Japan's Weekly Manga & Light Novel Rankings for Jul 21 - 27

Here are the weekly Manga & Light Novel rankings for July 21st - 27th

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

Manga
*1.　252,606　*,252,606　Inu x Boku SS Vol.11
*2.　243,422　*,243,422　Vagabond Vol.37
*3.　191,513　*,387,222　Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Vol.22
*4.　185,392　*,185,392　Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Vol.5
*5.　165,329　*,165,329　Giant Killing Vol.32
*6.　120,690　*,120,690　Youkai Watch Vol.4 Limited Edition
*7.　120,342　*,357,401　Fairy Tail Vol.44
*8.　120,031　*,120,031　Suki tte Ii na yo. Vol.13
*9.　119,566　*,265,298　Kingdom Vol.35
10.　109,378　*,291,585　Detective Conan Vol.84

11.　*95,510　*,*95,510　Isshuukan Friends. Vol.6
12.　*87,633　*,*87,633　Tonari no Seki-kun Vol.6
13.　*83,814　*,*83,814　Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shite Ita. Vol.1
14.　*82,800　*,*82,800　Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Vol.10
15.　*78,241　*,224,967　Diamond no Ace Vol.42
16.　*67,197　*,*67,197　Hibi Chouchou Vol.8
17.　*61,924　*,169,402　Noragami Vol.11
18.　*60,995　*,*60,995　Aa! Megami-sama! Vol.48
19.　*53,482　*,*53,482　Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!! Vol.7
20.　*51,920　*,*51,920　ReRe Hello Vol.4

21.　*49,075　*,*49,075　Youkai Watch Vol.4
22.　*47,672　*,139,416　Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns Vol.2
23.　*47,322　*,*47,322　Gurazeni Vol.15
24.　*46,193　*,*99,702　Destro 246 Vol.4
25.　*46,051　*,318,096　Chihayafuru Vol.25
26.　*41,005　*,597,701　Kuroko no Basket Vol.28
27.　*39,039　*,*39,039　Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator Vol.1
28.　*38,847　*,512,212　Ao no Exorcist Vol.13
29.　*38,141　*,568,840　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.10
30.　*38,060　*,*38,060　Non Non Biyori Vol.7

31.　*38,004　*,*38,004　Hachimitsu ni Hatsukoi Vol.8
32.　*37,291　*,*37,291　Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge Vol.2
33.　*35,693　*,*97,580　Shura no Mon: Dai Ni Mon Vol.13
34.　*33,007　*,*33,007　Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid Vol.12
35.　*31,809　*,*89,216　Ouke no Monshou Vol.59
36.　*31,508　*,*31,508　Maoyuu Maou Yuusha: 'Kono Watashi no Mono to Nare, Yuusha yo' 'Kotowaru!' Vol.11
37.　*29,832　*,*59,325　Pochama ni Vol.4
38.　*29,501　*,*29,501　Saiyuuki Reload Blast Vol.2
39.　*28,855　*,356,720　Tokyo Ghoul Vol.12
40.　*28,416　*,*28,416　Kantai Collection -Kan Colle- Dengeki Comic Anthology: Sasebo Chinjufu-hen Vol.4

41.　*28,337　*,*55,577　Shitsuji-sama no Okiniiri Vol.17
42.　*27,670　*,381,703　Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Vol.1
43.　*26,507　*,365,604　Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Vol.2
44.　*25,707　*,*60,892　Gokukoku no Brynhildr Vol.10
45.　*25,061　*,*93,351　Detective Conan Vol.84
46.　*25,041　*,327,605　Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Vol.4
47.　*24,982　*,*24,982　Ousama Game: Shuukyoku Vol.5
48.　*24,847　*,*73,193　Fuuka Vol.2
49.　*24,694　*,321,712　Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Vol.3
50.　*24,010　2,622,977　One Piece Vol.74


Light Novels and Anime/Manga related books
*1.　38,821　38,821　Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Vol.6.5
*2.　29,124　29,124　Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Vol.6.5 Limited Edition
*3.　14,889　14,889　Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai desho! Vol.2
*4.　14,549　14,549　Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku Vol.4
*5.　11,936　11,936　Shuuen no Shiori Vol.4 "Ketsuraku -Re:code-"
*6.　11,879　11,879　Absolute Duo Vol.6
*7.　11,815　31,071　Kaiketsu Zorori Series Vol.55
*8.　10,439　10,439　Haunted Campus Vol.6
*9.　10,254　10,254　Magika no Kenshi to Vasreus Vol.6
10.　*8,967　*8,967　Isekai Mahou wa Okureteru! Vol.2

11.　*8,247　*8,247　NEET dakedo Hello Work ni Ittara Isekai ni Tsuretekareta Vol.4
12.　*7,965　13,239　Omae wo Otaku ni Shiteyaru kara, Ore wo Riajuu ni Shitekure! "Azuki End"
13.　*7,711　*7,711　Re:Monster Vol.5
14.　*6,658　11,941　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records Vol.1
15.　*6,489　97,346　Shinrei Tantei Yakumo: Another Files Vol.2 "Inori no Hitsugi"
16.　*6,474　11,423　Grancrest Senki Vol.3
17.　*5,832　11,138　Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan Vol.4
18.　*5,634　*5,634　Flame Oukoku Koubouki Vol.2
19.　*5,554　*5,554　Tengu no Koi Hajime
20.　*5,488　24,645　Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru Vol.8

21.　*5,196　*5,196　Soshite Fumetsu no Regnare Vol.4
22.　*5,165　*5,165　Sekai no Owari no Encore Vol.1
23.　*5,102　*5,102　Sate, Game Guard wo Kouryaku Shiyou ka. Vol.3


Source: Oricon Youtaiju

Previous Week's Ranking

Glad that Inu x Boku SS is first.

I've only read one volume of Vagabond and it was really good, I need to get back into that series.

Nice seeing Tokyo ghoul getting more boost in sales from the anime.

Happy to see Railgun and Accelerator in the list.

And good sales for Oregairu too

Damn, I need to start reading Vegabond in the future.

Nice to see Kingdom in top 10 this week along with Magi at top 3.

Glad the anime gave Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun a little sale boost! It definitely deserves it.

Yes. Yes. way to go Oregariu. i'm so glad it's doing well

> 2.　243,422　*,243,422　Vagabond Vol.37

Ooo. Neat. I hope it gets off hiatus, or whatever is happening get resolved.

> *1.　252,606　*,252,606　Inu x Boku SS Vol.11

Didn't know this was popular. Dropped the anime at episode 3.

Fairy Tail at #7 while One Piece is last at #50

lol

I think that's the lowest quality bait you have ever made. That bait is borderline retarded.

YEEESSSS! Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun is selling more! 😆😆

DAAAMN look at Oregairu. Sekai no Owari no Encore pretty well seeing it's only the first volume. But Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records takes the cake.

Still no Akame ga Kill :c,damn Japan.

I'm so happy that this is in the first place, Second Seaso, when?


It's good to see this in the list as well

Please tell me you are just joking

Gekkan shoujo. Nice

Noragami <3
Great overall sales for Tokyo Ghoul and Ao no Exorcist.

Inu x Boku SS ;_; WHY DID IT HAVE TO ENDD??

Hmm... That's odd. Probably the series is aired at late nights. That may explain why we are not seeing any boost in sales for akame ga kill, or maybe people are just not interested in it.

13.　*83,814　*,*83,814　Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shite Ita. Vol.1

Compare with: *4, *90,257 *90,257 Gin no Saji vol.1

Not bad at all, Cocoa Fujiwara. 80k in a first week is a pretty impressive achievement for a new series.

Looking good, hope the anime triples the sales.

*6.　11,879　11,879　Absolute Duo Vol.6

Majority of the seasonal series air at night. That is not justification.
Tokyo Ghoul(Thursday) and Akame ga Kill(Sunday) both air at 24:00 in japan. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun(Sunday) air at 25:05(So basically at Monday 1:05 am).

The thing is that Akame ga Kill was never that famous in Japan. Probably with the anime the series is getting a boost, but nothing to appear in the weekly rankings.

Yea, you're probably right the sales for akame ga kill are well..... really poor. I guess this series is not the next big thing as people were saying then.

I thought it was popular in Japan :O

Nah, it's pretty obscure to be honest. The average manga sales it makes is like 30-40 thousand volume copies. The series doesn't even make half a million sales in the entire year. Hopefully it gets some sales as the anime goes by.

To show you how bad it's selling, Assassin classroom volume 10 alone sold more than all 11 volumes of akame ga kill combine.

The series deserve more recognition, if a silly series like assassin classroom can make so much sales, akame ga kill should be able to sell like that as well.

Owowowwoo nice seeing the most underrated manga in 2nd place. Vagabond is amazing

That's sad to know,I mean,everyone have different tastes,but I just hope it gets some attention.
Although not perfect,it's a very interesting series.

Bad performance by Akame Ga Kill. The manga is really great, it's a shame it's not selling more.

What's with these comments? The last volume came out on 21st June. Why would you expect it to be ranking now?

I'm really happy for Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-Kun, Isshuukan Friends, Yahari and Absolute Duo. Hope they keep selling.

Great boost for Gekkan Shoujo and nice all volumes ranked :D

Damn I forgot you're right. Hopefully when volume 12 is release I can see some boost in sales.

Inu x Boku SS is an interesting beastie. The whole anime is basically the prolog of the main story and it's not until later that the real story starts up. Unfortunately it looks like we won't get the rest animated which is both unfortunate and rather surprising as it sold rather well in anime form.

Vagabond and Kingdom selling good, I appreciate that. I doubt Kingdom will ever get a Western release, but at least I can buy the new Vagabond volume in Europe soon enough now.



Akame is just your average gritty Shounen, I never saw the hype about it in the first place and I think Japan has other gritty Shounen that interest them more atm - like Shingeki or Tokyo Ghoul or all the other stuff that is basically the same.

wow all volumes of gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun on the list

Nice seeing Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun here.

not surprised to see Gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun on the list. i checked the pre=volume sales for the summer season and Gekkan is the most succesfull non sequel anime series so far.

A bit disappointed that Akama ga kill is not ranking well. it seems it is one of those titles that is more successful for western audiences than at home.

I am also a bit surprised that Tokyo ghoul is not ranking much more, i have not read the manga but from what i heard they are doing a bad adaptation maybe that's why.

It got a big boost previous weeks, so it's reasonable that it falls of later on.

On the second note I'm happy for Noragami and Yahari Ore and it looks like I'll need to get to Vagabond soon :).

However, I can't understand Inu X boku and Gekkan shoujo.

I dropped Inu X boku after like 3 episodes and now i can't even remeber what was it about. (dropped it a month ago)
Well, Japanese have shit taste, basically opposite of what western audience prefer. It looks like to me that for Japanese you just need moe or OP God character and will top the charts every week. Story, logic or other things are irrelevant.

As for Gekkan shoujo, I like the anime, it's funny and positive with interesting characters but to be that successful seems like a bit overkill. Well, I'm rather surprised than annoyed.

I actually sort of agree with this. It's good, but nothing groundbreaking. Imo SnK and Tokyo Ghoul were better.

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun's sales are awesome. Glad to see my current fave of the season is also appreciated in Japan. If things continue to be good, we might eventually get a second season. Also, I hope Yen Press or any other publisher picks it up for an English release.

Pretty disappointed that the latest Pokemon Special volume didn't rank though :( Maybe next week? There was a pretty good twist for the arc's conclusion.

Also glad for Noragami, Tonari no Seki-kun, Oregairu, Mikagura, and Shuuen no Shiori! First week sales for the last two are a bit lower than their previous volumes (I suspect the critical failure of Mekakucity Actors had something to do with this), but still glad they're pretty high up in the ranks! I hope sales pick up ^_^

At least the last volume of Inu x Boku sold well. Gonna miss that manga :S
On the bright side Oregairu is doing well too, can't wait for second season ^w^

Detective Connan: 84 volumes!!! Damn, they're a lot! I think that too many peopke still aten't tired of the mangas

How was mekakucity actors a critical failure?

Its fairly decently rated on japanese sites and had decent sales.

The only morons crying about it are on myanimelist.

And maybe Tumblr. Or it could just be me, I'm pretty disappointed with the adaptation since I'm a longtime fan of the series.

Well, I also theorize that the reason why Mikagura and Shuuen's sales this time around were lower (other than perceived quality going down, I can't read Japanese, so...) is because no new songs have been uploaded to their series for a while. The third volume of Mikagura was released a month after the fourth song, which definitely increased awareness and popularity of it. Shuuen has no excuse though; it's nearly a year since its latest song.

Mekakucity Actors has currently sold over 11k and currently is the 3rd best-selling show of spring 2014. It's far from critical failure in terms of sales.

Hence why I said citical. I didn't mean commercial, I could also see how well it's doing. A fair number of fans SEEM to be disappointed with the adaptation (and by fans I mean longtime fans of KagePro) so I made the assumption. Feel free to correct me if you wish.

Why did people hate Inu x Boku SS? It is one of the best show in 2012. Haven't read the manga but I heard anime is just prologue to the story.

I wouldn't say bad performance, but totally different that the western fans were expecting. I got really surprised and still don't understand all the hype the title as here in the west. The manga is not bad, is in reality good, but not something that special.

Note that because of the anime, the series should have received a noticeable boost and previous volumes should have appeared in the rankings. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun is a manga from the same publisher, Gangan(Square Enix), and you can see previous titles appearing in the rankings due to the anime boost.
Nozaki-kun right now is doing way better than Akame ga Kill!

Loook at the top 1 and top of light novel section O.O
I am damn glad Oregairu is doing great, now waiting for the season 2 to come :3
and i didn't expect Issuhkaan friends would be rank 11 as well as Noragami O.O
Damn great.

Mekakucity Actors was hyped everyone was expecting great animation but instead we got "that", the studio/company thought they could pull a fast one and half ass the anime and get a load of money (50K+) but not we're not paying for a an average adaptation and as a result everything else is suffering a bit.

This, basically. The fans' expectations and Jin's pacing just didn't translate well in the twelve-episode anime. Mikagura and Shuuen are like KagePro in that all three are popular Vocaloid song series that had LN adaptations, so most fans are also fans of the other series. The fans who were disappointed with MCA either probably saw the faults in adapting Vocaloid songs to LN or lost faith in the other series as well so the sales of MSS and SnS might have declined because of this.

Just a conspiracy theory, though.