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March comes in like a lion Tops Da Vinci Magazine's Rankings for 2nd Year

The January 2017 issue of Kadokawa Media Factory's book and manga news magazine Da Vinci unveiled its 17th annual "Book of the Year" list on Tuesday. The rankings are not based solely on sales. Instead, a group of 5117 voters including book reviewers, writers, and bookstore employees selected this year's lists.

The magazine's comic rankings of the top 50 titles are:

1. March comes in like a lion (Volumes 1-12) - Chika Umino
2. One Piece (Volumes 1-83) - Eiichiro Oda
3. Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo (Volumes 1-200) - Osamu Akimoto
4. Attack on Titan (Volumes 1-20) - Hajime Isayama
5. Assassination Classroom (Volumes 1-21) - Yusei Matsui
6. Detective Conan (Volumes 1-90) - Gosho Aoyama
7. Chihayafuru (Volumes 1-33) - Yuki Suetsugu
8. Space Brothers (Volumes 1-29) - Chuya Koyama
9. Haikyu!! (Volumes 1-24) - Haruichi Furudate
10. Kimi ni Todoke - From Me to You (Volumes 1-27) - Karuho Shiina
11. Erased (Volumes 1-8) - Kei Sanbe (tied for 11th)
12. Umimachi Diary (Volumes 1-7) - Akimi Yoshida (tied for 11th)
13. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (Volumes 1-8) - Izumi Tsubaki
14. Yotsuba&! (Volumes 1-13) - Kiyohiko Azuma
15. Delicious in Dungeon (Volumes 1-3) - Ryōko Kui
16. Hunter × Hunter (Volumes 1-33) - Yoshihiro Togashi
17. Gintama (Volumes 1-66) - Hideaki Sorachi
18. Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū (Volumes 1-10) - Haruko Kumota
19. Tokyo Tarareba-jō (Volumes 1-6) - Akiko Higashimura
20. My Love Story!! (Volumes 1-13) - Kazune Kawahara, Aruko
21. Ōoku: The Inner Chambers (Volumes 1-13) - Fumi Yoshinaga
22. My Hero Academia (Volumes 1-11) - Kōhei Horikoshi
23. Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu (Volumes 1-8) - Tsunami Umino
24. Bleach (Volumes 1-74) - Tite Kubo
25. Yomawari Neko: Koyoi mo Dokoka de Namida no Nioi (Volume 1) - Kahoru Fukaya
26. Kingdom (Volumes 1-44) - Yasuhisa Hara
27. Yona of the Dawn (Volumes 1-21) - Mizuho Kusanagi
28. Fujoshi no Tsuzui-san (Volumes 1-2) - Tsuzui
29. Tokyo Ghoul:re (Volumes 1-8) - Sui Ishida
30. Hyakushō Kizoku (Volumes 1-4) - Hiromu Arakawa
31. The Ancient Magus' Bride (Volumes 1-6) - Kore Yamazaki (tied for 31st)
32. Bungō Stray Dogs (Volumes 1-11) - Kafka Asagiri, Sango Harukawa (tied for 31st)
33. Kin no Kuni Mizu no Kuni - Nao Iwamoto
34. Yoshino Sakumi Gekijō ALL IN ONE: Yoshino Saskumi wa Hon ga Daisuki - Sakumi Yoshino
35. The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Volumes 1-6) - Yoshiki Tanaka, Hiromu Arakawa
36. Mix (Volumes 1-9) - Mitsuru Adachi
37. Golden Kamuy (Volumes 1-9) - Satoru Noda
38. Berserk (Volumes 1-38) - Kentarou Miura
39. Saint Young Men (Volumes 1-13) - Hikaru Nakamura
40. One-Punch Man (Volumes 1-12) - ONE, Yuusuke Murata
41. Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto (Volumes 1-4) - Nami Sano
42. Golgo 13 (Volumes 1-183) - Takao Saito
43. Ajin: Demi-Human (Volumes 1-9) - Gamon Sakurai
44. Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru (Volumes 1-15) - Masakazu Ishiguro
45. D.Gray-man (Volumes 1-25) - Katsura Hoshino
46. Orange (Volumes 1-5) - Ichigo Takano
47. Sweetness and Lightning (Volumes 1-7) - Gido Amagakure
48. Himitsu season0 (Volumes 1-4) - Reiko Shimizu
49. Ace of Diamond (Volumes 1-47) - Yūji Terajima
50. What Did You Eat Yesterday? (Volumes 1-12) - Fumi Yoshinaga (tied for 50th)
51. Land (Volumes 1-3) - Kazumi Yamashita (tied for 50th)

March comes in like also topped the list last year. Attack on Titan and One Piece were also in last year's top five, alongside Detective Conan and Silver Spoon.