Top Manga Sold in the US: May 2022

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Overall, the monthly performance of Manga is a little on the downside for the month of May as we did not get to see that many major titles making their appearances with new releases like the prior month. On ICv2’s Top 20 list, only four new releases can be found with Death Note Short Stories being the 2nd best-selling volume for the month. Much about the volume will be discussed below in the Publishers Weekly section.

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As for the rest of the three new releases, One Piece Volume 99 is 11th on the list having made its debut on May 3rd. Its first 5 days of sales saw it selling 8,742 copies between May 1 and May 7, which should put its sales as of May 28 above the 10,000 copies mark. My Dress-Up Darling Volume 5 which was released on May 10th is 13th after a strong turnout of its volume was observed in its first 5 days between May 8 and May 14, greater than the debut performance of One Piece’s Volume 99, however the latter volume had better retention. Nevertheless, you can safely assume that based on its position on the chart, sales would have already surpassed the 10,000 mark. Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Collection Volume 1 is 17th, however it never managed to breach Publishers Weekly Top 25 Trade Paper Frontlist in its release week. The volume features an updated translation along with a higher page count of the Sailor Moon Eternal Edition, but at a much affordable price.

Top 20 Manga Sold in the U.S. by ICv2
(May 1 – May 28)

1. Spy x Family Vol. 1 (↑3)
Author: Tatsuya Endo
Release Date: June 2, 2020
Publisher: Viz Media
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

2. Death Note Short Stories (NEW)
Author: Tsugumi Ohba Illustrator: Takeshi Obata
Release Date: May 10, 2022
Publisher: Viz Media
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

3. Spy X Family Vol. 7 (=)
Author: Tatsuya Endo
Release Date: April 5, 2022
Publisher: Viz Media
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

4. Spy x Family Vol. 2 (↑3)
Author: Tatsuya Endo
Release Date: September 1, 2020
Publisher: Viz Media
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

5. Berserk Deluxe Vol. 1 HC (↑4)
Author: Kentaro Miura
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

6. Spy x Family Vol. 4 (↑10)
Author: Tatsuya Endo
Release Date:
Publisher: Viz Media
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

7. Spy X Family Vol. 6 (↑10)
Author: Tatsuya Endo
Release Date: October 5, 2021
Publisher: Viz Media
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

8. Chainsaw Man Vol. 10 (↓7)
Author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
Release Date: April 5, 2022
Publisher: Viz Media
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

9. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (↓4)
Author: Gege Akutami
Release Date: January 5, 2021
Publisher: Viz Media
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

10. Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun Vol. 1 (↑9)
Author: Aidairo
Release Date: January 28, 2020
Publisher: Yen Press
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

11. One Piece Vol. 99 (NEW)
Author: Eiichiro Oda
Release Date: May 3, 2022
Publisher: Viz Media
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

12. Spy x Family Vol. 5 (N/A)
Author: Tatsuya Endo
Release Date: June 1, 2021
Publisher: Viz Media
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

13. My Dress-Up Darling Vol. 5 (NEW)
Author: Shinichi Fukuda
Release Date: May 10, 2022
Publisher: Square Enix Manga
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

14. My Hero Academia Vol. 1 (↓1)
Author: Kohei Horikoshi
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Publisher: Viz Media
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

15. Kimetsu No Yaiba: Stories of Water and Flame (↓7)
Author: Ryoji Hirano Concept: Koyoharu Gotouge
Release Date: January 4, 2022
Publisher: Viz Media
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

16. My Hero Academia Vol. 30 (↓5)
Author: Kohei Horikoshi
Release Date: March 4, 2022
Publisher: VIZ Media
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

17. Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Collection Vol. 1 (NEW)
Author: Naoko Takeuchi
Release Date: May 3, 2022
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

18. Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun Vol. 13 (=)
Author: Aidairo
Release Date: April 26, 2022
Publisher: Yen Press
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

19. Kimetsu No Yaiba Vol. 1 (↓9)
Author: Koyoharu Gotouge
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Publisher: Viz Media
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

20. Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun Vol. 2 (N/A)
Author: Aidairo
Release Date: March 24, 2020
Publisher: Yen Press
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

Now, Death Note Short Stories is 2nd on the list, and oddly enough during its first week of debut, the volume was not charted on Publishers Weekly Top 25, appearing only in the week after. If it had done so, it would have sold 16,189 copies in its first 5 days before slowing down to 6,507 copies and 4,757 copies sold in the next two weeks.

Update: Thanks to Legalmelon for pointing out, I completely missed out on Death Note Short Stories charting at Number 3 in its first week. The chart has also been updated.

As for others on the chart, Spy x Family continues to ride on the wave of its Anime’s success with more of its volumes appearing on the chart for the month as opposed to only three volumes in April. This time, five out of its seven volumes have made it onto the chart with a total of 100,809 copies sold. One interesting to note would be the great number of sales recorded for Volume 1 which is most likely a result of a boost from its Anime, making people to perhaps take that first step into the series.

Top 8 Manga Sold in the U.S. by Publishers Weekly
(Four-week Period May 1 – May 28)

1. Spy x Family Vol. 1 (↑17.61%)
Author: Tatsuya Endo
Release Date: June 2, 2020
Publisher: Viz Media
Units Sold: 38,164
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

2. Death Note Short Stories (NEW)
Author: Tsugumi Ohba Illustrator: Takeshi Obata
Release Date: May 10, 2022
Publisher: Viz Media
Units Sold: 27,453
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

3. Spy X Family Vol. 7 (↓55.20%)
Author: Tatsuya Endo
Release Date: April 5, 2022
Publisher: Viz Media
Units Sold: 16,807
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

4. Spy x Family Vol. 2 (↓30.88%)
Author: Tatsuya Endo
Release Date: September 1, 2020
Publisher: Viz Media
Units Sold: 15,815
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

5. Berserk Deluxe Vol. 1 HC (↓20.88%)
Author: Kentaro Miura
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Units Sold: 15,568
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

6. Spy x Family Vol. 4 (N/A)
Author: Tatsuya Endo
Release Date: March 2, 2021
Publisher: Viz Media
Units Sold: 15,502
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

7. Spy X Family Vol. 6 (N/A)
Author: Tatsuya Endo
Release Date: October 5, 2021
Publisher: Viz Media
Units Sold: 14,521
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

8. Chainsaw Man Vol. 10 (↓77.96%)
Author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
Release Date: April 5, 2022
Publisher: Viz Media
Units Sold: 14,474
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

Bonus

Solo Leveling Vol. 4 (NEW)
Artist: Dubu (Redice Studio)
Author: Chugong
Release Date: May 10, 2022
Publisher: Yen Press
Units Sold: 21,328
PAID LINK: [Right Stuf][Amazon]

If you find any faults with the chart above, please do not hesitate to let me know! Also, don’t shy away from dropping a comment or two down below and share your thoughts with us!

Sources: Publishers Weekly; ICv2

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