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Attack on Titan Tops Da Vinci Magazine's Ranking for 2nd Year

The January issue of Kadokawa Media Factory's book and manga news magazine Da Vinci unveiled its 15th annual "Book of the Year" list on Saturday. The rankings are not based solely on sales. Instead, a group of 4,589 voters including professional book reviewers, bookstore employees, and Da Vinci readers selected this year's lists.

The magazine's comic ranking of 50 titles are:

1. Attack on Titan (Volumes 1-14) - Hajime Isayama
2. One Piece (Volumes 1-75) - Eiichiro Oda
3. Silver Spoon (Volumes 1-12) - Hiromu Arakawa
4. Haikyu!! (Volumes 1-13) - Haruichi Furudate
5. Hozuki no Reitetsu (Volumes 1-16) - Natsumi Eguchi
6. What Did You Eat Yesterday? (Volumes 1-9) - Fumi Yoshinaga
7. Umimachi Diary (Volumes 1-6) - Akimi Yoshida
8. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (Volumes 1-5) - Izumi Tsubaki
9. Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (Volumes 1-11) - Fumi Yoshinaga
10. Chihayafuru (Volumes 1-26) - Yuki Suetsugu
11. Detective Conan (Volumes 1-84) - Gosho Aoyama
12. Saint Young Men (Volumes 1-84) - Hikaru Nakamura
13. Assassination Classroom (Volumes 1-11) - Yusei Matsui
14. Ane no Kekkon (Volumes 1-8) - Keiko Nishi
15. March comes in like a lion (Volumes 1-10) - Chika Umino
16. Space Brothers (Volumes 1-24) - Chūya Koyama
17. Barakamon (Volumes 1-10) - Satsuki Yoshino
18. Tokyo Ghoul (Volumes 1-14) - Sui Ishida
19. Black Butler (Volumes 1-19) - Yana Toboso
20. Kuroko's Basketball (Volumes 1-30) - Tadatoshi Fujimaki
21. Blue Spring Ride (Volumes 1-11) - Io Sakisaka
22. The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Volumes 1-2) - Hiromu Akakawa
23. orange (Volumes 1-3) - Ichigo Takano
24. Amaama to Inazuma (Volumes 1-3) - Gido Amagakure
25. Kyō wa Kaisha Yasumimasu. (Volumes 1-7) - Mari Fujimura
26. Yowamushi Pedal/Yowapeda (Volumes 1-36) - Wataru Watanabe
27. A Bride's Story (Volumes 1-6) - Kaoru Mori
28. Kimi ni Todoke (Volumes 1-22) - Karuho Shiina
29. A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi) (Volumes 1-6) - Yoshitoki Ōima
30. Natsume's Book of Friends (Volumes 1-18) - Yuki Midorikawa
31. Wakako Zake (Volumes 1-3) - Chie Shinkyu
32. Jojolion (Volumes 1-8) - Hirohiko Araki
33. Neko Pitcher (Volumes 1-2) - Kenji Sonishi
34. Moyashimon (Volumes 1-13) - Masayuki Ishikawa
35. Kōnodori (Volumes 1-6) - Yō Suzunoki
36. The Ancient Magus' Bride (Mahō Tsukai no Yome) (Volumes 1-2) Kore Yamazaki
37. Giant Killing (Volumes 1-33) - Masaya Tsunamoto and Tsujitomo
38. Chōyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi (Volumes 1-4) - Kei Sugita
39. My Love Story! (Volumes 1-7) - Kazune Kawahara, Aruko
40. REAL (Volumes 1-13) - Takehiko Inoue
41. The Piano Forest (Volumes 1-25) - Makoto Isshiki
42. Hyakushō Kizoku (Volumes 1-3) - Hiromu Arakawa
43. World Trigger (Volumes 1-8) - Daisuke Ashihara
44. Kōdai-ke no Hitobito (Volumes 1-2) - Kozueko Morimoto
45. Your Lie in April (Volumes 1-10) - Naoshi Arakawa
46. Around 30 chan (Volumes 1-3) - Nayuka Mine
47. Isobe Isobee Monogatari (Volumes 1-4) - Ryō Nakama
48. Hōseki no Kuni (Volumes 1-3) - Haruko Ichikawa
49. The Seven Deadly Sins (Volumes 1-11) - Nakaba Suzuki
50. Kakukaku Shikajika (Volumes 1-4) - Akiko Higashimura
    Sayonara Sorcier (Volumes 1-2) - Hozumi (tie)
    Jūhan Shuttai! (Volumes 1-4) - Naoko Matsuda (tie)

This is the second year that Attack on Titan topped the list. The rest of the top five last year were Silver Spoon, One Piece, March comes in like a lion, and Chihayafuru.

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