CATDOLL: Cumulative sales of Orange Company's "Date A Live" novels exceed 4 million copies

The movie "Date A Live: Mayuri's Judgement" was released in Japan on August 22. Recently, according to the cover of the 13th volume of the "Date A Live" novel, the cumulative circulation of the original series has exceeded 4 million copies.

Date A Live is a series of light novels written by Japanese novelist Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako (つなこ), published by Fujimi Shobo. As of now, Date A Live has 12 volumes and 4 volumes of short stories. The work has been adapted into animation, comics and games many times.

"Date A Live" story summary: Gokawa Shido is just an ordinary sophomore in high school. However, on April 10, with a strange explosion (space quake), he unexpectedly met a mysterious girl wearing armor and holding a big sword. This girl is the so-called "elf", which will bring disaster to the world, so this girl is also under attack by the "elf force AST". So, Shido, who has a gentle personality and will help people in difficulties and sadness, took the initiative to propose the task of negotiating with the elves. Later, Shido discovered his special physique, that is, the ability to seal (absorb) the power of the elves through kissing, and the ability to restore the elves to regenerate after being fatally injured.