One Piece: Manga grabs #1 spot on U.S. Monthly Bookscan April list

In April, the adult graphic novel list by Circana BookScan saw Eiichiro Oda’s manga series One Piece clinching the top spot.

This month’s list featured 18 manga volumes. The list is as follows:

• #1 — Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece volume 102
• #2 — Naoya Matsumoto’s Kaiju No. 8 volume 6
• #3 — Tatsuya Endō’s SPY x FAMILY volume 9
• #5 —  Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen volume 19
• #6 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 1
• #7 — Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man volume 1
• #8 — Tatsuya Endō’s SPY x FAMILY volume 1
• #9 — Shinichi Fukuda’s My Dress-Up Darling volume 8
• #11 — Tomohito Oda’s Komi Can’t Communicate volume 24
• #12 — Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 22-26
• #13 — Akira Himekawa’s The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess volume 11
• #14 —  Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura’s Blue Lock volume 6
• #15 — Yukinobu Tatsu’s Dandadan volume 3
• #16 — Tatsuya Endō’s SPY x FAMILY volume 2
• #17 — Kōhei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia volume 1
• #18 — Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura’s Blue Lock volume 1
• #19 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 12
• #20 — Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen volume 1

Chugong and DUBU’s Korean webcomic Solo Leveling’s sixth volume secured the 10th spot on the list of top 20 adult graphic novels of April, as per Circana BookScan.

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Following the merger of NPD Group and Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) in 2022, NPD BookScan rebranded as Circana Books in March. It collects point-of-sale data on print books from various sources, including e-tailers, chains, independent bookstores, and more, covering about 85% of the U.S. trade print book market.

The rankings on this chart are based on piece sales, and some publishers may categorize primarily text or art books as graphic novels, which ICv2 excludes from the rankings.

Manga Plus adds Kindergarten Wars manga in English

The Kindergarten WARS (Yо̄chien Wars) manga by Yu Chiba is now accessible on Shueisha’s MANGA Plus website and app. Readers can find the first three chapters available to read, and the fourth chapter is scheduled for release in English on May 17th.

The company describes the story as follows:

“Welcome to Kindergarten Noir, an exclusive school catering to children of the global elite. Rita, one of the teachers, has been on the hunt for a boyfriend but has had absolutely zero luck so far. One day, an assassin comes after one of the children…and he’s totally dreamy?! Dive into this action-packed rom-com as it unfolds inside the world’s “safest” kindergarten!”

Kindergarten WARS manga made its first appearance on Shonen Jump+ on September 15 and has since become a fan favorite. Its third volume, which compiles several chapters, was published by Shueisha on May 2.

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