Oricon (Japan) Manga Sales 2025 (First Half) [2024 Nov. 18 - 2025 May 18]

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Oricon (Japan) Manga Sales 2025 (First Half) [2024 Nov. 18 - 2025 May 18]

Top 10 best-selling manga series of the semester:
RANK./LAST YEAR'S RANK. TITLE [WRITER] ( MAGAZINE / PUBLISHER ) {NUMBER OF NEW VOLUMES PUBLISHED} - YEAR-TO-DATE SALES

01./01. Jujutsu Kaisen [Gege Akutami] (Weekly Shōnen Jump / Shūeisha) {2 volumes} - 3,368,504 (-27%)
02./00. Dandadan [Yukinobu Tatsu] (Shōnen Jump+ / Shūeisha) {2 volumes} - 2,536,995
03./05. Blue Lock [Muneyuki Kaneshiro / Yusuke Nomura] (Weekly Shōnen Magazine / Kōdansha) {2 volumes} - 1,898,324 (-12%)
04./04. One Piece [Eiichirō Oda] (Weekly Shōnen Jump / Shūeisha) {1 volume} - 1,839,799 (-16%)
05./10. My Hero Academia [Kōhei Horikoshi] (Weekly Shōnen Jump / Shūeisha) {1 volume} - 1,751,598 (+38%)
06./00. Blue Box [Kōji Miura] (Weekly Shōnen Jump / Shūeisha) {3 volumes} - 1,689,264
07./03. The Apothecary Diaries [Natsu Hyūga / Itsuki Nanao / Nekokurage and Natsu Hyūga / Minoji Kurata] (Monthly Big Gangan / Square Enix and Sunday GX / Shogakukan) {2 volumes} - 1,582,118 (-58%)
08./00. Sakamoto Days [Yūto Suzuki] (Weekly Shōnen Jump / Shūeisha) {2 volumes} - 1,374,539
09./00. Medalist [Tsurumaikada] (Monthly Afternoon / Kōdansha) {1 volume} - 1,313,454
10./08. Kingdom [Yasuhisa Hara] (Weekly Young Jump / Shūeisha) {2 volumes} - 1,300,753 (-19%)

Top 50 best-selling manga volumes:
RANK. TITLE [RELEASE DATE] - YEAR-TO-DATE SALES

01. Jujutsu Kaisen #30 [2024.12.25] - 1,261,782
02. One Piece #111 [2025.03.04] - 1,236,496
03. Jujutsu Kaisen #29 [2024.12.25] - 1,235,443
04. My Hero Academia #42 [2024.12.04] - 937,925
05. Spy x Family #15 [2025.03.04] - 719,891
06. Kingdom #74 [2024.12.18] - 552,159
07. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End #14 [2025.03.18] - 499,249
08. The Apothecary Diaries #15 [2025.03.25] - 494,357
09. Kingdom #75 [2025.03.18] - 491,062
10. Yotsuba&! #16 [2025.02.26] - 398,383
11. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime #28 [2025.01.30] - 388,254
12. World Trigger #28 [2025.02.04] - 382,625

13. Kaiju No. 8 #15 [2025.03.04] - 353,675
14. [Oshi no Ko] #16 [2024.12.18] - 350,486
15. Do Not Say Mystery #15 [2025.03.10] - 334,815
16. Blue Lock #32 [2024.12.17] - 328,550
17. Detective Conan #107 [2025.04.18] - 314,467
18. One Piece #110 [2024.11.01] - 307,129
19. Blue Lock #33 [2025.03.17] - 276,431
20. My Dress-up Darling #14 [2024.11.25] - 262,302
21. Chainsaw Man #19 [2024.12.04] - 241,970
22. Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun #23 [2024.12.27] - 237,740
23. Jujutsu Kaisen #28 [2024.10.04] - 237,247
24. Blue Box #18 [2024.12.04] - 221,151
25. One-Punch Man #33 [2025.04.04] - 218,740
26. Dandadan #18 [2025.01.04] - 214,310
27. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 9 The JOJOLands #5 [2024.12.18] - 199,826
28. Chiikawa Nanka Chiisakute Kawaii Yatsu #7 [2024.11.21] - 195,087
29. Kagurabachi #5 [2024.12.04] - 194,134
30. Blue Box #19 [2025.03.04] - 191,988
31. The Apothecary Diaries - Maomao no Koukyuu Nazotoki Techou #19 [2024.12.19] - 190,547
32. My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 #10 [2024.11.22] - 190,281
33. The Five Star Stories #18 [2025.03.10] - 190,068
34. Daemons of the Shadow Realm #9 [2025.03.12] - 182,399
35. From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman: My Hotshot Disciples Are All Grown Up Now, and They Won't Leave Me Alone #7 [2025.03.27] - 176,156
36. Aoashi #38 [2024.12.26] - 173,271
37. Record of Ragnarok #23 [2024.11.20] - 172,720
38. The Summer Hikaru Died #6 [2024.12.04] - 172,592
39. Kagurabachi #6 [2025.03.04] - 170,420
40. Dandadan #19 [2025.04.04] - 168,971
41. Sakamoto Days #20 [2025.01.04] - 168,040
42. Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun #40 [2024.12.06] - 167,576
43. Chainsaw Man #20 [2025.04.04] - 163,260
44. A Bride's Story #15 [2024.11.20] - 159,166

45. Belle Poupée no Supadari Konyaku #1 [2025.02.06] - 155,189
46. Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun #41 [2025.02.07] - 150,324
47. Dragon Ball Super #24 [2025.04.04] - 147,390
48. Zatch Bell!! 2 #5 [2025.04.11] - 145,224
49. Kaiju No. 8 #14 [2024.11.01] - 144,566
50. Sakamoto Days #21 [2025.03.04] - 142,814

How has Dandadan only gotten out two volumes in half a year, are they holding shit back to release with the second cour

Is the manga slow to release chapters?

I want Sukuna to fuck me against the wall with his 2 massive cocks

47. Dragon Ball Super #24 [2025.04.04] - 147,390

Imagine how bad the sales would be without any pretense of Toriyama's involvement. No wonder they're reluctant to go forward with it.

Frieren is now the third highest selling ongoing manga series

Apologise

T. Gege

10. Yotsuba&! #16 [2025.02.26] - 398,383

Only one that really matters.

My Hero Academia? Deserve it title as a King.

True

Chainsaw Man status?

Chainsaw Man hasn’t been good in years

t. I still read it

jjk sales drop 27 percent

still number 1

I love gege and jjk

44. A Bride's Story #15 [2024.11.20] - 159,166

Based.

all titles are down significantly, there's no brand new battle shonen with anime adaptation to dominate sales so far

But it's 4th behind One Piece, Spy X Family and Kingdom?

Not true MHA is up by 90%.

brand new battle shonen anon....

oh, fuck yea.

I know but you said all title is down so I said MHA isn't down.

One more go around. Why not?

Nope, it's weekly. There was a 5 week hiatus a few months ago though.

Am I reading this right? JJK is the best selling manga of this year, without releasing a chapter since Sept. 2024?

Goddamn.

01./01. Jujutsu Kaisen [Gege Akutami] (Weekly Shōnen Jump / Shūeisha) {2 volumes} - 3,368,504 (-27%)

01. Jujutsu Kaisen #30 [2024.12.25] - 1,261,782

03. Jujutsu Kaisen #29 [2024.12.25] - 1,235,443

Nice, strong finishes for JJK. Awesome.

03./05. Blue Lock [Muneyuki Kaneshiro / Yusuke Nomura] (Weekly Shōnen Magazine / Kōdansha) {2 volumes} - 1,898,324 (-12%)

This includes spinoffs, which makes it 4 volumes

05./10. My Hero Academia [Kōhei Horikoshi] (Weekly Shōnen Jump / Shūeisha) {1 volume} - 1,751,598 (+38%)

Pretty sure this also includes spinoffs and fanbooks.

12. World Trigger #28 [2025.02.04] - 382,625

Still going strong

sakamoto

Apologize to the anime

It survived against all odds. Just like that dude's back

Everyone are just moving to online storefronts
Oricon won't know shit if people buy digital or have it delivered instead

medalist

Gross

Kingdom vol 74 has currently sold more but was released 3 months earlier than Frieren vol 14, if we compare to Kingdom vol 75 which was released on the same day then we can see that Frieren has sold (slightly) more so Frieren vol 14 sales should creep passed Kingdom vol 74 sales too.

And it's only really a top 3/4 ongoing title for individual volume sales. Frieren won't get anywhere near the top10 end of year total sales because there will only be a single volume released in this hiatus hell.
Maybe next year

?? It's not even top 10 can't you read

By individual volume sales it's really only One Piece and Spy x Family that outsell it now

It doesn't work that way. Frieren had already peaked from its first anime boost. It will gradually go down at this point and any future anime seasons will show diminishing returns as well, considering how the manga on its own didn't manage to get a resurgence it's unlikely for the anime to do any better in that regard.

So the sales for each volume will gradually be less and less.

Unironically kill yourself.

It doesn't work that way

If they publish two volumes next year then they will sell more total volumes than this year, this isn't debatable it's just maths

04. My Hero Academia #42 [2024.12.04] - 937,925

Meet Consistency Man.

I was referring to individual volume sales.

Do you guys think Apothecary is worth reading? I really dislike waiting for chapters to release, but maybe.. This could be worth it right?
I almost dropped JJK while weekly reading tournament arc