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Japanese Comic Ranking, March 1-7

The 57th volume of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece pirate manga sold 1,690,932 copies in its first week of sales — a new record in first-week sales for any book sold in Japan. The 57th volume's sales topped the previous record-holder, the 56th volume's 1,363,868 copies which were sold in the first week of December. Shueisha printed a record 3 million copies of the 57th volume, which is more than any book ever had in its first printing in Japan.

Rank	Prev. Rank	Title	Author	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	Publisher	Price	Cover
1	-	One Piece #57	Eiichiro Oda	1,690,932	1,690,932	Shueisha	Y420
2	-	Naruto #50	Masashi Kishimoto	736,467	736,467	Shueisha	Y420
3	-	Katekyo Hitman Reborn! #28	Akira Amano	309,558	309,558	Shueisha	Y420
4	-	Bakuman. #7	Story: Tsugumi Ohba Art: Takeshi Obata	217,531	217,531	Shueisha	Y420
5	-	Toriko #8	Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro	129,364	129,364	Shueisha	Y420
6	-	Steel Ball Run #20	Hirohiko Araki	117,225	117,225	Shueisha	Y420
7	3	Kyō, Koi wo Hajimemasu #8	Kanan Minami	101,405	209,383	Shogakukan	Y420
8	-	MPD Psycho #14	Script: Eiji Ohtsuka Art: Shou Tajima	83,431	83,431	Kadokawa Shoten/ Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y609
9	5	Shingetsutan Tsukihime #7	Story & Art: Sasakishonen Original Concept: Type-Moon/ Shingetsutan Tsukihime Production Committee	68,390	148,615	ASCII MediaWorks/ Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y630
10	8	Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru #3	Kotomi Aoki	67,511	136,074	Shogakukan	Y420
11	-	Psyren #10	Toshiaki Iwashiro	61,392	61,392	Shueisha	Y420
12	1	Soul Eater #16	Atsushi Ookubo	56,765	269,432	Square Enix	Y420
13	33	Gaku - Minna no Yama #11	Shinichi Ishizuka	52,583	82,862	Shogakukan	Y550
14	-	One Piece Eiichiro Oda Art Collection Color Walk 4 Eagle	Eiichiro Oda	49,759	49,759	Shueisha	Y1,550
15	2	Detective Conan (Case Closed) #67	Gosho Aoyama	49,403	473,853	Shogakukan	Y420
16	27	Baka to Test to Shōkanjū #2	Creator: Kenji Inoue Art: Mo-suke Mattaku, Yumeuta Character Design: Yui Haga	44,921	77,253	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y588
17	-	Sengoku Tenshō-ki #8	Hideki Miyashita	42,443	42,443	Kodansha	Y580
18	9	Switch Girl!! #11	Natsumi Aida	42,049	107,604	Shueisha	Y420
19	-	Harukanaru Toki no Naka de (Haruka -Beyond the Stream of Time) 17	Art: Tooko Mizuno Original Concept: Ruby Party	41,033	41,033	Hakusensha	Y420
20	-	Chotto Edo Made #3	Masami Tsuda	40,790	40,790	Hakusensha	Y420
21	-	Bartender #16	Story: Araki Joh Art: Kenji Nagatomo	40,174	40,174	Shueisha	Y540
22	44	Oishimbo #104	Story: Tetsu Kariya Art: Akira Hanasaki	39,815	63,608	Shogakukan	Y540
23	-	Ultimo #3	Original Creator: Stan Lee Art: Hiroyuki Takei	37,259	37,259	Shueisha	Y500
24	-	Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama (The New Prince of Tennis) Official Character Guide PeaPuri Vol. 5	Takeshi Konomi	37,125	37,125	Shueisha	Y500
25	14	Aozora Yell #4	Kazune Kawahara	36,768	91,888	Shueisha	Y420
26	-	Toshokan Sensō: Love & War #5	Kiiro Yumi Original creator: Hiro Arikawa	36,469	36,469	Hakusensha	Y420
27	7	Keroro Gunsō (Sgt. Frog) #20	Mine Yoshizaki	36,321	106,234	Kadokawa Shoten/ Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y567
28	-	Ao no Exorcist #3	Kazue Katō	34,992	34,992	Shueisha	Y460
29	-	Rainbow - Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin #22	Story: George Abe Art: Masasumi Kakizaki	34,447	45,059	Shogakukan	Y590
30	10	Ahiru no Sora #26	Takeshi Hinata	27,735	292,420	Kodansha	Y440

Source: Oricon