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Japanese Comic Ranking, January 13-19 (Updated)

A live-action television drama adaptation of Riko Miyagi's Mei-chan no Shitsuji (Mei-chan's Butler) shōjo manga premiered in Japan last week, and that resulted in a surge of sales for the first seven manga volumes. Within a week, each of those seven volumes almost doubled their sales to date — even though the first volume was released back in November 2006.

Rank	Prev. Rank	Title	Author	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	Publisher	Price	Cover
1	-	Hayate the Combat Butler! (Hayate no Gotoku!) #18	Kenjirou Hata	170,171	170,171	Shogakukan	Y420
2	-	Kekkaishi #23	Yellow Tanabe	121,781	121,781	Shogakukan	Y420
3	-	Hotaru no Hikari #13	Satoru Hiura	80,318	80,318	Kodansha	Y440
4	-	Kami no Mizo Shiru Sekai #3	Tamiki Wakaki	50,552	50,552	Shogakukan	Y420
5	12	7Seeds #14	Yumi Tamura	45,957	86,576	Shogakukan	Y420
6	-	Honma ni KANJANI Eight!! #4	Saya Miyauchi	42,029	42,030	Kodansha	Y550
7	-	Yamamoto Zenjirō to Mōshimasu #4	Yoko Maki	41,715	41,715	Shueisha	Y420
8	-	Kimi no Iru Machi #3	Kouji Seo	38,833	38,833	Kodansha	Y440
9	4	Bakuman. #1	Story: Tsugumi Ohba Art: Takeshi Obata	38,176	192,852	Shueisha	Y420
10	1	Eyeshield 21 #33	Story: Riichirou Inagaki Art: Yuusuke Murata	34,708	205,635	Shueisha	Y420
11	-	The Best Skilled Surgeon (Saijō no Meii) #4	Story: Kenzō Irie Art: Takashi Hashiguchi Medical Supervisor: Tadashi Iwanaka	32,586	32,586	Shueisha	Y420
12	78	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #1	Riko Miyagi	31,598	68,644	Shueisha	Y410
13	75	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #2	Riko Miyagi	31,255	64,836	Shueisha	Y410
14	-	Kin Kyori Renai #3	Rin Mikimoto	31,021	31,021	Kodansha	Y450
15	3	To Love-Ru -Trouble- #12	Story: Saki Hasemi Art: Kentaro Yabuki	30,862	188,728	Shueisha	Y420
16	2	Natsume Yūjin-Chō #7	Yuki Midorikawa	30,557	194,123	Hakusensha	Y420
17	8	Fullmetal Alchemist #21	Hiromu Arakawa	30,399	1,017,218	Square Enix	Y420
18	-	Shibatora #10	Original Story: Yuma Ando Art: Masashi Asaki	29,546	29,546	Kodansha	Y440
19	83	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #3	Riko Miyagi	28,842	58,645	Shueisha	Y410
20	-	Shinyaku [Kyojin no Hoshi] Hanagata #12	Original Story: Ikki Kajiwara, Noboru Kawasaki Art: Yoshiyuki Murakami	28,536	28,536	Kodansha	Y440
21	-	Q.E.D. #32	Motohiro Katou	27,268	27,268	Kodansha	Y440
22	87	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #4	Riko Miyagi	26,730	54,119	Shueisha	Y410
23	76	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #7	Riko Miyagi	26,111	88,299	Shueisha	Y420
24	86	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #5	Riko Miyagi	25,541	70,196	Shueisha	Y410
25	88	Mei-chan no Shitsuji #6	Riko Miyagi	25,403	75,964	Shueisha	Y410
26	-	Tegami	Fumiko Tanikawa	24,517	24,517	Shueisha	Y420
27	72	Heart no Kuni no Alice	QuinRose, Soumei Hoshino	22,941	33,694	Mag Garden	Y600
28	-	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure #49 Part 6 Stone Ocean #10	Hirohiko Araki	22,357	22,357	Shueisha	Y630
29	10	High School Debut #13	Kazune Kawahara	21,553	311,331	Shueisha	Y420
30	25	One Piece #52	Eiichiro Oda	21,224	1,588,381	Shueisha	Y420

Source: Oricon, Tohan

Update: Hayate the Combat Butler's volume number corrected.

Update 2: The name of the artist of Heart no Kuni no Alice (Soumei Hoshino) corrected.