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March comes in like a lion Tops Da Vinci Magazine's Rankings for 2015

The January issue of Kadokawa Media Factory's book and manga news magazine Da Vinci unveiled its 16th annual "Book of the Year" list on Friday. The rankings are not based solely on sales. Instead, a group of 5,029 voters including professional writers, bookstore employees, and Da Vinci readers selected this year's lists.

The magazine's comic rankings of the top 50 titles are:

1. March comes in like a lion (Volumes 1-11) - Chika Umino
2. One Piece (Volumes 1-79) - Eiichiro Oda
3. Attack on Titan (Volumes 1-17) - Hajime Isayama
4. Detective Conan (Volumes 1-87) - Gosho Aoyama
5. Silver Spoon (Volumes 1-13) - Hiromu Arakawa
6. Haikyu!! (Volumes 1-19) - Haruichi Furudate
7. Naruto (Volumes 1-72) - Masashi Kishimoto
8. Space Brothers (Volumes 1-27) - Chuya Koyama
9. Assassination Classroom (Volumes 1-16) - Yusei Matsui
10. Chihayafuru (Volumes 1-29) - Yuki Suetsugu
11. My Love Story!! (Volumes 1-10) - Kazune Kawahara, Aruko
12. Orange (Volumes 1-5) - Ichigo Takano
13. Dungeon Meshi (Volumes 1-2) - Ryōko Kui
14. Hōzuki no Reitetsu (Volumes 1-20) - Natsumi Eguchi
15. What Did You Eat Yesterday? (Volumes 1-11) - Fumi Yoshinaga
16. Nami yo Kiitekure (Volume 1) - Hiroaki Samura
17. The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Volumes 1-4) - Hiromu Arakawa, Yoshiki Tanaka (tied for 16th)
18. Your Lie in April (Volumes 1-11) - Naoshi Arakawa
19. Bungō Stray Dogs (Volumes 1-8) - Sango Harukawa, Kafka Asagiri
20. The Ancient Magus' Bride (Volumes 1-4) - Kore Yamazaki (tied for 19th)
21. JoJolion (Volumes 1-10) - Hirohiko Araki
22. Kuro Hakubutsukan: Ghost and Lady (Volumes 1-2) - Kazuhiro Fujita
23. Kōdai-ke no Hitobito (Volumes 1-4) - Kozueko Morimoto
24. Kimi ni Todoke (Volumes 1-24) - Karuho Shiina (tied for 23rd)
25. Gintama (Volumes 1-61) - Hideaki Sorachi
26. My Hero Academia (Volumes 1-6) - Kōhei Horikoshi
27. Tokyo Tarareba-jō (Volumes 1-3) - Akiko Higashimura
28. Golden Kamui (Volumes 1-4) - Satoru Noda
29. The Seven Deadly Sins (Volumes 1-17) - Nakaba Suzuki
30. Kōnodori (Volumes 1-12) - Yū Suzunoki
31. Yona of the Dawn (Volumes 1-19) - Mizuho Kusanagi
32. Kakukaku Shikajika (Volumes 1-5) - Akiko Higashimura
33. World Trigger (Volumes 1-13) - Daisuke Ashihara
34. Barakamon (Volumes 1-12) - Satsuki Yoshino
35. Ooku: The Inner Chambers (Volumes 1-12) - Fumi Yoshinaga
36. Yowamushi Pedal (Volumes 1-42) - Wataru Watanabe
37. Master Keaton Remaster - Takashi Nagasaki, Naoki Urasawa
38. Prison School (Volumes 1-19) - Akira Hiramoto
39. Kyō wa Kaisha Yasumimasu. (Volumes 1-9) - Mari Fujimura
40. Saint Young Men (Volumes 1-12) - Hikaru Nakamura
41. Asahinagu (Volumes 1-17) - Ai Kozaki
42. Hataraku Saibō (Volumes 1-2) - Akane Shimizu
43. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (Volumes 1-6) - Izumi Tsubaki
44. Black Butler (Volumes 1-22) - Yana Toboso
45. Kuroko's Basketball (Volumes 1-30) - Tadatoshi Fujimaki
46. Kingdom (Volumes 1-40) - Yasuhisa Hara
47. Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo (Volumes 1-197) - Osamu Akimoto
48. Otaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii (Volume 1) - Fujita
49. Boku dake ga Inai Machi (Volumes 1-6) - Kei Sanbe
50. Mix (Volumes 1-7) - Mitsuru Adachi

March comes in like a lion placed at 15th last year. Attack on Titan, One Piece and Silver Spoon, were also in last year's top five, alongside Haikyuu!! and Hōzuki no Reitetsu.

2012's list separated manga between male and female-oriented series. Silver Spoon, One Piece, and March Comes in like a Lion ranked on the male list with Space Brothers and Detective Conan. Chihayafuru was #1 on the female list with Kimi ni Todoke, Natsume's Book of Friends, Ōoku: The Inner Chambers and Ore Monogatari!!.

Source: Comic Natalie