TOP 30 – Bestselling Manga of the First Half of 2016

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Oricon has released its semi-annual sales figures for manga . The measurement period covered sales from November 23, 2015 to May 22, 2016.

One Piece has once again become the best-selling manga title in Japan with nearly 6.5 million copies sold. Nanatsu no Taizai, which reached number 1 in the rankings for the first half of last year, is now in sixth place. Assassination Classroom came in second, followed by Attack on Titan.

Finally, see the ranking:

30th – Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiro Azuma / ASCII Media Works / sales: 920,185

29th – Konodori by Yuu Suzunoki / Kodansha / sales: 934,730

28th – Major 2nd by Takuya Mitsuda / Shogakukan / sales: 938,777

27th – I am a Hero by Kengo Hanazawa / Shogakukan / sales: 982,923

26th – Jojo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirihiko Araki / Shueisha / sales: 1,047,950

25th – Dagashi Kashi from Kotoyama / Shogakukan / sales: 1,098,890

24th – Golden Kamuy by Satoru Noda / Shueisha / sales: 1,110,116

23rd – Ajin by Gamon Sakurai / Kodansha / sales: 1,110,691

22nd – Bleach by Tite Kubo / Shueisha / sales: 1,129,676

21st – Owari no Seraph: Vampire Rejin by Daisuke Furuya (storyboard), Takaya Kagami (story) and Yamato Yamamoto (arts) / Shueisha / sales: 1,193,851

20th – World Trigger by Daisuke Ashihara / Shueisha / sales: 1,254,621

19th – Magi by Shinobu Ohtaka / Shogakukan / sales: 1,340,330

18th – Prison School by Akira Hiramoto / Kodansha / sales: 1,414,896

17th – Gintama by Hideaki Sorachi / Shueisha / sales: 1,468,890

16th – Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima / Kodansha / sales: 1,534,636

15th – Orange by Ichigo Tanako / Futabasha / sales: 1,604,284

14th – Detective Conan by Gosho Aoyama / Shogakukan / sales: 1,612,080

13th – Food Wars: Shogukeki no Soum by Yuuto Tsukuda (Story), Shun Saeki (Art) and Yuki Morisaki (cooperation) / Shueisha / sales: 1,756,603

12th – Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu / Kodansha / sales: 1,885,180

11th – Terra Formars by Yuu Sasuga (story) and Keinichi Tachibana (art) / Shueisha / sales: 1,906,964

10th – Boku no Hero Academia by Kouhei Horikoshi / Shueisha / sales: 2,135,591
9th – Tokyo Ghoul:re by Sui Ichida / Shueisha / sales: 2,179,345
8th – Boku Dake ga Inai Machi (ERASED) by Kei Sanbe / Kadokawa / sales: 2,332,110
7th – One Punch Man by ONE (Story) and Yuusuke Murata (Art) / Shueisha / sales: 2,553,331
6th – Nanatsu no Taizai (The Seven Deadly Sins) by Nakaba Suzuki / Kodansha / sales; 2,712,499
5th – Kingdom by Yasuhisa Hara / Shueisha / sales: 3,561,489
4th – Haikyuu!! by Haruichi Furudate / Shueisha / sales: 4,016,578
3rd – Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) by Hajime Isayama / Kodansha / sales: 4,370,941
2nd – Assassination Classroom (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu) by Yusei Matsui / Shueisha / sales: 4,391,966
1st – One Piece by Eiichiro Oda / Shueisha / sales: 6,470,105

Source: Oricon

Oricon has released its half-year sales figures for manga and light novels. A list of the 30 best-selling manga titles in the first half of 2016 is also included.
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