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Japanese Comic Ranking, December 21-27

Update: Yoshihiro Togashi revealed in the author's notes of the 27th Hunter X Hunter action manga volume that he and Sailor Moon creator Naoko Takeuchi had their second baby. Togashi further noted that their baby is already one year old as he returns to his manga after a one-year hiatus. Kaiji Kawaguchi ended his Zipang time-traveling naval manga with the 43rd compiled book volume.

Rank	Prev. Rank	Title	Author	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	Publisher	Price	Cover
1	-	Fullmetal Alchemist #24	Hiromu Arakawa	886,135	886,135	Square Enix	Y420
2	-	Hunter X Hunter #27	Yoshihiro Togashi	488,446	488,446	Shueisha	Y420
3	-	Ookiku Furikabutte #13	Asa Higuchi	301,130	301,130	Kodansha	Y550
4	-	xxxHOLiC #16	CLAMP	281,589	281,589	Kodansha	Y580
5	4	Kekkaishi #27	Yellow Tanabe	98,347	211,108	Shogakukan	Y420
6	-	Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Mina-koroshi-hen #4	Creator/ Supervisor: Ryukishi07 Art: Hinase Momoyama	87,398	87,398	Square Enix	Y610
7	-	Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1: Legend of the golden witch #4	Creator/ Supervisor: Ryukishi07 Art: Kei Natsumi	85,847	85,847	Square Enix	Y650
8	-	Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Matsuri-bayashi-hen #3	Creator/ Supervisor: Ryukishi07 Art: Karin Suzuragi	85,259	85,259	Square Enix	Y610
9	3	K-On! #3	kakifly	81,252	202,559	Houbunsha	Y860
10	-	The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi chan #4	Original Creator: Nagaru Tanigawa Art: Puyo Original Character Design: Noizi Ito	79,549	79,549	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y588
11	-	Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji Ikari Raising Project #9	Art: Osamu Takahashi Original Concept: Gainax/Khara	77,615	81,915	Kadokawa Shoten/ Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y588
12	7	Major #74	Takuya Mitsuda	76,978	158,757	Shogakukan	Y420
13	-	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #11	Riko Miyagi	76,019	76,019	Shueisha	Y420
14	-	Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 2: Legend of the golden witch #2	Creator/ Supervisor: Ryukishi07 Art: Jiro Suzuki	69,650	69,650	Square Enix	Y600
15	-	Zipang #43	Kaiji Kawaguchi	67,060	67,060	Kodansha	Y560
16	-	Initial D #40	Shuichi Shigeno	66,168	66,168	Kodansha	Y550
17	-	Sekirei #9	Sakurako Gokurakuin	65,732	65,732	Square Enix	Y540
18	-	Bokutachi wa Shitteshimatta #8	Kaho Miyasaka	64,597	64,597	Shogakukan	Y420
19	1	Hajime no Ippo #90	George Morikawa	61,151	193,744	Kodansha	Y440
20	2	Air Gear #27	Oh! Great	60,554	188,611	Kodansha	Y440
21	-	Nagasarete Airantou #16	Takeshi Fujishiro	59,535	59,535	Square Enix	Y420
22	5	One Piece #56	Eiichiro Oda	59,339	1,924,398	Shueisha	Y420
23	-	Suki Desu Suzuki-kun!! #6	Gō Ikeyamada	58,972	58,972	Shogakukan	Y420
24	8	Nodame Cantabile #23	Tomoko Ninomiya	58,155	1,042,231	Kodansha	Y440
25	-	The Enchained Spiritual Beast Ga-Rei #11	Hajime Segawa	56,504	59,116	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y588
26	10	Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi #36	Shun Matsuena	54,811	130,749	Shogakukan	Y420
27	-	Fate/stay night #11	Art: Datto Nishiwaki Story: Type-Moon	53,651	53,651	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y588
28	-	Uchū Kyōdai #8	Chūya Koyama	53,291	53,291	Kodansha	Y580
29	6	GTO: Shonan 14 Days #2	Tohru Fujisawa	50,862	145,544	Kodansha	Y440
30	-	Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hirukowashi-hen	Creator/ Supervisor: Ryukishi07 Art: Rechi Kazuki	47,738	47,738	Square Enix	Y600

Source: Oricon