 The first BD volume sold 53 @,@ 000 copies in its first week , 22 @,@ 000 of which were sold on its first day , breaking the record previously held by the sixth BD volume of Bakemonogatari . The second volume sold 54 @,@ 000 copies , breaking its own record . Each subsequent volume has managed to sell over 50 @,@ 000 copies in its first week . This was despite controversy over the pricing of the volumes which some considered to be unfairly high . The staff at Japanator stated they could not recommend that their readers buy the volumes due to the prohibitive cost . Bertschy concurred , writing that the " limited episode count and high price of entry make the show inaccessible to an audience unwilling to shell out . " 
