Volume 6 of XXXHOLiC Rei debuted at the 11th position in Oricon’s weekly ranking, with an estimate of 17,204 copies sold in its first week of sales for the regular edition. The Special Edition (Tarot deck) did not appear in Oricon’s top 30.

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 6 was available for pre-order for a very long time.

More importantly, the ranking is covering sales up until November 8th and XXXHOLiC Rei #6 came out on November 6th, therefore these numbers cover only two days of sales and not a whole week. I suspect we will have more accurate numbers next week.

This performance and conditions are very similar to volume 5, including the two days of sales. In comparison to volume 5, volume 6 sold only 39 copies less. This indicates that XXXHOLiC sales remain steady even a year later, although there some suggestion that sales may be dropping when comparing to the first 4 volumes.

I know for a fact that it was particularly hard to get the Special Edition. It was sold out in a lot of stores.

Source: Oricon.

The chart below shows the progress in the sales of XXXHOLiC Rei over the weeks and compares it with previous volumes’ performances (click on the image to access an interactive version):