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Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #18 (April 3rd, 2017):
Boruto (Cover)
Yuna of Yuragi Manor (Lead CP)
1. The Promised Neverland
2. One Piece
Boruto (CP)
3. Kimetsu no Yaiba: Blade of Demon Destruction
My Hero Academia (CP)
Robot x Laserbeam (Not Ranked)
4. Black Clover
5. Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
6. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
7. Haikyu!!
8. We Never Learn
Hungry Marie (Not Ranked)
9. Spring Weapon No. 1
Demon Prince Poro's Diaries (Not Ranked)
Dr. Stone (Not Ranked)
10. Gintama
11. Samon the Summoner
12. U19
13. Hinomaru Zumou
Chronicle of Isobe ~Life is Hard~

U19's first ranking is pretty bad, honestly. Doesn't look so good. Meanwhile, We Never Learn sticks in the middle and is getting a color page next week. Must be doing decently. Weird seeing Hinomaru last, but I'm guessing this is a fluke chapter. Congrats on Promised Neverland getting #1, especially after the recent chapter. Things are heating up! Uh, pun not intended.


Weekly Shonen Magazine Issue #17:
Seven Deadly Sins (Cover, Lead CP)
Ahiru no Sora
Fuuka
To Your Eternity
Tokyo Revengers (CP)
Real Account
Fairy Tail
Rankers High
Fire Force
Seitokai Yakuindomo
Knight in the Area (CP, End)
Senryuu Shoujo
Hajime no Ippo
Hoshino, Me wo Tsubutte?
Baby Steps
6cm no Kizuna
Days
8th August Outlaw
Domestic na Kanojo
Ace of Diamond
Kindaichi Case Files R
High & Low G-Sword

The series that debuted last week is in last this week. That's... odd. No idea what the deal with that is. And yes, Vector Ball ended last week as Knight in the Area ends this week. I think it's clear that Magazine doesn't rank things purely by popularity or sales.


Weekly Shounen Sunday Issue 18:
Sennen no Mushin (Lead CP, One Shot Part 2)
Detective Conan/Case Closed
Komi-san wa, Commu-shou Desu
Magi
Amano Megumi wa Suki Darake!
Ryoko
Tenshi to Akuto!!
Souboutei Must Be Destroyed
Maiko-san Chi no Makanaisan
Mushibugyo
Hatsukoi Zombie
Be Blues!
Maou-jou de Oyasumi
Hiiragi-sama wa Jibun wo Sagashiteiru
Tokiwa Kitareri!!
Birdmen
Saike Once Again
Hayate the Combat Butler
Dameterasu-sama
Zettai Karen Children
Denpa Kyoushi  / Ultimate Otaku Teacher (End)
Sunday Hikagaku Kenkyuujo

Sunday had a LOT off this week. Rinne, Keijo!, Dagashi Kashi, Major 2nd, and Aozakura, were all off which is quite a hit. The first of the new series start next week, too. Sunday's in the middle of some big shake ups.

[VLordGTZ]

Yeah, it doesn't look like U19  is going to survive for very long.  It probably didn't help that among the 6 Jump Starts, its plot progression per chapter was easily the slowest.  We Never Learn getting a color page next week is hopefully a sign that Jump has faith in the series and is willing to push it.  I'm hoping Viz will pick it up alongside the veteran Jump Starts.  The only rookie series we have left is Poro, and I'm honestly not expecting it to do well.  While the first 3 chapters were enjoyable, it shares a very similar premise to both Samon and Spring Weapon.  It's hard for me to imagine that it will be able to garner much of an audience in the magazine, or with the Jump editors since they seem adamant on keeping Samon around for some reason.

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Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #19 (April 7th, 2017):
Black Clover (Cover, Lead CP)
1. Haikyu!!
2. The Promised Neverland
3. My Hero Academia
Robot x Laserbeam (Not Ranked)
4. Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Souma
Hungry Marie (Not Ranked)
Kuromori Climb (CP, One Shot)
5. Spring Weapon No. 1
We Never Learn (CP)
6. Kimetsu no Yaiba: Blade of Demon Destruction
Dr. Stone (Not Ranked)
7. Yuna of Yuragi Manor
8. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
9. Hinomaru Zumou
10. Samon the Summoner
11. Demon Prince Poro's Diaries
12. Gintama
13. U19
Chronicle of Isobe ~Life is Hard~

One Piece is absent this week. Next week Haikyu gets the cover. And yes, Hungry Marie is a success and will be getting a color page next week when it would have been its first ranking. Like I originally guessed, Poro didn't do so hot. It and U19 will be the first series knocked out. Robot got the same early high placement as well, which means it's also probably doing well. Not much else of surprise here.

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So it looks like Kirishima might be invaluable in this arc. His hardening quirk prevents Overhaul's new weapon since it must pierce the skin to be effective. I might say the same about Mirio as well. If the villains have these at their disposal then they have a clear advantage over the heroes. Only question is what Shigaraki's game is.

I'm going to make a prediction that Shigaraki is not going to join Overhaul (at least for "real") because he doesn't agree with nullifying quirks (even if temporary) in order to achieve their goals. Since his first appearance he's been adamant that he hates the idea of quirk registration and limiting people from using them. All For One's ultimate goal was to destroy the system and Overhaul merely wants to put his own system in place. Shigaraki is probably going use Overhaul, but will turn on him at the first opportunity.

Oh, and Promised Neverland and Kimetsu no Yaiba were great this week. MHA is my main event though.

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Series with the highest numbers of first printings.

Kodansha

Rank   Title   Volume Number   Copies Printed (in thousands)
1   Attack on Titan   19   2070
2   The Seven Deadly Sins   20   660
3   The Heroic Legend of Arslan   5   519
4   Saint Young Men   13   508
5   Ajin   8   440
6   Space Brothers   28   430
7   Ace of Diamond Act II   3   400
8   Fairy Tail   55   400
9   Chihayafuru   32   352
10   Prison School   21   330
11   Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card-hen   1   300
12   Hozuki's Coolheadedness   22   300
13   Ahiru no Sora   44   270
14   Hajime no Ippo   114   265
15   What Did You Eat Yesterday?   12   265


Shogakukan

Rank   Title   Volume Number   Copies Printed (in thousands)
1   Detective Conan   91   700
2   Major 2nd   5   480
3   Magi   29   480
4   Mix   9   475
5   Dagashi Kashi   5   300
6   Magi: Adventure of Sinbad   10   270
7   I am a Hero   20   232
8   Kobo Ibuki   6   230
9   Koi wa Ameagari no You ni   5   200
10   Blue Giant Supreme   1   200
11   Yokai Watch   11   200
12   Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san   5   190
13   Sou-Bou-Tei Kowasu Beshi   1   180
14   Eiga Yo-kai Watch: Sora Tobu Kujira to Double Sekai no Daiboken da Nyan!   -   180
15   Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt   8   180


Shueisha

Rank   Title   Volume Number   Copies Printed (in thousands)
1   One Piece   84   3600
2   Hunter X Hunter   33   1600
3   Assassination Classroom   21   870
4   Tokyo Ghoul:re   10   820
5   One-Punch Man   12   750
6   Haikyu!!   25   740
7   Kuroko no Basuke Extra Game Kohen   -   680
8   Kingdom   45   680
9   Terra Formars   20   600
10   My Hero Academia   12   560
11   Kimi ni Todoke   28   510
12   D.Gray-man   25   460
13   Bleach   74   450
14   Boruto: Naruto Next Generations   -   450
15   JoJolion   13   430

This only stretches up until last month from the previous year which is why some volume counts are slightly off. Also Silver Spoon is missing since there hasn't been any new releases in a while.

Go Souboutei go! At this rate I can only hope for an anime down the line.

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Damn, didn't expect HXH to be that high. Sucks that Terra Formars is on the list at all.

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Something sure to excite LumRanmaYasha, To-Love-Ru ain't done yet!

I don't think he'll ever do anything like Black Cat again.

[VLordGTZ]

I really hope that if To Love Ru is coming back, it's either a shorter series or Hasemi does it without Yabuki's involvement.  I can accept if his Black Cat sequel never happens, but I just want Yabuki to move on from his decade of drawing soft-core porn.  It seems like he might have something in mind for a new project, so hopefully he follows through with it.

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That chapter of MHA was awesome. Kirishima's quirk is crazy strong just like Bakugo said. It's good to see just how far he's come along. Also, I wonder if this drug has anything to do with the one from Vigilante. It had the same effect the one that criminal used had.

Also, looks like Viz added Dr. Stone first! I can't complain since it was the one I wanted to see added the most. But this also falls in line with what I expected. Hungry Marie and Robot X Laserbeam will probably be next.

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Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #19 (April 14th, 2017):
Haikyu!! (Cover/Lead CP, 250 Chapters and 5th Anniversary)
1. One Piece
2. My Hero Academia
The Promised Neverland (CP)
Robot x Laserbeam (Not Ranked)
3. Black Clover
Hungry Marie (CP)
4. Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
5. Spring Weapon No. 1
Hinomaru Zumou (CP)
Dr. Stone (Not Ranked)
6. Kimetsu no Yaiba: Blade of Demon Destruction
7. Yuna of Yuragi Manor
8. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K
9. Gintama
10. We Never Learn
11. Samon the Summoner
12. Demon Prince Poro's Diaries
13. U19
Chronicle of Isobe ~Life is Hard~

The cover next week will have all the current series main characters on it. One Piece gets the lead CP, and both Kimetsu and Food Wars will be getting color pages. Also we should be getting the first proper ranking of both Dr. Stone and Hungry Marie by then. Nothing a bit surprising here, most people didn't seem to like this chapter of WNL, and it looks like Poro and U19 will be the first casualties when the next batch of series start. It is weird seeing Spring Weapon bounce around so much, though.

[VLordGTZ]

Yeah, I think it's safe to say that Poro and U19 are both flops.  It's disappointing to see WNL so low this week, but hopefully it's not a coming trend.  Spring Weapon just confuses me.  I thought for sure that it would be canned early on but it seems to be doing quite well now.  Maybe Jump will give up on Samon and start pushing Spring Weapon instead.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Looks like Viz will be picking up We Never Learn and Robot X Laserbeam judging from author credits on their site. So we know 3 of the 6 will be getting added.

I'm not complaining, but I would be floored if Hungry Marie wasn't added. I was dead certain it was the most popular of the six.

[VLordGTZ]

I'm happy to hear that Viz will actually be adding We Never Learn, though it is strange that they're adding it before Hungry Marie.  That being said, I still think they'll pickup Hungry Marie in the coming weeks.  It's too big of a series to pass up, and it would be strange for them to only grab 2 of the 3 veteran Jump Starts, especially since they're likely to have the best longevity.

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Also looks like Promised Neverland just passed Yuna in sales with the recent volume. It nearly sold 100,000 copies.  Glad to see it's doing really well.

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Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #21/22 (April 21st, 2017):
WSJ Cast (Cover)
One Piece (Lead CP)
1. My Hero Academia
2. Haikyu!!
Chingiri (CP, One Shot)
Robot x Laserbeam (Not Ranked)
3. The Promised Neverland
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Blade of Demon Destruction (CP)
4. Spring Weapon No. 1
5. Black Clover
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Souma (CP)
6. Dr. Stone
7. Gintama
8. Yuna of Yuragi Manor
9. Hinomaru Zumou
10. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
11. We Never Learn
12. Samon the Summoner
13. Hungry Marie
14. Demon Prince Poro's Diaries
15. U19
Chronicle of Isobe ~Life is Hard~

Wow, I wasn't expecting this reaction to Hungry Marie. I was certain it would do much better. Pair it up with Viz not picking it up and I'm suddenly pessimistic for it. We Never Learn will probably be sticking around for awhile, Poro and U19 are all but done, though it looks like Dr. Stone had a successful debut. I guess we have to wait to see how Robot did, but I was expecting them all to rank a little better than they did here. Promised Neverland is getting the cover for the next issue. Glad to see it's a hit!