The Top 50 bestselling mangas for the first half of 2015 ranked by Oricon

As we enter 2015’s midway point, Oricon has now announced the first half’s bestsellers. We have already revealed the Top 30 bestselling light novel series, and now, we are now taking a look at the Top 50 bestselling manga volumes.

Unlike the light novel rankings, these are ranked by volume rather than by series, however, like the LN rankings, the results were based on sales from the period of November 17, 2014 until May 17, 2015. Here are Oricon’s Top 50 manga volumes:

50) Magi vol. 24 by Shinobu Ohtaka

49) Natsume’s Book of Friends vol. 19 by Yuri Midorikawa

48) JoJolion 9 by Hirohiko Araki

47) The Seven Deadly Sins vol. 10 by Nakaba Suzuki

46) Mix vol. 6 by Mitsuru Adachi

45) Nisekoi vol. 15 by Naoshi Komi

44) Fairy Tail vol. 48 by Hiro Mashima

43) Neon Genesis Evangelion vol. 14 (limited edition) by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

42) Space Brothers vol. 25 by Chuuya Koyama

41) The Seven Deadly Sins vol. 11 by Nakaba Suzuki

40) Real vol. 14 by Takehiko Inoue

39) Fairy Tail vol. 47 by Hiro Mashima

38) Fairy Tail vol. 46 by Hiro Mashima

37) Bleach vol. 67 by Tite Kubo

36) Neon Genesis Evangelion vol. 14 (standard edition) by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

35) Detective Conan vol. 86 by Gosho Aoyama

34) One-Punch Man vol. 8 by ONE and Yuusuke Murata

33) Magi vol. 25 by Shinobu Ohtaka

32) Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu. vol. 8 by Mari Fujimura

31) March comes in like a lion vol. 10 by Chika Umino

30) The Heroic Legend of Arslan 3 by Hiromu Arakawa and Yoshiki Tanaka

29) Bleach vol. 66 by Tite Kubo

28) Terra Formars vol. 11 by Yuu Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana

27) Monthly Shoujo Nozaki-kun vol. 6 by Izumi Tsubaki

26)  One-Punch Man vol. 7 by ONE and Yuusuke Murata

25) Terra Formars vol. 12 by Yuu Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana

24) Blue Exorcist vol. 14 by Kazue Katou

23) Saint Young Men vol. 11 by Hikaru Nakamura

22) Detective Conan vol. 85 by Gosho Aoyama

21) Black Butler vol. 20 by Yana Toboso

20) Haikyu!! vol. 16 by Haruichi Furudate

19) Assassination Classroom vol. 14 by Yusei Matsui

18) Haikyu!! vol. 15 by Haruichi Furudate

17) The Seven Deadly Sins vol. 14 by Nakaba Suzuki

16) Kuroko’s Basketball vol. 30 by Tadatoshi Fujimaki

15) Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto vol. 3 by Nami Sano

14) The Seven Deadly Sins vol. 13 by Nakaba Suzuki

13) Tokyo Ghoul:re vol. 2 by Sui Ishida

12) Kimi ni Todoke vol. 23 by Karuho Shiina

11) The Seven Deadly Sins vol. 12 by Nakaba Suzuki

For the Top 10, continue to page 2

10) Assassination Classroom vol. 13 by Yusei Matsui

9) Tokyo Ghoul:re vol. 1 by Sui Ishida

8) Assassination Classroom vol. 12 by Yusei Matsui

7) Blue Spring Ride vol. 12 by Io Sakisaka

6) Haikyu!! vol. 14 by Haruichi Furudate

5) Naruto vol. 72 by Masashi Kishimoto

4) Attack on Titan vol. 16 by Hajime Isayama

3) Attack on Titan vol. 15 by Hajime Isayama

2) One Piece vol. 77 bu Eiichiro Oda

1) One Piece vol. 76 bu Eiichiro Oda

One Piece is back to form at the top of Oricon’s list as it once again dominates their rankings by taking the Top 2 spots. #3 and #4 however has gone to Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan, which seems to be filling the void left by the now-concluded rival manga to One Piece, Naruto, which has its final volume take 5th place.

The Top 10 has been quite dominated by Shounen and Seinen mangas, however, Blue Spring Ride, or Ao Haru Ride, has proven that shoujo mangas can hang with the boys, though it is the only female-oriented (shoujo and josei) manga in the Top 10.

One of Shounen Jump’s “Big Three”, Bleach, has shown that it is still alive and well, even if it seems a bit obscure nowadays, as two of its volumes have placed in the Top 50.

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Source: Oricon

The Top 50 bestselling mangas for the first half of 2015 ranked by Oricon