Besides hugely popular series like ONE PIECE and My Hero Academia, the manga industry keeps updating itself with newer and quite interesting works like Jujutsu Kaisen, Tokyo Revengers and the original fantasy. Freezing beyond the end of the journeywho are able to climb the sales ranking quickly.
According to the analysis page of the Japanese Comic Market @WSJ_Oricon in the Week of March 14 to March 20, 2022, quite interesting sales figures were recorded. After several months, only three works published by Shueisha and published in some of its leading magazines appear in the ranking, namely Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaguya-sama and Kaiju #8thanks to a fantastic marketing campaign by Star Comics.
To further surprise came the first position, deserved by Freeze Beyond the End of the Journey with 201,000 copies sold. It is a fantasy written by Kanehito Yamada and drawn by Tsukasa Abe, characterized by an original incipit, the return of a young elven sorceress, Freeze, and her companions from the final battle, from whom she will part to begin a new chapter of its long lifespan.
Isekai, one of the most popular genres in recent years, is back, thanks Slime life ranking fifth with 112,000 copies sold, and it’s also surprising to see the return of Record of Ragnarok, an irreverent and entertaining manga by Takumi Fukui and Shinya Umemura that pits the best human fighters against deities from different mythologies. Let us know what you think of this odd sales ranking in the comments.
Oricon Weekly Ranking by Series:
(March 14 – March 20) pic.twitter.com/uBZNKfiNu8– Jump Oricon (@WSJOricon) March 23, 2022
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