Blue Lock Sells 8 Million Copies After Anime in 2023 (1st half), the Best-Selling Manga in Japan by Series

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Chainsaw Man, Slam Dunk, Jujutsu Kaisen, ONE PIECE round out top 5

This list covers sales of physical copies surveyed from November 21, 2022 to May 21, 2023

Rank	Title	Author	Estimated Sales
1	Blue Lock	Original Story: Muneyuki Kaneshiro/Art: Yūsuke Nomura	8,046,032
2	Chainsaw Man	Tatsuki Fujimoto	4,492,906
3	Slam Dunk	Takehiko Inoue	4,199,966
4	Jujutsu Kaisen	Gege Akutami	3,757,215
5	ONE PIECE	Eiichiro Oda	3,550,097

Source: Oricon

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