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Japanese Comic Ranking, April 26-May 2 (Updated)

Update: After two weeks of sales, the 25th volume of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga has sold over one million copies. In 2010, only three other manga volumes have sold one million copies: Naruto #49 in January, One Piece #57 in March, and Naruto #50 in March. As a publication of Square Enix, Fullmetal Alchemist #50 is the first manga volume to reach the one-million milestone from a company other than Shueisha this year. Source: animeanime.jp

Rank	Prev. Rank	Title	Author	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	Publisher	Price	Cover
1	-	Naruto #51	Masashi Kishimoto	618,737	618,737	Shueisha	Y420
2	92	Nodame Cantabile #24	Tomoko Ninomiya	535,132	545,739	Kodansha	Y440
3	-	Katekyo Hitman Reborn! #29	Akira Amano	269,353	269,353	Shueisha	Y420
4	1	Fullmetal Alchemist #25	Hiromu Arakawa	255,557	1,080,859	Square Enix	Y420
5	-	Gintama #34	Hideaki Sorachi	223,675	223,675	Shueisha	Y420
6	-	Bakuman. #8	Story: Tsugumi Ohba Art: Takeshi Obata	182,267	182,267	Shueisha	Y420
7	2	Ookiku Furikabutte (Big Windup) #14	Asa Higuchi	158,037	375,734	Kodansha	Y550
8	3	xxxHOLiC #17	CLAMP	143,266	313,019	Kodansha	Y560
9	-	Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama (The New Prince of Tennis) #3	Takeshi Konomi	134,197	134,197	Shueisha	Y460
10	10	Saki #7	Ritz Kobayashi	104,155	187,623	Square Enix	Y540
11	-	Toriko #9	Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro	96,436	96,436	Shueisha	Y420
12	-	Mayoi Neko Overrun! #1	Story: Tomohiro Matsu Art: Kentaro Yabuki Character Design: Peco	91,599	91,599	Shueisha	Y500
13	-	Bokutachi wa Shitteshimatta #9	Kaho Miyasaka	89,642	90,116	Shogakukan	Y420
14	16	Arakawa under the Bridge #10	Hikaru Nakamura	76,602	135,127	Square Enix	Y540
15	12	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #12	Riko Miyagi	73,758	153,655	Shueisha	Y420
16	-	Faster than a Kiss #7	Meca Tanaka	69,778	69,778	Hakusensha	Y420
17	17	Clover #23	Toriko Chiya	61,609	117,715	Shueisha	Y420
18	-	Gunslinger Girl #12	Yu Aida	60,298	60,298	ASCII MediaWorks	Y578
19	-	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX #7	Supervision: Kazuki Takahashi Story & Art: Naoyuki Kageyama	57,838	57,838	Shueisha	Y420
20	7	Giant Killing #14	Original Story: Masaya Tsunamoto Art: Tsujitomo	54,873	143,611	Kodansha	Y570
21	-	Psyren #11	Toshiaki Iwashiro	51,406	51,406	Shueisha	Y420
22	-	Jin #18	Motoka Murakami	51,130	51,130	Shueisha	Y540
23	-	New Say Hello to Black Jack #8	Shuho Sato	48,908	48,908	Shogakukan	Y580
24	90	Nodame Cantabile #24 Limited DVD&CD-Bundle Edition	Tomoko Ninomiya	48,704	59,424	Kodansha	Y2,480
25	20	Kyoku Yawaku #12	Ryo Ikuemi	45,167	94,932	Shueisha	Y420
26	-	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's #1	Story: Masahiro Hikokubo Art: Masashi Satō	44,130	44,130	Shueisha	Y420
27	14	The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya #11	Original Creator: Nagaru Tanigawa Art: Gaku Tsugano Original Character Design: Noizi Ito	42,103	109,832	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y588
28	4	Ahiru no Sora #27	Takeshi Hinata	36,294	262,670	Kodansha	Y440
29	15	Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Mina-koroshi-hen #5	Creator/ Supervisor: Ryukishi07 Art: Hinase Momoyama	34,773	99,140	Square Enix	Y610
30	25	Yozakura Quartet #8	Suzuhito Yasuda	33,561	79,374	Kodansha	Y580

Source: Oricon