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Japanese Comic Ranking, August 2-8

One Piece #59 set a record for first-week sales by selling 1,852,541 copies, more than any other book since Oricon started posting sales charts in 2008. The last three One Piece volumes also rebounded back into the top 100.

Rank	Prev. Rank	Title	Author	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	Publisher	Price	Cover
1	-	One Piece #59	Eiichiro Oda	1,852,541	1,852,541	Shueisha	Y420
2	-	Naruto #52	Masashi Kishimoto	846,206	846,206	Shueisha	Y420
3	-	Bleach #46	Tite Kubo	548,912	548,912	Shueisha	Y420
4	-	Katekyo Hitman Reborn! #30	Akira Amano	330,180	330,180	Shueisha	Y420
5	-	Gintama #35	Hideaki Sorachi	280,185	280,185	Shueisha	Y420
6	-	Bakuman. #9	Story: Tsugumi Ohba Art: Takeshi Obata	251,082	251,082	Shueisha	Y420
7	-	Kaichō wa Maid-sama! #11	Hiro Fujiwara	114,025	114,025	Hakusensha	Y420
8	-	Kuroko no Baske #8	Tadatoshi Fujimaki	103,008	103,008	Shueisha	Y420
9	-	Beelzebub #7	Ryūhei Tamura	94,433	94,433	Shueisha	Y420
10	-	Initial D #41	Shūichi Shigeno	91,708	91,708	Kodansha	Y560
11	-	Bleach Official Character Book 2 Masked	Tite Kubo	86,454	86,454	Shueisha	Y820
12	-	Masuda Kōsuke Gekijō Gag Manga Biyori #11	Kōsuke Masuda	80,292	80,292	Shueisha	Y420
13	4	Detroit Metal City #10	Kiminori Wakasugi	45,468	137,880	Hakusensha	Y540
14	-	Bartender #17	Story: Araki Joh Art: Kenji Nagatomo	44,608	44,608	Shueisha	Y540
15	-	Ultimo #4	Original Creator: Stan Lee Art: Hiroyuki Takei	39,313	39,313	Shueisha	Y460
16	-	Omamori Himari #7	Milan Matra	37,808	37,808	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y609
17	3	Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru #4	Kotomi Aoki	34,917	139,267	Shogakukan	Y420
18	6	Soul Eater #17	Atsushi Ookubo	34,011	275,119	Square Enix	Y420
19	-	Gintama Character Book Vol. 3	Hideaki Sorachi	33,429	33,429	Shueisha	Y500
20	2	Pandora Hearts #12	Jun Mochizuki	32,297	140,572	Square Enix	Y590
21	41	One Piece #58	Eiichiro Oda	30,498	2,312,304	Shueisha	Y420
22	8	Billy Bat #4	Art: Naoki Urasawa Story Joint Collaboration: Takashi Nagasaki	29,491	206,781	Kodansha	Y630
23	21	Ikigami #8	Motoro Mase	29,261	56,957	Shogakukan	Y550
24	1	Suki Desu Suzuki-kun!! #8	Gō Ikeyamada	28,657	142,027	Shogakukan	Y420
25	-	Hokenshitsu no Shinigami #4	Shō Aimoto	28,375	28,375	Shueisha	Y420
26	12	Himitsu - The Top Secret #8	Reiko Shimizu	28,240	80,494	Hakusensha	Y890
27	-	Shinjuku Swan #23	Ken Wakui	26,673	26,673	Kodansha	Y560
28	-	Ai Da no Ai Da no #1	Ririko Tsujita	25,579	25,579	Hakusensha	Y420
29	-	Hyaku-nen Renbō #1	Nao Mashiba	24,737	24,737	Hakusensha	Y420
30	7	Black Bird #11	Kanoko Sakurakoji	23,553	104,714	Shogakukan	Y420

Source: Oricon

Update: Hokenshitsu no Shinigami's volume number corrected. Thanks, Fireline.