Japan's Monthly Manga & Light Novel Rankings for August

by Snow
Sep 10, 2015 8:02 AM | 41 Comments

Here are the monthly manga & light novel rankings for August (August 3 ~ 30)

Rank / Monthly sales by copies / Titles

Manga

*1.　1,566,702　Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.17
*2.　*,913,132　Naruto Gaiden: Nanadaime Hokage to Akairo no Hanatsuzuki
*3.　*,758,081　Haikyuu!! Vol.17
*4.　*,634,879　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.16
*5.　*,467,510　One Punch-Man Vol.9
*6.　*,455,993　Detective Conan Vol.87
*7.　*,451,804　Shokugeki no Souma Vol.14
*8.　*,432,513　Terra Formars Vol.14
*9.　*,428,162　Bleach Vol.69
10.　*,350,067　Nisekoi Vol.19

11.　*,328,693　Gintama Vol.60
12.　*,327,925　Chihayafuru Vol.28
13.　*,312,760　Dungeon Meshi Vol.2
14.　*,294,055　Boku no Hero Academia Vol.5
15.　*,293,215　Diamond no Ace Vol.47
16.　*,289,596　Prison School Vol.18
17.　*,267,504　Handa-kun Vol.4
18.　*,241,723　Ookiku Furikabutte Vol.25
19.　*,240,789　Five Star Monogatari Vol.13
20.　*,225,352　Kimi ni Todoke Vol.24

Light Novels

*1.　*,222,681　Sword Art Online Vol.16
*2.　*,162,490　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Vol.17
*3.　*,*74,510　Boruto: Naruto The Movie
*4.　*,*53,621　Bakemono no Ko (Kadokawa Bunko)
*5.　*,*44,279　Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Vol.11
*6.　*,*35,800　No Game No Life Vol.7
*7.　*,*35,781　Overlord Vol.1
*8.　*,*35,441　Naruto: Dojunjou Ninden
*9.　*,*33,871　Okitegami Kyouko no Chousenjou
10.　*,*32,840　Hidan no Aria Vol.21

11.　*,*32,683　Overlord Vol.2
12.　*,*32,536　Date A Live: Encore Vol.4
13.　*,*32,422　Bakemono no Ko (Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko)
14.　*,*29,275　Overlord Vol.3
15.　*,*22,469　Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Vol.5
16.　*,*19,825　Naruto Hiden Vol.6
17.　*,*18,281　Overlord Vol.4
18.　*,*17,978　Seiken Tsukai no World Break Vol.13
19.　*,*17,704　Mitou Shoukan://Blood Sign Vol.3
20.　*,*17,534　Netgame no Yome wa Onna no Ko ja Nai to Omotta? Vol.8

Source: Oricon Youtaijou

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POS ranks for light novels in August 2015 translated and sorted by rank, if anyone's interested:

https://kuuderesshadow.wordpress.com/2015/09/24/light-novel-pos-ranks-for-august-2015/

I'm not sure if I'll end up doing this regularly or if this will prove to be just a one-off.

Sep 24, 2015 3:26 AM by kuuderes_shadow

Boku wa tomodachi..good to see it their...
hoping for it

Sep 12, 2015 6:05 AM by Llumi

FireEmblemIke24 said:
The prison school rise shall continue...

Especially after the latest episode as well.

Sep 12, 2015 5:57 AM by Yehart

Them SnK sales though, very good.

Sep 12, 2015 5:48 AM by Salamander2170

giathuan2707 said:

ToG25thBaam said:
Damn son, Nisekoi is closing in to 200 chapters and still selling well. Can any manga reader tells me how's the story going right now? Or is it still in an infinite loop?

Ships are sinking and there is a progression.

The-...the-... there's progression ??? HOLY SHIT D:

Sep 12, 2015 4:55 AM by DatRandomDude

giathuan2707 said:

ToG25thBaam said:
Damn son, Nisekoi is closing in to 200 chapters and still selling well. Can any manga reader tells me how's the story going right now? Or is it still in an infinite loop?

Ships are sinking and there is a progression.

The-...the-... there's progression ??? HOLY SHIT D:

Sep 12, 2015 4:54 AM by DatRandomDude

SAO for the win!

Sep 12, 2015 4:37 AM by TapuTapuu

Zhou said:

Nachtwandler_21 said:
So, you removed total sales column and left only weekly one? It looks confusing now.

These are the monthy sales.

My bad, didn't read the topic. But still it looks a bit confusing without total sales. It could have been better to post them for compraison

Sep 12, 2015 3:06 AM by Nachtwandler_21

*1.　1,566,702　Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.17
i need more snk in my life

*1.　*,222,681　Sword Art Online Vol.16
hope for s3

Sep 11, 2015 1:43 PM by tragedydesu

Nachtwandler_21 said:
So, you removed total sales column and left only weekly one? It looks confusing now.

These are the monthy sales.

Sep 11, 2015 12:44 PM by Zhou

So, you removed total sales column and left only weekly one? It looks confusing now.

Sep 11, 2015 12:26 PM by Nachtwandler_21

ToG25thBaam said:
Damn son, Nisekoi is closing in to 200 chapters and still selling well. Can any manga reader tells me how's the story going right now? Or is it still in an infinite loop?

Ships are sinking and there is a progression.

Sep 11, 2015 10:28 AM by tyvip

Damn son, Nisekoi is closing in to 200 chapters and still selling well. Can any manga reader tells me how's the story going right now? Or is it still in an infinite loop?

Sep 11, 2015 5:29 AM by ToG25thBaam

SheasonDuerulo said:

ichii_1 said:
The list is obviously not taking quality into account.
*9.　*,428,162　Bleach Vol.69

Too true.
Bleach should be nr.1

True, but atleast it's above gintama even with no anime for years :)

Sep 10, 2015 10:23 PM by ichii_1

ichii_1 said:
The list is obviously not taking quality into account.
*9.　*,428,162　Bleach Vol.69

Too true.
Bleach should be bumped out of the top 10.

Sep 10, 2015 10:10 PM by SheasonDuerulo

Manga

*1.　1,566,702　Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.17

Season 2 come fast

*2.　*,913,132　Naruto Gaiden: Nanadaime Hokage to Akairo no Hanatsuzuki

Going out with a fucking bang
*3.　*,758,081　Haikyuu!! Vol.17

Hyped for September 30

*4.　*,634,879　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.16

Keep up the great work,Nakaba-sensei
*5.　*,467,510　One Punch-Man Vol.9

MADHOUSE WILL DELIVER <3

*7.　*,451,804　Shokugeki no Souma Vol.14

Please tease Season 2 during this season's finale

*9.　*,428,162　Bleach Vol.69

Anime please come back

11.　*,328,693　Gintama Vol.60

Stay strong,Gorilla

14.　*,294,055　Boku no Hero Academia Vol.5

ANIME ! ANIME ! ANIME !

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Sep 10, 2015 8:05 PM by shaaaaan

Heyo Naruto. Good to see it so high.

Sep 10, 2015 7:47 PM by malvarez1

I am pleased that Overlord at least got somewhere in the top 20 (light novels wise).

Sep 10, 2015 6:58 PM by scythefrogger

moodie said:
u can keep ur scores mal

im satisfied with this

10.　*,350,067　Nisekoi Vol.19

11.　*,328,693　Gintama Vol.60

Lmao acting like the difference is big.

Sep 10, 2015 6:32 PM by Cash

Hell yes Gintama

Sep 10, 2015 6:22 PM by ultravigo

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