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Shonen Jumpis creditworthy for some of the most iconic manga ever created , but recent sales data usher the iconic publishing house miss out on the top - sell manga daub for the first time in two 10 . Shueisha and its subsidiaries such as Shonen Jump have been dominating the manga manufacture since its introduction in 1925 . The company has put out some of the most memorable and iconic manga , such asDragon Ball , One Piece , andNaruto , lead them to take on publishing rights for unexampled manga .
Now though , fit in to recent information from manga sales tracker Oricon , Shueisha and Shonen Jump have been dethroned by competitor Kodansha ’s seriesBlue Lock . X accountShonen Magazine Newsrevealed the staggering attainment in a post saying :
" With 10.527.146 copies sold , Blue Lock is the most sold manga in 2023 year according to Oricon ! Blue Lock becomes the first spokon and the first manga from Shonen Magazine to reach that first situation in Oricon era ! "
Although Kodansha has always been a contender to Shueisha , this is the first time one of their manga has outdo Shonen Jump ’s manga to become the class ’s comfortably - selling series . X user@justmeightconfirmed just how telling this acquirement is with an effigy using Oricon ’s data to show what each year ’s best - selling manga was . Since 2000 , every best - seller has been from Shueisha , which makesBlue Lock’sachievement all the more impressive .
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Blue Lock Beats One Piece & Jujutsu Kaisen as Top-Selling Manga
Comicbook.comunveiled Oricon ’s list of top - sell manga , and despiteBlue Locknabbing first , the rest of the top - marketer are more in assembly line with previous year . Unsurprisingly , this twelvemonth ’s tilt of manga with the highest sales was dominated by Shonen Jump manga such asChainsaw Man , Oshi no Ko , andJujutsu Kaisen . What ball over everyone , though , was thatthe sports mangaBlue LocksurpassedOne Piecein sale . The manga was at routine 7 last yr , and although itwas leading in the first half of 2023 , it was assumed that the likes ofOne PieceandJujutsu Kaisenwould catch up and go past it .
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serial
Sales
Publisher
1
Blue Lock
10.52 Million
Kodansha
2
Jujutsu Kaisen
8.54 Million
Shueisha
3
One Piece
7.18 Million
4
Oshi no Ko
5.41 Million
5
Chainsaw Man
5.35 Millions
6
Slam Dunk
4.97 Million
7
Spy x Family
4.33 Million
8
My Hero Academia
3.53 Million
9
Tokyo Revengers
3.22 Million
10
Kingdom
3.20 Million
The upsurge in popularity may seem random and out of nowhere , but the reasons are surprising and make sense . Most manga have a sharp increment in manga sale when the gum anime adjustment airs , some being drastic , likeOshi No Koreceiving a 390 % increase in sales . Theanime was very popular , and when the first time of year end , asecond season and movie ofBlue Lockwere immediately announced . The other major factor that catapulted gross sales was the World Cup 2022.Blue Lockis all about a project that drive to make Japan win the World Cup . The artist behind the manga collaborate with Adidas to design jerseys for the Nipponese national team , which were enliven by the manga .
Shueisha has always had the majority share of the manga manufacture , but this late evolution is big . Kodansha has some amazing manga such asAttack On Titan , Vinland Saga , Parasyte , Akira , and many other genre - defining series . The company has many hidden gems that fans should definitely check out for . Kodansha has just accomplished a Brobdingnagian milestone that they will hopefully continue doing in the future . Blue Lockis the first manga to dethroneShonen Jump , and hopefully that will fight both manga titans into fresh and exciting spaces .
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Source : ComicBook.com , Oricon , Adidas YouTube channel .
