Blue Lock Manga Sales Zoom Past One Piece & Jujutsu Kaisen in First Half of 2023
May. 31, 2023Blue Lock Manga Egotistically Beats Everyone In Its Way
Note: Before we proceed to the rankings, just know that Oricon Manga sales cover the sales from numerous stores located in Japan. However, it should be noted that it doesn’t include all the stores. More importantly, the fact that Oricon solely counts the sales of only physical copies of manga is crucial. Digital copies are not counted in their sales total.
Thanks to the world cup and Blue Lock anime Season 1, which brought in many fans to its manga (including me) seems to have boosted the sales significantly.Blue Lock is the only sports manga to clinch this record.With Mappa Studios achieving another big hit with the first season of Chainsaw Man, it sits the second spot. Slam Dunk totally caught me off guard but its manga sales have been reinvigorated by the Slam Dunk movie which was released recently. Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 is merely a month away now, and I’m sure its sales will only go higher after Gojo’s Past Arc (cour 1) finishes airing.
The One Piece manga has been staying on the top in Oricon’s manga sales rankings for years and recently the Egghead arc is becoming one of thebest arcs in One Pieceever. The rest of the ranks are covered by Spy x Family, Tokyo Revengers, MHA, and Kingdom, which all aired and wrapped up their current seasons recently. Moreover, Oshi no Ko is shaping up to be one of the recent best anime, and its manga sales chart are starting to catch heat.
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