ah too bad looks like my hero academia Detroit smashed attack on Titan into
third place! So what's up guys Foxen here! The top ten selling manga for this
year has come out. Some of you will be pissed off to find out that attack on
Titan lost the second place spot. Perhaps even more so when you find out that it's
to My hero academia so let's go ahead and actually look at the numbers in detail.
So actually going from the bottom of the list and number 10 and with about 3.2
million you have Tokyo ghoul the sequel series. For this series I'm actually a
little bit surprised. I knew Tokyo ghoul was popular however I
didn't know was still in the top 10. It's even more surprising that they gave such
a popular series this dumpster fire of an anime. Next up at number 9 the time I
got reincarnated as a slime the manga adaptation. This was not too far at about
3.4 million. Once again I'm actually surprised since its selling so much you
know since the original source material is actually a light novel. I do wonder
why it's selling so much I mean I don't think other light now what mangas got
into the top 10. That includes SAO, reZero and even konoSuba so what is this
one doing that so special? I do wonder. Next up number eight The promised
Neverland this one comes at 4.2 million. For the promised Neverland I actually
have not started it although this one is getting an anime series in the winter
season and I've heard nothing but great things about it so I'm looking forward
to it. Next up at number seven the Seven Deadly sins this one coming in at about
4.9 million. At this point unless you've been living under a rock no surprise to
see this on the list. I don't really follow this manga although I have been
hearing that the manga has been going a little bit downhill if you are a fan
definitely chime in. It'll be interesting to see what happens since this series is
supposed to end next year. Next up number sixth Kingdom at about five
million. Once again another series I don't follow this was supposed to be set
in China following this protagonist that's trying to become this top General
in the country. I know I got an anime adaptation like six years ago although
nothing since. It seems almost like a wasted opportunity here. Who knows perhaps
sooner or later they'll start the anime back up again. Next up at number five
Haikyu this was actually almost tied it was Kingdom at five million. For this
series I actually have now started it but I really want to I've heard nothing
but great things about it and just seeing how popular it is coming in at number
five I'm sure it's for a reason. Next up at number four Slam Dunk at about
5.2 million. This one might be the most shocking of them all. If you haven't
heard of slam dunk I can't blame you slam dunk both the manga and anime
series ended back in the freaking 90s so how did this get not only in the top 10
but at number 4? It turns out that this series is just that darn popular popular. These 5
million copies are all from this anniversary edition like I'm totally not
into basketball but now I'm getting curious. Next up the fan favorite Attack
on Titan also at about 5.2 million basically tied. At least for attack on
Titan I should point out that it's not exactly a fair comparison since this is
a monthly manga that just means I pretty much any weekly series has an advantage
and then going into number 2 My hero Academia at about 6.7 million.
Yes this did beat out Attack on Titan although it's not surprising at all. My
hero academia slowly been becoming this juggernaut of a series. It does help that
has been getting 24 episodes back-to-back each year and this year the
first half was freaking amazing then the second half was arguably questionable
although going by information we got from Naruto fillers doesn't really
matter. It just matters that the series is airing on TV. In comparison attack on
Titan only had half a season and while hardcore fans enjoyed the uprising arc I
still see casual fans pretty mixed on it and next up the biggest actual
juggernaut out of them all the actual king one piece at about 8 million and
definitely chime in if you're a fan of one piece. It's just one of those series
I have not had the time to start so right here let me pause for a second and
ask you are you surprised by any of the top 10? Did you think my hero academia
was gonna beat attack on Titan? and just pause the video for a second
and let me know down below. What's more interesting is if you actually compared
the numbers to the previous year last year one piece thought about 11.5
million in other words that went down by over three million. Attack on Titan
also went down about 1.4 million. On the other hand my hero academia went up
almost a million Bravo but wait there's more if you actually go back in time to
2011 when one piece was at its peak at that time one piece sold 38 million
copies so what's going on? The manga sales have dropped to about 20 percent.
How did sales go down to less than a fourth in about seven years.
That is really intriguing. Let me just clarify that I'm not trying to bash One
piece at all I'm just curious although manga sales overall keep
dropping year after year. One of the actual known reasons is that these sales
don't include digital sales so one piece might have actually sold over 10 million.
The digital copies aren't accounted here and I know some of you guys will bring a
piracy although let me just point out that these figures are only for Japan.
Sure you're gonna find some people that aren't paying for the manga here and there
but in general there's almost no piracy in Japan. The other reason is that in
those seven years Japan has still been dealing with this declining birthrate in
other words just less kiddies to buy manga. As for something else I do want to
point out just look at the figures for 2017. Last year there's a couple of
series that drop down from the top ten which included One punch man, Food Wars
and Magi. So just a little bit of a prediction One punch man season two is
coming up next year so I'm pretty sure one punch man is gonna make it back in
the top ten unfortunately I don't think food wars is gonna be that lucky and I'm
not sure about Magi it's not something I follow. As for attack on Titan the
beast titan arc is coming up arguably the best arc in the series.
Naturally my hero academia is gonna get another 24 episodes or so in season 4.
Despite that I do see attack on Titan edging on my hero academia for second
place. I still don't see one piece getting dethroned.
Although attack on Titan and even seven deadly sins are ending soon. Perhaps
that'll give both of the series a boost. Anyway let me go ahead and toss it over
to you question of the day are you surprised by any of the results in the
top 10? And what else do you think is causing such a drastic decline in manga
sales? And then for 2019 which manga do you think will make it in the top 10 for
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