The folks at ICv2 have pulled together the data to build a top twenty list of what moved during the month of March 2021 when it came to non-kids graphic novels. The month tends to be filled pretty heavily with manga and that is the case here once again. Out of the twenty spots, all twenty of them are manga titles – showing that manga sales are pretty dominant over American comic trades these days.
Of those slots, it’s no surprise that My Hero Academia dominates with six volumes charting here. We do see Chainsaw Man doing well with the top spot and the third volume also charting. A lot of first volumes are still charting high as people get into projects, which ICV2 notes is a trend during the pandemic, with some good titles making ground with subsequent volumes adding to their overall haul.
Once past the manga, the only thing that’s in there is Solo Leveling, which is a Korean book that started as a web novel.
NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – March 2021 (2/28/21 – 4/3/21) | |||
Rank | Title | Author | Publisher |
1 | CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 1 | TATSUKI FUJIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
2 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
3 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
4 | DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 | KOYOHARU GOTOUGE | VIZ MEDIA |
5 | ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 1 | HAJIME ISAYAMA | KODANSHA COMICS |
6 | TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 1 | AIDAIRO | YEN PRESS |
7 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 26 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
8 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
9 | THE PROMISED NEVERLAND VOL. 1 | KAIU SHIRAI | VIZ MEDIA |
10 | HAIKYU!! VOL. 1 | HARUICHI FURUDATE | VIZ MEDIA |
11 | DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 2 | KOYOHARU GOTOUGE | VIZ MEDIA |
12 | SPY X FAMILY VOL. 4 | TATSUYA ENDO | VIZ MEDIA |
13 | DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 3 | KOYOHARU GOTOUGE | VIZ MEDIA |
14 | SOLO LEVELING VOL. 1 | CHUGONG | YEN PRESS |
15 | JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 1 | GEGE AKUTAMI | VIZ MEDIA |
16 | CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 3 | TATSUKI FUJIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
17 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 24 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
18 | THE PROMISED NEVERLAND VOL. 2 | KAIU SHIRAI | VIZ MEDIA |
19 | TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 2 | AIDAIRO | YEN PRESS |
20 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |