This week’s list sees a slew of new titles making into the top 10 ranking with Haikyuu!! Vol. 39 selling 260,748 copies followed by Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen Vol. 7 and Owari no Seraph Vol. 19 making the top 2 and 3 respectively. Last week’s ranking was held by Kingdom Vol. 55, but Yasushisa Hara’s tale of China’s Warring States could not retain its number 1 spot for long as it was toppled hard all the way to number 11. Likewise a number of titles that were listed in last week’s top 10 have all dropped down from the list such as Uchuu Kyoudai and Shingeki no Kyojin. For the full list do visit Oricon here.
1. Haikyuu!! Vol. 39 (Haruichi Furudate)
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: September 2019
Price: 475 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 260,748
Link (JPN): Haikyuu!! Vol. 39
Link (ENG): Vol. 39
2. Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen Vol. 7 (CLAMP)
Publisher: Kodansha
Release date: September 2019
Price: 475 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 98,089 copies
Link (JPN): Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen Vol. 7
Link (ENG): Vol. 7
3. Owari no Seraph Vol. 19
(Art – Yamato Yamamoto / Story – Takaya Kagami / Story – Daisuke Furuya)
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: September 2019
Price: 518 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 90,773
Link (JPN): Owari no Seraph Vol. 19
Link (ENG): Vol. 19
4. Akagami no Shirayuki-hime Vol. 21 (Sorata Akizuki)
Publisher: Hakusensha
Release date: September 2019
Price: 486 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 82,512
Link (JPN): Akagami no Shirayuki-hime Vol. 21
Link (ENG): Vol. 7; Vol 8; Vol. 9
5. Isekai Izakaya “Nobu” Vol. 9
(Art – Virginia Nitouhei / Story – Natsuya Semikawa / Character Draft – Kururi)
Publisher: KADOKAWA
Release date: September 2019
Price: 670 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 78,272
Link (JPN): Isekai Izakaya “Nobu” Vol. 9
Link (ENG): Vol. 5; Vol. 6; Vol. 7
6. Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai Vol. 13 (Taishi Tsutsui)
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: September 2019
Price: 475 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 70,467
Link (JPN): Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai Vol. 13
Link (ENG): Vol. 8; Vol. 9; Vol. 10
7. Dr.STONE Vol. 12
(Story – Riichiro Inagaki / Art – Boichi)
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: September 2019
Price: 475 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 68,740
Link (JPN): Dr.STONE Vol. 12
Link (ENG): Vol. 12
8. Act-age Vol. 8
(Art – Shiro Usazaki / Tatsuya Matsuki)
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: September 2019
Price: 475 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 66,245
Link (JPN): Act-age Vol. 8
Link (ENG): Vol. 1; Vol. 2
9. Jigokuraku Vol. 7 (Yuuji Kaku)
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: September 2019
Price: 475 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 52,663
Link (JPN): Jigokuraku Vol. 7
Link (ENG): Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3
10. MF Ghost Vol. 6 (Shuuichi Shigeno)
Publisher: Kodansha
Release date: September 2019
Price: 680 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of copies: 47,662 copies
Link (JPN): MF Ghost Vol. 6
Special Column
Manga Sales Top 11 – Top 30 (Title *Total Number of Sales)
11. Kingdom Vol. 55 *44,799
12. The Fable Vol. 19 *40,977
13. Yowamushi Pedal Vol. 63 *39,505
14. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Vol. 11 *37,848
15. Uchuu Kyoudai Vol. 36 *33,997
16. Darling in the FranXX Vol. 6 *33,650
17. Oooku Vol. 17 *30,842
18. Kidou Senshi Gundam Thunderbolt Vol. 14 *29,210
19. Shingeki no Kyojin Vol. 29 *28,926
20. Isekai Nonbiri Nouka Vol. 4 *26,610
21. Akagami no Shirayuki-hime FanBook *26,446
22. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 1 *26,043
23. Shutoko SPL Vol. 4 *25,679
24. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 2 *24,689
25. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 10 *24,597
26. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 11 *24,383
27. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 9 *24,262
28. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 12 *24,112
29. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 8 *23,852
30. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 13 *23,805
Top 3 Weekly Ranking by Series
1. DOCUMENTARY of Nogizaka46
Yoake made tsuyogaranakute mo ii
Type: [Video CD]
Total sales during the period: 1,225.8 million yen (tax included)
2. The Avengers
Avengers: Endgame
Type: [Movies]
Total sales during the period: 977.9 million yen (tax included)
3. Kimetsu no Yaiba
Demon Blade Official Fan Book Demon Slaying Corp Observation Record
Type: [Comic]
Total sales during the period: 201.5 million yen (tax included)
Source: Oricon
Kimetsu no Yaiba has been nothing short but a success story. Many of its volumes are still selling as of to date and sales is still very much encouraging. This includes the sale of its Fanbook that continues to sell strong which could be attributable to the broadcasting of its anime as we see a few other titles that were screened before made into the list, that includes Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai and Dr.STONE.
Hopefully some of your favourites also made into the list! If you find any broken links do let us know. Also, please share your thoughts in the comment section below!
If you are interested do check out my other article:
The State of the Japanese Animation Industry, a Market Worth More Than 2 Trillion Yen (19 Billion USD)
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