Higurashi When They Cry, Curse Killing Arc vol. Week 19 was also the first time a Naruto release did not appear in the top ten rankings. 1 Asuka Masamune is a guy who loves girly things-sewing, knitting, making cute stuffed animals and reading shojo comics. On two separate occasions, five One Piece volumes (39–43 in week 15 and 44–48 in week 19) debuted on the Best Seller list simultaneously. Viz Media also introduced an aggressive release schedule for One Piece in 2010, releasing five volumes per month between January and June to bring the volume count of the English release from 24 to 53. Bakuman features a slice of life story, D.Gray-man contains demon-slaying, while Otomen is a romance series. Gustines observed that the week 45 releases of Bakuman, D.Gray-man, and Otomen demonstrated the diversity of the Viz Media's publishing line. In this first full year of the Best Seller list, 15 titles reached the top of the weekly list (in order of number of weeks at the top of the list, from highest to lowest): Naruto, 19 weeks Bleach, 4 weeks Negima!, 4 weeks Rosario + Vampire: Season II, 4 weeks Vampire Knight, 4 weeks Black Bird, 2 weeks Black Butler, 2 weeks Fullmetal Alchemist, 2 weeks Hetalia: Axis Powers, 2 weeks Maximum Ride, 2 weeks Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path, 2 weeks Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, 2 weeks Alice in the Country of Hearts, 1 week Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, 1 week and Ouran High School Host Club, 1 week.īlack Butler was the first release published by Yen Press to reach the top rank. Black Butler, Hetalia: Axis Powers, and Rosario + Vampire: Season II were the only three titles to reach the top rank on the week of their series debut. A total of 38 manga titles, one light novel title, and one fan book title made their first appearances in 2010.

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