Monster Girls Rule New York Times Manga Best Seller List
"Watamote" tops Amazon's sales list on its release
Appropriate for the season, the New York Time's manga best sellers list for this week is entirely populated by monsters and the supernatural. What's interesting about the top 10 is that the usual suspects like Attack on Titan, Bleach and Rosaria Vampire are bested by a newcomer, Seven Seas' debut of Monster Musume.
| THIS WEEK | MANGA | WEEKS ON LIST | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MONSTER MUSUME, VOL. 1, by Okayado. (Seven Seas Entertainment.) A teenager signs up to help mythical creatures assimilate into society. How will he contend being roommates with a sexy snake woman, an alluring centaur girl and a harpy who likes to flirt? | 1 | |
| 2 | BLEACH, VOL. 58, by Tite Kubo. (VIZ Media.) Ichigo Kurosaki sees dead people and must help usher them safely into the afterlife. | 3 | |
| 3 | ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 1, by Hajime Isayama. (Kodansha Comics.) Is this the end of humanity? It sure looks that way when what is left of mankind must go into hiding to escape the giant humanoids known as the Titans. | 19 | |
| 4 | ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 7, by Hajime Isayama. (Kodansha Comics.) The Titans are closing in, but this time, they are not after the humans, but one of their own. | 4 | |
| 5 | ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 2, by Hajime Isayama. (Kodansha Comics.) Mankind has gone into hiding to escape the giant humanoids known as the Titans. In this volume, the Titans attack, but one of them goes rogue. | 12 | |
| 6 | ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 3, by Hajime Isayama. (Kodansha Comics.) Mankind has gone into hiding to escape the giant humanoids known as the Titans. In this volume, what happens when a human boy becomes a Titan? | 10 | |
| 7 | ROSARIO VAMPIRE, SEASON II, VOL. 12, by Akihisa Ikeda. (VIZ Media.) Life in a high school filled with werewolves and vampires continues. | 2 | |
| 8 | ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 4, by Hajime Isayama. (Kodansha Comics.) Eren uses his ability to transform into a Titan to repair the middle wall, but the plan backfires when he loses self-control and goes on a rampage. | 3 | |
| 9 | BLACK BIRD, VOL. 17, by Kanoko Sakurakouji. (VIZ Media.) Misao Harada can see into a magical realm where she is the bride demon of prophecy. | 3 | |
| 10 | ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 5, by Hajime Isayama. (Kodansha Comics.) Is this the end of humanity? It sure looks that way when what is left of mankind must go into hiding to escape the giant humanoids known as the Titans. |
Meanwhile, Japanese print followers couldn't help but notice that Watamote (No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!) topped Amazon's manga sales list on its release.
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.
