A good week for Kimetsu no Yaiba and the Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san series with the first seeing numbers improving for its volumes, while the latter saw encouraging sales of its new volumes. Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san including its ‘Moto’ series sold 172,382 copies for the week. Topping the chart however, is Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun as it sold 130,257 copies nationwide Japan for the week between August 10 to August 16.
It is thanks to the wonderful folks over at Oricon that we get to see these charts on a weekly basis, so please be sure to head over to their site here and show them lots of support! Also, the week’s data can be found here. Don’t forget to check the weekly rank according to series right after top 30, for those of you who are curious, the information for that particular chart is available here.
Titles which (volumes) made their first appearance the week before for the most part experienced weaker sales for the week. Haikyuu!! fell the hardest of them all, 71% off its volume 44 initial sales. Nevertheless, it settles in at number 3 for the week. At the same time, Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii maintains its number 2 position, but sales have plummeted by 50%. The full list is as follows:
1. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Vol. 12 (NEW)
by Izumi Tsubaki
Publisher: Square Enix
Release date: August 2020
Price: 660 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 130,257
Link (JPN): Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Vol. 12
Link (ENG): Vol. 9; Vol. 10; Vol. 11
2. Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii Vol. 9 (↓50.61%)
by Fujita
Publisher: Ichijinsha
Release date: August 2020
Price: 897 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 106,593
Link (JPN): Vol. 9
Link (ENG): Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3; Vol. 4
3. Haikyuu!! Vol. 44 (↓71.92%)
by Haruichi Furudate
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: August 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 96,951
Link (JPN): Vol. 44
Link (ENG): Vol. 39; Vol. 40; Vol. 41
4. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 21 (↑8.00%)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: July 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 78,786
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 21
Link (ENG): Vol. 17; Vol. 18; Vol. 19
5. Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san Vol. 14 (NEW)
by Souichirou Yamamoto
Publisher: Shogakukan
Release date: August 2020
Price: 650 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 72,602
Link (JPN): Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san Vol. 14
Link (ENG): Vol. 8; Vol. 9; Vol. 10
6. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 12 (↓66.65%)
by Akutami Gege
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: August 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 54,274
Link (JPN): Vol. 12
Link (ENG): Vol. 6; Vol. 7; Vol. 8
7. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 20 (↑18.59%)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: May 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 50,999
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 20
8. Karakai Jouzu no (Moto) Takagi-san Vol. 9 (NEW)
by (Art) Mifumi Inaba and (Original) Souichirou Yamamoto
Publisher: Shogakukan
Release date: August 2020
Price: 650 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 50,015
Link (JPN): Karakai Jouzu no (Moto) Takagi-san Vol. 9
9. Karakai Jouzu no (Moto) Takagi-san Vol. 10 (NEW)
by (Art) Mifumi Inaba and (Original) Souichirou Yamamoto
Publisher: Shogakukan
Release date: August 2020
Price: 650 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 49,765
Link (JPN): Karakai Jouzu no (Moto) Takagi-san Vol. 10
10. D.Gray-man Vol. 27 (↓57.16%)
by Katsura Hoshino
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: August 2020
Price: 528 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 47,582
Link (JPN): Vol. 27
Link (ENG): Vol. 24; Vol. 25; Vol. 26
Special Column
Manga Sales Top 11 – Top 30 (Title *Total Number of Sales)
11. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 19 *46,800
12. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 18 *46,392
13. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 8 *45,827
14. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 17 *45,137
15. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 12 *45,133
16. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 11 *44,906
17. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 7 *44,709
18. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 9 *44,678
19. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 10 *44,677
20. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 16 *44,658
21. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 14 *44,600
22. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 15 *44,486
23. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 13 *44,350
24. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 6 *43,272
25. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 5 *42,460
26. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 4 *42,104
27. Dragon Ball Super Vol. 13 *42,098
28. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 1 *40,590
29. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 2 *39,651
30. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 3 *39,443
Weekly Ranking by Series (As of 4th Week of August 2020)
1. Kimetsu no Yaiba
Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 21
Type: Comics
Total amount of sales during the period: 554.1 million yen (tax included)
2. Haikyuu!!
Haikyuu!! Vol. 44
Type: Comics
Total amount of sales during the period: 134.3 million yen (tax included)
3. Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san
Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san Vol. 14
Type: Comics
Total amount of sales during the period: 125.9 million yen (tax included)
As usual, if you find any faults with the list, please do not hesitate to let me know. Drop a comment or two in the section down below, and share your thoughts if you have any on the week’s chart. Happy weekend!
Source: Oricon
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