Japanese Manga Sales |OT| The Sales Diaries

Rouk' · Sep 10, 2021

Geg said:
Hmm, so One Piece 99 jumped back up during the leadup to volume 100, but none of the others did. At least not enough to make it to the top 50

According to Shoseki, Volume 98 was 63rd, so not that far. And all the volumes from 91 onwards made it into the weekly top 500. It's been years since One Piece had last had such strong backlog sales. It had over 100k units sold of older volumes, which if I'm not mistaken hasn't happened since the release of volume 80 in early 2016.

Orange Piccolo · Sep 10, 2021

Rouk' said:
According to Shoseki, Volume 98 was 63rd, so not that far. And all the volumes from 91 onwards made it into the weekly top 500. It's been years since One Piece had last had such strong backlog sales. It had over 100k units sold of older volumes, which if I'm not mistaken hasn't happened since the release of volume 80 in early 2016.

Can you explain the reasoning?

Or speculate, rather.

Rouk' · Sep 10, 2021

Zanmato said:
Can you explain the reasoning?

Or speculate, rather.

What do you mean?
You mean the reason why OP is selling so much? There's just a huge amount of amrketing surrounding the release of volume 100, that's bound to make people buy/catch up to the manga

Rouk' · Sep 15, 2021

Oricon Ranking: Week 36, 2021 (Sep 6 - Sep 12)
RANK./ TITLE - SALES (YEARLY ESTIMATES)

01./ Tokyo Revengers - 612,911 (19,559,530)
02./ One Piece - 542,437 (~6,385,000)
03./ Kaiju No. 8 - 218,631 (~3,305,000)
04./ My Hero Academia - 146,602 (5,508,931)
05./ Natsume's Book of Friends - 103,196
06./ Jujutsu Kaisen - 92,473 (28,631,320)
07./ Look Back - 80,186 (154,098)
08./ MF Ghost - 79,811
09./ The Way of the Househusband - 74,173
10./ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - 73,441 (27,822,390)
11./ Blue Lock - 65,000 (~1,555,000)
12./ Boruto: Naruto Next Generations - 60,000
13./ The Ancient Magus Bride - 55,000
14./ Haikyu!! - 50,000 (~3,950,000)
15./ Kingdom - 50,000 (~3,995,000)
16./ Farming Life in Another World - 50,000
17./ Aoashi - 50,000
18./ Mystery to Iu Nakare - 45,000 (~2,200,000)
19./ Darwin's Game - 45,000
20./ Teasing Master Takagi-san - 45,000

Rouk' · Sep 16, 2021

Oricon Ranking: Week 36, 2021 (Sep 6 - Sep 12)
RANK./PREVIOUS RANK. TITLE (RELEASE DATE) - SALES/LTD SALES (GROWTH)

01./01. One Piece #100 {2021.09.03} - 426,219 / 1,599,159 (-64%)
02./02. Kaiju No. 8 #4 {2021.09.03} - 183,258 / 515,659 (-45%)
03./04. Look Back {2021.09.03} - 80,186 / 154,098 (+8%)
04./05. Natsume's Book of Friends #27 {2021.09.03} - 79,264 / 136,697 (+38%)
05./00. MF Ghost #12 {2021.09.06} - 77,811 / NEW
06./07. Boruto: Naruto Next Generations #15 {2021.09.03} - 52,261 / 102,892 (+3%)
07./00. Farming Life in Another World #8 {2021.09.08} - 47,787 / NEW
08./00. The Ancient Magus Bride #16 {2021.09.10} - 44,802 / NEW
09./00. Darwin's Game #24 {2021.09.08} - 43,265 / NEW
10./00. 1-nichi Gaishutsu-roku Hanchou #12 {2021.09.06} - 42,571 / NEW
11./00. Teasing Master Takagi-san #16 {2021.09.10} - 42,450 / NEW
12./00. The Way of the Househusband #8 {2021.09.09} - 41,027 / NEW
13./29. Tokyo Revengers #23 {2021.07.16} - 39,058 / 776,390 (+42%)
14./00. Yowamushi Pedal #74 {2021.09.08} - 39,012 / NEW
15./00. A Man & His Cat #8 {2021.09.10} - 37,556 / NEW
16./09. One Piece #99 {2021.06.04} - 32,944 / 1,792,750 (-2%)
17./03. Aoashi #25 {2021.08.30} - 29,826 / 133,947 (-71%)
18./18. Tokyo Revengers #19 {2020.09.17} - 28,577 / 923,518 (+0%)
19./23. Tokyo Revengers #18 {2020.07.17} - 28,468 / 928,275 (+1%)
20./24. Tokyo Revengers #20 {2020.12.17} - 28,399 / 921,623 (+1%)
21./00. Karakai Jouzu no (moto) Takagi-san #12 {2021.09.10} - 28,280 / NEW
22./22. Tokyo Revengers #16 {2020.03.17} - 28,156 / 949,714 (0%)
23./27. Tokyo Revengers #21 {2021.02.17} - 28,111 / 922,975 (+1%)
24./19. Tokyo Revengers #17 {2020.05.15} - 28,027 / 939,123 (-1%)
25./00. Parallel Paradise #15 {2021.09.06} - 27,485 / NEW
26./00. The Way of the Househusband #8 Limited Edition {2021.09.09} - 27,393 / NEW
27./00. Wind Breaker #3 {2021.09.09} - 27,305 / NEW
28./25. Tokyo Revengers #1 {2017.05.17} - 26,524 / 1,084,891 (-6%)
29./13. Tokyo Revengers #10 {2019.01.17} - 26,187 / 1,026,793 (-12%)
30./00. Shikkaku-mon no Saikyou Kenja〜Sekai Saikyou no Kenja ga Sarani Tsuyoku Naru Tame ni Tensei Shimashita〜 #16 {2021.09.10} - 26,180 / NEW
31./12. Tokyo Revengers #9 {2018.11.16} - 26,076 / 1,035,734 (-12%)
32./26. Tokyo Revengers #22 {2021.04.16} - 25,778 / 920,038 (-8%)
33./28. Tokyo Revengers #2 {2017.07.14} - 25,607 / 1,060,906 (-7%)
34./30. Tokyo Revengers #5 {2018.02.16} - 25,473 / 1,052,971 (-7%)
35./17. Tokyo Revengers #13 {2019.08.16} - 25,287 / 980,857 (-11%)
36./20. Tokyo Revengers #15 {2019.12.17} - 25,232 / 963,918 (-11%)
37./15. Tokyo Revengers #12 {2019.06.17} - 25,162 / 991,946 (-12%)
38./16. Tokyo Revengers #14 {2019.10.17} - 25,140 / 971,034 (-12%)
39./36. Tokyo Revengers #6 {2018.04.17} - 25,062 / 1,053,607 (-3%)
40./14. Tokyo Revengers #11 {2019.03.15} - 25,013 / 994,775 (-14%)
41./32. Tokyo Revengers #3 {2017.09.15} - 24,851 / 1,038,377 (-7%)
42./21. Tokyo Revengers #8 {2018.09.14} - 24,685 / 1,042,720 (-13%)
43./34. Tokyo Revengers #4 {2017.11.17} - 24,470 / 1,023,726 (-6%)
44./31. Who Made Me a Princess #5 {2021.09.03} - 23,329 / 50,401 (-14%)
45./40. New Prince of Tennis #34 {2021.09.03} - 22,976 / 46,041 (0%)
46./00. Hariko no Otome #2 {2021.09.09} - 22,974 / NEW
47./35. Tokyo Revengers #7 {2018.06.15} - 22,801 / 1,047,947 (-12%)
48./00. How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord #15 {2021.09.09} - 21,250 / NEW
49./37. My Hero Academia #31 {2021.08.04} - 20,871 / 680,594 (-18%)
50./00. Monster ga Afureru Sekai ni Natta node, Suki ni Ikitai to Omoimasu #6 {2021.09.07} - 19,917 / NEW

Warlord · Sep 19, 2021

Do we know what's the best selling volume this year so far?

Rouk' · Sep 19, 2021

Warlord said:
Do we know what's the best selling volume this year so far?

Demon Slayer #23 at over 5m units sold (closer to 6m if you include its limited edition, but Oricon keeps them separated).
#2 should still be Demon Slayer Gaiden at 2.33m, but JJK #14 might overcome it (not sure, depends on KnY's boost with season 2).

Warlord · Sep 19, 2021

Rouk' said:
Demon Slayer #23 at over 5m units sold (closer to 6m if you include its limited edition, but Oricon keeps them separated).
#2 should still be Demon Slayer Gaiden at 2.33m, but JJK #14 might overcome it (not sure, depends on KnY's boost with season 2).

Huh. Was expecting jjk considering how popular it was earlier this year. Thanks

Rijapega · Sep 22, 2021

Just literally finished reading Tokyo Revengers. That season finale just... I couldn't wait for a new season haha.

So... If Japan is like me, who just binge read the entirety of what's left unadapted of Tokyo Revengers in like a day, I think it's not farfetched for Tokyo Revenger to have a small boost this week... Hopefully.

Guys, if you haven't watched it, do so it's amazing xD

Geg · Sep 22, 2021

Nice, Look Back actually increasing over the previous week

Rouk' · Sep 22, 2021

Oricon Ranking: Week 37, 2021 (Sep 13 - Sep 19)
RANK./ TITLE - SALES (YEARLY ESTIMATES)

01./ Tokyo Revengers - 1,632,431 (21,191,961)
02./ Delicious in Dungeon - 162,765
03./ One Piece - 152,533 (~6,540,000)
04./ My Hero Academia - 140,798 (5,649,729)
05./ Golden Kamuy - 115,751
06./ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - 99,362 (27,921,752)
07./ Kaiju No. 8 - 98,180 (~3,405,000)
08./ A Sign of Affection - 88,618
09./ Record of Ragnarok - 86,484 (~2,705,000)
10./ JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - 83,053
11./ Jujutsu Kaisen - 80,000 (~28,710,000)
12./ A Couple of Cuckoos - 65,000
13./ Blue Lock - 60,000 (~1,615,000)
14./ A Condition Called Love - 55,000
15./ The Ancient Magus Bride - 50,000
16./ Skip Beat! - 50,000
17./ The Way of the Househusband - 50,000
18./ Haikyu!! - 45,000 (~3,995,000)
19./ The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse - 40,000
20./ Dakaretai Otoko 1-i no Odosaretemasu。 - 40,000

Rijapega · Sep 22, 2021

Had to double check if TR had sold 1'6.million or 1.6Hundred thousand haha. (Felt like a certain skeleton character reading a certain pirate's bounty in One Piece, One Piece reference in case it's not undersood lol).

Funny thing is even if TR had sold in the hundred thousands that would have been enough for it to be #1.

Obviously this was the season finale boost and I think Tokyo Revengers anime was broadcasted on Saturdays at 12:00 AM Japan time or something like that, since it was released 2:00 PM in my time (Mexico time) so this boost is just saturday and sunday, which probably is the biggest boost, but I think we can expect the next week to be very similar in sales for Tokyo Revengers (Maybe a bit higher... who knows?).

Kind of ironic/funny to see KnY in the top 10 yet again, but JJK falling out of it.

One Piece ranking 3 is nice... But in my opinion the numbers are just "fine". All that advertisement, etc might have brought over some fans that hadn't bought the Wano volumes, but other than that the boost was very minuscule imo.. But meh, what can you expect from a 25+ year old series, it's difficult for it to get new fans.

Do we know if Oricon tracks convinience stores, because I read that there is this new edition of One Piece Shonen Jump Remix that's like cheaper and sold in convenience stores? Maybe it's not being tracked? Although it's not likely that it would do huge numbers, but just asking anyways.

Rouk' · Sep 22, 2021

Rijapega said:
Had to double check if TR had sold 1'6.million or 1.6Hundred thousand haha. (Felt like a certain skeleton character reading a certain pirate's bounty in One Piece, One Piece reference in case it's not undersood lol).

Funny thing is even if TR had sold in the hundred thousands that would have been enough for it to be #1.

Obviously this was the season finale boost and I think Tokyo Revengers anime was broadcasted on Saturdays at 12:00 AM Japan time or something like that, since it was released 2:00 PM in my time (Mexico time) so this boost is just saturday and sunday, which probably is the biggest boost, but I think we can expect the next week to be very similar in sales for Tokyo Revengers (Maybe a bit higher... who knows?).

Kind of ironic/funny to see KnY in the top 10 yet again, but JJK falling out of it.

One Piece ranking 3 is nice... But in my opinion the numbers are just "fine". All that advertisement, etc might have brought over some fans that hadn't bought the Wano volumes, but other than that the boost was very minuscule imo.. But meh, what can you expect from a 25+ year old series, it's difficult for it to get new fans.

Do we know if Oricon tracks convinience stores, because I read that there is this new edition of One Piece Shonen Jump Remix that's like cheaper and sold in convenience stores? Maybe it's not being tracked? Although it's not likely that it would do huge numbers, but just asking anyways.

Tokyo Revengers volume 24 released last week.

Also, here's the list of stores tracked by Oricon (in Japanese)

NSESN · Sep 22, 2021

MHA with another 100k+ week in a month without new volume

Rouk' · Sep 23, 2021

Oricon Ranking: Week 37, 2021 (Sep 13 - Sep 19)
RANK./PREVIOUS RANK. TITLE (RELEASE DATE) - SALES/LTD SALES (GROWTH)

01./00. Tokyo Revengers #24 {2021.09.17} - 435,466 / NEW
02./00. Delicious in Dungeon #11 {2021.09.15} - 160,829 / NEW
03./00. Golden Kamuy #27 {2021.09.17} - 92,787 / NEW
04./01. One Piece #100 {2021.09.03} - 84,482 / 1,683,641 (-80%)
05./00. A Sign of Affection #5 {2021.09.13} - 80,146 / 80,609 (+17210%)
06./13. Tokyo Revengers #23 {2021.07.16} - 75,810 / 852,200 (+94%)
07./00. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8 JoJolion #27 {2021.09.17} - 74,095 / NEW
08./02. Kaiju No. 8 #4 {2021.09.03} - 69,674 / 585,333 (-62%)
09./00. Record of Ragnarok #12 {2021.09.18} - 67,148 / NEW
10./31. Tokyo Revengers #9 {2018.11.16} - 54,572 / 1,090,306 (+109%)
11./18. Tokyo Revengers #19 {2020.09.17} - 54,559 / 978,077 (+91%)
12./29. Tokyo Revengers #10 {2019.01.17} - 53,103 / 1,079,896 (+103%)
13./24. Tokyo Revengers #17 {2020.05.15} - 52,617 / 991,740 (+88%)
14./23. Tokyo Revengers #21 {2021.02.17} - 52,270 / 975,245 (+86%)
15./37. Tokyo Revengers #12 {2019.06.17} - 52,225 / 1,044,171 (+108%)
16./38. Tokyo Revengers #14 {2019.10.17} - 52,156 / 1,023,190 (+107%)
17./00. A Couple of Cuckoos #8 {2021.09.17} - 52,010 / NEW
18./20. Tokyo Revengers #20 {2020.12.17} - 51,950 / 973,573 (+83%)
19./32. Tokyo Revengers #22 {2021.04.16} - 51,742 / 971,780 (+101%)
20./19. Tokyo Revengers #18 {2020.07.17} - 51,302 / 979,577 (+80%)
21./22. Tokyo Revengers #16 {2020.03.17} - 50,966 / 1,000,680 (+81%)
22./28. Tokyo Revengers #1 {2017.05.17} - 50,962 / 1,135,853 (+92%)
23./40. Tokyo Revengers #11 {2019.03.15} - 50,619 / 1,045,394 (+102%)
24./35. Tokyo Revengers #13 {2019.08.16} - 50,335 / 1,031,192 (+99%)
25./36. Tokyo Revengers #15 {2019.12.17} - 50,322 / 1,014,240 (+99%)
26./41. Tokyo Revengers #3 {2017.09.15} - 49,514 / 1,087,891 (+99%)
27./33. Tokyo Revengers #2 {2017.07.14} - 49,297 / 1,110,203 (+93%)
28./42. Tokyo Revengers #8 {2018.09.14} - 49,263 / 1,091,983 (+100%)
29./00. A Condition Called Love #9 {2021.09.13} - 49,245 / 49,573 (+14914%)
30./39. Tokyo Revengers #6 {2018.04.17} - 48,348 / 1,101,955 (+93%)
31./34. Tokyo Revengers #5 {2018.02.16} - 48,212 / 1,101,183 (+89%)
32./47. Tokyo Revengers #7 {2018.06.15} - 48,136 / 1,096,083 (+111%)
33./43. Tokyo Revengers #4 {2017.11.17} - 47,668 / 1,071,394 (+95%)
34./00. Skip Beat! #47 {2021.09.17} - 46,156 / NEW
35./08. The Ancient Magus Bride #16 {2021.09.10} - 45,630 / 90,432 (+2%)
36./00. The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse #3 {2021.09.17} - 37,607 / NEW
37./00. Hajime no Ippo #132 {2021.09.17} - 35,962 / NEW
38./11. Teasing Master Takagi-san #16 {2021.09.10} - 35,881 / 78,331 (-15%)
39./00. Dakaretai Otoko 1-i no Odosaretemasu。 #8 {2021.09.18} - 33,973 / NEW
40./15. A Man & His Cat #8 {2021.09.10} - 33,012 / 70,568 (-12%)
41./12. The Way of the Househusband #8 {2021.09.09} - 26,093 / 67,120 (-36%)
42./00. Kubo-san wa Boku (Mobu) wo Yurusanai #6 {2021.09.17} - 25,992 / NEW
43./00. Megami no Café Terrace #3 {2021.09.17} - 24,923 / NEW
44./04. Natsume's Book of Friends #27 {2021.09.03} - 24,668 / 161,365 (-69%)
45./03. Look Back {2021.09.03} - 24,477 / 178,575 (-69%)
46./21. Karakai Jouzu no (moto) Takagi-san #12 {2021.09.10} - 24,407 / 52,687 (-14%)
47./00. Amagami-san Chi no Enmusubi #2 {2021.09.17} - 24,296 / NEW
48./30. Shikkaku-mon no Saikyou Kenja〜Sekai Saikyou no Kenja ga Sarani Tsuyoku Naru Tame ni Tensei Shimashita〜 #16 {2021.09.10} - 21,912 / 48,092 (-16%)
49./00. Something's Wrong With Us #16 {2021.09.13} - 19,582 / 19,775 (+10046%)
50./00. Shuto-kou SPL #7 {2021.09.17} - 19,367 / NEW

Boboyo · Sep 29, 2021

Rouk' said:
I'm 99% sure the Black Jack 176m number on wiki is wrong. The publisher never officially revealed such a number (they announced 45m) and every original Japanese source that used it have since removed it (western media that used them haven't been updated)

What about Devilman having 50 million circulation copies with only 5 volumes?

That number sounds pretty fake too. And according to mangazenkan, a japanese source that keeps track of all manga with circulation copies of over 10 million, Devilman isn't even listed (unless I missed it somehow)

Black Jack is listed as 45M there too.

HStallion · Sep 29, 2021

JJK just hit 55 million copies in circulation. Another milestone

Rouk' · Sep 29, 2021

Boboyo said:
What about Devilman having 50 million circulation copies with only 5 volumes?

That number sounds pretty fake too. And according to mangazenkan, a japanese source that keeps track of all manga with circulation copies of over 10 million, Devilman isn't even listed (unless I missed it somehow)

Black Jack is listed as 45M there too.

Devilman has a lot of spin-off manga series. My assumption is that the circulation number is correct, but that it includes all of these. (Maybe even the novels?)

Rouk' · Sep 29, 2021

Oricon Ranking: Week 38, 2021 (Sep 20 - Sep 26)
RANK./ TITLE - SALES (YEARLY ESTIMATES)

01./ Tokyo Revengers - 1,050,820 (22,242,781)
02./ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - 282,843 (~28,204,595)
03./ Record of Ragnarok - 162,595 (~2,870,000)
04./ Space Brothers - 157,829
05./ My Hero Academia - 133,936 (~5,783,665)
06./ Golden Kamuy - 124,926
07./ One Piece - 123,194 (~6,665,000)
08./ Blue Period - 119,975
09./ Kaiju No. 8 - 85,044 (~3,490,000)
10./ Jujutsu Kaisen - 81,763 (~28,790,000)
11./ Dakaretai Otoko 1-i no Odosaretemasu。 - 75,000
12./ Giant Killing - 75,000
13./ Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - 60,000
14./ Haikyu!! - 60,000
15./ Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- - 55,000
16./ Blue Lock - 55,000
17./ Skip Beat! - 55,000
18./ A Couple of Cuckoos - 55,000
19./ Mystery to Iu Nakare - 45,000
20./ Kingdom - 45,000

NSESN · Sep 29, 2021

It is quite possible OP wont reach top 5 this year

Rijapega · Sep 29, 2021

Rouk' said:
Devilman has a lot of spin-off manga series. My assumption is that the circulation number is correct, but that it includes all of these. (Maybe even the novels?)

The circulation number is correct and official since it was given when Cry Baby was released.
But, as Rouk said, it's with spin offs (it doesn't say whether it's spin offs or not, but it would be a pretty big difference between all the big sellers and Devilman if 50mill with 5 volumes was the case).
Devilman had almost 40 volume sin total counting all the spin offs BUT even counting the spin offs, I'd bet you could attribute most of its sales (Say around 40-50%) to the original five volumes.

With the recent passing of Takao Saito (RIP) it makes you wonder how some titles with large numbers sold. Example, Golgo 13 with 200 volumes having sold 300million, and yet whenever a new volume is released... Do we see it ranking? I don't think so, at least I don't remember.
Same with Kochikame, I think I have a faint memory of remember a Kochikame volume ranking like top 10... More than a decade ago? But other than that I don't remember Kochikame or Golgo ever ranking top 10 on weekly sales.
Other example I can think of is Kinnikuman and Prince of Tennis, there is some data from Prince of Tennis's run in WSJ and it was a best seller, and now with Shin Prince of Tennis it has slowly but surely decreased its week #1 sales to like less than 40k iirc (While in its hayday it probably sold around 400k week 1).

That makes me think that, for old, long manga like that:
a) Most of their sales where in their hayday OR
b) They have very strong legs.

Just with a quick google search, this was Kochikame's 185 volume 1st week sales, which don't get me wrong those are pretty good sales for most manga (not in WSJ, that is) BUT it does make you wonder how did Kochikame get to 150 million copies sold with numbers like this?

21.- Kochikame #185 Osamu Akimoto 32,089/32,089 Shueisha

Did it sell in the millions during its hayday? Maybe some old Kochikame volumes sold more than 1 million per copy, and then just slowly lowered.

It also helps that for these two mangas in particular, you could buy any volume and it didn't matter much, as their stories are episodic... I guess that could help them just being re-published in different formats.

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EDIT: As for this week's sales.

Told you all Kimetsu would get a new boost from its 2nd season... Which scarely enough hasn't even started lol.
Kimetsu is... Is not only lightning in a bottle, I don't remember if I had a discussion on this board, or I think it was in another board when the movie released, but basically no other piece of media has ever, in the history of humanity, exploted the way Kimetsu did. The thing sold 82 million copies in like the span of a year, not even Harry Potter sold that much in any single year (Yes, I know Kimetsu had like 20 books of backlog to get to that number, while HP probably had like 4 when it got to its peak sales, BUT Kimetsu especially exploded in Japan, where there are 120 million people, and when you, for example, think of how many people went to see Mugen Train... It sold 41 million tickets.. That'd be 1/3 of Japan's population, though of course we can't know how many of those people repeated the movie.)

So basically, never bet against Kimetsu haha. It clearly has some room left to grow, especially when you consider that 41 million tickets were sold for Mugen Train (Assuming no one repeated the movie that's 41 million people, but of course that's not the case since some people must have watched twice, three times, etc) BUT it has sold around what...? 7-8 million per book? There is a huge difference between people who saw Mugen Train in the movie theater and actual manga readers, even if only a small fraction of those watchers decided to continue the story by reading, imagine just 1 million people out of those, that's 22+million new Kny volumes sold.

Tokyo Revengers is probably out of the race for #1 at this point, it would still be on it if it had remained in the 1'3M range.. But yeah TR fought to the end.

Jujutsu Kaisen SHOULD get 1st place but it all depends on KnY really, let's just wait and see, the following 2 weeks are going to be the decisive ones.

NSESN
#1, #2 and #3 are pretty much set in stone, we don't know the order but it's gonna be KnY, JJK and TR. What are your possibles #4 and #5 that would take OP out of the top 5?

Warlord · Sep 29, 2021

We still have 8 weeks left for Oricon tracking right?
I don't expect to happen since JJK is getting a new volume soon, but could Demon slayer surpass it before the deadline?
Tokyo Revengers is probably not going to reach n2.

end of the year ranking should be

Jujutsu Kaisen
Demon slayer
Tokyo Revengers
Attack on Titan
One piece
My Hero Academia
Chainsaw Man
Spy x Family
Kingdom
Kaiju #8

Wonder how jump ranking will be

NSESN · Sep 29, 2021

Rijapega said:
@NSESN
#1, #2 and #3 are pretty much set in stone, we don't know the order but it's gonna be KnY, JJK and TR. What are your possibles #4 and #5 that would take OP out of the top 5?

MHA has a new volume and AoT is still above OP

Rouk' · Sep 29, 2021

Rijapega said:
With the recent passing of Takao Saito (RIP) it makes you wonder how some titles with large numbers sold. Example, Golgo 13 with 200 volumes having sold 300million, and yet whenever a new volume is released... Do we see it ranking? I don't think so, at least I don't remember.
Same with Kochikame, I think I have a faint memory of remember a Kochikame volume ranking like top 10... More than a decade ago? But other than that I don't remember Kochikame or Golgo ever ranking top 10 on weekly sales.
Other example I can think of is Kinnikuman and Prince of Tennis, there is some data from Prince of Tennis's run in WSJ and it was a best seller, and now with Shin Prince of Tennis it has slowly but surely decreased its week #1 sales to like less than 40k iirc (While in its hayday it probably sold around 400k week 1).

That makes me think that, for old, long manga like that:
a) Most of their sales where in their hayday OR
b) They have very strong legs.

Just with a quick google search, this was Kochikame's 185 volume 1st week sales, which don't get me wrong those are pretty good sales for most manga (not in WSJ, that is) BUT it does make you wonder how did Kochikame get to 150 million copies sold with numbers like this?

21.- Kochikame #185 Osamu Akimoto 32,089/32,089 Shueisha

Did it sell in the millions during its hayday? Maybe some old Kochikame volumes sold more than 1 million per copy, and then just slowly lowered.

Kochikame had 29.86m in circulation for 50 volumes.
Then 49.5m for 65 volumes in 1990
50m, 67 volumes
70m, 79 volumes in 1993
84m, 90 volumes in 1994
93m, 98 volumes in 1996
100m, 100 volumes in 1996
112m, 112 volumes in 1999
118m, 119 volumes in 2000

After that, there is a lot of different numbers that don't quite all make sens. But that's the point where it really started to slow down.

Unfortunately, I don't think there is any data for older Golgo 13 prints. But it's safe to assume that it once sold a lot and that it's now way past its prime.

Rijapega · Sep 29, 2021

Thanks for the info Rouk. So it was always a great seller, kind of weird that it got an anime only after 20 years, you would have thought that it would have gotten an anime pretty soon like Dr. Slump did.

Jiggy · Sep 29, 2021

It's crazy how many series have leapfrogged One Piece in popularity recently

Rijapega · Sep 30, 2021

Jiggy It's the Kimetsu effect.

It was bound to happen that whatever manga that became hot after Kimetsu's ending would get a boost in sales. Just look at how the manga charts went crazy after KnY.

Am I saying JJK and TR are not good? No, not at all. I really love Tokyo Revengers and JJK is... fine imo. But it's no coincidence that these two got a huge boost (and by huge boost I mean they literally are making numbers that in the past would be record-breaking, in fact Tokyo Revengers became Kodansha's yearly highest seller if I am not wrong - at least within the time Oricon has existed-.) and this is all happening because of the new reader base KnY created.

Also, I wouldn't say any manga not named Kimetsu no Yaiba has leapfrogged One Piece really.. Sure, Jujutsu Kaisen oversold One Piece's volume 99, but who knows in the long run, basically JJK won the sprint while OP's volumes will win the race.
And Tokyo Revenger currently has sold 1 million per volume (OP volumes still sell around 2 million, and I imagine a bit more than that since they still get like a 3mill first run print), and TR latest volume sold 435,000 week 1, One Piece sells 1'000,000 week 1.

Rouk' · Sep 30, 2021

Oricon Ranking: Week 38, 2021 (Sep 20 - Sep 26)
RANK./PREVIOUS RANK. TITLE (RELEASE DATE) - SALES/LTD SALES (GROWTH)

01./01. Tokyo Revengers #24 {2021.09.17} - 238,131 / 673,597 (-45%)
02./00. Space Brothers #40 {2021.09.22} - 145,333 / NEW
03./09. Record of Ragnarok #12 {2021.09.18} - 134,558 / 201,706 (+100%)
04./03. Golden Kamuy #27 {2021.09.17} - 86,271 / 179,058 (-7%)
05./00. Blue Period #11 {2021.09.22} - 71,693 / NEW
06./00. Giant Killing #59 {2021.09.22} - 70,566 / NEW
07./39. Dakaretai Otoko 1-i no Odosaretemasu。 #8 {2021.09.18} - 67,420 / 101,393 (+98%)
08./08. Kaiju No. 8 #4 {2021.09.03} - 52,868 / 638,201 (-24%)
09./04. One Piece #100 {2021.09.03} - 52,761 / 1,736,402 (-38%)
10./07. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8 JoJolion #27 {2021.09.17} - 51,785 / 125,880 (-30%)
11./34. Skip Beat! #47 {2021.09.17} - 51,469 / 97,625 (+12%)
12./02. Delicious in Dungeon #11 {2021.09.15} - 45,931 / 206,760 (-71%)
13./17. A Couple of Cuckoos #8 {2021.09.17} - 42,090 / 94,100 (-19%)
14./06. Tokyo Revengers #23 {2021.07.16} - 41,054 / 893,254 (-46%)
15./12. Tokyo Revengers #10 {2019.01.17} - 39,790 / 1,119,686 (-25%)
16./10. Tokyo Revengers #9 {2018.11.16} - 39,748 / 1,130,054 (-27%)
17./15. Tokyo Revengers #12 {2019.06.17} - 38,670 / 1,082,841 (-26%)
18./23. Tokyo Revengers #11 {2019.03.15} - 37,996 / 1,083,390 (-25%)
19./24. Tokyo Revengers #13 {2019.08.16} - 37,096 / 1,068,288 (-26%)
20./13. Tokyo Revengers #17 {2020.05.15} - 36,643 / 1,028,383 (-30%)
21./16. Tokyo Revengers #14 {2019.10.17} - 36,605 / 1,059,795 (-30%)
22./19. Tokyo Revengers #22 {2021.04.16} - 36,399 / 1,008,179 (-30%)
23./36. The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse #3 {2021.09.17} - 36,246 / 73,853 (-4%)
24./20. Tokyo Revengers #18 {2020.07.17} - 36,110 / 1,015,687 (-30%)
25./25. Tokyo Revengers #15 {2019.12.17} - 35,968 / 1,050,208 (-29%)
26./14. Tokyo Revengers #21 {2021.02.17} - 35,922 / 1,011,167 (-31%)
27./18. Tokyo Revengers #20 {2020.12.17} - 35,856 / 1,009,429 (-31%)
28./21. Tokyo Revengers #16 {2020.03.17} - 35,410 / 1,036,090 (-31%)
29./11. Tokyo Revengers #19 {2020.09.17} - 35,387 / 1,013,464 (-35%)
30./22. Tokyo Revengers #1 {2017.05.17} - 33,233 / 1,169,086 (-35%)
31./00. Hachinantte, Sore wa Nai Deshou! #10 {2021.09.21} - 33,141 / 42,401 (+258%)
32./27. Tokyo Revengers #2 {2017.07.14} - 32,190 / 1,142,393 (-35%)
33./00. The Rising of the Shield Hero #19 {2021.09.22} - 31,902 / NEW
34./28. Tokyo Revengers #8 {2018.09.14} - 31,887 / 1,123,870 (-35%)
35./26. Tokyo Revengers #3 {2017.09.15} - 31,776 / 1,119,667 (-36%)
36./31. Tokyo Revengers #5 {2018.02.16} - 31,459 / 1,132,642 (-35%)
37./30. Tokyo Revengers #6 {2018.04.17} - 31,250 / 1,133,205 (-35%)
38./33. Tokyo Revengers #4 {2017.11.17} - 30,976 / 1,102,370 (-35%)
39./32. Tokyo Revengers #7 {2018.06.15} - 30,638 / 1,126,721 (-36%)
40./00. Skeleton Knight in Another World #9 {2021.09.21} - 30,113 / 36,457 (+375%)
41./37. Hajime no Ippo #132 {2021.09.17} - 30,016 / 65,978 (-17%)
42./42. Kubo-san wa Boku (Mobu) wo Yurusanai #6 {2021.09.17} - 25,988 / 51,980 (0%)
43./00. Yakuza Lover #9 {2021.09.24} - 25,285 / NEW
44./00. Dekin no Mogura #1 {2021.09.22} - 24,910 / NEW
45./00. Majo Taisen: 32-nin no Isai no Majo wa Koroshiau #2 {2021.09.18} - 24,830 / 38,895 (+77%)
46./00. Sakura, Saku. #2 {2021.09.24} - 23,722 / NEW
47./00. Loving Yamada at LV999! #4 {2021.09.21} - 23,535 / 24,721 (+1884%)
48./00. Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Side F.P & M #1 Limited Edition {2021.09.22} - 23,110 / NEW
49./00. Fragile #21 {2021.09.22} - 21,867 / NEW
50./00. Bite Maker: The King's Omega #8 {2021.09.24} - 20,189 / NEW

Trafalgar Law · Sep 30, 2021

Rijapega said:
Jiggy It's the Kimetsu effect.

It was bound to happen that whatever manga that became hot after Kimetsu's ending would get a boost in sales. Just look at how the manga charts went crazy after KnY.

Am I saying JJK and TR are not good? No, not at all. I really love Tokyo Revengers and JJK is... fine imo. But it's no coincidence that these two got a huge boost (and by huge boost I mean they literally are making numbers that in the past would be record-breaking, in fact Tokyo Revengers became Kodansha's yearly highest seller if I am not wrong - at least within the time Oricon has existed-.) and this is all happening because of the new reader base KnY created.

Also, I wouldn't say any manga not named Kimetsu no Yaiba has leapfrogged One Piece really.. Sure, Jujutsu Kaisen oversold One Piece's volume 99, but who knows in the long run, basically JJK won the sprint while OP's volumes will win the race.
And Tokyo Revenger currently has sold 1 million per volume (OP volumes still sell around 2 million, and I imagine a bit more than that since they still get like a 3mill first run print), and TR latest volume sold 435,000 week 1, One Piece sells 1'000,000 week 1.

JJK movie and season 2 are close so another boost is on the way

Rijapega · Oct 1, 2021

JJK movie is on December iirc, which wouldn't count for this year's oricon, which ends in mid november iirc.

Rouk' · Oct 2, 2021

Oricon Ranking: September 2021 (Aug 30 - Sep 26)

Series:

01. Tokyo Revengers - 3,941,329
02. One Piece - 2,094,384
03. Kaiju No. 8 - 771,575
04. My Hero Academia - 570,055
05. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - 516,076
06. Jujutsu Kaisen - 347,648
07. Record of Ragnarok - 294,820
08. Golden Kamuy - 282,634
09. Blue Lock - 250,303
10. Natsume's Book of Friends - 245,520
11. Haikyu!! - 221,436
12. Delicious in Dungeon - 212,654
13. Aoashi - 209,816
14. Look Back - 196,873
15. Kingdom - 190,049
16. Mystery to Iu Nakare - 174,180
17. Space Brothers - 167,979
18. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - 166,235
19. Blue Period - 163,274
20. Attack on Titan - 147,466

Volumes:

01. One Piece #100 - 1,736,402
02. Tokyo Revengers #24 - 673,597
03. Kaiju No. 8 #4 - 638,201
04. Delicious in Dungeon #11 - 206,760
05. Record of Ragnarok #12 - 201,706
06. Look Back - 196,873
07. Tokyo Revengers #23 - 183,335
08. Golden Kamuy #27 - 179,058
09. Natsume's Book of Friends #27 - 178,555
10. Tokyo Revengers #9 - 150,193
11. Aoashi #25 - 149,878
12. Tokyo Revengers #10 - 148,820
13. Tokyo Revengers #19 - 147,077
14. Tokyo Revengers #17 - 145,658
15. Space Brothers #40 - 145,333
16. Tokyo Revengers #12 - 144,734
17. Tokyo Revengers #20 - 144,427
18. Tokyo Revengers #21 - 144,233
19. Tokyo Revengers #18 - 144,106
20. Tokyo Revengers #16 - 142,788

Rouk' · Oct 2, 2021

Oricon 2021 Series Ranking, as of September 26th:

01./ Jujutsu Kaisen - 28,784,870
02./ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - 28,204,595
03./ Tokyo Revengers - 22,242,981
04./ Attack on Titan - ~7,150,000
05./ One Piece - ~6,665,000
06./ My Hero Academia - 5,783,665
07./ Chainsaw Man - ~5,005,000
08./ Spy x Family - ~4,105,000
09./ Kingdom - ~4,085,000
10./ Haikyu!! - 4,063,974
11./ Kaiju No. 8 - ~3,485,000
12./ The Promised Neverland - ~3,450,000
13./ Dr. Stone - ~3,060,000
14./ That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - ~2,930,000
15./ Record of Ragnarok - ~2,860,000
16./ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden - ~2,340,000
17./ Mystery to Iu Nakare - ~2,285,000
18./ Frieren: Beyond Journey's end - ~2,260,000
19./ World Trigger - ~2,110,000
20./ The Apothecary Diaries - ~1,880,000
21./ The Quintessential Quintuplets - ~1,880,000
22./ Jujutsu Kaisen #0 - ~1,860,000
23./ Kemono Jihen - ~1,850,000
24./ Fire Force - ~1,840,000
25./ Honey Lemon Soda - ~1,800,000

Warlord · Oct 2, 2021

Rouk' said:
Oricon 2021 Series Ranking, as of September 26th:

01./ Jujutsu Kaisen - 28,784,870
02./ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - 28,204,595
03./ Tokyo Revengers - 22,242,981
04./ Attack on Titan - ~7,150,000
05./ One Piece - ~6,665,000
06./ My Hero Academia - 5,783,665
07./ Chainsaw Man - ~5,005,000
08./ Spy x Family - ~4,105,000
09./ Kingdom - ~4,085,000
10./ Haikyu!! - 4,063,974
11./ Kaiju No. 8 - ~3,485,000
12./ The Promised Neverland - ~3,450,000
13./ Dr. Stone - ~3,060,000
14./ That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - ~2,930,000
15./ Record of Ragnarok - ~2,860,000
16./ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden - ~2,340,000
17./ Mystery to Iu Nakare - ~2,285,000
18./ Frieren: Beyond Journey's end - ~2,260,000
19./ World Trigger - ~2,110,000
20./ The Apothecary Diaries - ~1,880,000
21./ The Quintessential Quintuplets - ~1,880,000
22./ Jujutsu Kaisen #0 - ~1,860,000
23./ Kemono Jihen - ~1,850,000
24./ Fire Force - ~1,840,000
25./ Honey Lemon Soda - ~1,800,000

Even though it's unlikely, Demon slayer could surpass JJK and get first place again. All depends on how big of a boost it will get with the second season.

Are there any new volumes for Spy x Family coming out?

JosephL64 · Oct 2, 2021

Warlord said:
Even though it's unlikely, Demon slayer could surpass JJK and get first place again. All depends on how big of a boost it will get with the second season.

Are there any new volumes for Spy x Family coming out?

Next one looks like December 28th on Amazon JP

Rouk' · Oct 2, 2021

Warlord said:
Even though it's unlikely, Demon slayer could surpass JJK and get first place again. All depends on how big of a boost it will get with the second season.

Are there any new volumes for Spy x Family coming out?

Spy x Family #8 will release on November 4th (and will thus have 3 week counted in the 2021 oricon year).

Trafalgar Law · Oct 4, 2021

Warlord said:
Even though it's unlikely, Demon slayer could surpass JJK and get first place again. All depends on how big of a boost it will get with the second season.

Are there any new volumes for Spy x Family coming out?

jjk movie vs demon slayer season 2 , would love too see the respective boosts, when does the year/time period end

Warlord · Oct 4, 2021

Trafalgar Law said:
jjk movie vs demon slayer season 2 , would love too see the respective boosts, when does the year/time period end

November 21st if the op is correct. so JJK won't receive a boost from the movie in the Oricon rankings.

Rouk' · Oct 6, 2021

Oricon Ranking: Week 39, 2021 (Sep 27 - Oct 3)
RANK./ TITLE - SALES (YEARLY ESTIMATES)

01./ Tokyo Revengers - 638,579 (22,881,560)
02./ March Comes in Like a Lion - 359,999
03./ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - 346,911 (28,551,506)
04./ Black Butler - 200,084
05./ Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun - 141,223
06./ Jujutsu Kaisen - 140,192 (28,925,062)
07./ My Hero Academia - 92,993 (5,876,658)
08./ Disney Twisted Wonderland the Comic ~Episode of Heartslabyul~ - 90,122
09./ Blue Period - 76,208
10./ One Piece - 71,771 (~6,735,000)
11./ Record of Ragnarok - 70,000 (~2,930,000)
12./ Chi - Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite - 60,000
13./ Golden Kamuy - 55,000
14./ Space Brothers - 55,000
15./ Kaiju No. 8 - 55,000 (~3,540,000)
16./ Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt - 50,000
17./ My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! - 50,000
18./ Kuubo Ibuki Great Game - 50,000
19./ Haikyu!! - 50,000 (~4,115,000)
20./ Blue Lock - 50,000 (~1,720,000)

Warlord · Oct 6, 2021

Rouk' said:
Oricon Ranking: Week 39, 2021 (Sep 27 - Oct 3)
RANK./ TITLE - SALES (YEARLY ESTIMATES)

01./ Tokyo Revengers - 638,579 (22,881,560)
02./ March Comes in Like a Lion - 359,999
03./ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - 346,911 (28,551,506)
04./ Black Butler - 200,084
05./ Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun - 141,223
06./ Jujutsu Kaisen - 140,192 (28,925,062)
07./ My Hero Academia - 92,993 (5,876,658)
08./ Disney Twisted Wonderland the Comic ~Episode of Heartslabyul~ - 90,122
09./ Blue Period - 76,208
10./ One Piece - 71,771 (~6,735,000)

Wonder if Blue Box will be in the top 10 next week. Dandadan and Mashle are a lock, but is Blue box also in? All three seem to be doing extremely well.

Rouk' · Oct 7, 2021

Oricon Ranking: Week 39, 2021 (Sep 27 - Oct 3)
RANK./PREVIOUS RANK. TITLE (RELEASE DATE) - SALES/LTD SALES (GROWTH)

01./00. March Comes in Like a Lion #16 {2021.09.29} - 297,047 / NEW
02./00. Black Butler #31 {2021.09.27} - 196,944 / 198,016 (+18272%)
03./00. Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun #16 {2021.09.27} - 126,099 / 126,500 (+31346%)
04./01. Tokyo Revengers #24 {2021.09.17} - 125,986 / 799,583 (-47%)
05./00. Disney Twisted Wonderland the Comic ~Episode of Heartslabyul~ #1 {2021.09.27} - 90,122 / 90,540 (+21460%)
06./00. Jujutsu Kaisen #17 {2021.10.04} - 72,865 / NEW
07./00. March Comes in Like a Lion #16 Limited Edition {2021.09.29} - 56,409 / NEW
08./00. Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt #18 {2021.09.30} - 47,901 / NEW
09./00. Kuubo Ibuki Great Game #5 {2021.09.30} - 44,907 / NEW
10./03. Record of Ragnarok #12 {2021.09.18} - 43,427 / 245,133 (-68%)
11./02. Space Brothers #40 {2021.09.22} - 42,356 / 187,689 (-71%)
12./00. Chi - Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite #5 {2021.09.30} - 40,086 / NEW
13./00. My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! #7 {2021.09.30} - 35,678 / NEW
14./00. New Game! #13 {2021.09.27} - 32,925 / 33,237 (+10453%)
15./05. Blue Period #11 {2021.09.22} - 29,694 / 101,387 (-59%)
16./00. Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu #13 {2021.10.01} - 29,096 / NEW
17./09. One Piece #100 {2021.09.03} - 28,665 / 1,765,067 (-46%)
18./08. Kaiju No. 8 #4 {2021.09.03} - 28,116 / 666,317 (-47%)
19./04. Golden Kamuy #27 {2021.09.17} - 26,816 / 205,874 (-69%)
20./00. An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess #6 {2021.09.30} - 26,760 / NEW
21./43. Yakuza Lover #9 {2021.09.24} - 25,433 / 50,718 (+1%)
22./15. Tokyo Revengers #10 {2019.01.17} - 24,712 / 1,144,398 (-38%)
23./16. Tokyo Revengers #9 {2018.11.16} - 24,486 / 1,154,540 (-38%)
24./14. Tokyo Revengers #23 {2021.07.16} - 24,318 / 917,572 (-41%)
25./06. Giant Killing #59 {2021.09.22} - 24,032 / 94,598 (-66%)
26./21. Tokyo Revengers #14 {2019.10.17} - 23,890 / 1,083,685 (-35%)
27./18. Tokyo Revengers #11 {2019.03.15} - 23,805 / 1,107,195 (-37%)
28./19. Tokyo Revengers #13 {2019.08.16} - 23,749 / 1,092,037 (-36%)
29./17. Tokyo Revengers #12 {2019.06.17} - 23,697 / 1,106,538 (-39%)
30./28. Tokyo Revengers #16 {2020.03.17} - 23,599 / 1,059,689 (-33%)
31./25. Tokyo Revengers #15 {2019.12.17} - 23,565 / 1,073,773 (-34%)
32./20. Tokyo Revengers #17 {2020.05.15} - 23,537 / 1,051,920 (-36%)
33./29. Tokyo Revengers #19 {2020.09.17} - 23,431 / 1,036,895 (-34%)
34./24. Tokyo Revengers #18 {2020.07.17} - 23,337 / 1,039,024 (-35%)
35./27. Tokyo Revengers #20 {2020.12.17} - 23,139 / 1,032,568 (-35%)
36./22. Tokyo Revengers #22 {2021.04.16} - 23,138 / 1,031,317 (-36%)
37./26. Tokyo Revengers #21 {2021.02.17} - 22,856 / 1,034,023 (-36%)
38./46. Sakura, Saku. #2 {2021.09.24} - 22,747 / 46,469 (-4%)
39./30. Tokyo Revengers #1 {2017.05.17} - 20,732 / 1,189,818 (-38%)
40./00. Kajiya de Hajimeru Isekai Slow Life #2 {2021.09.27} - 20,412 / 27,609 (+184%)
41./00. Uma Musume Pretty Derby Anthology Comic STAR #2 {2021.09.29} - 20,393 / NEW
42./07. Dakaretai Otoko 1-i no Odosaretemasu。 #8 {2021.09.18} - 20,106 / 121,499 (-70%)
43./32. Tokyo Revengers #2 {2017.07.14} - 20,000 / 1,162,393 (-38%)
44./35. Tokyo Revengers #3 {2017.09.15} - 19,644 / 1,139,311 (-38%)
45./34. Tokyo Revengers #8 {2018.09.14} - 19,637 / 1,143,507 (-38%)
46./00. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba #23 {2020.12.04} - 19,616 / 5,117,901
47./00. My Senpai is Annoying #8 {2021.09.28} - 19,406 / NEW
48./36. Tokyo Revengers #5 {2018.02.16} - 19,400 / 1,152,042 (-38%)
49./00. Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles #10 {2021.09.30} - 19,397 / NEW
50./37. Tokyo Revengers #6 {2018.04.17} - 19,395 / 1,152,600 (-38%)

Trafalgar Law · Oct 10, 2021

Rouk' said:
Oricon Ranking: Week 39, 2021 (Sep 27 - Oct 3)
RANK./PREVIOUS RANK. TITLE (RELEASE DATE) - SALES/LTD SALES (GROWTH)

01./00. March Comes in Like a Lion #16 {2021.09.29} - 297,047 / NEW
02./00. Black Butler #31 {2021.09.27} - 196,944 / 198,016 (+18272%)
03./00. Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun #16 {2021.09.27} - 126,099 / 126,500 (+31346%)
04./01. Tokyo Revengers #24 {2021.09.17} - 125,986 / 799,583 (-47%)
05./00. Disney Twisted Wonderland the Comic ~Episode of Heartslabyul~ #1 {2021.09.27} - 90,122 / 90,540 (+21460%)
06./00. Jujutsu Kaisen #17 {2021.10.04} - 72,865 / NEW
07./00. March Comes in Like a Lion #16 Limited Edition {2021.09.29} - 56,409 / NEW
08./00. Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt #18 {2021.09.30} - 47,901 / NEW
09./00. Kuubo Ibuki Great Game #5 {2021.09.30} - 44,907 / NEW
10./03. Record of Ragnarok #12 {2021.09.18} - 43,427 / 245,133 (-68%)
11./02. Space Brothers #40 {2021.09.22} - 42,356 / 187,689 (-71%)
12./00. Chi - Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite #5 {2021.09.30} - 40,086 / NEW
13./00. My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! #7 {2021.09.30} - 35,678 / NEW
14./00. New Game! #13 {2021.09.27} - 32,925 / 33,237 (+10453%)
15./05. Blue Period #11 {2021.09.22} - 29,694 / 101,387 (-59%)
16./00. Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu #13 {2021.10.01} - 29,096 / NEW
17./09. One Piece #100 {2021.09.03} - 28,665 / 1,765,067 (-46%)
18./08. Kaiju No. 8 #4 {2021.09.03} - 28,116 / 666,317 (-47%)
19./04. Golden Kamuy #27 {2021.09.17} - 26,816 / 205,874 (-69%)
20./00. An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess #6 {2021.09.30} - 26,760 / NEW
21./43. Yakuza Lover #9 {2021.09.24} - 25,433 / 50,718 (+1%)
22./15. Tokyo Revengers #10 {2019.01.17} - 24,712 / 1,144,398 (-38%)
23./16. Tokyo Revengers #9 {2018.11.16} - 24,486 / 1,154,540 (-38%)
24./14. Tokyo Revengers #23 {2021.07.16} - 24,318 / 917,572 (-41%)
25./06. Giant Killing #59 {2021.09.22} - 24,032 / 94,598 (-66%)
26./21. Tokyo Revengers #14 {2019.10.17} - 23,890 / 1,083,685 (-35%)
27./18. Tokyo Revengers #11 {2019.03.15} - 23,805 / 1,107,195 (-37%)
28./19. Tokyo Revengers #13 {2019.08.16} - 23,749 / 1,092,037 (-36%)
29./17. Tokyo Revengers #12 {2019.06.17} - 23,697 / 1,106,538 (-39%)
30./28. Tokyo Revengers #16 {2020.03.17} - 23,599 / 1,059,689 (-33%)
31./25. Tokyo Revengers #15 {2019.12.17} - 23,565 / 1,073,773 (-34%)
32./20. Tokyo Revengers #17 {2020.05.15} - 23,537 / 1,051,920 (-36%)
33./29. Tokyo Revengers #19 {2020.09.17} - 23,431 / 1,036,895 (-34%)
34./24. Tokyo Revengers #18 {2020.07.17} - 23,337 / 1,039,024 (-35%)
35./27. Tokyo Revengers #20 {2020.12.17} - 23,139 / 1,032,568 (-35%)
36./22. Tokyo Revengers #22 {2021.04.16} - 23,138 / 1,031,317 (-36%)
37./26. Tokyo Revengers #21 {2021.02.17} - 22,856 / 1,034,023 (-36%)
38./46. Sakura, Saku. #2 {2021.09.24} - 22,747 / 46,469 (-4%)
39./30. Tokyo Revengers #1 {2017.05.17} - 20,732 / 1,189,818 (-38%)
40./00. Kajiya de Hajimeru Isekai Slow Life #2 {2021.09.27} - 20,412 / 27,609 (+184%)
41./00. Uma Musume Pretty Derby Anthology Comic STAR #2 {2021.09.29} - 20,393 / NEW
42./07. Dakaretai Otoko 1-i no Odosaretemasu。 #8 {2021.09.18} - 20,106 / 121,499 (-70%)
43./32. Tokyo Revengers #2 {2017.07.14} - 20,000 / 1,162,393 (-38%)
44./35. Tokyo Revengers #3 {2017.09.15} - 19,644 / 1,139,311 (-38%)
45./34. Tokyo Revengers #8 {2018.09.14} - 19,637 / 1,143,507 (-38%)
46./00. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba #23 {2020.12.04} - 19,616 / 5,117,901
47./00. My Senpai is Annoying #8 {2021.09.28} - 19,406 / NEW
48./36. Tokyo Revengers #5 {2018.02.16} - 19,400 / 1,152,042 (-38%)
49./00. Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles #10 {2021.09.30} - 19,397 / NEW
50./37. Tokyo Revengers #6 {2018.04.17} - 19,395 / 1,152,600 (-38%)

damn why is jjk so low

Rouk' · Oct 10, 2021

Trafalgar Law said:
damn why is jjk so low

It was before its actual release date

Trafalgar Law · Oct 13, 2021

Jujutsu Kaisen ranked #1 on Weekly Oricon (10/04-10/10) Series Sales With 1.180.583 total sales for the week.

Rouk' · Oct 13, 2021

Oricon Ranking: Week 40, 2021 (Oct 4 - Oct 10)
RANK./ TITLE - SALES (YEARLY ESTIMATES)

01./ Jujutsu Kaisen - 1,180,583 (30,105,645)
02./ My Hero Academia - 545,463 (6,422,121)
03./ Tokyo Revengers - 462,663 (23,344,223)
04./ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - 218,799 (28,770,305)
05./ The Five Star Stories - 132,259
06./ Black Clover - 119,569
07./ Mashle: Magic and Muscles - 112,823
08./ Dandadan - 97,865
09./ March Comes in Like a Lion - 94,381
10./ Blue Box - 81,615
11./ Seraph of the End - 75,000
12./ Blue Period - 70,000
13./ Kinnikuman - 65,000
14./ Fujimoto Tatsuki Short Story Collection "17-21" - 61,984
15./ Black Butler - 60,000
16./ Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun - 60,000
17./ Kono Oto Tomare! - 60,000
18./ One Piece - 55,000 (~6,790,000)
19./ Record of Ragnarok - 55,000 (~2,985,000)
20./ Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kouen-mae Hashutsujo - 55,000

Geg · Oct 13, 2021

Wow, One Piece may actually end up below MHA this year.

Even if volume 101 releases in December it won't be counted as part of 2021's yearly sales right?

Rouk' · Oct 13, 2021

Geg said:
Wow, One Piece may actually end up below MHA this year.

Even if volume 101 releases in December it won't be counted as part of 2021's yearly sales right?

Indeed, the Oricon year ends and starts around mid-November. (the 21st this year)

NSESN · Oct 13, 2021

MHA is less than 400k behind OP, I think it passing OP is almost certain
The biggest fight will be between MHA and AoT

Rouk' · Oct 14, 2021

Oricon Ranking: Week 40, 2021 (Oct 4 - Oct 10)
RANK./PREVIOUS RANK. TITLE (RELEASE DATE) - SALES/LTD SALES (GROWTH)

01./06. Jujutsu Kaisen #17 {2021.10.04} - 1,096,464 / 1,169,329 (+1405%)
02./00. My Hero Academia #32 {2021.10.04} - 452,736 / 453,906 (+38595%)
03./00. The Five Star Stories #16 {2021.10.08} - 130,641 / NEW
04./00. Black Clover #30 {2021.10.04} - 113,418 / 113,690 (+41598%)
05./00. Mashle: Magic and Muscles #8 {2021.10.04} - 93,423 / 93,578 (+60173%)
06./00. Dandadan #2 {2021.10.04} - 85,717 / 86,003 (+29871%)
07./01. March Comes in Like a Lion #16 {2021.09.29} - 80,818 / 377,865 (-73%)
08./00. Blue Box #2 {2021.10.04} - 74,470 / 74,684 (+34699%)
09./00. Seraph of the End #25 {2021.10.04} - 67,417 / 67,593 (+38205%)
10./04. Tokyo Revengers #24 {2021.09.17} - 65,796 / 865,379 (-48%)
11./00. Kinnikuman #76 {2021.10.04} - 64,467 / 64,737 (+23777%)
12./00. Fujimoto Tatsuki Short Story Collection "17-21" {2021.10.04} - 61,984 / 62,268 (+21725%)
13./02. Black Butler #31 {2021.09.27} - 56,951 / 254,967 (-71%)
14./00. Kono Oto Tomare! #25 {2021.10.04} - 53,918 / 54,138 (+24408%)
15./00. Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kouen-mae Hashutsujo #201 {2021.10.04} - 50,284 / 50,727 (+11251%)
16./16. Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu #13 {2021.10.01} - 45,918 / 75,014 (+58%)
17./00. Today's Menu for the Emiya Family #7 {2021.10.07} - 45,716 / NEW
18./00. Ayakashi Triangle #6 {2021.10.04} - 43,935 / 44,142 (+21125%)
19./03. Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun #16 {2021.09.27} - 42,695 / 169,195 (-66%)
20./00. World's End Harem #13 {2021.10.04} - 42,054 / NEW
21./00. Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou Sareta Beast Tamer, Saikyou-shu Nekomimi Shoujo to Deau #6 {2021.10.07} - 41,537 / NEW
22./00. Gakuen Babysitters #22 {2021.10.05} - 36,818 / NEW
23./00. Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie #10 {2021.10.08} - 33,310 / NEW
24./00. Undead Unluck #8 {2021.10.04} - 31,268 / NEW
25./00. Kimi wa Mendou na Konyakusha #4 {2021.10.05} - 30,849 / NEW
26./00. The Ride-On King #7 {2021.10.07} - 28,610 / NEW
27./00. Mission: Yozakura Family #10 {2021.10.04} - 28,427 / NEW
28./10. Record of Ragnarok #12 {2021.09.18} - 28,259 / 273,392 (-35%)
29./00. Arafoo Kenja no Isekai Seikatsu Nikki〜Kimama na Isekai Kyoushi Life〜 #7 {2021.10.07} - 27,395 / NEW
30./12. Chi - Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite #5 {2021.09.30} - 26,288 / 66,374 (-34%)
31./00. Nido Tensei Shita Shounen wa S Rank Boukensha Toshite Heion ni Sugosu〜Zense ga Kenja de Eiyuu Datta Boku wa Raise Dewa Jimi ni Ikiru〜 #5 {2021.10.07} - 25,456 / NEW
32./00. World's End Harem Fantasia #8 {2021.10.04} - 24,148 / NEW
33./18. Kaiju No. 8 #4 {2021.09.03} - 23,728 / 690,045 (-16%)
34./09. Kuubo Ibuki Great Game #5 {2021.09.30} - 22,708 / 67,615 (-49%)
35./00. Yoku Wakaranai Keredo Isekai ni Tensei Shita You Desu #8 {2021.10.07} - 22,545 / NEW
36./00. Boku wa Chikyuu to Utau 「Boku Tama」 Jisedai-hen II #7 {2021.10.05} - 22,204 / NEW
37./00. 2.5 Dimensional Seduction #11 {2021.10.04} - 21,542 / NEW
38./17. One Piece #100 {2021.09.03} - 20,699 / 1,785,766 (-28%)
39./08. Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt #18 {2021.09.30} - 20,553 / 68,454 (-57%)
40./05. Disney Twisted Wonderland the Comic ~Episode of Heartslabyul~ #1 {2021.09.27} - 20,155 / 110,695 (-78%)
41./00. Watashi Konotabi, Oukoku Kishidan Dokushin Ryou no Kaseifu wo Suru Koto ni Narimashita #5 {2021.10.05} - 19,784 / NEW
42./00. Saikyou no Madoshi. Hisa ni Ya o Ukete Shimatta node Inaka no Eihei ni Naru #5 {2021.10.07} - 19,638 / NEW
43./00. Isekai Tensei de Kenja ni Natte Boukensha Seikatsu - [Mahou Kairyou] de Isekai Saikyou #2 {2021.10.07} - 19,359 / NEW
44./11. Space Brothers #40 {2021.09.22} - 19,089 / 206,778 (-55%)
45./22. Tokyo Revengers #10 {2019.01.17} - 19,079 / 1,163,477 (-23%)
46./13. My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! #7 {2021.09.30} - 18,891 / 54,569 (-47%)
47./23. Tokyo Revengers #9 {2018.11.16} - 18,747 / 1,173,287 (-23%)
48./26. Tokyo Revengers #14 {2019.10.17} - 18,426 / 1,102,111 (-23%)
49./31. Tokyo Revengers #15 {2019.12.17} - 18,313 / 1,092,086 (-22%)
50./33. Tokyo Revengers #19 {2020.09.17} - 18,301 / 1,055,196 (-22%)

Rouk' · Oct 15, 2021

NSESN said:
This means nothing without the same research being done with AC lol

This doesn't change the issue that there is no similar data for AC, but this new article puts the KnY IP revenue for 2020 at 1 trillion yen, including 90% for merchandising.
Thought you might be interested by the split.

Boboyo · Oct 16, 2021

Rouk' said:
This doesn't change the issue that there is no similar data for AC, but this new article puts the KnY IP revenue for 2020 at 1 trillion yen, including 90% for merchandising.
Thought you might be interested by the split.

900 billion yen for merchandising alone, holy shiiiiit

Ain't no way AC merchandising revenue comes close to this, let alone One Piece like the guy was talking about

Some people really don't fully understand just how HUGE of a hit Kimetsu was in Japan during 2020

Being a more established franchise with way more characters means nothing when merchants all over Japan are literally sticking anything Kimetsu-related to any kind of product just to increase their sales lol (and they actually managed to increase it!!)

"Beverage maker DyDo Drinco has expanded a sales plan for canned coffee products featuring Demon Slayer graphics, by 15 million cans. The Osaka-based company, which would not break down its total sales, said it sold more than 50 million cans of coffee in the first three weeks after releasing the Demon Slayer themes in October. In the year through January, canned coffee collabs are expected to equal more than 10% of all coffee products sold the previous year." - Asia Nikkei

https://twitter.com/CanipaShow/status/1343038682538733570?s=20

Social phenomenon for a reason.

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