Commenting on Top 5 Best Selling Manga (2023) in Japan

2023 ended and was a successful year for manga. In this first article about 2024 we will comment on the manga five with the best sales of the year in Japan. The following numbers are through Oricon.

5 - 5,348.618 copies

Fujimoto's manga this year is in the five as opposed to last year's eighth position in sales. Of course, in this it helped, I think, and the anime released in late 2022 and proves that interest exists even stronger. In general, the Chainsaw Man continues with Part 2 in various new directions. It is very likely that there will be a place on the next list of 2024.

4 - 5,413,091 copies

Perhaps the most unexpected manga of the pentada and this because the manga was not particularly known before the anime. The anime helped a great deal in its rise Oshi No Ko. If I remember correctly, the opening «Idol» made crazy numbers in Japan, while the very strong first episode of an hour (and the rest) produced positive impressions. I think many fans after the 11 episodes of the first season decided to catch the manga to see the sequel.

3 - 7, 197,532 copies

After all these years, One Piece He continues to sell so much and be on the sales tops. This manga has a tradition in Japan and its sales may be smaller than last year, but it is still impressive. That's because in 2023 he only made three new volumes. But he gave a hand, we'd say, and the anime with the whole hype.

2 - 8,541.411 copies

It may have fallen in sales since last year's first place, but the Jujutsu Kaisen He's holding tight and he's in second place. Gege Akutami's manga, with the interesting system of forces, has gone into the final line with Final Arc. As his creator mentioned, Jump Festa 2024 may have been the last.

Of course, Gege has proved it many times that things regarding manga and times do not take the expected turn. Staying up to date with the last chapter I will report that it was still a «dark» year for the manga. We had the anime with the «Shibuya Incident» (maybe manga's best arc), so it was a good year for the series. Next year it will continue the same dynamic and better.

1 - 10,527,146 copies

And the giant who overcame Jujutsu Kaisen and One Piece The sales are here! The Blue Lock He took the first place this year as opposed to last year's seventh in sales and I think it is right. The first season of anime helped greatly to elevate manga's popularity. Personally, I saw the anime and from the first episodes I was looking forward to the sequel. So, I couldn't stand it and read the manga which I watched without fail in 2023 and so will I in 2024.

I consider his manga Muneyuki Kaneshiro in tops from what I watch Right now. The series sold 10,527,146 copies, an impressive number, as it is nearly 2 million from Jujutsu Kaisen.

We observe with interest his journey Isagi Yoichi, the protagonist of the series. For 2024 a spin off movie And the second season of anime, so sales will remain high. «Let’s go Egoists» As they say in manga!

General & Honorable Mentions

For the most part I won't say that I'm surprised with the results. The Blue Lock and Oshi No Ko They had a terrible rise, which they owe to their respective animes and that they are good to keep the world's interest. I hope all series continue as loud as possible.

As regards the top 10I'll give a special report to two more series. Favorite Spy x Family He concluded that seventh place with 4.326.425 I would like to thank the rapporteur for his work. Slam Dunk with sixth place. From what I understand, the 2023 film rekindled interest in the series. This resulted in an impressive number of 4.968.484 Copies.