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Japan's Weekly Manga Rankings for May 2 - 8

by Snow
May 11, 2016 6:06 PM | 38 Comments
Here are the weekly manga rankings for May 2 - 8

Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles

*1. 522,078 *,524,971 Haikyuu!! Vol.21
*2. 418,688 *,420,346 Kuroko no Basket: Extra Game Vol.2
*3. 292,028 *,294,275 Bleach Vol.72
*4. 284,234 *,285,083 Shokugeki no Souma Vol.18
*5. 229,992 *,231,590 Gintama Vol.64
*6. 226,474 *,227,009 Owari no Seraph Vol.11
*7. 154,757 *,155,647 Platinum End Vol.2
*8. 131,671 *,132,945 Toshokan Sensou: Love & War Bessatsu-hen Vol.2
*9. 123,306 *,331,543 Boku dake ga Inai Machi Vol.8
10. 116,843 *,116,843 Ajin Vol.8

11. *95,452 *,*95,799 Black Clover Vol.6
12. *86,225 *,*86,509 Kuroko no Basket Replace Plus Vol.3
13. *74,441 1,472,936 Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.19
14. *62,626 2,395,603 One Piece Vol.81
15. *56,456 *,565,834 Kingdom Vol.42
16. *55,828 *,*55,828 Mizutama Honey Boy Vol.4
17. *55,270 *,*93,198 Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio Vol.12
18. *54,999 *,141,637 Oooku Vol.13
19. *52,614 *,578,581 Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.20
20. *52,426 *,406,027 Terra Formars Vol.17

21. *47,938 *,315,322 Uchuu Kyoudai Vol.28
22. *47,134 *,*47,299 Let's! Haikyuu!? Vol.3
23. *45,778 *,*76,113 Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru Vol.15
24. *45,506 *,178,207 Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji Vol.15
25. *41,823 *,112,069 Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol.2
26. *41,245 *,*41,444 Jigoku Sensei Nube Neo Vol.6
27. *39,750 *,*62,773 Haikyuu!! Vol.21 Limited Edition
28. *39,273 *,*39,765 Otogimoyou Ayanishiki: Futatabi Vol.6
29. *38,708 *,545,555 Detective Conan Vol.89
30. *35,571 *,803,527 Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.19

31. *34,739 *,117,698 Kanojo wa Uso wo Aishisugiteru Vol.19
32. *34,637 *,*34,637 Boku no Hero Academia Official Character Book: Ultra Archive
33. *34,165 *,*91,701 Super Lovers Vol.9
34. *33,884 *,*33,884 Baki-Dou Vol.11
35. *33,398 *,133,466 Nijiiro Days Vol.12
36. *31,358 *,376,940 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.8
37. *30,740 *,392,353 Magi Vol.29
38. *29,581 *,*96,032 Miseinen dakedo Kodomo ja Nai Vol.5
39. *29,146 *,130,477 Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge Vol.6
40. *28,973 *,494,627 Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii Vol.2

41. *28,813 *,110,734 Tsubasa to Hotaru Vol.7
42. *26,948 *,591,206 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.2
43. *26,231 *,528,506 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.4
44. *26,096 *,558,301 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.3
45. *25,905 *,606,017 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.1
46. *25,385 *,508,317 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.5
47. *24,667 *,481,345 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.6
48. *24,615 *,427,038 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.7
49. *23,608 *,*56,250 12-sai. Vol.9
50. *22,784 *,*22,784 Isobe Isobee Monogatari: Ukiyo wa Tsurai yo Vol.10

Source: Oricon Youtaijou

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MysticLeviathan said:
Bleach is near the end anyway, so you can't be too upset. Same with Toriko, except for the fact it's being vien a rushed ending where Bleach feels more like it's being milked.

Interesting to see that BnHA is having some nice success. Will it continue once the anime completes, or is it going to be another NnT where it has a monstrous boost but then really falls back down to Earth?

well BnHA sold very well before even anime was announced and regarding NNT(i guess it's seven deadly sin) till this day it is selling like hot cake

May 16, 2016 3:09 AM by ultravigo

I was expecting Seraph's 1st week sales to be closer to Bleach and Soma......but it's behind Gintama

May 15, 2016 2:17 PM by chrisbj

So bleach surprassing SNS a manga with 2 seasons? thats good news! :D Let´s hope that doesn´t change in next weeks. Although I would prefer to see bleach growing and not SNS shrinking

May 15, 2016 9:04 AM by Shodic

*1. 522,078 *,524,971 Haikyuu!! Vol.21

looking good, Haikyuu!! and I love the design and array of colours on that volume!

May 13, 2016 12:25 AM by Bird

Bleach is near the end anyway, so you can't be too upset. Same with Toriko, except for the fact it's being vien a rushed ending where Bleach feels more like it's being milked.

Interesting to see that BnHA is having some nice success. Will it continue once the anime completes, or is it going to be another NnT where it has a monstrous boost but then really falls back down to Earth?

May 12, 2016 2:50 PM by MysticLeviathan

Haikyuu!! being first is all I need to know. Like damn, it's one helluva success it seems o_O

May 12, 2016 10:34 AM by Snappynator

Bleach seems to be beyond saving at this point. It was released right at the beginning of the Golden Week to take full advantage of the extended holidays (like all other WSJ volumes) and yet it still managed to have a worse performance than the previous volume.
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After five weeks,

17. 63,978 1,651,670 Shingeki no Kyojin vol.18
13. 74,441 1,472,936 Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.19

14. 46,940 2,674,112 One Piece Vol.80
14. 62,626 2,395,603 One Piece Vol.81

Very good for holds for both. SnK just managed to have the biggest ever fifth weekend of any manga volume. The previous biggest fifth weekend was also achieved by a SnK volume; volume 16, which sold 73,207 copies also during the Golden week showing just how lucrative this week is. One Piece for its part had the second biggest fifth week in the series (slightly behind volume 71's 67,865).

Both of these volumes did better than the previous ones at a comparable point and are slowly reducing the gap but will likely not completely erase it (at least not while they're still on the list). One Piece vol.81 is now running 10.4% behind vol.80 while Snk vol.19 is running 10.8% behind vol.18. Now the question is whether they'll manage to keep reducing their deficit after the holidays. Definitely possible.
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42. *26,948 *,591,206 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.2
43. *26,231 *,528,506 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.4
44. *26,096 *,558,301 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.3
45. *25,905 *,606,017 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.1
46. *25,385 *,508,317 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.5
47. *24,667 *,481,345 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.6
48. *24,615 *,427,038 Boku no Hero Academia Vol.7

Good golden week boost. The backlog volumes sold ~25.7k on average, that's a 17% increase over last week (~22k). I've just looked at some possible comparisons (spring anime with a boost and how their manga fared on this week). Haikyuu and Arslan Senki remained pretty stable compared to their pre-GW numbers (~25k). Arslan Senki slowed down dramatically afterwards while Haikyuu just kept going for several more weeks at that same (or similar) pace. SnK on the other hand was pretty crazy in that it had a massive boost this week of about 54% (backlog volumes were averaging 38.1k the week before and then jumped to 58.5k this week). The crazier thing is that it maintained and even improved upon these numbers as the weeks went on.

All those three had two cours however so BnHA might not have their legs (those of HQ and SnK that is).

May 12, 2016 9:39 AM by Agafin

gintoki_511 said:
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what the difference between manga volumes and series?

The manga volume sales are the highest sales of a SINGLE VOLUME (book) of manga in the period. The series sales are the highest sales for ALL VOLUMES (books) sold of a manga series during the period. Often the series sales are dominated by the most recent released volume of a series except in some cases where there are many earlier volumes being purchased, often due to an anime boost.
gintoki_511 said:
is there any website for Manga release date?
Oh, how I wish there was a single site for this! I think the Animate store website is probably the best place to go for this. I am always missing books I wanted to purchase because they are often solicited very late and I miss an email from a store.

May 12, 2016 9:31 AM by hpulley

is there any website for Manga release date?

May 12, 2016 8:58 AM by Gintoki_KotAro

Ejc said:
Reposted this again with the April Monthly Rankings now included.
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2016 Manga sales thread updated:
http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1458193&show=0

Spreadsheet with calculations updated:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JDmxPNIpqjPVJ9Uk0aA8yD2DalBK6VNkBVV-Vb3xJ4c/edit#gid=0

Updated as of week 24/52.

Top Series so far (2015/11/23~2016/05/08)
*1 6,285,695 ONE PIECE
*2 4,009,838 Shingeki no Kyojin (進撃の巨人)
*3 4,009,081 Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (暗殺教室)
*4 3,565,782 Haikyuu!! (ハイキュー!!)
*5 3,260,676 Kingdom (キングダム)
*6 2,444,924 Nanatsu no Taizai (七つの大罪)
*7 2,177,578 Boku dake ga Inai Machi (僕だけがいない街)
*8 2,140,712 One Punch Man (ワンパンマン)
*9 1,823,383 Tokyo Ghoul:re (東京喰種:re)
10 1,595,894 Chihayafuru (ちはやふる)

[Rank 11~30] → See first post of the 2016 thread

Weekly Manga Series (2016/05/02~08)
*1 621,414 Haikyuu!! (ハイキュー!!)
*2 437,165 Kuroko no Basket EXTRA GAME (黒子のバスケ EXTRA GAME)
*3 313,341 Shokugeki no Souma (食戟のソーマ)
*4 306,180 BLEACH
*5 247,847 Gintama (銀魂)
*6 246,317 Owari no Seraph (終わりのセラフ)
*7 211,617 Boku no Hero Academia (僕のヒーローアカデミア)
*8 177,789 Kingdom (キングダム)
*9 173,974 Platinum End (プラチナエンド)
10 162,747 Boku dake ga Inai Machi (僕だけがいない街)

※Summation of all volume sales for a particular series within the weekly Top 500 Manga volumes list.
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April 2016 Manga Series (2016/04/04~2016/05/01)
*1 2,368,934 ONE PIECE
*2 1,591,801 Shingeki no Kyojin (進撃の巨人)
*3 1,134,156 Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (暗殺教室)
*4 *,875,844 Boku no Hero Academia (僕のヒーローアカデミア)
*5 *,837,824 Kingdom (キングダム)
*6 *,653,106 Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)
*7 *,651,664 Nanatsu no Taizai (七つの大罪)
*8 *,596,900 Terraformars (テラフォーマーズ)
*9 *,454,947 Magi (マギ)
10 *,428,922 Natsume Yuujinchou (夏目友人帳)
11 *,397,955 Golden Kamuy (ゴールデンカムイ)
12 *,351,759 Boku dake ga Inai Machi (僕だけがいない街)
13 *,326,485 I Am a Hero (アイアムアヒーロー)
14 *,308,446 Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii (ヲタクに恋は難しい)
15 *,296,169 Nisekoi (ニセコイ)
16 *,295,354 Chihayafuru (ちはやふる)
17 *,293,979 Uchuu Kyoudai (宇宙兄弟)
18 *,257,266 Bungou Stray Dogs (文豪ストレイドッグス)
19 *,238,210 Sousei no Onmyouji (双星の陰陽師)
20 *,232,875 Magi Sinbad no Bouken (マギ シンドバッドの冒険)

April 2016 Manga Volumes (2016/04/04~2016/05/01)
*1 2,198,022 ONE PIECE 81
*2 1,398,495 Shingeki no Kyojin 19 (進撃の巨人 19)
*3 *,730,226 Ansatsu Kyoushitsu 19 (暗殺教室 19)
*4 *,525,967 Nanatsu no Taizai 20 (七つの大罪 20)
*5 *,509,378 Kingdom 42 (キングダム 42) 
*6 *,506,847 Detective Conan 89 (名探偵コナン 89)
*7 *,410,022 Natsume Yuujinchou 20 (夏目友人帳 20)
*8 *,361,613 Magi 29 (マギ 29)
*9 *,353,601 Terraformars 17 (テラフォーマーズ 17)
10 *,344,972 Boku no Hero Academia 8 (僕のヒーローアカデミア 8)
11 *,267,384 Uchuu Kyoudai 28 (宇宙兄弟 28)
12 *,260,043 Nisekoi 22 (ニセコイ 22)
13 *,256,889 Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii 2 (ヲタクに恋は難しい 2)
14 *,208,237 Boku dake ga Inai Machi 8 (僕だけがいない街 8)
15 *,204,123 Magi Sinbad no Bouken 9 (マギ シンドバッドの冒険 9)
16 *,153,839 Yume no Shizuku Kin no Torikago 8 (夢の雫、黄金の鳥籠 8)
17 *,152,111 Sukitte Ii na yo. 16 (好きっていいなよ。 16)
18 *,150,866 I Am A Hero 20 (アイアムアヒーロー 20)
19 *,148,039 Golden Kamuy 7 (ゴールデンカムイ 7)
20 *,134,883 L・DK 20


what the difference between manga volumes and series?

May 12, 2016 8:56 AM by Gintoki_KotAro

superpatch24 said:
Happy to see Bnha having a boost, I hope that the DVDs and Bluerays will sell well too, so Bones can make a second season soon.

Also, can someone tell me how are the sales of the series guidebook compared with another ones? Good? Normal? Bad?


Most WSJ adaptations care more about manga sales than anything. If MHA keeps up the strong and consistent backlog sales, then a second season is very likely.

The recent World Trigger guidebook sold 63,352 in it's first week, however I think what MHA sold was fine.

May 12, 2016 4:29 AM by Nakurawari

One Piece vol 81 slowly catching up to vol 80

week 3 : 323k copies behind
week 4 : 316k copies behind
week 5 : 294k copies behind
week 6 : 278k copies behind

May 12, 2016 4:28 AM by Champ

happy to see haikyuu is 1st, also happy about boku no hero <3

May 12, 2016 4:15 AM by removed-user

Happy to see Bnha having a boost, I hope that the DVDs and Bluerays will sell well too, so Bones can make a second season soon.

Also, can someone tell me how are the sales of the series guidebook compared with another ones? Good? Normal? Bad?

May 12, 2016 4:14 AM by superpatch24

Dayuuum~ all the BNHA vols made it on the list, NICE!!!

May 12, 2016 3:50 AM by MichaelMyers100

It's a pity that Bleach couldn't hit the 300k mark within the first week. Though it was close, and compared to the previous volume - Bleach 71 343,018 (10 days) / Bleach 72 294,275 (7 days) - it does not seem like a huge drop. 50k in 3 days can be reached, no doubt about that. Wonder if it will sell 80k in the second week though.

Thanks for the poster ichii.

May 12, 2016 3:36 AM by j1mla

Nice to see Boku no Hero is finally getting a boost.

May 12, 2016 3:01 AM by G_Spark233

ohh. Saw that cover while reading the Haikyuu manga. Still don't think I like the manga's art, I have been spoiled by the anime's

Can't wait to see the Kuroko no basket movie, mainly for hopefully the great animation. During the TV series there was always some small pits that had really realistic smooth movements. Imagine if the whole movie was like that <3

May 12, 2016 1:57 AM by tsudecimo

April 2016 Manga Series
19 *,238,210 Sousei no Onmyouji (双星の陰陽師)

Oh so it did get a bit of boost.

May 12, 2016 1:45 AM by Z4K

Nice! BnHA, Haikyuu and Kingdom are killing it!

May 12, 2016 1:33 AM by alpha_shadow

It’s time to ditch the text file.
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