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NEWS: Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2015 (First Half)

No, it doesn't has the quality to match the sales. most of the sales are from old vols. Once all those people who want the old vols done buying, it will fall many spots next year.

Seven Deadly Sins didn't sell that well per vol.

Although it is unlikely we'll see another series top One Piece in terms of sales per volume, it is good that there is still competition in terms of overall sales. I never would have expected The Seven Deadly Sins to top this list so it is a nice surprise. While it isn't a revolutionary series, it is a very well done shounen.

Spotlesseden wrote:

No, it doesn't has the quality to match the sales. most of the sales are from old vols. Once all those people who want the old vols done buying, it will fall many spots next year. Seven Deadly Sins didn't sell that well per vol.

I think it does have the quality to match the sales.
Generic is an easy tag to put on a series. I think it is quite different from others of its type. Everything has a purpose, some of which are being revealed and have been revealed. As an admirer of the stories which form the basis for where the plot could potentially go, this manga isn't one I'd turn off my brain to read. The unexplained will not remain unexplained.It will certainly lose such a position. While the manga is constantly improving, it is very unlikely to maintain the same level of interest when people start buying manga from the new season instead.

The Seven Deadly Sins didn't sell that well per volume relative to which manga?
I can't find any figures but 10 million total sales as of January 2015 makes for comfortably over 800,000 per volume. That's not bad at all. While not really coming close to One Piece, that is unsurprising. We are comparing the Weekly Shonen Jump juggernaut which has been running for almost 18 years with an anime that began in '99 and is currently running, to a 2½ year old manga which just got 24 episodes.

animelytical wrote:

Spotlesseden wrote: No, it doesn't has the quality to match the sales. most of the sales are from old vols. Once all those people who want the old vols done buying, it will fall many spots next year. Seven Deadly Sins didn't sell that well per vol. I think it does have the quality to match the sales. Generic is an easy tag to put on a series. I think it is quite different from others of its type. Everything has a purpose, some of which are being revealed and have been revealed. As an admirer of the stories which form the basis for where the plot could potentially go, this manga isn't one I'd turn off my brain to read. The unexplained will not remain unexplained.It will certainly lose such a position. While the manga is constantly improving, it is very unlikely to maintain the same level of interest when people start buying manga from the new season instead. The Seven Deadly Sins didn't sell that well per volume relative to which manga? I can't find any figures but 10 million total sales as of January 2015 makes for comfortably over 800,000 per volume. That's not bad at all. While not really coming close to One Piece, that is unsurprising. We are comparing the Weekly Shonen Jump juggernaut which has been running for almost 18 years with an anime that began in '99 and is currently running, to a 2½ year old manga which just got 24 episodes.

This guy is right.

SDS is high quality, everything is thought out and things are super deep, I won't spoil it but look how early the name Meterona was teased, or how early Gowther was...hinted at. The splitting of groups and the way Ban's character has progressed is high quality.

As far as I'm concerned no recent Shonen manga has anything on Hunter x Hunter and where it left off before going on hiatus.

Wow One Piece lost first that something new

There isn't though, One Piece just had less new volumes and isn't getting any new backlog sales like Seven Deadly Sins did. All you have to do is look at the latest weekly ranking to see that One Piece still sells like 4 times as much or more per volume without a hip new anime coming out and an enjoyment of it's honeymoon period. If this list is say the last fiscal year and not just the first half when One Piece had like 2 new volumes and Seven Deadly Sins has 14 or so getting like 500K boosts a pop than it tells a totally different story and just how far apart they are per volume and overall. Seven Deadly Sins boost is long over in any case and it's clear it's plateaued around the 750K mark where it can join the like of Haikyuu, Terra Formers and Tokyo Ghoul etc.

Honestly, after nearly 18 years, I think Oda should just end One Piece. While I don't read or watch the series, when you have a series last that long or longer, it just drags and drags.

I can't find any figures but 10 million total sales as of January 2015 makes for comfortably over 800,000 per volume. That's not bad at all.

I love Bleach haters: Series makes it into the top 30 best selling list and is holding steady above other beloved and popular series; conclusion: Its ded lol.

No, it doesn't has the quality to match the sales. most of the sales are from old vols. Once all those people who want the old vols done buying, it will fall many spots next year.

Seven Deadly Sins didn't sell that well per vol.