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Japanese Comic Ranking, May 23-29

The Blue Exorcist television anime series helped propel the first three volumes of the original manga onto the top 30 chart.

Rank	Prev. Rank	Title	Author	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	Publisher	Price	Cover
1	-	Billy Bat #6	Art: Naoki Urasawa Story Joint Collaboration: Takashi Nagasaki	134,466	134,909	Kodansha	Y630
2	-	Genshiken #10 Nidaime no Ichi [1]	Shimoku Kio	120,999	121,804	Kodansha	Y580
3	-	Deadman Wonderland #10	Jinsei Kataoka, Kazuma Kondou	115,978	115,978	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y588
4	-	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #15	Riko Miyagi	82,265	82,265	Shueisha	Y420
5	7	One Piece #62	Eiichiro Oda	68,393	2,767,056	Shueisha	Y420
6	-	Psychic Detective Yakumo #5	Original creator: Manabu Kaminaga Art: Suzuka Oda	64,272	67,325	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y588
7	-	Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai #2	Art: Itachi Original creator: Yomi Hirasaka Original Character Design: Buriki	61,731	61,948	Media Factory	Y570
8	1	Kekkaishi #34	Yellow Tanabe	59,870	218,394	Shogakukan	Y440
9	18	Barakamon #4	Satsuki Yoshino	59,441	94,332	Square Enix	Y600
10	-	The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya #14	Original Creator: Nagaru Tanigawa Art: Gaku Tsugano Original Character Design: Noizi Ito	57,758	57,758	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y588
11	3	Steel Ball Run #23	Hirohiko Araki	48,191	189,606	Shueisha	Y420
12	4	Daiya no A (Ace of Diamond) #26	Yūji Terajima	47,398	185,879	Kodansha	Y440
13	-	Five #15	Shiori Furukawa	44,391	44,391	Shueisha	Y420
14	-	Yume-miru Taiyō #9	Ichigo Takano	42,809	42,809	Shueisha	Y420
15	-	Blue Exorcist #1	Kazue Katō	39,837	349,213	Shueisha	Y460
16	2	Negima! Magister Negi Magi #34	Ken Akamatsu	38,617	187,379	Kodansha	Y440
17	-	Rozen Maiden #5	Peach-Pit	38,051	38,051	Shueisha	Y630
18	22	Ikusa no Ko ~Oda Saburō Nobunaga Gaiden~ #1	Story: Tetsuo Hara Art: Seibō Kitahara	37,430	66,143	Shinchosha	Y630
19	-	Battle Angel Alita: Last Order (GUNNM: Last Order) #16	Yukito Kishiro	36,823	36,823	Kodansha	Y700
20	-	Go-ji kara Ku-ji made (From Five to Nine) #3	Miki Aihara	36,728	36,728	Shogakukan	Y420
21	10	Gakuen Alice #24	Tachibana Higuchi	36,509	106,199	Hakusensha	Y420
22	-	Gang King #21	Daiju Yanauchi	36,298	36,562	Shonen Gahosha Co	Y550
23	-	Blue Exorcist #2	Kazue Katō	35,399	329,033	Shueisha	Y460
24	-	Cooking Papa #114	Tochi Ueyama	34,551	35,129	Kodansha	Y540
25	-	Principal #1	Ryo Ikuemi	33,649	33,649	Shueisha	Y420
26	8	KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple #43	Shun Matsuena	33,285	133,536	Shogakukan	Y440
27	45	Judge #3	Yoshiki Tonogai	33,263	47,765	Square Enix	Y600
28	6	Hayate the Combat Butler! (Hayate no Gotoku!) #28	Kenjirou Hata	31,316	142,356	Shogakukan	Y440
29	-	Amagami precious diary #3	Art: Tarō Shinonome Original Concept: Enterbrain	30,676	30,676	Hakusensha	Y580
30	28	Blue Exorcist #3	Kazue Katō	30,038	326,297	Shueisha	Y460

Source: Oricon

Update: Volume number of Blue Exorcist corrected. Thanks, FH14.