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May 30, 2016 12:11 AM

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OreGairu got 123k sales without a single volume coming out in the period or even close to the start of it... OR an anime boost. In my mind that's perhaps the most impressive thing on this list.
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May 30, 2016 12:40 AM

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ah, damn. I was hoping Haikyuu!! would surpass SNK. maybe hq!! will sell more later this year. still glad assclass has sold so much <3
May 30, 2016 12:46 AM

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Patiently waiting for Chihayafuru S3. =_=
May 30, 2016 12:48 AM

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Looks like One Piece dominate again.LOL! Konosuba number 1. Good to see that.
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion.

http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30

It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist.
May 30, 2016 12:54 AM

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Ahoy_NATO said:
DanMachi 13th for light-novels and 1 of the 2 of them literally went on sale last week, so that's really impressive.


The volume that came out 10 days before the end of the period covered is the only one that came out during that time.

lady-leen said:
Stark700 said:
Ah the top 10 on the list looks nice, didn't expect Haikyuu!! to be way up there compared to the rest though. Golden Kamuy may get an anime at this rate in the future.

I have a feeling that Orange will get a boost for the latter half of this year during + after Summer. Also, NGNL Season 2 when D:


orange ended yet it's still popular xD


It had a live-action adaptation in December. What do you expect?
kuuderes_shadowMay 30, 2016 12:58 AM
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May 30, 2016 1:31 AM

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Re:Zero deserve more than that. It is much better than Konosuba
thepathMay 30, 2016 3:09 AM
May 30, 2016 1:40 AM

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Kingdom right where it belongs. Top 5!
May 30, 2016 2:37 AM

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Great to see Gintama above a couple of big-named Shonen.

And even though the anime adaption looked shit, the Kingdom manga is dominating as it so rightfully should.
May 30, 2016 2:37 AM

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thepath said:
Re:Zero deserve more than. It is much better than Konosuba

Re:Zero doesn't have the full boost yet since the anime isn't over unlike Konosuba. It will have more sales at the end of year probably.

Yeah I agree. I thought Konosuba was decent 7/10. But compared to Re:Zero it's just crap.
tsudecimoMay 30, 2016 10:03 AM
May 30, 2016 2:49 AM

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Immensely happy with that Light Novel by Series list.

KonoSuba
SAO
Mahouka
Monogatari
NGNL
Re: Zero
Bahamut
Overlord
DanMachi
Netoge
Rakudai
Orange
OnS
Oregairu
Asterisk
GATE
Date A Live

Lots of shit that I really enjoy are still pulling nice sales figures. Always nice to see so many series still going strong. Always gives hope for more anime material.
May 30, 2016 3:12 AM

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Glad for konosuba and SAO still solid sales so glad for it too . Chivalry of failed knight not bad too .
May 30, 2016 3:13 AM

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Snow said:

25. *,105,145 Imouto sae Ireba Ii.


I hope they do the anime go on air soon
GrestMay 30, 2016 3:16 AM
May 30, 2016 3:51 AM
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1. *,757,412 Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*7. *,302,013 Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
10. *,263,357 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
11. *,238,163 Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut
14. *,178,019 Netgame no Yome wa Onna no Ko ja Nai to Omotta?
16. *,157,460 Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off
17. *,155,250 Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry
24. *,119,692 Gakusen Toshi Asterisk
28. *,101,012 Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri Gaiden

As expected KonoSuba is the most dominating for LN series with anime in the Winter 2016 season and probably will be for the whole year. It's only been almost 2 months since Re:Zero and Netoge aired so it's still a little too early to tell for them. But Re:Zero will be the most dominating for the Spring 2016 season and one of the most dominating for the whole year.

Good to see Rakudai in the series ranking with Vol 9 in the volume ranking though it was expected. Rakudai might end up in the whole 2016 ranking. If the October and November sales are included then Rakudai has sold 300k in total since the anime first aired. Grimgar also sold 300k but in lesser time so it did slightly better than Rakudai. Bahamut also had boost as good as Rakudai.

It looks like Asterisk got little boost from the anime's 2nd cour season since most of the sales were from the 1st cour season period and new volume. Gate also probably got very little boost from the 2nd cour season since the most of the sales were from the new volumes.
May 30, 2016 4:17 AM
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Digong said:
Snow said:
*1. 6,470,105 One Piece
*2. 4,391,966 Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
*3. 4,370,941 Shingeki no Kyojin
*7. 2,553,331 One Punch-Man
*8. 2,332,110 Boku dake ga Inai Machi
*9. 2,179,345 Tokyo Ghoul:re
10. 2,135,591 Boku no Hero Academia
12. 1,885,180 Chihayafuru
13. 1,756,603 Shokugeki no Souma
15. 1,604,284 Orange
17. 1,468,890 Gintama
18. 1,414,896 Prison School
26. 1,047,950 JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken


All series that I care about

Snow said:

24. 1,110,116 Golden Kamuy


Im gonna read this soon. Looks cool to me and its made by the same magazine as tokyo ghoulre


I recommend Nanatsu No Taizai. Based on your tastes I think you could enjoy it.
May 30, 2016 4:19 AM

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Ayy, SAO still first if you combine progressive with main series ^^
May 30, 2016 4:20 AM

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Yis!!!!! Konosuba rocking dat LN chart :D
May 30, 2016 4:35 AM

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Shingeki is almost 700k behind compared to last year... It's high time for the second season.

One Punch Man is killing it, though. Volume 10 likely didn't reach 900k, but including the LE it shouldn't be that far. The anime did its job.

I'm also quite glad to see Magi seems to have stabilized after years of declining.
5 main aspects I base my ratings on:
1. Did DramaEnthusiast make a thread about it?
2. Is it better than Breaking Bad?
3. Did MellowJello recommend the shit out of it?
4. Has it caused a (very entertaining) shitstorm on MAL?
5. Is it actually good?

Scratch the fifth point, it's not very relevant...
May 30, 2016 4:56 AM

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Gintama being #17, AssClass #2, Haikyuu #4 and KonoSuba being #1 is more than enough for me. A little surprised to see Erased being #8 tho.
May 30, 2016 5:20 AM

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geralt said:
Shingeki is almost 700k behind compared to last year... It's high time for the second season.

One Punch Man is killing it, though. Volume 10 likely didn't reach 900k, but including the LE it shouldn't be that far. The anime did its job.

I'm also quite glad to see Magi seems to have stabilized after years of declining.


The drop in SnK is mostly composed of Backlog sales since the volumes are doing better than last year in sales not by much though.

OP is the one with the drop , last year Vol 76 had 3m at this point in time and volume 77 had 2.7m as you can see vol 80 has 2.8m and vol 81 has 2.4m. The volumes release month were the same too.

Considering a few years back OP volumes almost reached 4M sales now they just about manage to cross over the 3M line.

The film should help it and when things get more exciting sales should go up again , since these last two volumes aren't that filled with action.

I mentioned the drop between 2015 and 2016 but i think its not really that significant since vol 76 and 77 were still arc climax while volume 80 and 81 is aftermath and lethargic start to new arc.
harkanMay 30, 2016 5:36 AM
May 30, 2016 5:39 AM

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>20. *,128,460 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index.
>14. *,*91,545 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Vol.15
>58. *,*91,545 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Vol.15

Dead series. Lack of advertisement does this to you.

May 30, 2016 5:43 AM

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harkan said:
The drop in SnK is mostly composed of Backlog sales since the volumes are doing better than last year in sales not by much though.

I thought most of the missing sales were from the limited editions of the volumes actually.
5 main aspects I base my ratings on:
1. Did DramaEnthusiast make a thread about it?
2. Is it better than Breaking Bad?
3. Did MellowJello recommend the shit out of it?
4. Has it caused a (very entertaining) shitstorm on MAL?
5. Is it actually good?

Scratch the fifth point, it's not very relevant...
May 30, 2016 5:53 AM

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One Piece on top as usual and Bleach's doing fine too considering only 2 Volumes were released this year.
May 30, 2016 5:59 AM

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Kingdom at no 5 is really amazing.

Green-lit that epic live action movie already lets get itt!!!
May 30, 2016 6:22 AM
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KilluaX4 said:
Digong said:

All series that I care about



Im gonna read this soon. Looks cool to me and its made by the same magazine as tokyo ghoulre


I recommend Nanatsu No Taizai. Based on your tastes I think you could enjoy it.


Sorry I drop it. I dont really like the girls(Elizabeth,Diane etc) and the story is heading right now. I like the first arc doe
May 30, 2016 6:57 AM

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Glad seeing KonoSuba and Re:Zero doing well and HOORAY for One Piece!! Also I'm definitely sure that Golden Kamuy will get an anime adaption.
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May 30, 2016 7:29 AM

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Time for Kingdom S3 and live action.
May 30, 2016 7:42 AM
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Assclass actually beating SnK is pretty interesting actually

And KonoSuba being 50% ahead of SAO lel, talk about domination
May 30, 2016 7:42 AM

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harkan said:
geralt said:
Shingeki is almost 700k behind compared to last year... It's high time for the second season.

One Punch Man is killing it, though. Volume 10 likely didn't reach 900k, but including the LE it shouldn't be that far. The anime did its job.

I'm also quite glad to see Magi seems to have stabilized after years of declining.



The drop in SnK is mostly composed of Backlog sales since the volumes are doing better than last year in sales not by much though.

OP is the one with the drop , last year Vol 76 had 3m at this point in time and volume 77 had 2.7m as you can see vol 80 has 2.8m and vol 81 has 2.4m. The volumes release month were the same too.

Considering a few years back OP volumes almost reached 4M sales now they just about manage to cross over the 3M line.

The film should help it and when things get more exciting sales should go up again , since these last two volumes aren't that filled with action.

I mentioned the drop between 2015 and 2016 but i think its not really that significant since vol 76 and 77 were still arc climax while volume 80 and 81 is aftermath and lethargic start to new arc.

One Piece was never close to 4 million sales in a year... Also the drop for Snk did actually come from the new volumes.
May 30, 2016 8:27 AM
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4m for OP was how much each volume had in print at one point. But they never sold that much.

It did drop from nearly 3.5m in sales at its highest point to below 3m now, but the drop isn't as bad as harkan makes it sound.
May 30, 2016 8:29 AM

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AdmiralKizaru98 said:
Also the drop for Snk did actually come from the new volumes.


2015:
*3. 1,831,800 Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.15
*4. 1,561,770 Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.16

2016:
*3. 1,918,144 Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.18
*4. 1,526,685 Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.19

more than 50k higher sales in total from new volumes in 2016 than 2015. So no, it didn't.
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May 30, 2016 8:43 AM

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^The limited editions used to sell much more before.
5 main aspects I base my ratings on:
1. Did DramaEnthusiast make a thread about it?
2. Is it better than Breaking Bad?
3. Did MellowJello recommend the shit out of it?
4. Has it caused a (very entertaining) shitstorm on MAL?
5. Is it actually good?

Scratch the fifth point, it's not very relevant...
May 30, 2016 9:17 AM
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man i hope next season gintama animation will be same as old gintama one :(

well nice to see kono suba and gintama doing good xDDD
May 30, 2016 9:22 AM

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geralt said:
^The limited editions used to sell much more before.

Thats what I meant.
May 30, 2016 9:26 AM
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Ayy, SAO still first if you combine progressive with main series ^^
KonoSuba retakes the first if you combine the spin-off with main series.
May 30, 2016 9:35 AM

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Does this list include OPM sales in America? I bet the number would be heavily influenced considering how popular it is here. It's always sold out at every Bookstore I go to.
May 30, 2016 9:36 AM

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Give us Chihayafuru Season 3 please :(
May 30, 2016 9:51 AM

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Ahoy_NATO said:
Does this list include OPM sales in America?


No. Nor for any other series. Or any other country bar Japan.
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May 30, 2016 9:52 AM

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Nice!!! lots of my fav series made it on the list~ TG <3
May 30, 2016 9:52 AM

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Kuma said:

one day, wake me up when youtsubato got adaptation...


I don't think Yotsuba would work on TV, but maybe I am wrong.
May 30, 2016 10:05 AM

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Ahoy_NATO said:
Does this list include OPM sales in America? I bet the number would be heavily influenced considering how popular it is here. It's always sold out at every Bookstore I go to.

The manga industry of America is nothing compared to that of Japan, it wouldn't influence it that much

OPM vol 1 sold 28,371 copies in 2015
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/tilting-at-windmills-bookscan-2015-analysis
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harkan said:
Considering a few years back OP volumes almost reached 4M sales now they just about manage to cross over the 3M line.


A few years back OP still had backlog sales going on after the insane boost in 2010 which lasted until 2014. Every volume reaching 3 million sales is the norm without those sales and every volume still reaches this number without much problems.
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AdmiralKizaru98 said:
harkan said:



The drop in SnK is mostly composed of Backlog sales since the volumes are doing better than last year in sales not by much though.

OP is the one with the drop , last year Vol 76 had 3m at this point in time and volume 77 had 2.7m as you can see vol 80 has 2.8m and vol 81 has 2.4m. The volumes release month were the same too.

Considering a few years back OP volumes almost reached 4M sales now they just about manage to cross over the 3M line.

The film should help it and when things get more exciting sales should go up again , since these last two volumes aren't that filled with action.

I mentioned the drop between 2015 and 2016 but i think its not really that significant since vol 76 and 77 were still arc climax while volume 80 and 81 is aftermath and lethargic start to new arc.

One Piece was never close to 4 million sales in a year... Also the drop for Snk did actually come from the new volumes.


I might have overstated OP sales number but that doesn't matter since that was beside the point , i just pointed out that in volumes sales OP dropped when compared to the First half of last year to this year's first half(i also mentioned what i think is the reason for it) while SnK rose even if only a bit.

I know just mentioning OP and sales dropping is enough for people to rage at you like some madmen at least the responses here seemed civilized.
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harkan said:
AdmiralKizaru98 said:

One Piece was never close to 4 million sales in a year... Also the drop for Snk did actually come from the new volumes.


I might have overstated OP sales number but that doesn't matter since that was beside the point , i just pointed out that in volumes sales OP dropped when compared to the First half of last year to this year's first half(i also mentioned what i think is the reason for it) while SnK rose even if only a bit.

I know just mentioning OP and sales dropping is enough for people to rage at you like some madmen at least the responses here seemed civilized.

Dropping 1 million in sales or 300-400k is a big difference.
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Congrats for TG for finally selling at least 50% of what SNK sells.

OPM with 0 releases this year yet its still in the Top 10 lol.

Nice boost for BNHA, well deserved.

Gintama should surpass FT by the end of the year.

May 30, 2016 1:49 PM

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Congrats for TG for finally selling at least 50% of what SNK sells.

OPM with 0 releases this year yet its still in the Top 10 lol.

Nice boost for BNHA, well deserved.

Gintama should surpass FT by the end of the year.

OPM had 1 Volume released.
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LordPerucho said:
Congrats for TG for finally selling at least 50% of what SNK sells.

OPM with 0 releases this year yet its still in the Top 10 lol.

Nice boost for BNHA, well deserved.

Gintama should surpass FT by the end of the year.

Ft releases 6-7 volumes a year do I doubt Gintama will beat it...

I just noticed Nisekoi and Yowapeda didn't make the list, Toriko welcomes you to the club....
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Released December 2015, i said THIS YEAR 2016.

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LordPerucho said:
Released December 2015, i said THIS YEAR 2016.

The sales were tracked from mid November 2015 to mid May 2016
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LordPerucho said:
Released December 2015, i said THIS YEAR 2016.

Wow, i cant say anything to you. I cant help you anymore...
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chrisbj said:
LordPerucho said:
Released December 2015, i said THIS YEAR 2016.

The sales were tracked from mid November 2015 to mid May 2016


I think u didnt get it either.

With No OPM volumes released in 2016, OPM is still in the Top 10, I was expecting it be below TG Re tbh.

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