Japan Top Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: January 2 – January 8, 2023

A rather interesting turn out for Chainsaw Man Volume 13, its latest volume after the end of its Anime broadcast. The 284,558 copies sold it had produced within its first 5 days is a jump of 21.64% against Volume 12 which made its debut at 233,928 copies in the first 6 days, but the newest volume is still rather far from the 328,038 copies sold for Volume 11 that was released back on March 4, 2021, in its first 4 days. Often times, after the end of an Anime broadcast, especially for series as highly anticipated as Chainsaw Man, we tend to observe a sharp rise in sales, such as Tokyo Revengers between Volume 22 and Volume 23, then Spy x Family between Volume 8 and Volume 9 (Volume 9 was officially released a day before its Anime). Do note that we still do not know Chainsaw Man’s performance digitally (particularly for volume sales, the overall digital segment has become a significant contributor to Shueisha’s income) and that Oricon is missing sales data from stores that are not participating in its daily sales surveys.

Was the Anime successful in stimulating sales of Chainsaw Man? Yes, all of its volumes are accounted for with all of them marking a rise week-on-week.

MAPPA adapted the work into a 12-episode TV Anime series which aired from October 12 to December 28, 2022.

Copies sold for Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan – Hokkaido-hen Volume 8 does seem to indicate a small respite in sales against Volume 7 that did 117,720 copies in its first 7 days. However, when compared to Volume 4, which was also in its first 5 days, the latest volume performed 35.10% less and is still significantly lower than the 201,590 copies for Volume 2 in its first 7 days and Volume 3’s 111,231 copies in its first 3 days.

This would be Natsume Yuujinchou’s worst performance among its volumes with 5 days of sales. When put together with sales of its Limited Edition copies at Number 8, the 29^th volume had sold a total of 125,802 copies in its first 5 days, 49.14%, 44.17% and 8.74% lower than Volumes 13, 21 and 23 (all in 5 days). The latest volume also has a lower turnout against Volume 8 that sold 130,397 copies in its first 3 days, but the gap widens even more between Volume 29 and sales of Volume 15 which sold 227,945 copies in its first 3 days back in January 2013. That said, the latest outcome is still stronger than what the series had seen with volumes 26 and 28 that sold 132,742 copies and 133,035 copies in their first 7 days.

Natsume Yuujinchou was adapted into a TV Anime series by studio Brain’s Base in July 2008 who then returned to animate its next three seasons before passing the baton over to studio Shuka who animated the fifth season. Studio Shuka also worked on the sixth season that aired in April 2017, plus the film “Utsusemi ni Musubu” that was released in September 2018.

Copies sold for the volume has hit 1,302,476 in its first 38 days.

Dandadan Volume 8 sold 14.03% higher than the debut sales of Volume 1 at 57,761 copies back when it was released on August 4, 2021, in its first 5 days. The latest volume, though, is still below that of Volume 6 which sold 69,814 copies in its first 4 days.

The volume has sold 760,634 copies in its first 97 days.

The volume has reached 302,199 copies sold in its first 25 days.

When compared to Volume 2 which was also in 5 days of sales back in the week it charted, Volume 9 sold 38.53% less as it settled in with 32,878 copies. The volume is also weaker against Volume 3 and 7’s 41,251 copies and 35,164 copies sold in their first 4 days.

The volume’s Regular Edition has reached 206,116 copies sold in its first 20 days.

Quite a decent turnout for Isekai Nonbiri Nouka Volume 10 that sold 27,260 copies in just 2 days, however, had it gone a day longer, it would still find difficulties in repeating the performance of Volume 6 that sold 42,037 copies in its first 3 days.

Studio Zero-G is adapting the work into a 12-episode TV Anime series of which the first episode was released on January 6, 2023.

Sousei no Onmyouji continues to witness weak physical sales as its 30^th volume, despite it having 5 days of sales, it still performed less than Volume 26’s 27,977 copies in its first 4 days. In between, the series had recorded a consistent drop in sales from Volume 27 to Volume 29 in their first 3 days.

In April 2016, Pierrot adapted the work into a 50-episode TV Anime series.