The top title in May 2021 was Volume 33 of Attack on Titan. This series has seen a resurgence in interest recently, perhaps because it is drawing to a close (see "‘Attack on Titan’ to End"). The first volume returned to the Top 20 in December 2020 and has been there ever since; the last time the series charted before that was in April 2020, when Volume 30 came out, and it has not been on ICv2’s list of top manga franchises since 2018 (see "Top 10 Manga Franchises – Fall 2018"). Nonetheless, the series has done well enough to make ICv2’s list of the top manga franchises of Fall 2020 (see "Top 10 Manga Franchises – Fall 2020"). The final volume in the series, Volume 34, will be released on June 9.
With two volumes of Attack on Titan and the perennial chart-sitter Volume 1 of Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun, the chart is a bit more diverse than usual, with only 17 VIZ Media titles. Within the VIZ lineup, there was a bit of shuffling: Chainsaw Man, which had two volumes on the chart last month, is absent, Volume 1 of Hunter x Hunter (which came out in 2005) makes its BookScan Top 20 debut, and Volume 1 of Komi Can’t Communicate is back on the chart after a lengthy absence. In fact, eight of the 20 titles are first volumes, suggesting fans are still sampling and looking for new things to read.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – April 2021 (4/3/21 – 5/1/21) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 33 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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2 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 8 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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3 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 9 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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4 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 10 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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5 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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6 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 1 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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7 |
SPY X FAMILY VOL. 1 |
TATSUYA ENDO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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8 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 27 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 11 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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11 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 3 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 1 |
AIDAIRO |
YEN PRESS |
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13 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 7 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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15 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 12 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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16 |
KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE VOL. 1 |
TOMOHITO ODA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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17 |
HUNTER X HUNTER VOL. 1 |
YOSHIHIRO TOGASHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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18 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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19 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 3 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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20 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 26 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
May 2021 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
May 2021 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels
May 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
May 2021 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
May 2021 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
NPD BookScan collects weekly point-of-sale data on print books from over 16,000 locations including e-tailers, chains, mass merchandisers, independent bookstores, and more. NPD BookScan covers approximately 85% of the U.S. trade print book market. The ranks on this chart are based on piece sales. Some publishers classify titles that are primarily text, or art books, as graphic novels; we've removed those titles from the ranking above.
For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."
