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Japanese Comic Ranking, September 13-19

Update: This is the first time that Chihayafuru, Yuki Suetsugu's manga that won the Manga Taisho (Cartoon Grand Prize) in 2009, has ranked #1 on the weekly sales charts. Before this past week, the manga only reached as high as #5 when the eighth volume went on sale in March.

Rank	Prev. Rank	Title	Author	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	Publisher	Price	Cover
1	-	Chihayafuru #10	Yuki Suetsugu	161,373	164,436	Kodansha	Y440
2	-	Hajime no Ippo #93	George Morikawa	110,981	110,981	Kodansha	Y440
3	-	flat #4	Natsu Aogiri	108,853	108,853	Mag Garden	Y600
4	-	Gantz #29	Hiroya Oku	105,213	105,213	Shueisha	Y650
5	-	Hana Zakari no Kimi-tachi e (Hana-Kimi) After School	Hisaya Nakajo	75,374	75,374	Hakusensha	Y420
6	-	Liar Game #13	Shinobu Kaitani	71,387	71,387	Shueisha	Y540
7	-	Kaiōki #45	Masatoshi Kawahara	68,143	68,143	Kodansha	Y440
8	-	Major #77	Takuya Mitsuda	67,276	67,276	Shogakukan	Y440
9	-	Rozen Maiden #4	Peach-Pit	59,727	59,727	Shueisha	Y630
10	2	Angel Heart #33	Tsukasa Hōjō	58,144	162,166	Shinchosha	Y540
11	-	Area no Kishi #22	Original Story: Tadashi Agi Art: Kaya Tsukiyama	56,945	56,945	Kodansha	Y440
12	-	Otomen #11	Aya Kanno	51,531	51,531	Hakusensha	Y420
13	-	Oki ni Mesu Mama? Sekai de Ichiban Daikirai (I Hate You More than Anyone) Special Edition	Banri Hidaka	49,674	49,674	Hakusensha	Y560
14	1	Ouran High School Host Club #17	Bisco Hatori	47,865	316,479	Hakusensha	Y420
15	-	Yankee-kun to Megane-chan #19	Miki Yoshikawa	42,469	42,469	Kodansha	Y440
16	-	Berry Berry #3	Banri Hidaka	41,829	41,829	Hakusensha	Y420
17	-	Gakuen Prince #10	Jun Yuzuki	41,370	41,638	Kodansha	Y450
18	-	Usogui #18	Toshio Sako	41,165	41,165	Shueisha	Y540
19	-	Hoshi wa Utau #9	Natsuki Takaya	40,182	40,182	Hakusensha	Y420
20	-	81diver #16	Yokusaru Shibata	38,008	38,008	Shueisha	Y540
21	-	RIN-NE (Kyōkai no Rinne) #5	Rumiko Takahashi	37,819	37,819	Shogakukan	Y440
22	-	81diver #17	Yokusaru Shibata	37,596	37,596	Shueisha	Y540
23	-	Stardust Wink #4	Nana Haruta	35,637	35,637	Shueisha	Y420
24	-	Do Da Dancin'! Venetia Kokusai-Hen #8	Satoru Makimura	34,588	34,588	Shueisha	Y480
25	-	Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai #10	Tamiki Wakaki	33,839	33,839	Shogakukan	Y440
26	-	Major #77 Limited Illustration Collection-Bundled Special Edition	Takuya Mitsuda	32,661	32,661	Shogakukan	Y440
27	8	We Were There #14	Yuuki Obata	32,369	389,222	Shogakukan	420
28	-	Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai #10 DVD-Bundled Limited Edition	Tamiki Wakaki	31,987	31,987	Shogakukan	Y440
29	-	Shin Kamen Rider Spirits #3	Original Creator: Shotarō Ishinomori Art: Kenichi Muraeda	30,299	30,299	Kodansha	Y600
30	-	Eden no Ori #9	Yoshinobu Yamada	30,024	30,024	Kodansha	Y440

Source: Oricon (link 2)

Erratum: Natsu Aogiri's family name corrected.