Japan's Weekly Manga & Light Novel Rankings for Oct 20 - 26

by Snow
Oct 29, 2014 1:46 PM | 96 Comments

Here are the weekly Manga & Light Novel rankings for October 20th - 26th

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

Manga
*1.　186,017　475,428　Tokyo Ghoul Vol.14
*2.　177,439　389,706　Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Vol.23
*3.　143,919　143,919　Giant Killing Vol.33
*4.　139,071　321,240　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.11
*5.　123,728　280,565　JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: Jojolion Vol.8
*6.　110,836　259,481　Kingdom Vol.36
*7.　*77,415　*77,415　Vinland Saga Vol.15
*8.　*74,980　*74,980　Toaru Majutsu no Index Vol.14
*9.　*70,465　*70,869　Oresama Teacher Vol.19
10.　*67,123　*67,123　Piano no Mori Vol.25

11.　*66,475　*66,475　Kanojo wa Uso wo Aishisugiteru Vol.15
12.　*60,150　146,281　Koe no Katachi Vol.6
13.　*53,532　*53,532　Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!! Vol.8
14.　*50,985　115,331　Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi Vol.59
15.　*48,536　*48,536　Hirunaka no Ryuusei Vol.11
16.　*47,352　302,682　Chihayafuru Vol.26
17.　*46,536　*46,536　Adamas Vol.11
18.　*44,695　*44,695　Inu Yashiki Vol.2
19.　*43,439　*98,402　Shura no Mon: Dai Ni Mon Vol.14
20.　*43,358　*43,358　Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui! Vol.7

21.　*43,238　467,157　Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu. Vol.7
22.　*42,435　*42,435　Mahoujin Guru Guru 2 Vol.3
23.　*42,171　*42,171　Nijiiro Days Vol.7
24.　*41,757　*41,757　Fukumenkei Noise Vol.4
25.　*39,782　*39,782　Gurazeni Vol.16
26.　*39,385　*83,613　Dear Boys Act III Vol.17
27.　*39,053　*88,008　Mashiro no Oto Vol.12
28.　*38,941　*38,941　Himitsu no Ai-Chan Vol.14
29.　*38,290　*92,064　Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Vol.10
30.　*36,197　*77,699　Biorg Trinity Vol.5

31.　*36,060　*36,264　Kurogane no Linebarrels Vol.24
32.　*35,624　*35,950　Otoriyose Ouji Ida Yoshimi Vol.5
33.　*35,288　*35,288　Takasugi-san Chi no Obentou Vol.9
34.　*34,571　668,450　Haikyuu!! Vol.13
35.　*34,170　537,797　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.11
36.　*32,833　*32,833　Kaichou Shima Kousaku Vol.3
37.　*31,278　544,221　Kuroko no Basket Vol.29
38.　*31,126　*31,313　Tadaima no Uta Vol.7
39.　*30,786　*66,887　Zetman Vol.20
40.　*30,215　*70,638　Fuuka Vol.3

41.　*30,041　*30,041　Maoyuu Maou Yuusha: 'Kono Watashi no Mono to Nare, Yuusha yo' 'Kotowaru!' Vol.12
42.　*29,710　533,379　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.2
43.　*29,621　*29,621　True Love Vol.6
44.　*29,305　*29,616　Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa Gaiden Vol.11
45.　*28,889　*28,889　Clover Trèfle Vol.4
46.　*28,567　556,140　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.1
47.　*28,509　498,553　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.3
48.　*28,462　400,839　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.10
49.　*28,357　*28,357　Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei!! Vol.5
50.　*27,627　463,080　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.5

Light Novels and Anime/Manga related books
*1.　32,488　*32,488　Madan no Ou to Vanadis Vol.10
*2.　16,849　*16,849　Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai Vol.14
*3.　16,173　*16,173　Hachi-nan tte, Sore wa Nai desho! Vol.3
*4.　15,757　*26,713　Oda Nobuna no Yabou Vol.12 National Edition
*5.　14,911　130,010　Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Vol.11
*6.　13,863　*24,853　Amagi Brilliant Park Vol.5
*7.　10,861　*95,136　Accel World Vol.17
*8.　*9,743　**9,743　Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Vol.5
*9.　*9,086　*52,395　Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World Vol.18
10.　*8,304　*14,029　Omae wo Otaku ni Shiteyaru kara, Ore wo Riajuu ni Shitekure! Vol.10

11.　*8,153　**8,153　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.5
12.　*7,677　112,408　Haikyuu!! Shousetsu-ban!! Vol.4
13.　*7,558　**7,558　Seiju no Kuni no Kinju Tsukai Vol.1
14.　*7,308　*13,090　Kantai Collection -Kan Colle-: Kakuyoku no Kizuna Vol.3
15.　*7,217　*12,864　Only Sense Online Vol.3
16.　*7,184　**7,184　The New Gate Vol.3
17.　*7,046　*22,423　Manga de Wakaru Nanatsu no Shuukan Vol.3
18.　*5,952　*23,345　Amagi Brilliant Park Vol.1
19.　*5,889　**5,889　Sekai no Owari no Encore Vol.2
20.　*5,849　*11,186　Amagi Brilliant Park: Maple Summoner Vol.1

21.　*5,839　**5,839　Din no Monshou Vol.2
22.　*5,742　**5,742　Yarukinashi Eiyuutan Vol.2
23.　*5,429　*31,746　Durarara!! SH Vol.2
24.　*5,263　**9,734　Gun-Ota ga Mahou Sekai ni Tensei Shitara, Gendai Heiki de Guntai Harem wo Tsukucchaimashita!? Vol.1
25.　*5,084　**5,084　Sate, Game Guard wo Kouryaku Shiyou ka. Vol.4
26.　*4,961　*41,481　Eromanga-sensei Vol.3

Source: Oricon Youtaiju

Previous Week's Ranking

20 of 96 Comments Recent Comments

Monomunu said:
Not strange, it just first week sold from unknown magazine with irregular release(like WSJ which around every 3 months) meaning people may don't know about release date and buy it later, made series sale slowly compare to popular manga. and from what I look it was an old data. it has high possibility series was grow later.

Golgo 13 is too long, it can't gain new reader anyway nor keep old reader. series like this always decrease dramaticly for said reason.

Oricon is not 100% accurate, but it relaible enough to base on. that what I want to say.

The data it's based on is end-of-2013 data, which is less than a year old.

Shimauma has had 2 volumes come out since 8: 9 on February 24 and 10 on May 26. It charted in neither of those weeks, so what I described is very much an ongoing thing.

Feb 24: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1093803
May 26: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1193869

Not trying to say that Oricon data is wholly unreliable; generally, it is true that series with bigger oricon numbers have bigger numbers in general. My point is that there's a large enough spread in the accuracy of its estimates from series to series that people should exercise extreme caution when using it to compare different manga.

Nov 1, 2014 1:44 PM by Torisunanohokori

Torisunanohokori said:

umashikaneko said:
You mean oricon estimation?
Oricon estimation is by no means actual sales but speculation they collect data only from 2000 shops when there are more than 50,000 shops that sell manga in Japan and multiple x times that number.
Some manga are very over(under)rated because they sell more manga at shops that are mainly (not) counted by oricon.

And also faster seller are much overrated than slower seller on oricon chart,so I don't think it is good indicator of popularity.Some manga sell 40 percent of its sales in first month while some manga sell 90 percent of its sales in first month.

Vagabond has published 60 million for 35 volume
1 million for Vol35 first edition which is currentely more popular manga I think.

I think oricon estimation ranking is very interesting data because it is easy to compare each manga as long as people keep in mind its limitation and it is not very accurate nor reliable data.

This times 100. Oricon data is adequate for comparing volumes of the same series (provided they get roughly equal numbers of weeks on the chart), but is a pretty demonstrably uncertain way of comparing series. I computed the average percentage of first-printing totals Oricon estimation represents as 61%, with a spread of ±23%. That indicates that there can be a factor-of-two difference in print runs for two titles with identical oricon totals and average underestimation of total sales.

And that's not the full extent of the spread. There are plenty of series printing 100,000+ volume runs that rarely if ever make the charts. Many of those are super long-runners targeted towards adults like Golgo 13 and Oishinbo, but Shimauma is a Young King title that's only 5 years old and it had a million copies in print through 8 volumes despite charting just once at under 15k.

Not strange, it just first week sold from unknown magazine with irregular release(like WSJ which around every 3 months) meaning people may don't know about release date and buy it later, made series sale slowly compare to popular manga. and from what I look it was an old data. it has high possibility series was grow later.

Golgo 13 is too long, it can't gain new reader anyway nor keep old reader. series like this always decrease dramaticly for said reason.

Oricon is not 100% accurate, but it relaible enough to base on. that what I want to say.

Nov 1, 2014 1:23 PM by Monomunu

i like seeing linebarrel chart, wish it would actually get translated though, fingers crossed for an anime adaption that isnt dogshit when it nears its end

also the link for it sends you to this instead of the actual page for it
http://myanimelist.net/manga/3653/

Nov 1, 2014 1:09 PM by JizzyHitler

ichii_1 said:
With the succes of nozaki-kun the chances of her other work getting animated just sky rocketed :)
*9.　*70,465　*70,869　Oresama Teacher Vol.19

Probably.

Nov 1, 2014 1:05 PM by keragamming

j0x said:
wow Giant Killing is selling well but where is season 2 of the anime? lol

IK, R.

Not to mention a next season of Kingdom....

Nov 1, 2014 12:57 PM by shukujo

With the succes of nozaki-kun the chances of her other work getting animated just sky rocketed :)
*9.　*70,465　*70,869　Oresama Teacher Vol.19

Nov 1, 2014 10:49 AM by ichii_1

Nov 1, 2014 10:02 AM by Torisunanohokori

Hahalollawl said:

umashikaneko said:

You mean oricon estimation?
Oricon estimation is by no means actual sales but speculation they collect data only from 2000 shops when there are more than 50,000 shops that sell manga in Japan and multiple x times that number.
Some manga are very over(under)rated because they sell more manga at shops that are mainly (not) counted by oricon.

And also faster seller are much overrated than slower seller on oricon chart,so I don't think it is good indicator of popularity.Some manga sell 40 percent of its sales in first month while some manga sell 90 percent of its sales in first month.

Vagabond has published 60 million for 35 volume
1 million for Vol35 first edition which is currentely more popular manga I think.

I think oricon estimation ranking is very interesting data because it is easy to compare each manga as long as people keep in mind its limitation and it is not very accurate nor reliable data.

Very interesting and informative post.

Is the same true for anime disc sales? Oricon apparently doesn't report foreign disc sales, but are there any Japanese sales they don't include? Or are discs primarily sold on the internet so it doesn't matter?

No I don't think so.CD and DVD data seems thoroughly gathered judging from the name of shops and number of shops(40,000).
Maybe because they are long term relation with those CD/dvd shops while book ranking is newer thing and only a few people pay attention to the list,so they put little effort.

Ps. the biggest reason I find oricon Manga ranking less reliable is not because of the number but because they collect data from certain kinds of shops(they collect enough number of sales data if they collected randomly in my opinion

For example they collect data from major on-line shops such as Amazon while ignoring convenient stores

Manga selling on on-line shops might be much different than Manga selling in convenient stores.

Nov 1, 2014 9:36 AM by umashikaneko

umashikaneko said:

You mean oricon estimation?
Oricon estimation is by no means actual sales but speculation they collect data only from 2000 shops when there are more than 50,000 shops that sell manga in Japan and multiple x times that number.
Some manga are very over(under)rated because they sell more manga at shops that are mainly (not) counted by oricon.

And also faster seller are much overrated than slower seller on oricon chart,so I don't think it is good indicator of popularity.Some manga sell 40 percent of its sales in first month while some manga sell 90 percent of its sales in first month.

Vagabond has published 60 million for 35 volume
1 million for Vol35 first edition which is currentely more popular manga I think.

I think oricon estimation ranking is very interesting data because it is easy to compare each manga as long as people keep in mind its limitation and it is not very accurate nor reliable data.

Nov 1, 2014 7:04 AM by Hahalollawl

Agafin said:

umashikaneko said:

the sauce from 6/19 says more than 4.5 million for the day vol12 start to sell.

so it is more than 370k per volume 2 weeks before anime airing and that are not even included second publishment of vol12.

anime started 7/3

the sauce from 7/17 says 5.2 million for 12 volume which is more than 430k

so it is mostlikely about 400k right before anime airing.

When discussing about sales, we often refer to sales of newer volumes rather than average sales. That's why you hear people saying that One piece sells 3 million even though it's average is around 5-6 million. The sales of recent volumes is a better indicator of the current fanbase.

Either way, it seems I was wrong about it's latest volume containing only 3 chapters. So, with 500k per volume after 2 weeks, does that make TG the best selling seinen per volume?

You mean oricon estimation?
Oricon estimation is by no means actual sales but speculation they collect data only from 2000 shops when there are more than 50,000 shops that sell manga in Japan and multiple x times that number.
Some manga are very over(under)rated because they sell more manga at shops that are mainly (not) counted by oricon.

And also faster seller are much overrated than slower seller on oricon chart,so I don't think it is good indicator of popularity.Some manga sell 40 percent of its sales in first month while some manga sell 90 percent of its sales in first month.

Vagabond has published 60 million for 35 volume
1 million for Vol35 first edition which is currentely more popular manga I think.

I think oricon estimation ranking is very interesting data because it is easy to compare each manga as long as people keep in mind its limitation and it is not very accurate nor reliable data.

Oct 31, 2014 6:52 PM by umashikaneko

hpulley said:

-Katsu-kun- said:
Chihayafuru slipping down..

Needs a third season of anime to boost the manga sales back up! Please....

Hmmm...so should we be hoping for lower manga sales so that maybe it increases the chance of a 3rd anime season? If so maybe we should tell everyone in Japan to STOP BUYING CHIHAYAFURU RIGHT NOW! =O

Oct 31, 2014 9:51 AM by Hahalollawl

-Katsu-kun- said:
Chihayafuru slipping down..

Needs a third season of anime to boost the manga sales back up! Please....

Oct 31, 2014 7:52 AM by hpulley

Chihayafuru slipping down..

Oct 31, 2014 7:17 AM by Katsu-kun

umashikaneko said:

LordPerucho said:

TG was doing 300K per volume before Anime adaptation.

Oct 31, 2014 6:34 AM by Agafin

Tokyo Ghoul, baby!!

Oct 31, 2014 3:55 AM by Tengai

ikramit said:

Newhopes said:
32,488　*32,488 Madan no Ou to Vanadis Vol.10

Nice little frist week boost due to the anime.

Just wish they had more confidence with the series and had given the anime the budget it deserved rather than the cut down novel summary it's getting.

I think the madan anime it lacking even as a summary(as its badly written and a misrepresentation ) still we will see how much the sales of the light novel have increased in the next couple of weeks as it usually gets the top spot on the first week of a new volume being released

Madan has ranked in the top 10 series every week so far since the anime started airing. The first week for this volume was about 25% higher than the last one, in the same number of days.

Oct 31, 2014 12:26 AM by kuuderes_shadow

TG sold very less before the adaption. At best it sold 300k IIRC.

Oct 31, 2014 12:10 AM by Z4K

LordPerucho said:

umashikaneko said:
Tokyo ghoul had been publishing 400k per volume before anime adaptation,and now it has surpassed 550k per volume so it is not weird

And also people don't buy random volume of manga just because it is cheaper than usual

Plus volume14 is same price as other volume

TG was doing 300K per volume before Anime adaptation.

Oct 30, 2014 8:53 PM by umashikaneko

Sakubo777 said:
I'm surprised no one adapted Vinland Saga yet. Its been amazing up to the latest chapter. I can see those in it for the action to be complaining after it gets to the Slave Arc though. That arc had one of the best character developments I've ever seen in manga. If it does get adapted, better be by a good studio.

With Koe no Katachi ending soon, I can see an anime adaptation for it. I'd prefer it if an adaptation completes the story rather than leave it hanging after it ends.

imo, this series feels like a series that should be fully adopted. Maybe when the manga ends it will get a full adaption, like what's happening to parasyte.

Oct 30, 2014 7:38 PM by keragamming

TG anime sucks and wasnt worth the sales boost.

Oct 30, 2014 7:02 PM by SolviteWoTaberu

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