Kodansha Reveals Best-Selling Shonen, Seinen, Shojosei Manga of 2024 (Second Half)

Kodansha revealed its best-selling shonen, seinen, and shojosei manga series for the second half of its fiscal year (its fiscal year ran from December 1, 2023, to November 30, 2024) across physical and e-book versions.

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While Blue Lock pipped That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime to the best-selling physical shonen series, the rankings were reversed in the e-book edition. Nina the Starry Bride was the best-selling shojosei manga across both media. Chiikawa and The Fable were the best-selling seinen manga in the physical and digital categories, respectively.

Readers can check out the top 10 lists of the best-selling Kodansha manga for 2024, broken down by demographic and medium (physical and digital) below.

Kodansha’s Best-Selling Shonen Manga of FY2024 (Second Half, Physical):

1. Blue Lock (Story: Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Manga: Yusuke Nomura)
2. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Story: Fuse, Manga: Taiki Kawakami)
3. Wind Breaker (Story, Art: Satoru Nii)
4. Cells at Work! (Story, Art: Akane Shimizu)
5. Shangri-La Frontier (Story: Katarina, Manga: Ryosuke Fuji)
6. Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister (Story, Art: Marcey Naito)
7. Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (Story: SunSunSun, Manga: Momoco)
8. The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity (Story, Art: Saka Mikami)
9. Blue Lock: Episode Nagi (Story: Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Manga: Kota Sannomiya, Character Design: Yusuke Nomura)
10. Blue Miburo (Story, Art: Tsuyoshi Yasuda)

Kodansha’s Best-Selling Shonen Manga of FY2024 (Second Half, Digital):

1. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Story: Fuse, Manga: Taiki Kawakami)
2. Blue Lock (Story: Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Manga: Yusuke Nomura)
3. Shangri-La Frontier (Story: Katarina, Manga: Ryosuke Fuji)
4. I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability (Original Story: Kenkyo na Circle, Character Design: Meru, Manga: Yosuke Kokuzawa)
5. The Ayakashi Hunter’s Tainted Bride (Original Story: Midori Yuma, Manga: Mamenosuke Fujimaru)
6. As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World (Story: Mirajin A, Manga: Natsumi Inoue, Character Design: Jimmy)
7. Wistoria: Wand and Sword (Original Story: Fujino Omori, Manga: Toshi Aoi)
8. Yuusha Party wo Oidasareta Kiyoubinbou: Party Jijou de Fuyo Jutsushi wo Yatteita Kenshi, Bannou e to Itaru (Manga: Yonezou, Original Story: Itsuki Togami, Character Design: Yuri Kisaragi)
9. Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Party Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to an Infinite Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out For Revenge (Manga: Takafumi Oomae, Story: Shisui Meikyou, Character Design: tef)
10. Wind Breaker (Story, Art: Satoru Nii)

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Kodansha’s Best-Selling Seinen Manga of FY2024 (Second Half, Physical):

1. Chiikawa (Story, Art: Nagano)
2. Medalist (Story, Art: Tsurumaikada)
3. Space Brothers (Story, Art: Chuya Koyama)
4. Land of the Lustrous (Story, Art: Haruko Ichikawa)
5. MF Ghost (Story, Art: Shuichi Shigeno)
6. Blue Period (Story, Art: Tsubasa Yamaguchi)
7. Cooking Papa (Story, Art: Tochi Ueyama)
8. What Did You Eat Yesterday? (Story, Art: Fumi Yoshinaga)
9. Yakuza Fiancé (Story, Art: Asuka Konishi)
10. Giant Killing (Story: Masaya Tsunamoto, Art: Tsujitomo)

Kodansha’s Best-Selling Seinen Manga of FY2024 (Second Half, Digital):

1. The Fable (Story, Art: Katsuhisa Minami)
2. The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System (Story: Nekoko, Manga: Lee Brocco, Original Character Draft: Jaian)
3. Space Brothers (Story, Art: Chuya Koyama)
4. Yakuza Fiancé (Story, Art: Asuka Konishi)
5. S-Rank Party kara Kaiko sareta “Jugushi”: “Noroi no Item” shika Tsukuremasen ga, Sono Seinou wa Artifact-kyuu nari……! (Story: LAgun, Manga: Nishiki Ogawa)
6. Blue Period (Story, Art: Tsubasa Yamaguchi)
7. 1122: For a Happy Marriage (Story, Art: Peko Watanabe)
8. The Fable: The Second Contact (Story, Art: Katsuhisa Minami)
9. Einen Koyo wa Kano Desho ka (Original Story: yokuu, Manga: Risa Nashikawa, Original Character Design: Ame Karasuba)
10. MF Ghost (Story, Art: Shuichi Shigeno)

Kodansha’s Best-Selling Shojosei Manga of FY2024 (Second Half, Physical):

1. Nina the Starry Bride (Story, Art: Rikachi)
2. A Sign of Affection (Story, Art: Suu Morishita)
3. Fall in Love, You False Angels (Story, Art: Coco Uzuki)
4. In the Clear Moonlit Dusk (Story, Art: Mika Yamamori)
5. And Yet, You Are So Sweet (Story, Art: Kujira Anan)
6. Numasugite Mohaya Koi (Story, Art: Reida, Soragaki)
7. Tamaranai no wa Koi nano ka (Story, Art: Mia Sorahana)
8. How I Met My Soulmate (Story, Art: Anashin)
9. Nanatsuya: Shinobu no Housekibako (Story, Art: Tomoko Ninomiya)
10. Glasses with a Chance of Delinquent (Story, Art: Naruki)

Kodansha’s Best-Selling Shojosei Manga of FY2024 (Second Half, Digital):

1. Nina the Starry Bride (Story, Art: Rikachi)
2. In the Clear Moonlit Dusk (Story, Art: Mika Yamamori)
3. A Sign of Affection (Story, Art: Suu Morishita)
4. How I Met My Soulmate (Story, Art: Anashin)
5. Moto Konyakusha kara Nigeru Tame Kyuuketsu Hakushaku ni Koibito no Furi wo Onegaishitara, Nazeka Dekiai Mode ni Narimashita (Original Story: Riko Toumari, Manga: Ao Kase, Original Character Draft: Shinobu Takayama)
6. And Yet, You Are So Sweet (Story, Art: Kujira Anan)
7. Nagatan to Ao to: Ichika no Ryourichou (Story, Art: Yuki Isoya)
8. My Girlfriend’s Child (Story, Art: Mamoru Aoi)
9. Matcha Made in Heaven (Story, Art: Umebachi Yamanaka)
10. Choking on Love (Story, Art: Keiko Iwashita)

Many of the above Kodansha manga are available on K MANGA, which rolled out in 8 more countries this week.

Source: Kodansha Manga IP Search
Featured Image: © Fuse © Taiki Kawakami/Kodansha © Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura, Kodansha © Katsuhisa Minami / Kodansha © Rikachi / Kodansha