Japan Top Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: February 6 – February 12, 2023

Boku no Hero Academia Volume 37 has retained some of its momentum from the first 3 days of its sales to close its Week 2 on Oricon Top 30 at 216,643 copies sold, bringing the volume’s total physical sales so far (as tracked by Oricon) to 494,579 copies in the first 10 days. This is its second highest by far (since Volume 24). The latest volume saw 21.60%, 17.86%, 19.82% and 4.26% more copies sold against Volumes 24, 27, 28 and 30, but is only 9.79% lower than Volume 33.

The Fable: The Second Contact has seen debut sales in the first 3 days from Volume 1 to 5 and this is its first time being on the chart at 7 days of sales. Performance-wise, Volume 5 may be the one that could have overcome sales of Volume 6. The previous volume reported 62,789 copies in its first 3 days, averaging at 20,930 copies sold per day (as opposed to Volume 6’s 13,741 copies).

When compared to other volumes with 3 days of sales, Mix’s 20^th volume was down by 31.12% and 14.27% against Volumes 17 and 18. The series made its debuts with Volume 16 at 127,416 copies sold in the first 5 days and 90,216 copies sold in the first 6 days, suggesting a decline in sales trend (in terms of physical sales in Japan).

The series was adapted into a 24-episode TV Anime series by OLM that aired from April 6 to September 28, 2019. It is expecting a sequel set to air from April 2023 with OLM returning to helm the project.

MF Ghost Volume 16’s 66,380 copies sold were down by 26.29% and 14.69% against Volumes 7 and 12, all in their first 7 days, making this its worst performance among the three volumes. Looking at its past volumes not in their first 7 days though, copies sold fluctuated a lot with lower sales recorded for older volumes than newer ones, then back in the low such as Volume 6’s 47,662 copies in 3 days, which it then bounced back stronger at 50,389 copies sold for Volume 9 before going back down to 47,354 copies. The same was seen with Volumes 8, 11 and 13 in their first 4 days.

The series is expecting a TV Anime series adaptation by Felix Film to happen in 2023, though the exact date of the broadcast is not yet known.

Copies sold for the volume has reached 90,241 in the first 10 days.

The volume has sold 78,523 copies in its first 10 days.

There are no direct comparisons so far with past volumes other than Volume 17 which was simultaneously released alongside Volume 18 for Kawaii dake ja Nai Shikimori-san, both in their first 4 days. Here, Volume 18 notched two spots higher than Volume 17 as it recorded a slightly better outcome in sales at 36,709 copies against the latter’s 36,559 copies. When compared to other volumes, the latest performance of Volumes 17 and 18 are still not as good as seen from Volumes 6 to 11 which were all above 33,000 copies sold in their first 3 days.

Doga Kobo adapted the work into a 12-episode TV Anime series that aired from April 10 to July 10, 2022.

The series was last seen with Volume 6 at 38,942 copies sold in its first 4 days back in June 2022.

The series is set to receive a TV Anime series adaptation in July 2023 by GoHands.

2-gatsu no Shousha: Zettai Goukaku no Kyoushitsu registered a 5.80% drop in physical sales for Volume 17 against Volume 15’s 38,764 copies sold, both in their first 6 days. Nevertheless, the performance of Volume 17 is still stronger than Volume 16 that sold 35,053 copies in its first 7 days. Before that, it was also seen with Volume 14 at 29,279 copies in its first 3 days.

It was adapted into a live-action TV series in 2021 starring Yagira Yuya, Inoue Mao and Kato Shigeaki.

Blue Giant Explorer Volume 8 saw a 19.09% and 2.99% increase in physical sales against Volumes 4 and 7, all in their first 3 days. That said, it may have sold more in the first 3 days for Volume 3 that saw 63,021 copies in the first 5 days seeing the volume still had a higher average per day of 12,604 copies. The same could be said with Volume 6 that sold 49,128 copies in its first 4 days with an average of 12,282 copies sold per day.

Blue Giant has an Anime film adaptation coming out soon (as of the time of writing) on February 17, 2023, which is to be produced by studio Nut.

Tensei shitara Dainana Ouji Datta node, Kimama ni Majutsu wo Kiwamemasu Volume 10’s 35,813 copies sold in the first 4 days has no direct comparisons, but it may have not sold more than Volume 6 and 9 that saw 43,720 copies and 41,311 copies respectively in their first 5 days had it gone a day longer.

It was recently announced that Tensei shitara Dainana Ouji Datta node, Kimama ni Majutsu wo Kiwamemasu will adapted into a TV Anime series by Tsumugi Akita Animation Lab, though the date of broadcast is still not yet known.

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Volume 19 has sold 67,577 copies in its first 10 days.

Tensei Kenja no Isekai Life: Dai-2 no Shokugyou wo Ete, Sekai Saikyou ni Narimashita reported a 32.95% and 26.14% drop in physical sales for Volume 19 against Volumes 11 and 12 but is 8.89% higher than Volume 18, all in their first 3 days. Still, the latest volume would have had a hard time in overcoming sales of Volumes 14 and 16 that registered 52,675 copies and 49,300 copies sold in their first 4 days amid their stronger average per day sales.

Tensei Kenja no Isekai Life was adapted into a 12-episode TV Anime series by Revoroot that aired from July to September 2022.

Yowamushi Pedal’s 82^nd volume at 30,793 copies sold in the first 5 days is 21.07%, 21.41% and 9.43% lower than Volumes 74, 75 and 78 making this its worst performance so far among the four volumes.

Yowamushi Pedal is having its newest Anime season being broadcasted this season titled “Limit Break” which is being produced by TMS Entertainment.

Shinjiteita Nakama-tachi ni Dungeon Okuchi de Korosarekaketa ga Gift “Mugen Gacha” de Level 9999 no Nakama-tachi wo Te ni Irete Moto Party Member to Sekai ni Fukushuu & “Zamaa!” Shimasu! has no direct comparisons for its 7^th volume, but this is certainly its best performance so far since Volume 3. The 30,348 copies sold in the first 4 days is higher than what it recorded before as previous volumes were all charted at longer days of sales. For instance, Volume 4 was at 29,707 copies in the first 7 days whereas Volume 5 was at 29,743 copies in the first 6 days.

The volume has reached 57,124 in physical copies sold in its first 10 days.

Copies sold for the volume has reached 730,931 in its first 27 days.

Kenja no Mago reported 6.16% fewer copies sold for Volume 21 against Volume 20, both in the first 3 days. Prior to this, the series was seen with Volumes 18 and 19 at 41,766 copies and 38,678 copies in the first 6 days and 4 days.

In April 2019, SILVER LINK. adapted the work into a 12-episode TV Anime series.

Tensei Kizoku, Kantei Skill de Nariagaru is set to receive a TV Anime adaptation to broadcast in 2024 by studio MOTHER.

Yuukoku no Moriarty has sold 54,168 copies in its first 10 days.

Copies sold for the volume have reached 527,489 in its first 25 days.

The volume has achieved 50,121 copies in physical sales in its first 10 days.

The volume has sold 51,907 copies in its first 10 days.

Kemono Jihen Volume 18 has sold 45,981 copies in its first 10 days.

The Manga was last seen with Volume 14 at 22,377 copies sold in its first 4 days back in September 2022.

The volume has achieved 561,224 copies in its first 40 days.

This is its first ever appearance on any of the charts the Blog tracks.