Latest ORICON Japan Weekly Light Novel Ranking Feb 23 2026

Oricon (Japanese research organization) released its weekly Light Novel ranking for the week of Feb 23 2026.
※The English titles of works may not always be accurate as some have not been released overseas. Thank you for your understanding.

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3rd place: A Certain Old Man's VRMMO Activity Log 33

In the world of the new VRMMO "One More Free Life Online," an ordinary game-loving office worker named Daichi Tanaka (age 38, single) freely adventures under the name "Earth." Now in the final stretch of the tower challenge—the last event—Earth has reached Floor 750 using the power of special items, only to be met by an absurdly unfair army of cloning celestial maidens!? Facing sheer brute force numbering up to 10,000 enemies, even Earth struggles to find a way through. But could a powerful technique unleashed in the past bring this dire situation to a close...? Turning memories and experience into weapons, climb all the way to Floor 1,000! An unremarkable middle-aged man forges his own path in a VRMMO fantasy once again today!

2nd place: A Certain Dark Side's Girl Symbiosis 6

Betrayal marks the beginning of punishment!? The baptism of the "Dark Side" descends upon Kinuhata!

On a certain autumn day off, the four members of ITEM find themselves caught up in a bank robbery at a bank they happened to visit. Mugino is furious at what is essentially a provocation against them as "Dark Side" operatives, but Kinuhata happens to notice something—the robbers are ordinary civilians who have been threatened into committing the crime.

Now that she knows the truth, she can't let them lay a hand on innocent people. But Mugino has already flipped her switch and there's no stopping her. Seizing a split-second opening, Kinuhata impulsively escapes the bank with the young girl among the robbers—but doesn't this constitute a full-blown betrayal of Mugino!?

Kinuhata's most beloved, absolutely-cannot-fail mission (with a very real, physical threat to her life) now begins...!

1st place: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System 2

The debut work of author Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, in its official Japanese translation.

Having escaped his original fate of death and successfully revived, Shen Qingqiu attempts to start a new life. During his absence, a peculiar story featuring Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe as its protagonists has been circulating in the world.

Then, by a twist of fate, he reunites with the ultimate stallion protagonist, Luo Binghe. While they were apart, Luo Binghe had been making a remarkable name for himself in the demon realm—yet he seems to be living a life quite unlike that of a stallion novel's protagonist.

Bewildered by developments that diverge from the original work, Shen Qingqiu finds himself once again inside the Dreamscape, where Luo Binghe suddenly kisses him...

The action-packed second volume that you won't be able to take your eyes off!

Younger seme / Older uke / Transmigration / Fantasy Includes serialized chapters 24–50

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Ranking / Estimated number of copies sold / Estimated cumulative sales volume / Title / Author

1 7,392 7,392 The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System 2 Moxiang Tongxiu (Author) / Seika Go (Translation) / Sakuramochi (Illustration) / Dobutsu, Numaotoshi Yokai (Supervision)
2 2,874 2,874 A Certain Dark Side's Girl Symbiosis 6 Kazuma Kamachi (Author) / Niritsu (Character Design & Illustration) / Kiyotaka Haimura (Character Design)
3 2,637 2,637 A Certain Old Man's VRMMO Activity Log 33 Howahowa Shiina
4 2,598 3,005 Twin Doctor Brothers, Which One Stole My First Love? ~I Couldn't Tell Them Apart and Got Caught in a Genius Brain Surgeon's Doting Love~ Miran Takii (Author) / Kyo Kitazawa (Illustration)
5 2,571 2,571 And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? Lv.24 DLC (1) Shibai Kineko (Author) / Hisasi (Illustration)
6 2,348 2,705 The Flight Doctor's Possessiveness Overflows After One Passionate Night — Capturing the Runaway Mama with Blazing Love [Super-Hubby Doctor Brothers Series] Chima Hasumi (Author) / Fuyu Yoru (Illustration)
7 2,331 3,855 Novel: Doraemon the Movie — Nobita's New Undersea Devil Rock Castle Fujiko F. Fujio (Original Work) / Isao Murayama (Author) / Tetsuo Yajima (Supervision)
8 2,187 2,187 The Eldest Son of a Poor Family Eventually Rises to Become the 'Demon King' Shiro Jono (Author) / Fuku Kitsune (Illustration)
9 2,138 2,471 The Aviation Heir Fills Mama and Their Secret Twins with Eternal Passionate Love Mayu Fuyuno (Author) / Jun Itoki (Illustration)
10 2,085 2,409 I Have No Interest in Marriage! Yet a Sharp-Witted Pilot Transforms into a Doting Husband Through a Contract Marriage Saya Yoshizawa (Author) / Ryo Mikoshiba (Illustration)

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