While we saw the overall month explored before with the general mix of graphic novels for the month of May 2022, ICv2 has now broken out the manga to its own category to explore and see how things went down. While the world of manga struggles with getting reprints out there for older volumes, especially for smaller series, this month also shows a rare change in that Viz dominates but we do get three slots that go to other publishers.
What’s amusing for this month is that the chart is almost exactly the same as the overall top graphic novels chart because only manga charted there. So it’s identical to what we had a few days ago, again showing that Spy Family is dominating throughout and other titles like Chainsaw Man and Jujutsu Kaisen are showing strength along with My Dress Up Darling.
Dark Horse continues to have a winner with Berserk while Yen Press shows that Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun really is one of their best-selling titles as it charts month after month. Kodansha Comics snags a spot as well this month with some Sailor Moon.
NPD BookScan Top 20 Manga Graphic Novels – May 2022 (5/1/22 – 5/28/22) | |||
Rank | Title | Author | Publisher |
1 | SPY X FAMILY VOL. 1 | TATSUYA ENDO | VIZ MEDIA |
2 | DEATH NOTE SHORT STORIES | TSUGUMI OHBA | VIZ MEDIA |
3 | SPY X FAMILY VOL. 7 | TATSUYA ENDO | VIZ MEDIA |
4 | SPY X FAMILY VOL. 2 | TATSUYA ENDO | VIZ MEDIA |
5 | BERSERK DELUXE VOL. 1 | KENTARO MIURA | DARK HORSE COMICS |
6 | SPY X FAMILY VOL. 4 | TATSUYA ENDO | VIZ MEDIA |
7 | SPY X FAMILY VOL. 6 | TATSUYA ENDO | VIZ MEDIA |
8 | CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 10 | TATSUKI FUJIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
9 | JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 0 | GEGE AKUTAMI | VIZ MEDIA |
10 | TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 1 | AIDAIRO | YEN PRESS |
11 | ONE PIECE VOL. 99 | EIICHIRO ODA | VIZ MEDIA |
12 | SPY X FAMILY VOL. 5 | TATSUYA ENDO | VIZ MEDIA |
13 | MY DRESS-UP DARLING VOL. 5 | SHINICHI FUKUDA | SQUARE ENIX |
14 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
15 | DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA–STORIES OF WATER AND FLAME | RYOJI HIRANO | VIZ MEDIA |
16 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 30 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
17 | SAILOR MOON VOL. 1 (NAOKO TAKEUCHI COLLECTION) | NAOKO TAKEUCHI | KODANSHA COMICS |
18 | TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 13 | AIDAIRO | YEN PRESS |
19 | DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 | KOYOHARU GOTOUGE | VIZ MEDIA |
20 | TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 2 | AIDAIRO | YEN PRESS |