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Japanese Comic Ranking, January 27-February 2

The live-action television drama adaptation of Riko Miyagi's Mei-chan no Shitsuji (Mei-chan's Butler) shōjo manga continues to bolster sales of the original manga after its broadcast premiere last month. The first four volumes and the last volume rank on Oricon's weekly comic chart— even though the first volume was released back in November 2006.

Rank	Prev. Rank	Title	Author	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	Publisher	Price	Cover
1	-	Kuroshitsuji #6	Yana Toboso	359,703	359,703	Square Enix	Y590
2	24	Glass no Kamen (Glass Mask) #43	Suzue Miuchi	311,180	340,180	Hakusensha	Y420
3	9	Bamboo Blade #10	Story: Masahiro Totsuka Art: Aguri Igarashi	79,023	125,279	Square Enix	Y540
4	-	Black Bird #7	Kanoko Sakurakoji	75,689	75,690	Shogakukan	Y420
5	6	Kidō Senshi Gundam-san Yottsume no Kan	Hideki Ohwada Original Concept: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino	71,871	149,534	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y588
6	-	Seiho High School Men's!!! (Men's Kō) #7	Kaneyoshi Izumi	54,287	54,288	Shogakukan	Y420
7	-	Shakugan no Shana #6	Art: Ayato Sasakura Original Concept: Yashichiro Takahashi	52,709	52,709	ASCII MediaWorks	Y578
8	-	World Embryo #5	Daisuke Moriyama	48,757	48,757	Shonen Gahosha Co	Y420
9	-	Ōkami to Koshinryo (Spice and Wolf) II	Art: Keito Koume Original creator: Isuna Hasekura Character Design: Jū Ayakura	48,042	48,042	ASCII MediaWorks	Y599
10	-	Gang King #15	Daiju Yanauchi	46,767	46,768	Shonen Gahosha Co	Y530
11	10	Koibana! Koiseyo Hanabi #4	Nagamu Nanaji	43,188	88,102	Shueisha	Y420
12	62	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #1	Riko Miyagi	42,943	126,560	Shueisha	Y410
13	-	Channel wa Sono Mama! #1	Noriko Sasaki	42,487	42,487	Shogakukan	Y980
14	-	Tsuki no Waltz	Kaco Mitsuki	42,108	42,109	Shogakukan	Y420
15	8	Giant Killing #9	Original Story: Masaya Tsunamoto Art: Tsujitomo	41,824	100,795	Kodansha	Y570
16	-	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #8	Riko Miyagi	41,655	115,689	Shueisha	Y410
17	-	Oyasumi Punpun #4	Inio Asano	41,166	41,166	Shogakukan	Y540
18	12	Naruhodo Kotowaza Gundam-san	Hideki Ohwada Original Concept: Sunrise	40,986	83,635	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y588
19	3	Pride #10	Yukari Ichijo	39,669	147,999	Shueisha	Y440
20	53	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #2	Riko Miyagi	38,259	120,048	Shueisha	Y410
21	-	Dengeki Daisy #4	Kyousuke Motomi	37,945	37,946	Shogakukan	Y420
22	-	Futari Ecchi (Manga Sutra) #41	Aki Katsu	36,152	36,152	Hakusensha	Y420
23	16	Nanacorobin #2	Aya Nakahara	35,713	72,004	Shueisha	Y420
24	-	Sengoku Strays #3	Shingo Nanami	35,124	35,124	Square Enix	Y590
25	51	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #3	Riko Miyagi	33,721	111,060	Shueisha	Y410
26	5	Kekkaishi #23	Yellow Tanabe	32,324	255,657	Shogakukan	Y420
27	4	Liar Game #8	Shinobu Kaitani	32,200	137,787	Shueisha	Y540
28	49	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #4	Riko Miyagi	31,463	104,536	Shueisha	Y410
29	-	Koi Shitagari no Blue #4	Yoshiko Fujiwara	31,285	31,286	Shogakukan	Y420
30	1	Hayate the Combat Butler! (Hayate no Gotoku!) #18	Kenjirou Hata	31,070	318,220	Shogakukan	Y420

Source: Oricon, Tohan