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Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha: 2024-2025
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The May issue of The Tsukuru Shuppan's Tsukuru magazine published a chart on Monday listing the top 15 manga volumes for three major publishers — Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Shueisha — in the last 12 months based on first printings. The chart reflects the first print runs from volumes released between April 2024 through March 2025.
Kodansha
| Rank | Title | Volume Number | Copies Printed |
| 1 | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 26 | 450,000 |
| 2 | BLUELOCK | 29 | 400,000 |
| 3 | Chiikawa | 7 | 300,000 |
| 4 | Space Brothers | 44 | 235,000 |
| 5 | BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- | 4 | 210,000 |
| 6 | What Did You Eat Yesterday? | 23 | 200,000 |
| 7 | Land of the Lustrous | 13 | 190,000 |
| 8 | In the Clear Moonlit Dusk | 8 | 165,000 |
| 9 | The Heroic Legend of Arslan | 21 | 150,500 |
| 10 | Wind Breaker | 21 | 150,000 |
| 11 | A Sign of Affection | 11 | 125,000 |
| 12 | Grand Blue | 22 | 120,000 |
| 12 | Blue Period | 16 | 120,000 |
| 12 | MF Ghost | 20 | 120,000 |
| 15 | Hajime no Ippo | 141 | 115,000 |
Shogakukan
| Rank | Title | Volume Number | Copies Printed |
| 1 | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | 14 | 700,000 |
| 2 | Detective Conan | 106 | 600,000 |
| 3 | Don't Call It Mystery | 14 | 450,000 |
| 4 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Mao Mao no Kōkyū Nazotoki Techō | 19 | 220,000 |
| 5 | Aoashi | 38 | 200,000 |
| 6 | Mix | 22 | 195,000 |
| 7 | Blue Giant Momentum | 2 | 135,000 |
| 8 | Firefly Wedding | 4 | 125,000 |
| 9 | Detective Conan Special | 1 | 110,000 |
| 10 | Kūbo Ibuki Great Game | 13 | 102,000 |
| 11 | Major 2nd | 28 | 92,000 |
| 12 | Love Phantom | 13 | 90,000 |
| 13 | Komi Can't Communicate | 33 | 82,000 |
| 14 | Ao no Orchestra | 12 | 80,000 |
| 14 | Detective Conan Heiji & Kazuha NEW Selection | 1 | 80,000 |
Shueisha
| Rank | Title | Volume Number | Copies Printed |
| 1 | One Piece | 109 | 3.2 million |
| 2 | Jujutsu Kaisen | 29 | 1.8 million |
| 2 | Jujutsu Kaisen | 30 | 1.8 million |
| 3 | SPY x FAMILY | 14 | 1.3 million |
| 4 | Hunter X Hunter | 38 | 1.3 million |
| 5 | Kingdom | 72 | 930,000 |
| 6 | My Hero Academia | 42 | 850,000 |
| 7 | Oshi no Ko | 16 | 550,000 |
| 8 | Kaiju No. 8 | 12 | 500,000 |
| 8 | Chainsaw Man | 17 | 500,000 |
| 10 | One-Punch Man | 31 | 440,000 |
| 11 | World Trigger | 27 | 420,000 |
| 12 | The JOJOLands | 3 | 340,000 |
| 13 | Dr. Stone | 27 | 300,000 |
| 14 | Dragon Ball Super | 23 | 270,000 |
| 15 | REAL | 16 | 250,000 |
The magazine releases this list yearly. One Piece has regularly topped the list in the last decade. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End took the top spot from Detective Conan this year. Hunter X Hunter manga's latest 38th volume ranked at #4.
Source: Tsukuru May issue
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