Japan's Yearly Manga and Light Novel Rankings for 2022

by Snow
Dec 1, 2022 5:32 PM | 28 Comments

Here are the manga and light novel sales rankings for the fiscal year of 2022 (November 22, 2021 - November 20, 2022).

Manga Sales by Series
*1.　12,282,260　Jujutsu Kaisen
*2.　11,048,067　Tokyo卍Revengers
*3.　10,600,571　Spy x Family
*4.　10,364,102　One Piece
*5.　*5,353,782　Boku no Hero Academia

Manga Sales by Volume
*1.　2,110,599　Jujutsu Kaisen Vol.18
*2.　2,007,590　One Piece Vol.101
*3.　1,976,427　One Piece Vol.103
*4.　1,946,333　One Piece Vol.102
*5.　1,839,622　Jujutsu Kaisen Vol.19
*6.　1,798,542　Spy x Family Vol.9
*7.　1,609,752　One Piece Vol.104
*8.　1,563,314　Jujutsu Kaisen Vol.20

*9.　1,367,092　Spy x Family Vol.10
10.　1,230,355　Spy x Family Vol.8

11.　1,204,451　Tokyo卍Revengers Vol.25
12.　1,102,081　Tokyo卍Revengers Vol.26
13.　1,024,112　Tokyo卍Revengers Vol.27
14.　*,932,644　Tokyo卍Revengers Vol.28
15.　*,921,429　Spy x Family Vol.7
16.　*,918,547　Spy x Family Vol.4
17.　*,910,915　Spy x Family Vol.5
18.　*,904,190　Spy x Family Vol.6
19.　*,868,511　Boku no Hero Academia Vol.33
20.　*,834,159　Kaijuu 8-gou Vol.5

21.　*,824,042　Tokyo卍Revengers Vol.29
22.　*,803,288　Spy x Family Vol.1

23.　*,789,640　Boku no Hero Academia Vol.34
24.　*,775,092　Spy x Family Vol.2
25.　*,760,424　Spy x Family Vol.3
26.　*,731,886　Kaijuu 8-gou Vol.6
27.　*,722,889　Kingdom Vol.64
28.　*,721,792　Jujutsu Kaisen Vol.17
29.　*,721,080　Hunter x Hunter Vol.37
30.　*,717,645　Boku no Hero Academia Vol.35

Light Novel Sales by Series
*1.　536,635　Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
*2.　492,711　Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e: 2-nensei-hen
*3.　487,565　Overlord
*4.　338,932　Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

*5.　294,454　Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Aalya-san

Light Novel Sales by Volumes
*1.　234,777　Shousetsu Suzume no Tojimari
*2.　158,391　Overlord Vol.16
*3.　158,202　Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol.19
*4.　151,176　Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon Vol.19
*5.　150,367　Overlord Vol.15
*6.　142,610　Lycoris Recoil: Ordinary Days

Light Novels Separated by Specific Ranking

Source: Oricon

← Japan's Yearly Manga and Light Novel Rankings for 2021

20 of 28 Comments Recent Comments

Tokyo Revengers is one of those series where you definitely do want to go to the manga to see what happened. That cliffhanger.

BLue Lock domination, hype.

Surprised Shingeki and Demon Slayer fell off so much, was the 2nd season of Demon Slayer just that ineffective to putting it into One Piece territory

Dec 8, 2022 8:55 AM by 27CansOfTuna

Kinyoubi said:
I want to read most of these books. xD

Nice one. Really good to read

Dec 8, 2022 8:37 AM by Anago23

deg said:
more manga rankings here tracked or compiled by a fan https://twitter.com/ChompVGC/status/1596050895133093889

So happy for the manga sales of Jujutsu Kaisen, Spy x Family, One Piece, Boku no Hero Academia, Hunter x Hunter, Tokyo卍Revengers, Chainsaw Man, Kimetsu no Yaiba, Sono Bisque Doll, Haikyuu, Shuumatsu no Walküre, One Punch Man, Dr. Stone, Kaguya-sama, Komi-san, Shingeki no Kyojin, Kakkou no Iinazuke, Dragon Ball Super, Black Clover and Kanojo, Okarishimasu.

Also very happy for the sales of the Classroom of the Elite light novels.

Dec 7, 2022 10:27 AM by Andan210

Congrats to Kaiju no. 8 for making it onto the list!

Dec 6, 2022 12:10 PM by yuurei_tokyo

AntwanMantilla said:
Based JJK dominating like the peak shounen it is. But god damn, I didn't think Slime would outsell CoTE or Overlord.

They split COTE into 2 series though. If you count all the COTE series then it didn't.

Dec 4, 2022 6:48 PM by stone616

Nice to see Spy x Family putting up numbers like that.

Dec 4, 2022 10:05 AM by thebrentinator24

AddaeAkono said:

The thing with Tensura is that the LN is in its final arc(maybe ending sometime next year, but don't quote me on that) so it makes sense that the LN would get a huge boost along with the movie being out right now. The manga version of Tensura is still popular too. What's surprising is that Re: Zero is no longer in the Top 5 in LN sales compared to last year when Overlord and CoTE wasn't there.

Re zero looks to be in a bad situation now. Season 3 is confirmed not to be in production. So there is practically very little now to hype the series going forward. Mushoku and konosuba have fallen off the map and with both series ended with nothing new, so they don't have a chance against tensura and classroom of the elite. Plus they have too much left to cover making a full adaptation somewhat of a pipe dream.

Tensura is basically the next sao for light novel series success since they are on their fifth cour plus have a movie and spin off anime

Dec 3, 2022 12:20 PM by icefirestone23

I want to read most of these books. xD

Dec 3, 2022 9:34 AM by Kinyoubi

So JJK takes the top spot that was vacated by Demon Slayer. We'll see how long that lasts since I feel like JJK has another two years before that manga ends. Tokyo Revengers is still selling due to the manga being in the final arc. Blue Lock is still riding the World Cup hype so no surprise there. I expect Kaiju No 8. to blow in manga sales one the anime adaptation gets a release date.

AntwanMantilla said:
Based JJK dominating like the peak shounen it is. But god damn, I didn't think Slime would outsell CoTE or Overlord.

The thing with Tensura is that the LN is in its final arc(maybe ending sometime next year, but don't quote me on that) so it makes sense that the LN would get a huge boost along with the movie being out right now. The manga version of Tensura is still popular too. What's surprising is that Re: Zero is no longer in the Top 5 in LN sales compared to last year when Overlord and CoTE wasn't there.

Dec 3, 2022 6:02 AM by AddaeAkono

more manga rankings here tracked or compiled by a fan https://twitter.com/ChompVGC/status/1596050895133093889

Dec 2, 2022 3:42 PM by deg

Slime dominating truly the Dragon Ball/One piece of Isekai when it comes to popularity inside Japan.

Dec 2, 2022 7:58 AM by AnimeFA78N

deg said:
the rest of the top 10 here

source https://mobile.twitter.com/WSJ_manga/status/1597673359021862912

BLUE LOCK SUPREMECY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dec 2, 2022 7:06 AM by Tokoya

the rest of the top 10 here

source https://mobile.twitter.com/WSJ_manga/status/1597673359021862912

Dec 2, 2022 6:59 AM by deg

Happy to see Spy Family be the next series to beat One Piece lol

Dec 2, 2022 6:42 AM by Tokoya

One Piece is KING.

Dec 2, 2022 6:41 AM by Ramkec

Gege be eating good

Dec 2, 2022 4:22 AM by Viz

Softhenic03 said:
>Tokyo Revengers
> #2

Okay no need to trust these rankings.

Yes, you can trust them. It is works that sold well, which also means that they are quite popular among Japanese people.

Koshi_Inaba said:

Softhenic03 said:
>Tokyo Revengers
> #2

Okay no need to trust these rankings.

This is sales rankings not "best-of" rankings. Tokyo Revengers is a best seller, regardless of it's quality

Yes, you are right. It is sold pretty well.

Dec 2, 2022 4:03 AM by Memore

Better year for one piece unlike the previous one.

Dec 2, 2022 3:58 AM by Sakuta002766

Based JJK dominating like the peak shounen it is. But god damn, I didn't think Slime would outsell CoTE or Overlord.

Dec 2, 2022 3:53 AM by AntwanMantilla

Softhenic03 said:
>Tokyo Revengers
> #2

Okay no need to trust these rankings.

This is sales rankings not "best-of" rankings. Tokyo Revengers is a best seller, regardless of it's quality

Dec 2, 2022 3:33 AM by Koshi_Inaba

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Manga:	Jujutsu Kaisen, Tokyo卍Revengers, Spy x Family, One Piece, Boku no Hero Academia, Kaijuu 8-gou, Kingdom, Hunter x Hunter, Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken, Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e: 2-nensei-hen, Overlord, Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e, Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san, Shousetsu Suzume no Tojimari, Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon, Lycoris Recoil