The sixteenth and final volume of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ debuted at the 9th position in Oricon’s weekly ranking, with an estimate of 68,087 copies sold in its first week of sales for the regular edition. The Special Edition (Big Trump cards) landed on the 31st position, selling an estimate of 15.541 copies, making the overall sales of volume 16 an estimate of 83.628 copies on its first week. These numbers are roughly 21% more than the first week sales of volume 15 (69.419 copies)!

It is always worth mentioning that Oricon only takes into account a certain number of shops and preorders are likely not taken into account. These numbers are only an estimate and it’s possible that the real figures are higher than these, considering volume 16 was available for pre-order for a very long time.

Still, I expected somehow slightly higher numbers given that it’s the final volume and the sales seemed to be picking up again with volume 15.

Source: Oricon.

UPDATE: Added numbers for the Special Edition.

The chart below shows the progress in the sales of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ over the weeks and compares it with previous volumes’ performances (click on the image to access an interactive version):

Let’s hope it will make it to its second week.