Every week, Viz Media and the New York Times posts the top ten bestselling books. For Viz Media, it is the bestsellers on their site, Vizmanga.com. The New York Times gets their numbers of print sales from retailers. Offered here is a listing of these books with their status this week compared with the previous week, and some way-off analysis of the activity.

Vizmanga.com for the week of September 16, 2014

1. Chibi Vampire Vol 13     ∗
2. Lucky☆Star Vol 2     ∗     
3. Trinity Blood Vol 5     ∗
4. Fate/stay Night Vol 9     ∗
5. One Piece Vol 72     ↓ 4
6. Food Wars! Vol 3     ↑ 2
7. Bokurano Ours Vol 11     ∗
8. Bleach Vol 61     ↵
9. Skip•Beat Vol 33     ↓ 4
10. Time Killers     ↓ 6

New VizSelect titles knock down some of the new releases from last week. Chibi Vampire debuts again at the top with its penultimate volume. Newcomer Lucky Star is right behind with its second volume. In fact, the top 4 spots are taken by VizSelect titles, pushing the big Shonen Jump titles back down. Bleach rejoins his fellow SJ titles One Piece and Food Wars! while Bokurano Ours charts with its final volume. That is not a title I am going to miss.

New York Times Bestseller List for the week ending September 20, 2014

1. Noragami Vol 1     ↑ 6
2. Attack on Titan Vol 1     ↑ 4
3. Attack on Titan Vol 13     ↑ 1
4. Monster Musume Vol 4     ↵
5. Terra Formars Vol 1     ∗
6. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds Vol 6     ↓ 5
7. Black Butler Vol 1     ↵
8. Attack on Titan No Regrets Vol 1     ↔
9. The Seven Deadly Sins Vol 4     ∗
10.  Attack on Titan Vol 2     ↵

Kodansha dominates the list this week as it takes 6 of the ten spots. Noragami picks up steam as it zooms up to the top spot. The Titans seem to be gears for another assault as they gather at the top and bottom of the list. Seven Seas Entertainment’s Monster Musume returns for their only title. Viz’s new sci-fi title Terra Formars makes its debut in the middle, and Yen Press’ perennial favorite, Black Butler Volume 1 returns to try to catch up to Attack on Titan Volume 1. Yeah, good luck with that!

Legend:

∗ = New Release
↑ = Title moved up specified # of spots
↓ = Title moved down specified # of spots
↔ = Title didn’t moved from previous week
↵ = Title returned after dropping off list