Where’s 6/23? Ask Oricon, not me.
☆ *1 － *1 1 1,074,745 1,074,745 **410 One Piece 50 ☆ *2 － *2 1 **387,543 **387,543 **410 D. Gray-man 15 ☆ *3 － *3 1 **344,274 **344,274 **410 Reborn! 20 ☆ *4 － *4 1 **202,555 **202,555 **410 Prince of Tennis 42 ☆ *5 － *5 1 **170,685 **170,685 **410 Eyeshield 21 30
The good news: if I do tomorrow’s tomorrow, I’m caught up!
The bad news: Metal Gear. :suicide:
☆ *1 － *1 1 240,654 **240,654 **590 Black Butler 4 TOBOSO Yana, Monthly G Fantasy [G Fantasy Comics] ↑ *2 *3 *2 2 167,711 **381,495 **540 Okiku Furikabutte 10 HIGUCHI Asa, Monthly Afternoon [Afternoon KC] ↓ *3 *2 *2 2 154,124 **461,476 **560 Vagabond 28 INOUE Takehiko, Morning [Morning KC] ↓ *4 *1 *1 3 150,817 1,296,615 **410 NANA 19 YAZAWA Ai, Cookie [Ribbon Mascot Comics Cookie] ☆ *5 － *5 1 145,598 **145,598 **420 Cross Game 12 ADACHI Mitsuru, Weekly Shonen Sunday [Shonen Sunday Comics]
☆ *1 *1 *1 2 358,579 1,145,798 **410 NANA 19 YAZAWA Ai, Cookie [Ribbon Mascot Comics Cookie] ☆ *2 － *2 1 307,352 **307,352 **560 Vagabond28 INOUE Takehiko, Morning [Morning KC] ☆ *3 － *3 1 213,784 **213,784 **540 Okiku Furikabutte 10 HIGUCHI Asa, Monthly Afternoon [Afternoon KC] ☆ *4 － *4 1 132,664 **132,664 **650 GANTZ 23 OKU Hiroya, Weekly Young Jump [Young Jump Comics] ↓ *5 *3 *3 2 *94,211 **192,518 **420 FAIRY TALE 10 MASHIMA Hiro, Weekly Shonen Magazine [KC Magazine]
Continuing the catchup.
☆ *1 － *1 1 787,219 787,219 **410 NANA 19 YAZAWA Ai, Cookie [Ribbon Mascot Comics Cookie] ☆ *2 － *2 1 105,078 105,078 **420 Sprout 7 NANAMI Atsuko, Extra Friend [KC Friend] ☆ *3 － *3 1 *98,307 *98,307 **420 FAIRY TALE 10 MASHIMA Hiro, Weekly Shonen Magazine [KC Magazine] ↓ *4 *3 *3 2 *75,690 152,516 **530 Angel Heart 26HOJO Tsukasa, Weekly Comic Bunch [Bunch Comics] ☆ *5 － *5 1 *75,327 *75,327 **420 MAJOR 67 MITSUDA Takuya, Weekly Shonen Sunday [SS Comics]
As a side note for light novels, especially, to explain why they often have two volume numbers: They’re usually subtitled with the name of the current plot arc, each arc taking two or three books that are commonly called “upper” and “lower” or “upper”, “middle”, and “lower”. With no analogous English, it’s my opinion that the best usage is “Series (vol. #): Subtitle (arc vol. #)”.
As for Soul Eater’s appearance, note that all total sales are since Oricon (and coincidentally I) started tracking; apparently the TV adaption has made volume 1 sell steadily in the 10,000 range, and this week things were stale enough to let it poke through into the top 30.
Finally, take note of lack of word wrap; if something looks like it extends out of the text column, it probably -does-.
Paperbacks
☆ *2 － *2 1 *28,553 *28,553 **536 Spice and Wolf Vol. 8 : Village of Opposition Vol. 1HASEKURA Isuna (A)/AYAKURA Ju (I) [Dengeki Bunko] ☆ *4 － *4 1 *22,349 *22,349 **515 Meg and Seron Vol. 2 : Summer Vacation, 3305 Vol. 2
SIGSAWA Keiichi (A)/KUROBOSHI Kohaku (I) [Dengeki Bunko] ↓ 10 *1 *1 3 *16,985 *92,754 **500 Saiunkoku Monogatari: Sparkle of Amber at Dawn
YUKINO Sai (A)/YURA Kairi (I), The Beans (Kadokawa Beans Paperbacks) ↑ 25 41 25 5 **8,580 *35,963 **480 Monster Hunter Portable 2nd: Slashing + Bow Weapons Handbook 1 - Greatswords, Katana, One-Handed Swords, Dual Swords, Bows -
- (CAPCOM) ☆ 28 － 28 1 **7,872 **7,872 **578 Lucky Chance! 3
ARISAWA Mamizu (A)/QP:flapper (I) [Dengeki Bunko] ☆ 29 － 29 1 **7,792 **7,792 **578 DRAGONBUSTER 1
AKIYAMA Mizuhito (A)/FUJISHIRO Akira (I) [Dengeki Bunko]
General
↑ 10 18 10 3 *11,579 *33,755 1,260 Pokemon National All-Character EncyclopediaSupersonic (Comp.)/Shogakukan Production (Coll.)/KIMURA Mitsuo (I) (Big Korotan)
Comics
－ *1 *1 *1 2 264,862 770,368 **410 NARUTO 42KISHIMOTO Masashi, Weekly Shonen Jump [Jump Comics] ☆ *2 － *2 1 149,358 149,358 **420 WORST 20
TAKAHASHI Hiroshi, Weekly Shonen Champion [Shonen Champion Comics] ☆ *3 － *3 1 *76,826 *76,826 **530 Angel Heart 26
YAGI Norihiro, Jump Square [Jump Comics] ↑ *5 *6 *5 2 *65,364 146,295 **410 To LOVEru 9
YABUKI Kentaro (I)/HASEMI Saki (A), Weekly Shonen Jump [Jump Comics]
From this week, I’m covering paperback, general, and comics sales. Since the first two have relatively few relevant books, they’re above the fold; as usual, comics 6-30 are after.
Paperback
↑ *1 *5 *1 2 *49,853 *75,769 **500 Saiunkoku Monogatari: Sparkle of Amber at DawnKATAYAMA Kentaro (A)/YAMAMOTO Yamato (I) (Super Dash Paperbacks)
General
☆ *9 － *9 1 *12,322 *14,187 1,680 Warriors Orochi: Rebirth of the Demon Lord Complete Guide vol. 1ω-Force (Koei) ↑ 13 17 *1 6 *11,440 201,103 1,300 Monster Hunter 2nd G Official Grade-Up Book
V Jump Editorial Staff (Shueisha) ↑ 18 32 18 2 *10,506 *22,176 1,260 Pokemon National All-Character Encyclopedia
FUKUI Harutoshi, Gundam Ace (Kadokawa Comics Ace)
Comic
☆ *1 － *1 1 505,506 505,506 **410 NARUTO 42SHIGENO Hideaki, Weekly Young Magazine (Young Magazine Comics) ↓ *3 *1 *1 2 118,195 229,471 **510 High School Debut 11
KAWAHARA Kazune, Extra Margaret (Margaret Comics) ↓ *4 *2 *2 2 113,594 216,374 **420 I’ll Give You My First Love 11
AOKI Kotomi, Shojo Comic (Flower Comics) ☆ *5 － *5 1 *95,264 *95,264 **410 CLAYMORE 14
The new formatting software is beginning to pay off; this was basically a background activity while catching the too many shows that are on Thursday night. Notable today are my NOT forgetting the relevant non-comic publications, and the general lack of huge releases.
Perhaps it’d be better if I listed author and imprint, followed by parenthesized syndicating magazine? It’s more in line with how things are organized in terms of books, but when deciding format I thought English-speakers are more familiar, and more concerned, with the magazines than the imprints.
First off, the three non-comic-trade books this week that charted:
☆ *8 － *8 1 *14,634 *14,634 **672 Mobile Suit Gundam UC 4 Battle of PalauFUKUI Harutoshi, Gundam Ace (Kadokawa Comics Ace) ↓ 17 *6 *1 5 *10,520 189,663 1,300 Monster Hunter 2nd G Official Grade-Up Book
And, top 30 comics:
☆ *1 － *1 1 111,276 111,276 **410 High School Debut 11HATA Kenjiro, Weekly Shonen Sunday (SS Comics) ↓ *4 *3 *3 2 *89,113 196,834 **420 Kekkaishi 20
TANABE Yellow, Weekly Shonen Sunday (SS Comics) ☆ *5 － *5 1 *82,055 *82,055 **693 Emma 10
MORI Kaoru, Comic Beam (Beam Comix)
Late this week due to spending 4 days writing a programming to do my layout rather than an hour doing it by hand. It’s pretty dead, and there’s a whole load of Flower and Dream. Also, slight format changes: a star now denotes new entries, and I’ve revised publication name translation more towards proper names and less toward beating home the target audience.
☆ *1 － *1 1 147,645 147,645 420 Hayate the Combat Butler 15AKAMATSU Ken, Weekly Shonen Magazine (Shonen Magazine Comics) ☆ *3 － *3 1 107,721 107,721 420 Kekkaishi 20
TERAJIMA Yuji, Weekly Shonen Magazine (Shonen Magazine Comics) ☆ *5 － *5 1 *77,469 *77,469 410 OtoMen 5
KANNO Aya, Extra Flower and Dream (Flower and Dream Comics)
Updating the format; it’s now Rank; Last Week; Best; Weeks; Sales; Total Sales; Price; Title.
－ *1 － *1 1 430,081 430,081 **410 BLEACH 33KUBO Tite, Weekly Boys’ Jump － *2 － *2 1 334,695 334,695 **420 Detective Conan 61
AOYAMA Gosho, Weekly Boys’ Sunday － *3 － *3 1 250,179 250,179 **410 REBORN! 19
AMANO Akira, Weekly Boys’ Jump － *4 － *4 1 191,108 191,108 **410 Gintama 23
SORACHI Hideaki, Weekly Boys’ Jump － *5 － *5 1 137,134 137,134 **410 Ouran Host Club 12
HATORI Bisco, LaLa
Oricon’s now providing book sales, with exact numbers, down to 30. I’m now despairing over my doomed free time.
*1 － 347,826 347,826 **410 1 To You 6
SHIINA Karuho, Extra Margaret
*2 － 317,252 317,252 **410 1 Fullmetal Alchemist 19
ARAKAWA Hiromu, Boys’ Gangan
*3 － 118,994 118,994 **420 1 Nodame Cantabile 20
NINOMIYA Tomoko, Kiss
*4 － 104,365 104,365 **530 1 BAMBOO BLADE 8
IGARASHI Aguri (I)/TOTSUKA Masahiro (W), Young Gangan
*5 — *98,344 *98,344 **630 1 Lunar Legend Tsukihime 6
SASAKI Shonen (I)/TYPE-MOON (W), Comic Dengeki Daioh
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