the original material. Osamake’s story is a tragic one, going from a highly popular novel to something that barely sells.
The author’s criticisms of the anime adaptation are well-known, openly calling it poorly animated. But let’s put this into clear numbers to understand the brutal drop in Osamake’s novel sales. Want to know the exact figures?
How Osamake’s Novel Sales Declined Brutally
It’s completely normal for a light novel series to see a drop in sales over its volumes. However, nothing compares to what happened with Osamake. According to the author, prior to the anime, sales were steadily growing with 2-3 reprints each month. However, during the anime’s airing, the series experienced an “extreme drop,” with no new reprints being issued.
According to Oricon, here are the sales figures for Osamake. Note that the numbers below represent only the initial release sales of each volume and cover up to Volume 12, as it’s known from the author that Volume 13 had very few copies printed.
- Volume 1 – 79,000 copies
- Volume 2 – 11,000 copies
- Volume 3 – 24,000 copies
- Volume 4 – 31,000 copies
- Volume 5 – 27,000 copies
- Volume 6 – 25,000 copies
- Volume 7 – 28,000 copies (Anime debuted with this volume)
- Volume 8 – 21,000 copies
(Long break between volumes, likely due to the poor anime reception) - Volume 9 – 13,000 copies
- Volume 10 – 7,000 copies
- Volume 11 – 2,000 copies
- Volume 12 – Low sales, didn’t rank
TOTAL COPIES SOLD – 268,000 copies
According to the author, the first volume sold 200,000 copies in total, and as per Osamake’s official profile, the series with 12 volumes had sold 1.5 million copies overall. Imagine if the anime adaptation had never happened—could Osamake have reached 2 million or even 2.5 million copies sold?
In any case, it’s a sad situation. The author will forever blame the anime adaptation produced by Doga Kobo, and for fans, the story will be remembered as a “mess.” If you’re curious about how the series ended, you can find out who the winning girl was by clicking here.
via Você Sabia Anime
