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Here is the manga sales ranking for the first half of the fiscal year 2009 (November 17th, 2008 - May 17th, 2009).

*1, 1,801,877 One Piece vol.53
*2, 1,778,239 One Piece vol.52
*3, 1,418,089 NANA vol.21
*4, 1,170,718 Fullmetal Alchemist vol.21
*5, 1,131,145 Naruto vol.45
*6, 1,068,430 Fullmetal Alchemist vol.22
*7, *,927,610 Bleach vol.36
*8, *,907,714 Bleach vol.35
*9, *,864,708 Naruto vol.46
10, *,822,238 Bleach vol.38

11, *,685,186 Kimi ni Todoke vol.8
12, *,677,411 Saint Young Men vol.3
13, *,619,501 Kuroshitsuji vol.6
14, *,611,100 D.Gray-man vol.17
15, *,598,192 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! vol.23
16, *,593,589 Detective Conan vol.64
17, *,589,656 Pluto vol.7
18, *,572,946 Vagabond vol.29
19, *,557,839 Gintama vol.26
20, *,493,768 Katekyo Hitman Reborn! vol.24

21, *,551,920 Glass Mask vol.43
22, *,545,496 Gintama vol.27
23, *,493,768 Gintama vol.28
24, *,465,760 xxxHOLiC vol.14
25, *,441,939 3 Gatsu no Lion vol.2
26, *,402,965 Moyashimon vol.7
27, *,394,567 Bakuman vol.2
28, *,381,633 Bakuman vol.1
29, *,376,340 Hayate The Combat Butler! vol.18
30, *,374,257 Ouran High School Host Club vol.14

Source: Oricon comic ranking

31st - 50th
31, *,373,020 Soul Eater vol.14
32, *,366,651 Fairy Tail vol.14
33, *,365,235 Saint Young Men vol.1
34, *,363,446 Koukou Debut vol.13
35, *,347,574 Ahiru no Sora vol.23
36, *,334,536 Mei-chan no Shitsuji vol.1
37, *,332,697 Saint Young Men vol.2
38, *,332,338 Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE vol.25
39, *,331,985 Fairy Tail vol.13
40, *,327,918 Naruto vol.44

41, *,324,396 Cross Game vol.14
42, *,321,461 Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE vol.26
43, *,319,543 Hayate The Combat Butler! vol.19
44, *,317,381 Major vol.70
45, *,317,125 Worst vol.22
46, *,316,221 Ahiru no Sora vol.22
47, *,315,469 Kekkaishi vol.23
48, *,315,150 Detroit Metal City vol.7
49, *,313,845 Mushishi vol.10
50, *,313,214 Major vol.69

Sales Ranking Series by Series
*1, 6,208,627 One Piece
*2, 3,568,545 Bleach
*3, 3,490,349 Naruto
*4, 3,044,439 Fullmetal Alchemist
*5, 2,756.631 Gintama
*6, 2,580,155 Mei-chan no Shitsuji
*7, 2,035,492 Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
*8, 1,994,335 20th Century Boys
*9, 1,691,366 Bloody Monday
10, 1,603,197 Kuroshitsuji

Light Novel Top 10
*1, 172,246 Saiunkoku Monogatari vol.14
*2, 147,755 Saiunkoku Monogatari Side Story vol.4
*3, 140,539 Toradora! vol.10
*4, 133,591 To Aru Majutsu no Index vol.17
*5, 119,218 Zero no Tsukaima vol.16
*6, 108,521 Shakugan no Shana vol.18
*7, 104,486 Chrome Shelled Regios vol.12
*8, *98,364 Spice and Wolf vol.10
*9, *86,610 Chrome Shelled Regios vol.11
10, *85,996 Toradora Spin-off! vol.2

Damn, that's so different from the American one.

Most of that is Naruto...

I'm glad to see One Piece on top

I can't believe Vinland Saga is nowhere on that list.

12, *,677,411 Saint Young Men vol.3

wwwwwwwwwwwwwww

and nice, Tora, Regios and Spicy

Anyone surprised? I'm not ;)

ANYONE WHO TRANSLATE GlASS MASK 43 WILL BE MY LIFE SAVIOR.

I can't believe people still think quality = sales.

I'm happy as usual to see Bloody Monday in these stats, but annoyed as usual that no one wants to translate it.

Yey ~

wow i never realised how popular NANA is in Japan. woo

Shounen action titles still seems to be pretty big there.

F-yes :3

NANA is incredibly popular in Japan, as well as US :) The anime had something like 4% of Japan viewing its first episode. (My memories a bit vague but I do remember reading that somewhere :S)

Saint Young Men, Pluto, Moyashimon and San Gatsu no Lion~ nice list :3

This makes me sad, I hate FMA. But I guess that's to be expected certain volumes will sell more of the monthly manga since they only come out every so often as opposed to a weekly one like Bleach. At least it beat it overall though.

I was surprised seeing Kuroshitsuji on the list...... And I was happy to see Hagaren (Fullmetal), and D.Gray so high.

I'm looking forward to the translated spice and wolf light novels that are coming out in like half a year.

Clear evidence that the Japanese race is superior. Case closed.

... I kid, I kid.

(For the record, there are 5 franchises represented in the Japanese top 10 and 7 franchises represented in the NY Times top ten.)