‘Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo’ Vol. 3 Tops Billboard Japan Book Hot 100 for Second Consecutive Week

Jujutsu Kaisen ≡ Vol. 3 by Yuji Iwasaki and Gege Akutami holds at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Book Hot 100 released May 14, retaining the top spot for a second straight week.

In the chart week that spans the Golden Week holiday period, the concluding volume of Jujutsu Kaisen ≡ (Modulo) — the spinoff of Gege Akutami’s blockbuster manga Jujutsu Kaisen — maintains its dominance. The title again leads in brick-and-mortar and keeps three metrics in the top 10, the other two being e-books (No. 3) and e-commerce (EC, No. 8).

Takeru Hokazono’s Kagurabachi Vol. 11 holds at No. 2. Ryo Asai’s In The Megachurch, which ranked No. 4 last week, climbs a spot to No. 3. Mamoru Nagano’s The Five Star Stories Vol. 19, the latest installment of the series marking its 40th anniversary of serialization in the monthly Gekkan Newtype magazine, enters at No. 5.

Debuting at No. 4 is Michiro Ueyama’s Akuyaku Reijo Tensei Ojisan Vol. 10, a comedy manga in which a straight-laced 52-year-old civil servant is reincarnated as the villainess of an otome game. The volume claims No. 1 in e-books. The title is one of several isekai reincarnation titles charting this week: Vol. 7 of the “Dinners with My Darling” comic edition enters at No. 7, and Vol. 23 of the “7th Prince” series lands at No. 13.

The Billboard Japan Book Hot 100 is a comprehensive chart combining physical sales, e-books, library loans, subscription data and social media activity. See the top 10 titles on this week’s list, tracking the period from May 4 to May 10 below.

(Numbers in parentheses indicate the title’s metric placements for brick-and-mortar, EC, e-books, subscriptions, and social media, top 20 only. English title given if translations or adaptations exist.)

1. Jujutsu Kaisen ≡ (Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo) Vol. 3, Yuji Iwasaki, Gege Akutami (1/8/3/–/–)

2. Kagurabachi Vol. 11, Takeru Hokazono (3/12/5/–/–)

3. In The Megachurch, Ryo Asai (9/–/–/3/1)

4. Akuyaku Reijo Tensei Ojisan (From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad’s Been Reincarnated!) Vol. 10, Michiro Ueyama (–/–/1/–/–)

5. The Five Star Stories Vol. 19, Mamoru Nagano (2/3/–/–/–)

6. SAKAMOTO DAYS Vol. 27, Yuto Suzuki (5/–/8/–/–)

7. Aisanai to Iwaremashite mo — Moto Maou no Hakushaku Reijo wa Kimajime Gunjin ni Ezuke wo Sarete Shiawase ni Naru (Dinners with My Darling: How the Former Monster King Ate Her Way to Happiness) Vol. 7 (comic edition), Toi Ishino, Mugi Mameta (–/–/2/–/–)

8. Ao no Hako (Blue Box) Vol. 25, Kouji Miura (4/–/–/–/–)

9. Madan no Ichi (Ichi the Witch) Vol. 6, Shiro Usazaki, Osamu Nishi (6/–/10/–/–)

10. Ao no Exorcist (Blue Exorcist) Vol. 33, Kazue Kato (7/–/12/–/–)