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Japanese Comic Ranking, March 29-April 4

Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's Neon Genesis Evangelion sold 429,868 copies of its 12th volume to debut at #1 for the first time since Oricon started publishing book ranking charts nearly three years ago. It is also the first volume in the series in nearly three years; the 11th volume debuted at #1 on Tohan's chart in June of 2007. Osamu Takahashi's Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji Ikari Raising Project manga spinoff only reached #7 last year.

Rank	Prev. Rank	Title	Author	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	Publisher	Price	Cover
1	-	Neon Genesis Evangelion #12	Yoshiyuki Sadamoto	429,868	429,868	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y588
2	-	Bleach #44	Tite Kubo	410,245	410,245	Shueisha	Y420
3	-	Gintama #33	Hideaki Sorachi	191,268	191,268	Shueisha	Y420
4	-	Detroit Metal City #9	Kiminori Wakasugi	110,374	111,340	Hakusensha	Y540
5	-	Nurarihyon no Mago #10	Hiroshi Shiibashi	106,266	106,266	Shueisha	Y420
6	12	Shingetsutan Tsukihime #8	Story & Art: Sasakishonen Original Concept: Type-Moon/ Shingetsutan Tsukihime Production Committee	86,993	142,374	ASCII MediaWorks/ Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y630
7	-	Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Official Visual Book Reborn Colore!	Akira Amano	81,556	81,556	Shueisha	Y780
8	13	Pandora Hearts #11	Jun Mochizuki	79,737	134,689	Square Enix	Y590
9	-	To Love-Ru -Trouble- #18	Story: Saki Hasemi Art: Kentaro Yabuki	71,995	71,995	Shueisha	Y420
10	-	Beelzebub #5	Ryūhei Tamura	69,734	69,734	Shueisha	Y420
11	-	Kuroko no Baske #6	Tadatoshi Fujimaki	69,211	69,211	Shueisha	Y420
12	-	Sket Dance #13	Kenta Shinohara	68,014	68,014	Shueisha	Y420
13	-	Medaka Box #4	Original Story: NisiOisin Art: Akira Akatsuki	63,570	63,570	Shueisha	Y420
14	29	Kimi to Boku. #8	Kiichi Hotta	56,506	87,871	Square Enix	Y420
15	8	Suki Desu Suzuki-kun!! #7	Gō Ikeyamada	54,238	117,021	Shogakukan	Y420
16	1	Billy Bat #3	Art: Naoki Urasawa Story Joint Collaboration: Takashi Nagasaki	53,097	218,468	Shogakukan	Y620
17	16	Sunshine Sketch (Hidamari Sketch) #5	Ume Aoki	48,770	99,142	Hobunsha	Y860
18	14	Black Bird #10	Kanoko Sakurakoji	47,186	98,358	Shogakukan	Y420
19	-	Anedoki— #3	Mizuki Kawashita	43,462	43,462	Shueisha	Y420
20	-	Umi no Misaki #7	Kou Fumizuki	40,488	40,897	Hakusensha	Y550
21	-	Shin Kurosagi #6	Art: Kuromaru Story: Takeshi Natsuhara	39,469	39,469	Shogakukan	Y540
22	-	Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo #169	Osamu Akimoto	39,098	39,098	Shueisha	Y420
23	2	Fairy Tail #20	Hiro Mashima	37,990	394,777	Kodansha	Y440
24	-	Jōkyō Afro Tanaka #10	Saharu Noritsuke	36,388	36,388	Shogakukan	Y540
25	4	Working!! #7	Karino Takatsu	31,951	106,646	Square Enix	Y500
26	17	One Piece #57	Eiichiro Oda	30,447	2,173,621	Shueisha	Y420
27	19	Five #13	Shiori Furukawa	30,083	73,190	Shueisha	Y420
28	5	Major #75	Takuya Mitsuda	29,450	212,904	Shogakukan	Y420
29	3	The Piano Forest #17	Makoto Isshiki	28,653	112,424	Kodansha	Y560
30	-	Anata no Tame Nara Dokomademo	Asumiko Nakamura	28,368	28,368	Hobunsha	Y650

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Source: Oricon, Searchina