Yankee JK Kuzuhana-chan is top of the chart with its 11th volume at 5 days of sales, not its first time on COMIC ZIN’s list as it has done so many times before. Nevertheless, the title has not been successful in breaching the Oricon’s Top 30 charts since the Blog started tracking. The Akita Shoten title began serializaiton in March of 2020 by author Toshinori Sogabe who previously worked on the Amaenaide yo!! series. Some of its chapters are available here for free in Japanese. Ooyasan wa Shishunki! was featured previously on COMIC ZIN’s chart back in August last year, this time, its 15th volume makes its debut on the chart at 6 days of sales. Like Yankee JK Kuzuhana-chan, it has so far not appeared on Oricon’s Top 30 charts since the Blog started tracking. The Manga can be found on the Manga Time magazine which it has been serializing in since May of 2012. Its first three chapters can be read for free in Japanese right here (click here for easy access to Chapter 1). In 2016, it received a 12-episode TV Anime series adaptation by Seven Arcs Pictures.
The first two pages of the Ooyasan wa Shishunki! 4-koma Manga’s 1st chapter
Jikan Teishi Yuusha Volume 9 is 3rd on the list at 4 days of sales and the title was last seen with its 8th volume charting between March 7 and March 13 this year. It has not appeared on any Oricon Top 30 sales charts since the Blog started tracking. The series started its serialization journey in September of 2019 and can be found in the Shounen Sirius magazine where its first six chapters have been made freely available for reading. Do check them out! Strategic Lovers is 4th with its 3rd volume at 4 days of sales. The work by Amido. Sanshoku has been serializing in the Dragon Age magazine since February 2021 with some of its chapters available for reading through Comic Walker right here in Japanese. In July last year, it received a short and voiced promotional video by KADOKAWA which features voice actress Mariya Ise titled “Caste Teihen, Aijin wo Buki ni Keieisha e”. Do check it out below.
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Ibarakitte Doko ni Arun desu ka? is next at Number 5 with its 3rd volume at 6 days of sales. The Houbunsha title was last seen with its 1st volume back in 2020 (the year it began to serialize) but failed to chart for Volume 2. The 4-koma Manga by Aki Maeda can also be found on Comic Pixiv where its first two chapters have been made freely available for reading in Japanese. Right below is Anna Komnene Volume 2, its first ever appearance on the chart at 5 days of sales. The work is inspired by the actual person herself, Anna Comnena (also spelled as Komnene), a Byzantine princess who lived between the years 1083 and 1153. Serialized in Seikaisha’s Twi 4 magazine, more about the title can be found on its official page right here. At the same time, you can check out its first chapter that is up for free in Japanese here.
The first few pages of Anna Komnene’s 1st chapter
Nina-san no Mahou Seikatsu is placed 7th on the list with its 5th volume at 3 days of sales, its first ever appearance on the Top 10 chart. Also known as Daily Life of Sorceress Nina in English, the Manga began serializing back in January 2016 via the Comic Meteor Magazine. Some of its chapters can be read for free in Japanese right here, so do check them out! In June of 2021, the series received a promotional video to promote its 4th volume. Note that the video is voiced by Saori Hayami and Tomoyo Kurosawa and features a reading of its first chapter. Then, we have the Manga Shy at Number 14 with its 14th volume at 5 days of sales, not its first time on the list as it was featured on the charts on and off back in 2020 and 2021. The work by Bukimi Miki began serializing in the Weekly Shounen Champion magazine in August 2019 with some of its chapters available for reading right here for free in Japanese. Much of Yomi no Tsugai which comes in 9th with its 1st volume has been discussed in my TSUTAYA’s post for the same week right here.
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1. Yankee JK Kuzuhana-chan Vol. 11