While we saw the overall month explored before with the general mix of graphic novels for the month of February 2023, ICv2 has now broken out the manga into 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 one slot that goes to other publishers.
We’ve seen the natural cooling down of the Spy x Family property and only three volumes are in the top twenty at the moment. After getting volumes of Chainsaw Man show up in the chart in January, that’s now slowed down to eight titles and it’s definitely a plus because you want more properties to spread across. Getting things like the latest Komi Can’t Communicate in the mix is great.
When it comes to non-Viz Media books, we get a couple here – and a rare break where Berserk doesn’t chart – as Square Enix has My Dress-Up Darling, Kodansha with Blue Lock again, and Yen Press with Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun returning to the chart.
NPD BookScan Top 20 Manga Graphic Novels – February 2023 (1/29/23 – 2/26/23) | |||
Rank | Title | Author | Publisher |
1 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 33 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
2 | DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 | KOYOHARU GOTOUGE | VIZ MEDIA |
3 | CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 1 | TATSUKI FUJIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
4 | MY DRESS-UP DARLING VOL. 7 | SHINICHI FUKUDA | SQUARE ENIX |
5 | SPY X FAMILY VOL. 1 | TATSUYA ENDO | VIZ MEDIA |
6 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
7 | CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 2 | TATSUKI FUJIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
8 | CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 3 | TATSUKI FUJIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
9 | KOMI CAN’T COMMUNICATE VOL. 23 | TOMOHITO ODA | VIZ MEDIA |
10 | SPY X FAMILY VOL. 2 | TATSUYA ENDO | VIZ MEDIA |
11 | SPY X FAMILY VOL. 3 | TATSUYA ENDO | VIZ MEDIA |
12 | KAIJU NO. 8 VOL. 5 | NAOYA MATSUMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
13 | JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 18 | GEGE AKUTAMI | VIZ MEDIA |
14 | CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 4 | TATSUKI FUJIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
15 | CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 7 | TATSUKI FUJIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
16 | BLUE LOCK VOL. 1 | MUNEYUKI KANESHIRO | KODANSHA COMICS |
17 | CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 9 | TATSUKI FUJIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
18 | CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 10 | TATSUKI FUJIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
19 | CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 5 | TATSUKI FUJIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
20 | TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 17 | AIDAIRO | YEN PRESS |
Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |