Top-Selling Manga Series in Japan for the 1st half of 2023 (November 21, 2022 to May 21, 2023.)

[Stan BiSH]

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ne...blue-lock-sells-8-million-after-anime/.198621

Rank	Title	Author	Estimated Sales
1	Blue Lock	Original Story: Muneyuki Kaneshiro/Art: Yūsuke Nomura	8,046,032
2	Chainsaw Man	Tatsuki Fujimoto	4,492,906
3	Slam Dunk	Takehiko Inoue	4,199,966
4	Jujutsu Kaisen	Gege Akutami	3,757,215
5	ONE PIECE	Eiichiro Oda	3,550,097

top selling series by volume

Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2023 (1st Half) — One Piece 105 Sells 1.76 Million

Followed by 2 Jujutsu Kaisen books, SPY×FAMILY, 2 Tokyo Revengers, My Hero Academia

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Rank	Title	Author	Estimated Sales
1	ONE PIECE 105	Eiichiro Oda	1,758,255
2	Jujutsu Kaisen 21	Gege Akutami	1,553,984
3	Jujutsu Kaisen 22	Gege Akutami	1,318,536
4	SPY×FAMILY 11	Tatsuya Endō	1,177,254
5	Tokyo Revengers 31	Ken Wakui	846,297
6	My Hero Academia 37	Kōhei Horikoshi	726,883
7	Chainsaw Man 13	Tatsuki Fujimoto	698,001
8	Kingdom 67	Yasuhisa Hara	618,955
9	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 22	Art: Taiki Kawakami/Original Story: Fuse/Original Character Design: Mitz Vah	529,770
10	Blue Lock 22	Original Story: Muneyuki Kaneshiro/Art: Yūsuke Nomura	518,277
11	Kingdom 68	Yasuhisa Hara	517,986
12	Tokyo Revengers 30	Ken Wakui	482,942
13	Chainsaw Man 14	Tatsuki Fujimoto	479,266
14	Kaiju No. 8 9	Naoya Matsumoto	453,197
15	THE FIRST SLAM DUNK re:SOURCE	(Creator/Writer/Supervisor) Takehiko Inoue	448,680
16	Blue Lock 23	Original Story: Muneyuki Kaneshiro/Art: Yūsuke Nomura	445,253
17	Do not say mystery 12	Yumi Tamura	435,559
18	Detective Conan 103	Gosho Aoyama	397,185
19	ONE PIECE 104	Eiichiro Oda	360,601
20	The Apothecary Diaries 11	Original Story: Natsu Hyūga / Art: Nekokurage/ Composition: Itsuki Nanao/ Original Character Design: Touko Shino	350,781
21	Blue Lock 12	Original Story: Muneyuki Kaneshiro/Art: Yūsuke Nomura	349,636
22	Blue Lock 13	Original Story: Muneyuki Kaneshiro/Art: Yūsuke Nomura	347,432
23	Blue Lock 21	Original Story: Muneyuki Kaneshiro/Art: Yūsuke Nomura	346,093
24	Chainsaw Man 12	Tatsuki Fujimoto	343,271
25	Blue Lock 14	Original Story: Muneyuki Kaneshiro/Art: Yūsuke Nomura	342,045

right now from the top 5 the only one i'm curretnyl reading is ONE PIECE, had read some of Chainsaw Man and i'm planning to watch JJK eventually

 

[Mikasa Ackerman]

I didn't think that Blue Lock would be at the top of the list, but it's fair given its insane manga panels. This is a good alarm for me to start reading blue lock manga but I just don't want to risk the enjoyment that I'm getting from the anime by spoiling the upcoming matches. It's always nice to keep the excitement on who wins at the end.
Just look at the huge gap between blue lock and csm sales

 

[Stan BiSH]

I didn't think that Blue Lock would be at the top of the list, but it's fair given its insane manga panels. This is a good alarm for me to start reading blue lock manga but I just don't want to risk the enjoyment that I'm getting from the anime by spoiling the upcoming matches. It's always nice to keep the excitement on who wins at the end.
Just look at the huge gap between blue lock and csm sales

yeah kinda surprising, the Anime of Chainsaw Man was such a huge hit that i thought it was going to be #1 for sure

haven't watched BL but it's cool to see another sport manga topping the list, the last time that happened was with "Kuroko no Basket" i think? so a while ago, at this pace is safe to say that Blue Lock already secured it's spot as the best selling series for 2023

 

[SonnyDA]

I was surprised Blue Lock ranked that high, but considering its anime boom, it makes sense. I usually check out the physical manga after watching something I like, unless it's something more niche like phim hentai, which I only find online. Sales rankings always make me curious about how anime adaptations boost manga popularity—sometimes dramatically.