Japan Top Weekly Manga Ranking: January 17, 2022 ~ January 23, 2022

Jujutsu Kaisen remains 1st for the fifth week on Oricon sales chart although sales are down 36.37% week-on-week. It may even continue to be placed on the chart the week after if copies sold remain above 50,000 copies (which it likely would), or that there is a lack of notable new releases. The 77,793 copies sold now sees its lifetime sales (for the Regular Edition) at 1,622,001 copies sold!

At Number 2 is Kakkou no Iinazuke Volume 10 with its full week of sales bringing in 70,600 copies sold. This is however, much less than the 6-day sales it made for Volume 4, of which it had 74,312 copies sold between November 16 to November 22 in 2020. Copies sold were quite high prior to Volume 9 as 3-day sales for Volumes 5 to 8 all noted above 50,000 copies sold. 

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Right after is Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu. Volume 24 at 60,611 copies at 6 days of sales, noting an improvement over Volume 23 which 7-day sales were at 56,579 copies. Note that performance of its 24th volume is also better than Volume 21 which within the same number of days of sales, could only produce 55,702 copies. Yet, it is unable to repeat the success of Volume 16, which 6-day sales were at 72,325 copies in February 2020.

Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su Volume 7 which comes next noted a weaker turnout compared to sales of Volume 6 which 5-day sales were at 47,364 copies. It would also seem that this is slightly less than the 51,503 copies sold that Volume 5 made in its first 6 days. Nevertheless, 55,970 copies sold is still a very commendable outcome.

As for others, you will find Nakaba Suzuki’s Mokushiroku no Yonkishi Volume 5 at 53,316 copies sold in its first 7 days, which can be a lower turnout than the release of Volume 4 that sold 45,627 copies in its first 5 days. Kanojo mo Kanojo Volume 9 placed 7th for the week at 40,413 copies in its full week of sales, a great outcome considering Volume 8 had 47,118 copies as of its 10th day. Seitokai Yakuindomo Volume 22 which has had a rough time for its past volumes sees its final volume at Number 8 with 33,623 copies sold in 7 days. Before we go ahead and talk about Number 9, let us look at Number 10’s Mao Volume 11, a series by Rumiko Takahashi with 6-day sales amounting to 29,962 copies sold.

Going back to Number 9, it is quite interesting to see Nichijou Lock Volume 2 on this list as its 3-day sales put out a strong performance at 30,720 copies sold. The series began serialization last year through Media Factory’s Comic Flapper magazine revolving around a group of friends being caught in jail after a heist. Though not everyone was thrown into a cell as one of the members managed to escape. You can check out the preview of the 1st volume right here via Book Walker available in Japanese.

A preview of Nichijou Lock’s 1st volume

Manga Weekly Top 10

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There are not that many new releases in the bottom 11 to 30 as Mystery to Iu nakare and Jujutsu Kaisen are heavily nested on the list. Be Blues! Ao ni Nare Volume 46’s 6 day sales are at 28,041 copies as it placed 15th for the week while Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru Volume 10 is 19th at 25,806 copies sold in its first 7 days of sales.

Manga Weekly Top 11 – 30

As for sales, Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori’s soundtrack (not for the Anime, but for the live action drama), Reimei / Susumu shika nee takes the top spot at 287.6 million yen (≈2.49 million USD) while Jujutsu Kaisen maintains its presence on the list albeit a drop to Number 2 at 271.6 million yen (≈2.35 million USD) worth of sales. At Number 3 is the Fate Series which is mostly driven by great sales of Fate/Grand Order: Shuukyoku Tokuiten – Kani Jikan Shinden Solomon with estimated revenue for the week at 182.2 million yen (≈1.58 million USD).

Weekly Ranking by Series
(As of 5th Week of January 2022)

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Source: Oricon

Google Chart(s):
Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 18
Kakkou no Iinazuke
Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu.
Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su

Visualisations:
Manga Sales Chart
Series Ranking
Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 18

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