It’s been a week since the release of the third volume of GATE 7, it landed at position 4 in Oricon’s weekly ranking on its first week of sales. This is the highest position achieved by a GATE 7 volume to date.

04/30/2012~05/06/2012:

1st – One Piece #66
2nd – Naruto #60
3rd – Bakuman #18
4th – GATE 7 #3

According to Oricon, GATE 7 #3 sold 131.347 copies in its first week. In contrast, the previous GATE 7 volume sold 98.914 copies. This represents an outstanding 32% growth on first week sales!!

In Tayosha’s ranking, GATE 7 #3 also appeared on the 4th position:

1st – One Piece #66
2nd – Naruto #60
3rd – Bakuman #18
4th – GATE 7 #3

Also, Shueisha revealed that the first two volumes of GATE 7 already sold 900.000 copies to date.

GATE 7 is definitely on the right road to become another CLAMP hit! Congratulations to GATE 7 and CLAMP!

I’ll be back next week with the follow up!