My Hero Academia #25 Tops U.S. Monthly Bookscan October List

My Hero Academia is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. Since 2014, the manga has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. It has about 28 tankobon volumes as of September 2020.


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The story is about Izuku Midoriya, a boy who dreams to become a superhero although he is born without any powers in a place where powers are the norm.

Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia sweeps the top 3 places on NPD BookScan’s Top 20 adult graphic novels list for October. They have also secured three other spots at the bottom of the list.

My Hero Academia Volume #25 bagged the top spot, with the first and second volumes right behind it. The Japanese version of Volume #25 was released in December 2019 while the English version was released in October this year.

The popularity of the series is shown from the manga securing the top 3 ranks in the list.

My Hero Academia #25 Tops U.S. Monthly Bookscan October List
My Hero Academia | Source: Amazon

Volume 25 covers the battle of supremacy between Shigarashi and Re-Destro, which consequently leads to a levelled city. We might get to see this arc in the upcoming season of My Hero Academia!

The #17 volume of Demon Slayer secured the fourth place with the first volume of Chainsaw Man closing the top 5 by securing the fifth place in the list.

After gaining major popularity among avid manga readers, VIZ Media decided to change the release rate of the Demon Slayer manga from once a month to once every two months.

My Hero Academia #25 Tops U.S. Monthly Bookscan October List
My Hero Academia | Source: Fandom

This month’s list featured 17 manga volumes.

 MANGAAUTHOR (MANGAKA)PUBLISHER
1MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 25KOHEI HORIKOSHIVIZ MEDIA
2MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2KOHEI HORIKOSHIVIZ MEDIA
3MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL . .25KOHEI HORIKOSHIVIZ MEDIA
4DEMON SLAYER KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 17KOYOHARU GOTOUGEVIZ MEDIA
5CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 1TATSUKI FUJIMOTOVIZ MEDIA
6ONE PUNCH MAN VOL. 21ONEVIZ MEDIA
7MY HERO ACADEMIAKOHEI HORIKOSHIVIZ MEDIA
8UZUMAKI HCJUNJI ITOVIZ MEDIA
9DEMON SLAYER KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1KOYOHARU GOTOUGEVIZ MEDIA
10MARCH (TRILOGY SLIPCASE SET)JOHN LEWISTOP SHELF PROD
11MY HERO ACADEMIAKOHEI HORIKOSHIVIZ MEDIA
12WOTOKOI: LOVE IS HARD FOR OTAKU VOL. 4FUJITAKODANSHA COMICS
13TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1SUI ISHIDAVIZ MEDIA
14STRANGE PLANET HCNATHAN W. PYLEMORROW GIFT
15KOMI CAN’T COMMUNICATETOMOHITO ODAVIZ MEDIA
16THE PROMISED NEVERLAND VOL. 1KAIU SHIRAIVIZ MEDIA
17MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4KOHEI HORIKOSHIVIZ MEDIA
18DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 2KOYOHARU GOTOUGEVIZ MEDIA
19MARCH: BOOK ONEJOHN LEWISTOP SHELF PROD
20MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL.5KOHEI HORIKOSHIVIZ MEDIA

The rankings cover 85% of trade print book markets located in the US. They are collected from more than 16,000 locations from book chains like Barnes & Nobles to independent bookshops, and online purchases.

They exclude data from sales that happen at comic book stores, Walmart.com and other venues.

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