XXXHOLiC #17 kept a very good position in its second week of sales, dropping only 5 positions in Oricon’s ranking, still remaining in the Top 10:

• Oricon Weekly Ranking:

04/27~05/03

1st – Naruto #51
2nd – Nodame Cantabile #24
3rd – Katekyo Hitman REBORN! #29
8th – XXXHOLiC #17

Still according to Oricon, XXXHOLiC #17 sold 143.266 copies in its second week, a drop of only 15% in comparison to last week. The overall sales of XXXHOLiC #17 is currently 313.019 copies (regular edition only).

That number is still the lowest 2nd week grossing of the last 5 volumes, but represents, on the other hand, the lowest 2nd week drop of the last 5 volumes.

Glad to see that XXXHOLiC is holding still after a not-so-powerful first week run (guess everybody was buying the top 2 comics). Hopefully it will still be amongst Oricon Top 30 next week?

Time to check the performance of XXXHOLiC #17 in its first week on sale.

• Taiyosha Weekly Ranking:

04/19~04/25

1st – Fullmetal Alchemist #25
2nd – Saki #7
3rd – Ookiku Furikabutte #14
4th – XXXHOLiC #17

• Tohan Weekly Ranking:

04/21~04/27

1st – Fullmetal Alchemist #25
2nd – Ookiku Furikabutte #14
3rd – XXXHOLiC #17

• Oricon Weekly Ranking:

04/19~04/26

1st – Fullmetal Alchemist #25
2nd – Ookiku Furikabutte #14
3rd – XXXHOLiC #17

According to Oricon, the regular edition of XXXHOLiC #17 sold 169.753 copies in its first week, a drop of 39% in comparison to the first week sales of volume 16 (281.589 copies). It is worth noting that Oricon does not take into account the pre-orders made via Kodansha’s website for the OAD limited edition.

I’ve been keeping track of XXXHOLiC’s sales since volume 13, and this volume had the lowest grossing of them.

Oricon has released a list of the Top 50 best seller comics in 2009 and CLAMP appears in the 49th position with XXXHOLiC #14, which sold 488.106 copies.

You can check the full list here (1~25) and here (26~50).

Congratulations to CLAMP and XXXHOLiC!

Another post that I had to postpone due to my trip =)

XXXHOLiC #15 Sales Report