Japan Top Weekly Manga Ranking: December 30, 2019 ~ January 5, 2020

The weekly Manga sales ranking for the week between December 30 and January 5 is finally out and available through Oricon here. It is thanks to Oricon that we are able to see stats on a weekly basis, so do pay them a visit!

The week saw ONE PIECE retaining its number one spot although total sales have plummeted from 883,228 the week before to 568,891. Nevertheless, the 95th volume of the series has made past a million copies sold nationwide, Japan.

Apart from that, 3-gatsu no Lion dropped 4 spots to number 6 for the week while a number of new titles made into the list. Haikyuu!! (No. 2), Yakusoku no Neverland (No. 3), Spy x Family (No. 4) and Jujutsu Kaisen (No. 7 & 8) are some of them. Kimetsu no Yaiba is consistent as usual across all volumes. The full list is as follows:


1. ONE PIECE Vol. 95
by Eiichiro Oda

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Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: December 2019
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 568,891
Link (JPN): ONE PIECE Vol. 95

Link (ENG): Vol. 92; Vol. 93; Vol. 94


2. Haikyuu!! Vol. 41
by Haruichi Furudate

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Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: January 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 212,771
Link (JPN): Haikyuu!! Vol. 41

Link (ENG): Vol. 37; Vol. 38; Vol. 39


3. Yakusoku no Neverland Vol. 17
by (Original) Kaiu Shirai and (Art) Posuka Demizu

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Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: January 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 197,299
Link (JPN): Yakusoku no Neverland Vol. 17

Link (ENG): Vol. 14; Vol. 15; Vol. 16


4. Spy x Family Vol. 3
by Tatsuya Endou

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Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: January 2020
Price: 528 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 156,267
Link (JPN): Spy x Family Vol. 3

Link (ENG): Vol. 1


5. Kuroshitsuji Vol. 29
by Yana Toboso

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Publisher: Square Enix
Release date: December 2019
Price: 660 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 133,759
Link (JPN): Kuroshitsuji Vol. 29

Link (ENG): Vol. 26; Vol. 27; Vol. 28


6. 3-gatsu no Lion Vol. 15
by Chika Umino

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Publisher: Hakusensha
Release date: December 2019
Price: 594 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 125,216
Link (JPN): 3-gatsu no Lion Vol. 15


7. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 8
by Akutami Gege

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Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: January 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 97,915
Link (JPN): Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 8


8. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 9
by Akutami Gege

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Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: January 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 96,298
Link (JPN): Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 9


9. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 18
by Koyoharu Gotouge
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Release date: December 2019
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 89,814
Link: Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 18


10. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 6
by Koyoharu Gotouge

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Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: May 2017
Price: 440 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 78,313
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 6

Link (ENG): Vol. 6


Special Column

Manga Sales Top 11 – Top 30 (Title *Total Number of Sales)

11. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 15 *78,255
12. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 16 *78,099
13. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 5 *77,634
14. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 4 *75,836
15. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 14 *74,740
16. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 13 *74,685
17. Black Clover Vol. 23 *71,457
18. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 12 *71,370
19. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 11 *69,453
20. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 10 *64,433
21. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 3 *64,365
22. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 9 *62,491
23. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 7 *58,610
24. Shingeki no Kyojin Vol. 30 *57,645
25. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 2 *56,859
26. BORUTO -NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS-  Vol. 10 *56,731
27. Bungou Stray Dogs Vol. 18 *55,191
28. Detective Conan Vol. 97 *53,242
29. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 8 *53,144
30. Horimiya Vol. 14 *51,476

Top 3 Weekly Ranking by Series

1. Kimetsu no Yaiba
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Type: [Comic]
Total sales during the period:
658.3 million yen (tax included)
Link (JPN):
Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 18
Link (ENG): Vol. 13; Vol. 14; Vol. 15

2. ONE PIECE

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ONE PIECE Vol. 95
Type: [Comic]
Total sales during the period:
328.0 million yen (tax included)
Link (JPN):
ONE PIECE Vol. 95
Link (ENG): Vol. 92; Vol. 93; Vol. 94

3. Yakusoku no Neverland

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Yakusoku no Neverland Vol. 17
Type: [Comic]
Total sales during the period:
166.4 million yen (tax included)
Link (JPN): Yakusoku no Neverland Vol. 17
Link (ENG):
Vol. 14; Vol. 15; Vol. 16


Do let me know of your thoughts down in the comment section below! And if you would like me to pick up any of these titles for a review do let me know too!

Happy Weekend~

Source: Oricon; Oricon (Series Ranking)
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