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Japanese Comic Ranking, February 22-28

Update: As reported last month, Shueisha is publishing 3 million copies of the 57th volume of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece pirate manga on Thursday. This record first printing tops not only the previous manga record of 2.85 million copies set by the 56th volume last year, but also the all-time Japanese record of 2.9 million copies made by J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in 2004. The first 57 volumes of One Piece have sold 185.6 million copies since 1997. Source: Asahi

Rank	Prev. Rank	Title	Author	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	Publisher	Price	Cover
1	-	Soul Eater #16	Atsushi Ookubo	212,254	212,667	Square Enix	Y420
2	1	Detective Conan (Case Closed) #67	Gosho Aoyama	117,994	424,450	Shogakukan	Y420
3	-	Kyō, Koi wo Hajimemasu #8	Kanan Minami	107,978	107,978	Shogakukan	Y420
4	5	Skip Beat! #24	Yoshiki Nakamura	88,404	217,078	Hakusensha	Y420
5	-	Shingetsutan Tsukihime #7	Story & Art: Sasakishonen Original Concept: Type-Moon/ Shingetsutan Tsukihime Production Committee	80,225	80,225	ASCII Media Works/ Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y630
6	4	Kekkaishi #28	Yellow Tanabe	72,194	220,169	Shogakukan	Y420
7	-	Keroro Gunsō (Sgt. Frog) #20	Mine Yoshizaki	69,913	69,913	Kadokawa Shoten/Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y567
8	-	Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru #3	Kotomi Aoki	68,563	68,563	Shogakukan	Y420
9	-	Switch Girl!! #11	Natsumi Aida	65,555	65,555	Shueisha	Y420
10	2	Ahiru no Sora #26	Takeshi Hinata	64,896	264,685	Kodansha	Y440
11	11	Pride #12	Yukari Ichijo	62,956	128,015	Shueisha	Y440
12	13	Otomen #10	Aya Kanno	59,955	122,860	Hakusensha	Y420
13	12	Liar Game #11	Shinobu Kaitani	57,383	122,073	Shueisha	Y540
14	-	Aozora Yell #4	Kazune Kawahara	55,120	55,120	Shueisha	Y420
15	14	Rozen Maiden #3	Peach-Pit	54,036	116,155	Shueisha	Y630
16	-	Shachō Shima Kosaku (President Kosaku Shima) #5	Kenshi Hirokane	53,155	53,155	Kodansha	Y560
17	-	Maria Holic #6	Minari Endo	51,401	51,401	Media Factory	Y500
18	3	Negima! Magister Negi Magi #29	Ken Akamatsu	51,093	199,321	Kodansha	Y440
19	-	Princess Resurrection #11	Yasunori Mitsunaga	46,179	46,179	Kodansha	Y580
20	7	Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi #37	Shun Matsuena	42,313	137,979	Shogakukan	Y420
21	17	Boku o Tsutsumu Tsuki no Hikari #8	Saki Hiwatari	41,738	93,544	Hakusensha	Y420
22	6	Bloody Monday Season 2: Pandora no Hako #2	Ryō Ryūmon, Kōji Megumi	40,598	147,281	Kodansha	Y440
23	-	Ojosama wa Oyomesama. #8	Megumi Hazuki	37,599	37,599	Shueisha	Y420
24	8	Dear Boys Act 3 #3	Hiroki Yagami	36,839	132,048	Kodansha	Y440
25	24	Real Clothes #9	Satoru Makimura	36,738	76,475	Shueisha	Y440
26	-	The Devil and Lovesongs #9	Miyoshi Tomori	33,477	33,477	Shueisha	Y420
27	-	Baka to Test to Shōkanjū #2	Creator: Kenji Inoue Art: Mo-suke Mattaku, Yumeuta Character Design: Yui Haga	32,332	32,332	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y588
28	9	Zettai Karen Children #20	Takashi Shiina	31,651	109,602	Shogakukan	Y420
29	-	Crimson Hero #17	Mitsuba Takanashi	31,525	31,525	Shueisha	Y420
30	-	Dengeki Daisy #6	Kyousuke Motomi	31,343	31,343	Shogakukan	Y420

Source: Oricon