TSUTAYA Weekly Tankoubon Sales Ranking: January 24, 2022 to January 30, 2022

TSUTAYA’s chart for the week between January 24 to January 30 sees Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 18 retaining its Number 1 spot for the sixth time in a row, but do expect another slowdown for the volume in this coming Oricon sales chart. Following tightly behind is the latest volume of Overlord. Sales have not been so kind for the Manga adaptation of the series, peaking at Volume 13 with 52,517 copies sold in its first 6 days. After that, copies sold have not been able to breach the 50,000 copies sold mark despite Volume 15 having 7 days of sales on the chart, back in July 2021. In May of 2021, the title was announced to get a fourth season for its TV Anime series this year with Madhouse continuing to be the studio at its helm. If you missed out on the promotional video of the announcement, do check it out below!

All of the data you find below is all thanks to TSUTAYA, one of Japan’s largest bookstores chain which has around 1,200 stores in its local market. You can check out their website here and show them lots of love! Plus, for the week’s chart, you can find it through the link right here. If Google charts are what you are more comfortable with, feel free to visit the respective chart via the link right at the bottom of the post.

Lv2 kara Cheat datta Motoyuusha Kouho no Mattari Isekai Life Volume 6 which greeted the chart with its pre-sales the week before climbs eight spots to settle for 3rd place. Note that this is the Manga adaptation of the Light Novel of the same name published in Comic Gardo. Several of its chapters are available for free right here in Japanese. The title made its appearance for the 2nd volume which was placed 28th back between January 20 to January 26, 2020 at 36,347 copies sold in its first 2 days. Its following volumes have not had much success on Oricon’s Top 30 sales charts ever since.

The colour spread page from the 1st chapter of Lv2 kara Cheat datta Motoyuusha Kouho no Mattari Isekai Life

Sakura, Saku. Volume 3 is next on the list at Number 4. It was last seen on the Top 30 with its 1st volume in May 2021 at 34,627 copies sold in the first 6 days of sales. The first chapter is available for free in Japanese right here if you are interested to check it out. Number 5 places the 10th volume of Koi to Dangan, a series that has been struggling as of late. Copies sold were promising between Volumes 3 and 5, but ever since Volume 6, sales have slowed down. Volume 7 failed to rank in its first week amid tough competition from series such as Jujutsu Kaisen and Kimetsu no Yaiba, while Volume 9 had to put up against the rise of Tokyo Revengers at the time.

Skip over to Number 7 is Ui x Kon Volume 8, a series that began serialization back in May 2019 with printed circulation having said to have hit 800,000 copies by author Minori Kurosaki who had worked on several titles before this such as Buddy Go! and Mannaka no Ouji. You can actually read the 1st volume right here for free in Japanese! Next up is Number 9’s Tokyo Aliens published via Square Enix’s GFantasy magazine by NAOE. You may have heard of the author through her other works, especially Aoharu x Kikanjuu which was adapted into a 12-episode Anime series by Brain’s Base. Chapter 0 is available for reading here in Japanese for free, so do check it out!

A sneak peek of Tokyo Aliens Chapter 0

Ichioku-nen Button wo Renda shita Ore wa, Kizuitara Saikyou ni Natteita: Rakudai Kenshi no Gakuin Musou which comes in 10th with its 3rd volume is the Manga adaptation of the Light Novel of the same name. Serialization commenced for the series on February 25, 2020 through Young Ace UP. You can check out all of its chapters right here for free in Japanese! Hitoribocchi no Isekai Kouryaku Volume 10, is also another title which is an adaptation of the Light Novel and is 12th on the list. Its 9th volume made it onto the chart at 14,545 copies sold in its first 7 days. The title also has up to four volumes of its Manga officially published in English by Kaiten Books. Some of its chapters are available for free in Japanese on Comic Gardo for you to have a look at it.

Hitoribocchi no Isekai Kouryaku’s 1st chapter colour spread page

At Number 14 is Senken no Majutsushi to Yobareta Kenshi Volume 5, which it too is a Manga adaptation of its Light Novel with the first chapter up for free in Japanese right here. Finally, the last new title on the list is Kuubo Ibuki: Great Game Volume 6 at the edge of the list. The title made a splash when it sold 73,276 copies for its 1st volume in its first 6 days, but copies sold are seemingly less pronounced for its subsequent volumes. For instance, Volumes 2 and 3 both failed to make it onto Oricon Top 30 sales charts whereas sales for Volumes 4 and 5 were at 30,331 copies and 44,907 copies sold in their first 3 and 4 days of sales, which are still quite good turnouts. Without further ado, the full list is as follows:

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Source: TSUTAYA

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