Japan's Yearly Manga and Light Novel Rankings for 2017 (First Half)

by Snow
May 31, 2017 4:32 PM | 64 Comments

Here are the manga and light novel sales rankings for the first half of the fiscal year of 2017 (November 21, 2016 - May 21, 2017).

Manga Sales by Series

*1.　5,969,851　One Piece
*2.　3,974,437　Shingeki no Kyojin
*3.　3,244,618　Kingdom
*4.　3,086,097　Haikyuu!!
*5.　2,154,752　Tokyo Ghoul:re
*6.　2,097,088　Boku no Hero Academia
*7.　1,982,356　One Punch-Man
*8.　1,881,062　Nanatsu no Taizai
*9.　1,653,403　Detective Conan
10.　1,469,092　Shokugeki no Souma

11.　1,366,004　Ao no Exorcist
12.　1,357,012　Magi
13.　1,204,705　Fairy Tail
14.　1,090,487　3-gatsu no Lion
15.　1,000,886　P to JK
16.　*,960,590　Nigeru wa Haji daga Yaku ni Tatsu
17.　*,936,645　Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen
18.　*,927,125　Terra Formars
19.　*,888,546　Diamond no Ace Act II
20.　*,879,495　World Trigger

21.　*,847,561　Tokyo Tarareba Musume
22.　*,833,135　Kuroshitsuji
23.　*,826,564　Days
24.　*,795,445　Gintama
25.　*,794,612　Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
26.　*,794,342　Yowamushi Pedal
27.　*,791,393　Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Series Comicalize Series
28.　*,790,032　Black Clover
29.　*,757,375　Boruto: Naruto the Movie Comicalize Series
30.　*,752,854　Major 2nd

Manga Sales by Volumes

*1.　2,605,418　One Piece Vol.84
*2.　2,283,348　One Piece Vol.85
*3.　1,576,240　Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.21
*4.　1,405,736　Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.22
*5.　*,868,244　Tokyo Ghoul:re Vol.9
*6.　*,867,000　Haikyuu!! Vol.24
*7.　*,848,678　One Punch-Man Vol.12
*8.　*,809,898　Haikyuu!! Vol.25
*9.　*,785,881　Tokyo Ghoul:re Vol.10
10.　*,782,182　Kingdom Vol.45

11.　*,699,579　Kingdom Vol.46
12.　*,677,862　Haikyuu!! Vol.26
13.　*,663,665　One Punch-Man Vol.13
14.　*,644,589　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.24
15.　*,624,558　Detective Conan Vol.91
16.　*,620,152　Kuroshitsuji Vol.24
17.　*,610,792　Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii Vol.3
18.　*,563,907　Boku no Hero Academia Vol.12
19.　*,561,908　Dungeon Meshi Vol.4
20.　*,557,930　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.25

Rank 21 - 100

Light Novel Sales by Series

*1.　*,707,300　Sword Art Online
*2.　*,578,811　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*3.　*,540,806　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
*4.　*,412,086　Kimi no Na wa.
*5.　*,344,286　Youjo Senki
*6.　*,299,957　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
*7.　*,275,579　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records
*8.　*,239,132　Eromanga-sensei
*9.　*,231,214　Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
10.　*,168,725　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off

11.　*,155,631　Overlord
12.　*,155,625　Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata
13.　*,151,679　Monogatari Series
14.　*,140,639　Kokuhaku Yokou Renshuu Series
15.　*,137,160　No Game No Life
16.　*,123,136　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria
17.　*,117,210　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka
18.　*,108,564　Goblin Slayer
19.　*,104,018　Hidan no Aria
20.　*,*96,624　Fate/strange Fake

21.　*,*96,200　Bungou Stray Dogs
22.　*,*94,469　No Game No Life: Practical War Game
23.　*,*93,118　Accel World
24.　*,*88,653　Haikyuu!! Shousetsu-ban!!
25.　*,*87,316　Imouto sae Ireba Ii.
26.　*,*85,505　Gamers!
27.　*,*84,372　Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou
28.　*,*80,553　Tokyo Ghoul:re
29.　*,*79,133　Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index
30.　*,*76,801　Ryuuou no Oshigoto!

Light Novel Sales by Volumes

*1.　*,285,125　Sword Art Online Vol.19
*2.　*,264,066　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Bunko)
*3.　*,173,046　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Vol.21
*4.　*,148,020　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko)
*5.　*,129,377　Monogatari Series: Off Season "Musubimonogatari"
*6.　*,102,985　Youjo Senki Vol.1
*7.　*,101,480　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.11
*8.　*,*95,920　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.11
*9.　*,*92,710　No Game No Life: Practical War Game
10.　*,*91,034　Accel World Vol.21

11.　*,*80,553　Tokyo Ghoul：re "Quest"
12.　*,*79,431　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.12
13.　*,*74,491　Kimi no Na wa. Another Side: Earthbound
14.　*,*71,009　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo! Vol.4
15.　*,*69,463　Meitantei Conan Karakurenai no Love Letter
16.　*,*63,055　Youjo Senki Vol.2
17.　*,*61,604　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.10
18.　*,*60,501　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.1
19.　*,*60,135　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.1
20.　*,*59,791　Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol.9

Rank 21 - 41

Light Novels Separated by Specific Ranking

Source: Oricon Youtaiju

20 of 64 Comments Recent Comments

One Piece greatness!!!

Oct 21, 2017 9:11 PM by LeoEarlSpilner

I'm so done with One Pièce honestly

Sep 26, 2017 4:36 AM by blackiemma22

keragamming said:

Kuma said:
wait wait wait....

94.　*,207,179　Shuumatsu no Harem Vol.2

just know this...

XDXDXDXDXDXD

japan, wtf?

I'm pretty late in to this, but I agree the series isn't bad imo, but it's the type of series you expect to see selling between 20k to 50k max like those light novel manga adaptation ecchi series, but over 200k? This series is selling more than akame ga kill before it got a anime and is selling on par to akame ga kill after it got the anime boost. O.o that is impressive.

what more impressive it was more like second grade series since in fact it's only released in phone app... it seriously beyond me how it can be impresively popular...

Sep 3, 2017 9:09 PM by Kuma

Kuma said:
wait wait wait....

94.　*,207,179　Shuumatsu no Harem Vol.2

just know this...

XDXDXDXDXDXD

japan, wtf?

Sep 3, 2017 9:01 PM by keragamming

ange_bleu said:
Overall, manga sales have a little fallen compared to the first half of 2016. Hierarchy has no major upheaval compared a year ago: some series that had benefited from a boost (anime or live) disappear logically, leaving their place to Other series.
My Hero Academia did not move in global sales but at the volume level yes (effect season 2 limited), while NNT lowed as there was a one month lag in its releases due to Suzuki's hospitalization in December (we see that if Volume 26 was released in April as usually, NTT could have climbed to sixth place).
Blue Exorcist, March Comes in a Lion and Yowamushi Pedal enjoy a "anime boost". Days (Magazine), Diamond no Ace Act II (Magazine) and Black Clover (Jump) appear this year in the top because in the end there is weak "anime effect" on this first half compared to last year: series between 700 000 and 900 000 have thus returned this year in the top mechanically: this year the #30 is at 752 854 whereas last year the #30 was at 920 185.
In general, these sales in the first half 2017 are therefore little affected by "anime boost".

The ranking according to the maximum sale of one volume (in brackets the best selling of a volume):
01. One Piece (2,605,418)
02. Shingeki no Kyojin (1,576,240)
03. Tokyo Ghoul:re (868,244)
04. Haikyuu !! (867,000)
05. One Punch-Man (848,678)
06. Kingdom (782,182)
07. Nanatsu no Taizai (663,665)
08. Detective Conan (624,558)
09. Kuroshitsuji (620,152)
10. Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii (610,792)
11. My Hero Academia (563,907)
12. Dungeon Meshi (561,908)
13. Blue Exorcist (543,929)
14. Kimi ni Todoke (529,726)
15. Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen (493,613)

its so sad that if diamond no ace had an anime it still wouldnt have been in top 10. act 2 is way better than haikyuu

Aug 14, 2017 7:14 PM by killerqueen2000

The top 10 manga is always makes me cringe lol. Over half of the series aren't even that good.

Diamond no ace act 2 at 19? that series is superior to Haikyuu in every way. I don't get how it is always so low

Aug 14, 2017 6:11 PM by killerqueen2000

wait wait wait....

94.　*,207,179　Shuumatsu no Harem Vol.2

just know this...

XDXDXDXDXDXD

japan, wtf?

Jun 16, 2017 12:41 AM by Kuma

Konosuba number 2 in LN sales. Hell yeah.
I actually didn't think people still bought SAO, weird.

Jun 4, 2017 6:01 AM by Zephaas

Youjo Senki's anime boost isn't too shabby, especially when you consider that those volumes cost almost twice as much as most of the remaining LN of that list. Maybe a second season someday isn't impossible, who knows.

Jun 4, 2017 1:49 AM by Zefyris

When you realise both of the To Love RU manga volumes sold higher than Dragon Ball Super.Looks like only a handful of people actually care about the manga.

Jun 4, 2017 1:33 AM by PapaShango

Sapewloth said:

laCloud said:
Seeing World Trigger at #20 makes me feel pretty good, I've been trying to convince people to read it for ages, perhaps now I can convince them even if Ashihara is still in hospital

Keep spreading the word, my friend. More people need to experience the World Trigger goodness.

but the hiatusses tho T_T_T_T_T

Jun 3, 2017 7:47 PM by Kuma

Dyum, SAO back to slayin the tops <3
There are many good titles on the top. Especially, great sales for Slime-kun!

tragedydesu said:

_Ako_ said:
As expected of Kirito-sama...

A beater is always #1 :) :)

true , no one can beat him

can't wait for the announcement of s3
the salt will be strong

Lmao I love this picture with Kawahara in the background :D

Jun 3, 2017 6:31 PM by TapuTapuu

Uwa, of all things, I never expected Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet to make the list lol. Good on you, Yamamori Mika :D

Jun 2, 2017 12:35 PM by SalemWitch

laCloud said:
Seeing World Trigger at #20 makes me feel pretty good, I've been trying to convince people to read it for ages, perhaps now I can convince them even if Ashihara is still in hospital

Keep spreading the word, my friend. More people need to experience the World Trigger goodness.

Jun 2, 2017 5:46 AM by Sapewloth

Seeing World Trigger at #20 makes me feel pretty good, I've been trying to convince people to read it for ages, perhaps now I can convince them even if Ashihara is still in hospital

Jun 1, 2017 6:38 PM by Cloudius

tragedydesu said:

_Ako_ said:
As expected of Kirito-sama...

A beater is always #1 :) :)

true , no one can beat him

can't wait for the announcement of s3
the salt will be strong

it was already announced to continue at the end of ordinal scale

Jun 1, 2017 4:09 PM by moodie

*2.　*,578,811　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*5.　*,344,286　Youjo Senki
18.　*,108,564　Goblin Slayer

Awwwww yeah. Goblin slayer Though I hope it never gets an Anime Adaptation :L.

Jun 1, 2017 3:43 PM by removed-user

Also, why is Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou only appearing on the specific Bunko ranking?

Jun 1, 2017 2:29 PM by Paulo27

18.　*,108,564　Goblin Slayer
20.　*,*96,624　Fate/strange Fake

Anime when?
Well, type-Moon is milking Fate/Sabre so much they might as well adapt this and all other spin-offs left before 2020...

Goblin Slayer on the other hand, need OVAs. No censorship on my dark-fantasy medieval guro rapefest, please.

Jun 1, 2017 2:17 PM by Fabris

76.　*,243,641　Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu. Vol.3

OMG. I'm so surprised! \o/

Jun 1, 2017 2:09 PM by Jamacaru

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Manga:	One Piece, Shingeki no Kyojin, Kingdom, Haikyuu!!, Tokyo Ghoul:re, Boku no Hero Academia, One Punch-Man, Nanatsu no Taizai, Meitantei Conan, Shokugeki no Souma, Ao no Exorcist, Magi, Fairy Tail, 3-gatsu no Lion, P to JK, Nigeru wa Haji daga Yaku ni Tatsu, Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen, Terra Formars, Diamond no Ace Act II, World Trigger, Tokyo Tarareba Musume, Kuroshitsuji, Days, Gintama, Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii, Yowamushi Pedal, Black Clover, Major 2nd, Dungeon Meshi, Kimi ni Todoke, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Owari no Seraph, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 8: JoJolion, Uchuu Kyoudai, Chihayafuru, Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare, Barakamon, Mix, Otoyomegatari, Mahoutsukai no Yome, Ajin, Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken, Arslan Senki, Hoozuki no Reitetsu, Horimiya, To LOVE-Ru Darkness, Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu., Toriko, Ahiru no Sora, Dragon Ball Super, Golden Kamuy, Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu., Giant Killing, Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet, Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san, Skip Beat!, Boku dake ga Inai Machi, Yakusoku no Neverland, Toshokan Sensou: Love & War Bessatsu-hen, Akagami no Shirayuki-hime, Platinum End, Toaru Majutsu no Index Gaiden: Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, Umimachi Diary, Shuumatsu no Harem, Bungou Stray Dogs, Noragami, Harumatsu Bokura, Magi: Sinbad no Bouken, Sword Art Online, Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!, Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu, Youjo Senki, Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei, Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records, Eromanga-sensei, Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken, Overlord, Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata, Kokuhaku Yokou Renshuu Series, No Game No Life, Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria, Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka, Goblin Slayer, Hidan no Aria, Fate/strange Fake, Bungou Stray Dogs, No Game No Life: Practical War Game, Accel World, Haikyuu!! Shousetsu-ban!!, Imouto sae Ireba Ii., Gamers!, Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou, Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index, Ryuuou no Oshigoto!, Monogatari Series: Off Season, Kimi no Na wa. Another Side: Earthbound, Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo!, Owari no Seraph: Ichinose Guren, 16-sai no Catastrophe, Date A Live, Strike the Blood, Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka: Familia Chronicle - Episode Ryuu, Boku no Hero Academia: Yuuei Hakusho, Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou, Shinrei Tantei Yakumo: Another Files