Joseph Luster
December 3, 2018 
Oricon has come through with the best-selling book rankings for Japan in 2018, which once again has Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece dominating the manga charts. This isn’t just an off and on phenomenon either, it marks the 11th year in a row for One Piece to be on top.
Coming in at second is Kohei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia, with Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan a little over a million behind in the number 3 spot.
Here’s an overview of how the top 10 series ranked this year in Japanese sales, via Crunchyroll:
1 (1). One Piece – 8,113,317 (11,495,532 in 2017)
2 (4). My Hero Academia – 6,718,185 (5,852,310)
3 (2). Attack on Titan – 5,235,963 (6,622,781)
4 (-). Slam Dunk – 5,214,085
5 (6). Haikyu!! – 5,030,624 (5,067,939)
6 (3). Kingdom – 4,970,171 (6,184,214)
7 (7). The Seven Deadly Sins – 4,867,680 (3,592,571)
8 (-). The Promised Neverland – 4,246,955
9 (-). That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime manga edition – 3,460,066
10 (5). Tokyo Ghoul:re – 3,267,843 (5,303,514)
If you’re wondering about that dip in One Piece sales, there was one more volume released in 2017 compared to 2018.
As for light novels, Reki Kawahara’s Sword Art Online went all the way down to ninth place, switching spots with the new champ, Kugane Maruyama’s Overlord.
Light novels:
1 (9). Overlord – 807,693 (426,706)
2 (2). Konosuba – God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! – 630,889 (960,418)
3 (4). The Irregular at Magic High School – 626,952 (809,636)
4 (3). Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World – 619,031 (925,671)
5 (-). That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime – 539,277
6 (-). The Ryuo’s Work is Never Done! – 478,242
7 (-). Sword Art Online Progressive – 426,794
8 (2). Classroom of the Elite – 393,949 (564,642)
9 (1). Sword Art Online – 371,626 (1,173,096)
10 (-). No Game No Life – 350,960
Source: Oricon via Crunchyroll
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