Sayonara wa Emotion/Hasu no Hana chart performance

sakanaction's 10th single, Sayonara wa Emotion/Hasu no Hana, ranked in at number 4 on the Oricon Weekly Charts in its first week.

Sales took a slight dip from previous single Goodbye/Eureka, with a difference of 1557 copies. Little change to ranking was seen throughout the week, and sakanaction would have still been in the same spot even with the sales of their strongest selling single, Music.

The week's top 2 places were taken by releases that were related to the Youkai Watch anime that has reached phenomenal heights of popularity with young children, and in 3rd place was a solo release from EXILE ATSUSHI, member of supergroup EXILE.

Promotions this time round on TV were performances on Music Station and LIVE MONSTER. Although Hasu no Hana had a strong tie-up with the movie Kinkyori Renai (which held #1 in Japan's box office for three weeks), the movie version of the song was released via digital distribution such as iTunes Japan.

See below for the comparison chart with previous singles.

sakanaction - Single Sales Comparison Chart

Single \ Oricon	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Week 1	Week 1 Sales
Sayonara wa Emotion/Hasu no Hana	4	4	4	5	5	6	4	20,638
Goodbye/Eureka	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	22,195
Music	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	35,065
Yoru no Odoriko	6	4	5	4	3	5	5	30,616
Boku to Hana	6	6	6	7	8	11	6	17,563
Bach no Senritsu wo Yoru ni Kiita Sei desu	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	14,871
Rookie	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9,067
Identity	9	11	13	16	13	16	12	11,966
Aruku Around	2	4	4	4	5	7	3	13,315
Sentorei	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	3,096

[1] Information for some daily ranks unretrievable.
[2] Rookie sold badly due to the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake
[3] Day 7 counts as the next week.
[4] Official week total may not always add up due to Oricon's final adjustments.
source: Oricon Inc. & Generasia