Japan Top Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: February 27 – March 5, 2023

When compared to volumes that had 3 days of sales, One Piece Volume 105 sold 3.59% more copies than Volume 101, which sold 986,727 copies. However, it performed worse than the other volumes. The latest volume has a sales gap of more than 10% when compared to Volumes 94, 100, and 104, and experienced a slight downward trend compared to Volumes 96, 99, and 101. This makes it the second-lowest performing volume with 3 days of sales since Volume 94.

One Piece is an ongoing TV anime series that first aired on October 20, 1999. The show has been running for many years and is still being broadcasted today. The series recently saw the launch of its latest movie, One Piece Film: Red to great success, driving up sales through Toei Animation and stimulating the sales of its other related products which can also be observed in Bandai Namco Holdings’ recent performance report. The film was released domestically on August 6, 2022, to which it has already earned 17,300 million yen (≈121.94 million USD) in box office revenue. Toei Animation described it as “in the process” of breaking the company’s own domestic box office record.

Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 22 sold significantly fewer copies in its first 3 days compared to Volume 16, which sold 1,165,681 copies, a difference of 49.33%. However, it represents a 3.99% increase in sales compared to the previous volume, Volume 21, which sold 568,006 copies in its first 3 days. Additionally, Volume 22’s sales performance is much stronger than the volumes that were released before its Anime adaptation. For example, Volume 13 sold 139,896 copies in its first 3 days (the start of its Anime broadcast), while Volumes 7 and 12 sold 88,157 copies and 162,727 copies, respectively, in their first 6 days.

In 2020, studio MAPPA adapted the work into a 24-episode TV Anime series. In December 2021, a prequel title called Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Tokyo Toritsu Jujutsu Koutou Senmon Gakkou was adapted into a film by the same studio. A follow-up season is scheduled for release in 2023, with a broadcast starting from July 2023.

The latest performance of Kaijuu 8-gou represents a significant improvement of 68.43% over Volume 1’s sales of 90,831 copies in its first 3 days. However, compared to other volumes in their first 3 days, Volume 9 has performed worse than all of them. The newest volume has sold slightly more than half of what Volumes 3 and 4 sold, which were 318,973 copies and 332,401 copies, respectively, and is 49.33% and 43.33% less than Volumes 5 and 6. In comparison to Volume 8, it sold 33.64% fewer copies.

Kaijuu 8-gou is set to receive an Anime adaptation which is slated to air some time in 2024 produced by studio Production I.G.

Compared to Volume 29, which also had its first 6 days of sales, Volume 31 sold 11.17% more copies. Additionally, the latest volume’s sales performance is an improvement over Volumes 20, 25, 27, and 28, all of which had their first 7 days of sales. For example, Volume 27 sold 105,060 copies, while Volume 28 sold 108,690 copies. This could be the best debut performance of the series to date since Volume 18.

Ao Ashi was adapted into a 24-episode TV Anime series by Production I.G, which aired from April to September 2022.

The volume has sold 230,558 copies in its first 9 days.

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun‘s 19th volume sold only 2.52% fewer copies than Volume 16’s sales of 126,099 copies, both in their first 7 days of sales. However, the latest volume’s sales may not have been able to surpass Volume 13’s sales of 113,825 copies, which were sold in the first 5 days after the Anime’s broadcast ended on March 27, 2020 (the volume was released on May 27 of the same year).

The manga was adapted into a 12-episode TV anime series in January 2020 by Lerche. A new anime project is in the works, although few details have been released at this time.

Dragon Ball Super Volume 20 shows a stable sales performance when compared to other volumes with 3 days of sales. While it sold 11.03% and 15.28% fewer copies than Volumes 10 and 14, respectively, it remains above Volumes 12, 15, and 17 by 0.61%, 8.44%, and 16.17%, respectively. Volume 14 still has the best sales performance among all volumes with 3 days of sales.

Between July 2015 and 2018, the work was adapted into a TV Anime series by Toei Animation.

There are no direct comparisons for Kidou Senshi Gundam Thunderbolt Volume 21 in its first 6 days. However, compared to Volume 19, which sold 59,225 copies in its first 7 days, there has not been a significant change. The latest volume may have struggled to sell more than Volume 18’s 47,901 copies in its first 4 days, which could have been higher if the sales period was extended for two more days. For reference, Volume 20 sold 31,354 copies in its first 3 days on September 30, 2022.

In December 2015, it received its first Anime adaptation by Sunrise and a sequel followed suit in March of 2017.

The volume has achieved 90,129 copies sold in its first 9 days.

Oni no Hanayome Volume 2 has sold 115,879 copies in its first 10 days.

Volume 34 of Black Clover has the lowest sales performance among all volumes with 3 days of sales since Volume 22. Its sales of 49,442 copies are 44.51% lower than those of Volume 22, and around 30% lower than Volumes 24 to 26. While the gap is smaller compared to Volumes 28, 29, and 33, it still represents a drop of 25.02%, 11.65%, and 18.64%, respectively.

Black Clover was adapted into a 170-episode TV Anime series by studio Pierrot that aired from October 2017 to March 2021. The series is also set to receive an animated film called Mahou Tei no Ken (or Sword of the Wizard King), which was originally scheduled for release in March 2023 but has been delayed to June 16, 2023.

Compared to previous volumes, Dandadan Volume 9‘s sales were lower, with a 6.34% and 18.27% decrease compared to Volumes 3 and 4, respectively. The latest volume also falls short of Volume 6’s performance, which sold 69,814 copies in its first 4 days.

Isekai Meikyuu de Harem wo Volume 9 sold 81,293 copies in its first 9 days.

Boku no Hero Academia Volume 37 has sold 632,416 copies in its first 31 days.

Akane-banashi Volume 5 showed a significant improvement in physical sales with a 35.65% increase compared to Volume 4, which sold 19,099 copies in its first 3 days. The series has also made an appearance on the Top 30 chart with Volume 3, which sold 34,777 copies in its first 6 days back in October 2022.

The series was last seen with Volume 36 at 27,439 copies sold in its first 7 days back in February 2022.

Gallery Fake was adapted into a 37-episode TV anime series produced by TMS Entertainment, Tokyo Kids, and Minami Machi Bugyousho. The series aired from January 9 to September 25, 2005.

The volume sold 42,977 copies in its first 10 days.

By the same author of Takopii no Genzai that was serialized from December 10, 2021, to March 25, 2022.

The volume has sold 103,997 copies in its first 17 days.

This is its first ever appearance on Oricon Top 30 sales chart.

The volume sold 43,337 copies in its first 9 days.

The last time it had a volume released was back in November 2017.

The volume has sold 179,452 copies in its first 24 days.