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Japanese Comic Ranking, November 11-17

The 11th and final volume of Arina Tanemura's The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross manga appeared twice on Oricon's latest weekly comic ranking chart; the standard edition and the 1,200-yen (about US$12.00) special edition sold a combined total of 78,895 copies. The limited first edition DVD bundle of Ken Akamatsu's Negima! Magister Negi Magi #24 only ranked at #20, but it brought in more money than any other manga this week. Since its 28,937 copies each sold for 3,570 yen (US$37), this one volume brought in at least 103,305,090 yen (US$1,069,311). The first two volumes of Ryō Ryūmon and Kōji Megumi's Bloody Monday manga were released in 2007, but they continued to enjoy a boost from the ongoing television drama adaptation. They jumped back into the comic ranking charts for the fourth time in six weeks.

Rank	Prev. Rank	Title	Author	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	Publisher	Price	Cover
1	3	Detective Conan (Case Closed) #63	Gōshō Aoyama	154,811	429,857	Shogakukan	Y420
2	1	Naruto #44	Masashi Kishimoto	123,873	812,612	Shueisha	Y420
3	2	Katekyo Hitman Reborn! #22	Akira Amano	81,302	402,194	Shueisha	Y420
4	-	The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #11	Arina Tanemura	55,512	55,512	Shueisha	Y420
5	6	Real #8	Takehiko Inoue	44,007	453,193	Shueisha	Y630
6	5	Vampire Knight #9	Matsuri Hino	41,710	183,274	Hakusensha	Y420
7	13	Drop #5	Original Creator: Hiroshi Shinagawa Art: Dai Suzuki Character Design: Hiroshi Takahashi	41,454	92,906	Akita Shoten	Y420
8	-	Midnight Secretary #5	Tomu Ohmi	38,823	38,823	Shogakukan	Y420
9	4	Eyeshield 21 #32	Story: Riichirou Inagaki Art: Yūsuke Murata	38,200	196,111	Shueisha	Y420
10	-	Seito Shokun! Kyōshi-hen #16	Yōko Shōji	36,413	36,413	Kodansha	Y420
11	31	Kannagi #6	Eri Takenashi	35,321	58,942	Ichijinsha	Y580
12	-	Rockin' Heaven #8	Mayu Sakai	34,661	34,661	Shueisha	Y420
13	-	Tokidamari no Hime #1	Chie Shinohara	34,448	34,448	Shogakukan	Y420
14	20	Ganso! Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku #21	Kenji Hamaoka	33,492	64,836	Akita Shoten	Y420
15	14	Sengoku Tenshō-ki #3	Hideki Miyashita	33,122	83,352	Kodansha	Y560
16	-	Chō yo Hana yo #7	Yuki Yoshihara	32,869	32,869	Shogakukan	Y420
17	9	ATASHIn'CHI #14	Eiko Kera	32,438	198,581	Media Factory	Y897
18	-	Chocolate Cosmos #4	Nana Haruta	31,326	31,326	Shueisha	Y420
19	-	My Heavenly Hockey Club #11	Ai Morinaga	30,863	30,863	Kodansha	Y420
20	-	Negima! Magister Negi Magi #24 DVD-Bundled Limited First Edition	Ken Akamatsu	28,937	28,937	Kodansha	Y3,570
21	-	Junai Tokkō Taichō! (Love Attack) #11	Shizuru Seino	27,192	27,192	Kodansha	Y420
22	32	Bloody Monday #1	Ryō Ryūmon, Kōji Megumi	25,492	157,005	Kodansha	Y420
23	12	Hana Yorimo Hana no Gotoku #6	Minako Narita	25,338	84,443	Hakusensha	Y420
24	15	Ookiku Furikabutte #11	Asa Higuchi	24,526	426,470	Kodansha	Y540
25	7	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX #4	Supervision: Kazuki Takahashi Story & Art: Naoyuki Kageyama	23,675	114,907	Shueisha	Y420
26	29	Himeanōru #1	Minoru Furuya	23,432	49,371	Kodansha	Y560
27	-	The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #11 Special Edition	Arina Tanemura	23,383	23,383	Shueisha	Y1,200
28	36	Bloody Monday #2	Ryō Ryūmon, Kōji Megumi	22,580	145,860	Kodansha	Y420
29	37	Omamori Himari #4	Milan Matra	22,446	42,856	Kadokawa Group Publishing	Y609
30	26	Higanjima #25	Kōji Matsumoto	21,946	49,784	Kodansha	Y560

Source: Oricon, Tohan