When it comes to manga, we’ve got something of a real change here once again, that’s interesting. Most months, almost all – if not all – are from Viz Media, and that’s due to the power of Shonen Jump properties. It’s a real stranglehold that’s frustrating when there are so many amazing books out there and other publishers that almost never chart, as we see from ICv2.
As it says in the title, manga dominates, though this month we get four volumes from Image Comics to break up the manga dominance. Viz Media snaps up twelve of the slots, down from seventeen last month, with Jujutsu Kaisen at the top and filling out a few other slots alongside Demon Slayer and Chainsaw Man
Kodansha gets a slot for Gachiakuta this time as well as Witch Hat Atelier, while Yen Press slips in with some more of The Summer Hikaru Died.
With Image Comics, the Invincible property is what’s showing strength as the new animated season came out and all four go to that.
What did you buy that charted?
Circana BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – April 2026 (4/5/26 – 5/2/26)
Rank
Title
Author
Publisher
1
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 29
GEGE AKUTAMI
VIZ MEDIA
2
INVINCIBLE COMPENDIUM VOL. 1
ROBERT KIRKMAN
IMAGE COMICS
3
INVINCIBLE COMPENDIUM VOL. 2
ROBERT KIRKMAN
IMAGE COMICS
4
GACHIAKUTA VOL. 1
KEI URANA
KODANSHA COMICS
5
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 1
GEGE AKUTAMI
VIZ MEDIA
6
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 28
GEGE AKUTAMI
VIZ MEDIA
7
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 26
GEGE AKUTAMI
VIZ MEDIA
8
DANDADAN VOL. 18
TATSU, YUKINOBU
VIZ MEDIA
9
ONE PIECE OMNIBUS EDITION VOL. 1
EIICHIRO ODA
VIZ MEDIA
10
INVINCIBLE COMPENDIUM VOL. 3
ROBERT KIRKMAN
IMAGE COMICS
11
WITCH HAT ATELIER VOL. 1
KAMOME SHIRAHAMA
KODANSHA COMICS
12
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 0: BLINDING DARKNESS
GEGE AKUTAMI
VIZ MEDIA
13
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 2
GEGE AKUTAMI
VIZ MEDIA
14
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 20
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO
VIZ MEDIA
15
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE
VIZ MEDIA
16
THE SUMMER HIKARU DIED VOL. 7
MOKUMOKUREN
YEN PRESS
17
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 25
GEGE AKUTAMI
VIZ MEDIA
18
MY DRESS-UP DARLING VOL. 15
SHINICHI FUKUDA
SQUARE ENIX
19
INVINCIBLE VOL. 1 (NEW EDITION)
ROBERT KIRKMAN
IMAGE COMICS
20
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 27
GEGE AKUTAMI
VIZ MEDIA
Source: Circana
Chris Beveridge
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Chris has been writing about anime, manga, movies and comics for well on twenty years now. He began AnimeOnDVD.com back in 1998 and has covered nearly every anime release that’s come out in the US ever since.
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