Yasuhisa Hara’s Kingdom Vol. 79 holds at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Book Hot 100 released June 4, retaining the top spot for a second straight week.
The long-running series depicting the Warring States period again leads in brick-and-mortar and collects additional points in e-books, e-commerce (EC) and social media.
Debuting at No. 2 is the final installment (Vol. 31) of Mayu Murata’s popular shojo manga Honey Lemon Soda, which ran in Ribon magazine from 2016. The series received a live-action film adaptation in 2021 and a television anime adaptation in 2025. The volume tops e-books and comes in at No. 2 for brick-and-mortar this week.
The latest volume of the manga adaptation of Yahiro Arase’s Ohitori-sama ni wa Naremashita node. Kon’yakusha Hochichu!, drawn by Jun Hareta, enters at No. 3 after placing No. 4 in both brick-and-mortar and e-books. The new short story collection Taruikon’intan by Yu Nagira — the author of the long-running hit novel Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku — makes its first top 10 appearance at No. 8, with three metrics in the top 20: No. 2 for social media, No. 9 for brick-and-mortar and No. 16 for EC.
The Billboard Japan Book Hot 100 is a comprehensive chart combining physical sales, e-books, library loans, subscription data and social media activity. Below are the top 10 titles on this week’s list, tracking the period from May 25 to May 31.
(Numbers in parentheses indicate the title’s metric placements for brick-and-mortar, EC, e-books, subscriptions, and social media, top 20 only. English title given if translations or adaptations exist.)
1. Kingdom Vol. 79, Yasuhisa Hara (1/–/3/–/–)
2. Honey Lemon Soda Vol. 31, Mayu Murata (2/–/1/–/–)
3. Ohitori-sama ni wa Naremashita node. Kon’yakusha Hochichu! Vol. 4, Jun Hareta, Yahiro Arase (4/–/4/–/–)
4. Taiyou yori mo Mabushii Hoshi (A Star Brighter Than the Sun) Vol. 14, Kazune Kawahara (16/–/2/–/–)
5. Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e: 3-nensei-hen (Classroom of the Elite: Year 3) Vol. 4, Shogo Kinugasa, Shunsaku Tomose (3/–/–/–/–)
6. Kizumono no Hanayome Vol. 11, Midori Yuma, Mamenosuke Fujimaru (5/–/5/–/–)
7. In The Megachurch, Ryo Asai (17/–/–/1/1)
8. Taruikon’intan, Yu Nagira (9/16/–/–/2)
9. Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! (The Eminence in Shadow) Vol. 18, Anri Sakano, Daisuke Aizawa, Tozai (11/–/6/–/–)
10. Blue Period Vol. 19, Tsubasa Yamaguchi (7/–/–/–/–)
