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Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen surged like an unstoppable curse to claim the throne of Circana BookScan’s June graphic novel rankings, with its 26th volume conquering the #1 spot.
A tidal wave of manga dominated the charts, swallowing 16 of the Top 20 positions. Among the standouts:
The double-edged phenomenon of Solo Leveling by Chugong and DUBU sliced through the competition, with volumes 12 and 1 staking claims at #5 and #13 respectively – a testament to the Korean webcomic’s lingering hunger for success.
March 2023 marked the rebirth of NPD BookScan as Circana Books, rising like a phoenix from the corporate merger of NPD Group and IRI. This sales-tracking titan consumes data from over 16,000 retail fronts across digital and physical realms, digesting approximately 85% of America’s printed book market. The rankings reflect pure sales volume, with ICv2 filtering out non-traditional graphic novels like text-heavy tomes or children’s books that occasionally sneak into the category.
Source: ICv2 (Brigid Alverson)
News source: Animenewsnetwork.com
