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Japanese Comic Ranking, April 27-May 3 (Updated)

Kyoto Animation's K-ON! television anime series continues to propel the first volume of kakifly's original manga onto the charts, even though it was released back in May of 2008.

Rank	Prev. Rank	Title	Author	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	Publisher	Price	Cover
1	-	Naruto #46	Masashi Kishimoto	504,024	504,024	Shueisha	Y420
2	-	Ouran High School Host Club #14	Bisco Hatori	158,334	158,334	Hakusensha	Y420
3	-	Eyeshield 21 #35	Story: Riichirou Inagaki Art: Yūsuke Murata	103,333	103,333	Shueisha	Y420
4	-	Claymore #16	Norihiro Yagi	95,300	95,300	Shueisha	Y420
5	1	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #9	Riko Miyagi	83,917	190,915	Shueisha	Y420
6	-	Toriko #4	Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro	83,216	83,216	Shueisha	Y420
7	-	Gintama Official Character Book 2 (Gintama Gonensei)	Hideaki Sorachi	79,681	79,681	Shueisha	Y720
8	9	Bokutachi wa Shitteshimatta #6	Kaho Miyasaka	56,340	105,202	Shogakukan	Y420
9	4	Fullmetal Alchemist #22	Hiromu Arakawa	56,087	1,012,712	Square Enix	Y420
10	-	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX #5	Supervision: Kazuki Takahashi Story & Art: Naoyuki Kageyama	54,713	54,713	Shueisha	Y420
11	-	Gang King #16	Daiju Yanauchi	54,549	54,555	Shonen Gahosha Co	Y530
12	-	Kure-nai #3	Original Creator: Kentarō Katayama Art: Yamato Yamamoto	54,125	54,125	Shueisha	Y460
13	-	Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo #164	Osamu Akimoto	47,750	47,750	Shueisha	Y420
14	-	Futari Ecchi (Manga Sutra) #42	Aki Katsu	47,348	47,348	Hakusensha	Y550
15	-	Majin Tantei Nōgami Neuro #21	Yūsei Matsui	46,834	46,834	Shueisha	Y420
16	-	Sengoku Tenshō-ki #5	Hideki Miyashita	45,875	45,875	Kodansha	Y580
17	-	Hana Yorimo Hana no Gotoku #7	Minako Narita	38,011	38,011	Hakusensha	Y420
18	28	Crimson Hero #15	Mitsuba Takanashi	35,468	63,296	Shueisha	Y420
19	-	Ikaryaku	Kouta Hirano	34,683	34,683	SoftBank Creative	Y998
20	3	Giant Killing #10	Original Story: Masaya Tsunamoto Art: Tsujitomo	32,253	127,357	Kodansha	Y570
21	5	Kekkaishi #24	Yellow Tanabe	32,029	240,780	Shogakukan	Y420
22	2	Hayate the Combat Butler (Hayate no Gotoku!) #19	Kenjirō Hata	30,910	293,567	Shogakukan	Y420
23	6	Daiya no A (Ace of Diamond) #15	Yūji Terajima	29,950	210,620	Kodansha	Y440
24	-	Dorabase: Doraemon Chō-Yakyū (Super Baseball) Side Story #17	Art: Shintarō Mugiwara Original Creator: Fujiko Pro	28,991	28,991	Shogakukan	Y410
25	7	Zipang #40	Kaiji Kawaguchi	28,421	87,270	Kodansha	Y560
26	11	Life #20	Keiko Suenobu	28,000	195,362	Kodansha	Y440
27	-	One Piece Sōshū-hen The 11th Log	Eiichiro Oda	27,655	27,655	Shueisha	Y680
28	-	Atsumare! Gakuen Tengoku #2	Mikiyo Tsuda	27,552	37,159	Shinshokan	Y580
29	17	Fate/stay night #9	Art: Datto Nishiwaki Story: Type-Moon	27,018	66,648	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y588
30	61	K-ON! #1	kakifly	26,547	112,722	Houbunsha	Y860

Source: Oricon, Tohan

Update: Atsumare! Gakuen Tengoku's title corrected. Thanks, ringoiero360.