The novel is the 34th book in the history of the bunko book chart that has sold more than 1 million copies.
The book has sold 1,009,000 copies in Japan as of October 16, and it topped Japan’s bunko (trade paperback) chart for this year.
The film version has earned over 21.3 billion yen (about US$181 million) and sold 16.4 million tickets as the highest grossing film of 2016 in Japan.
The novel went on sale in Japan on June 18, before the film opened.
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