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Best Selling Manga In Japan In March 2022

Jujutsu Kaisen topped franchise sales charts for the second time.

Oricon released the third monthly ranking for the year 2022 which presents the overall sales data for March 2022. The rank shows franchise sales numbers as well as the top individual manga volume numbers.

Gege Akutami‘s Jujutsu Kaisen reigns second time this year listing 860,218 copies sold, however, it shows quite a dip in sales compared to January. Followed by Ken Wakui‘s Tokyo Revengers which sold 848,131 copies.

The list covers the Top 20 series in Oricon’s March 2022 sales:

RankTitleAuthorCopies SoldPublisher
1Jujutsu KaisenGege Akutami860,218Shueisha
2Tokyo RevengersKen Wakui848,131Kodansha
3Kaiju No. 8Naoya Matsumoto679,046Shueisha
4My Dress-up DarlingShinichi Fukuda619,132Square Enix
5That Time I Got Reincarnated as a SlimeFuse & Taiki Kawakami560,462Kodansha
6Mystery to Iu NakareYumi Tamura502,202Shogakukan
7Blue LockMuneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura387,252Kodansha
8Dr. StoneRiichiro Inagaki & Boichi376,238Shueisha
9Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaKoyoharu Gotouge371,989Shueisha
10One PieceEiichiro Oda369,381Shueisha
11Sousou no FrierenKanehito Yamada & Tsukasa Abe362,638Shueisha
12My Hero AcademiaKohei Horikoshi344,630Shueisha
13Spy x FamilyTatsuya Endo334,222Shueisha
14Record of RagnarokTakumi Fukui, Shinya Umemura & Chika Aji317,085Tokuma Shoten
15Toilet-Bound Hanako-kunAidairo290,931Square Enix
16Kaguya-sama: Love is WarAka Akasaka258,794Shueisha
17Takopii no GenzaiTaizan 5242,708Shueisha
18AoashiYuugo Kobayashi & Naohiko Ueno231,208Shogakukan
19KingdomYasuhira Hara225,773Shueisha
20Yuru CampAfro222,547Houbunsha

Moreover, in March Kaiju No. 8 ranked #1 in the per volume sale in Japan, unlike the previous charts.

The list covers the Top 20 volume-wise Oricon’s March 2022 sales:

RankTitleVolumeAuthorCopies Sold
1Kaiju No. 86Naoya Matsumoto573,069
2That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime2Fuse & Taiki Kawakami418,041
3Sousou no Frieren7Kanehito Yamada & Tsukasa Abe268,892
4Record of Ragnarok14Takumi Fukui, Shinya Umemura & Chika Aji242,221
5Takopii no Genzai1Taizan 5240,294
6Dr. Stone25Riichiro Inagaki & Boichi215,074
7One Piece102Eiichiro Oda211,922
8My Dress-up Darling9Shinichi Fukuda208, 983
9Tokyo Revengers26Ken Wakui206,869
10Kaguya-sama: Love is War25Aka Akasaka199,936
11Yuru Camp13Afro176,157
12Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun17Aidairo170,428
13Blue Lock18Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura155,976
14Grand Blue Dreaming18Kenji Inoue & Kimitake Yoshioka154,011
15Aoashi27Yuugo Kobayashi & Naohiko Ueno152,578
16Ace of Diamond30Yuji Terajima132,544
17Honey Lemon Soda19Muarata Mayu131,664
18Dandadan4Yukinobu Tatsu128,506
19Mashle10Hajime Koumoto127,835
20Kingdom64Yasuhira Hara120,169

In February, Tokyo Revengers topped both franchise sales numbers and the top individual manga volume numbers, while in January Jujutsu Kaisen showed a similar feat.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga made the most numbers in 2020, but Weekly Shonen Jump series Jujutsu Kaisen has surpassed Koyoharu Gotouge’s masterpiece by a few digits in the Oricon Manga sales figures for the year 2021.

Best selling manga in Japan for the previous month(s):

Source: Twitter(1,2)

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