Japan Top Weekly Manga Ranking: December 27, 2021 ~ January 2, 2022

Although one may think that it is quite the slow week between December 27 to January 2, well, not for Jujutsu Kaisen. All nineteen volumes are accounted for with total sales accumulated at 1,217,249 copies as Volume 18 continues to lead with its Regular Edition at 498,140 copies. The Special Edition however has dropped considerably to 33,225 copies from 122,004 copies it made the week before. A hint of a rise was quite visible back between December 20 and December 26, most likely due to a knee jerk effect from the screening of its Jujutsu Kaisen 0 film which in its second weekend saw 473,000 admissions, earning it 620 million yen (≈5.34 million USD) in revenue (Source: Crunchyroll). The strong copies sold also helped the series to see decent recovery compared to Volume 17 which 14-day sales (including presales) were at 1,357,799 copies sold. Volume 18 is amongst its volumes with the shortest days of sales when charted at 9 days, however copies sold are at 1,321,226 copies. Nevertheless, Volume 16 is still its best seller thus far with 10-day sales at 1,519,819 copies sold.

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The chart only sees one new release for the week with Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite Volume 6 at 38,630 copies sold in its first 6 days, a poorer performance from Volume 4’s 38,553 copies in 5 days, and Volume 5’s 40,086 copies in its first 4 days. You can check out more about the Manga by visiting the TSUTAYA’s weekly sales chart posted last Tuesday here. 

You can also find a number of past titles in the Top 10, though all have experienced a drop in sales. Shuumatsu no Walküre Volume 13 succumbs to 67.78% fall in copies sold from the week before, the largest in the Top 10 whereas One Piece Volume 101 is still hanging on as it climbs a few spots up, however copies sold are weaker than the prior week. Crawling back up from the bottom 11 to 30 would be Kaijuu 8-gou Volume 5 which settles for the 9th spot at 40,050 copies sold.

Manga Weekly Top 10

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As for spots 11 to 30, there are no new releases as Jujutsu Kaisen volumes dominate the list. Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen Volume 24 is 22nd at 30,979 copies sold, pushing its sales past the 200,000 copies mark at 206,851 copies sold. Then, there is Goblin Slayer Volume 12 seeing an 8.83% improvement over the week before to 29,339 copies. Its 9-day sales are now at 56,086 copies.

Manga Weekly Top 11 – 30

As for sales, Jujutsu Kaisen is slightly down by 9.81% to 915.2 million yen (≈7.9 million USD) while Tokyo Revengers is at 57.80% lower as sales amounted to 274.5 million yen (≈2.37 million USD) for the week. At Number 3 is AnoHana’s 10 Years After BOX [Limited Release] which witnessed 4,918 copies sold in its first 5 days have allowed sales to hit 124.6 million yen (≈1.08 million USD).

Weekly Ranking by Series
(As of 2nd Week of January 2022)

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Source: Oricon

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Jujutsu Kaisen

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