Dataset

The complete CBCS manga census.

Every graded slab for 25 Japanese first-print grails, read straight from the CBCS Population Report on the day before it froze. 3,982 books. No modeling, no estimates. Sort it, check it, use it.

Last updated July 30, 2026 Data confidence: Verified Community-reported Unverified
3,982
slabs, total
27
graded entries
0
CBCS 10s or 9.9s
134
copies at 9.8, all-in

Frozen CBCS stopped accepting submissions on April 17, 2026. This is a closed set: these counts will not grow. Pulled July 30, 2026.

TitleTotalTop9.8
9.82 9.621 9.444 9.279 9.072 8.5139
Sig 2 / Qualified 133; Altered = Conserved 6 + Restored 2. Census splits issue into ~30+ later Shueisha printings (2nd-160th + 2020 Box Set) and foreign editions (Carlsen, Daewon, Glenat, Jonesky, Kim Dong). No Viz entry appeared.
Verified read Census entry: “One Piece (Shueisha - 1997) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.82 9.67 9.413 9.229 9.031 8.562
Sig 3 / Qualified 63. Also 2000 2nd Printing (pop 2) and later printings (9th-99th) as separate entries. English Viz editions exist. Boruto excluded (different series).
Verified read Census entry: “Naruto (Shueisha - 2000) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.61 9.48 9.28 9.017 8.530 8.021
Sig 1 / Qualified 6. Also Shueisha 2003 1st Printing (pop 1) and later reprints (23rd, 76th-82nd) as separate entries.
Verified read Census entry: “Bleach (Shueisha - 2002) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.62 9.412 9.210 9.010 8.522 8.021
Sig 1 / Qualified 5. Also 2025 74th Printing (pop 1) and a separate Bunkoban format edition (Shueisha 2014, pop 1).
Verified read Census entry: “Death Note (Shueisha - 2004) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.61 9.41 9.02 8.53 8.04 7.52
Qualified 6. Census carries BOTH a "1st Edition" and a "1st Printing" entry for this book — label vocabulary inconsistency; logged separately. English Viz editions exist.
Verified read Census entry: “Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (Enix - 2002) 1st Edition” · granularity: Split by printing
9.81 9.66 9.45 9.212 9.011 8.516
Qualified 2. Also later Square Enix 31st Printing (pop 1) and a Kanzenban edition as separate entries.
Verified read Census entry: “Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (Enix - 2002) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.01
ONE slab in the entire census. English Viz editions exist.
Verified read Census entry: “Hunter x Hunter (Shueisha - 1998) 1st Printing” · granularity: Single entry
9.813 9.625 9.424 9.218 9.013 8.59
Qualified 8. Also later printings (12th, 23rd, 73rd, 77th) and a 2015 Kansai Dialect Edition (pop 8) as separate entries.
Verified read Census entry: “Shingeki no Kyojin (Kodansha - 2010) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.822 9.643 9.449 9.238 9.031 8.537
Sig 1 / Qualified 5. Also 2014 2nd Printing (pop 4) and later reprints (15th-58th) as separate entries.
Verified read Census entry: “Boku no Hero Academia (Shueisha - 2014) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
No graded copies on file.
No Japanese Shueisha edition in census. English Viz printings (1st/3rd/4th/11th/14th/16th + SDCC and Anime Crate exclusives) and an Italian Panini variant appear.
Verified read Census entry: “(no Japanese entry)” · granularity: Not in census
9.63 9.45 9.29 9.07 8.54 8.01
Qualified 1. English Viz editions exist. Tokyo Ghoul:re excluded (sequel series).
Verified read Census entry: “Tokyo Ghoul (Shueisha - 2012) 1st Printing” · granularity: Single entry
9.831 9.657 9.437 9.246 9.038 8.533
Qualified 5. Many later reprints (6th-56th) as separate entries.
Verified read Census entry: “Kimetsu no Yaiba (Shueisha - 2016) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.828 9.648 9.450 9.227 9.045 8.541
Qualified 5. Also 2018 3rd Printing and later reprints (20th-45th). English Viz and Italian Panini also exist.
Verified read Census entry: “Jujutsu Kaisen (Shueisha - 2018) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.833 9.672 9.435 9.226 9.019 8.522
Sig 1 / Qualified 1. Also 2nd/3rd printings and 2022 41st Printing (pop 6). English Viz and Italian Panini also exist.
Verified read Census entry: “Chainsaw Man (Shueisha - 2019) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.61
ONE slab in the entire census. English Viz editions exist.
Verified read Census entry: “Spy x Family (Shueisha - 2019) 1st Printing” · granularity: Single entry
9.81 9.61 9.41 9.24 9.05 8.514
Qualified 6. Also 1991 2nd Printing (pop 2) and 1992 4th Printing (pop 2) as separate entries. English Dark Horse editions exist. Exactly one 9.8 exists.
Verified read Census entry: “Berserk (Hakusensha/Jets Comics - 1990) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.63 9.44 9.22 9.011 8.59 8.08
Qualified 3. Only Vol-1 Japanese entry. English Viz editions exist.
Verified read Census entry: “Vagabond (Kodansha - 1999) 1st Printing” · granularity: Single entry
9.41 9.21 8.52 7.51
Census carries BOTH a "1st Printing" and a "1st Edition 1st Printing" entry — logged separately.
Verified read Census entry: “Uzumaki (Shogakukan - 1998) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
8.01 7.51
Second Vol-1 entry under a differently-worded first-print label.
Verified read Census entry: “Uzumaki (Shogakukan - 1998) 1st Edition 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.42 9.22 9.05 8.53 8.02 7.51
Qualified 1. Census lists BOTH a 2005 and a 2006 "1st Printing" for Vol 1 — year ambiguity recorded as shown, not resolved.
Verified read Census entry: “Vinland Saga (Kodansha - 2005) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.66 9.410 9.28 9.06 8.59 8.03
Second Vol-1 "1st Printing" entry, dated 2006. English Viz editions exist.
Verified read Census entry: “Vinland Saga (Kodansha - 2006) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.42 9.21 9.02 8.54 8.06 7.56
Qualified 1. Other JP Vol-1 entries logged separately by census: 1988 16th Printing (pop 1), 2025 111th Printing (pop 1), Akira Full Color 2003 1st Printing (pop 1), Akira Sample 1984 (pop 1). Nothing above 9.4 exists.
Verified read Census entry: “Akira (Kodansha/KC Deluxe - 1984) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.81 9.61 9.42 9.23 9.05 8.58
Sig 2 / Qualified 7. Also later printings (5th, 9th, 15th) and 2003-era reprints as separate entries. English Mixx/Tokyopop editions exist. Exactly one 9.8 exists.
Verified read Census entry: “Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Kodansha - 1992) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.21 9.01 8.01
Also Hakusensha 2007 54th Printing (pop 1). English Tokyopop/Yen Press editions exist.
Verified read Census entry: “Fruits Basket (Hakusensha - 1999) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.61 9.42 9.21 9.03 8.54 7.51
Qualified 1. Also 2024 53rd Printing (pop 1). English Mixx/Tokyopop editions exist. Clear Card excluded (sequel series).
Verified read Census entry: “Cardcaptor Sakura (Kodansha - 1996) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
9.01 8.01 6.01
Only Vol-1 Japanese entry; no separate Battle Angel Alita Japanese entry.
Verified read Census entry: “Gunnm (Shueisha - 1991) 1st Printing” · granularity: Single entry
9.41 9.02 8.51 8.01 7.51 7.01
Qualified 1. Only Japanese Vol-1 entry.
Verified read Census entry: “Koukaku Kidoutai (Kodansha/DX - 1991) 1st Printing” · granularity: Single entry
9.43 9.24 9.011 8.523 8.035 7.531
Qualified 62; Altered = Conserved 16 + Restored 1. Census splits issue into ~30+ later printings (2nd-187th + 2026 Double Cover Box Set). Nothing above 9.4 exists.
Verified read Census entry: “Dragon Ball (Shueisha - 1985) 1st Printing” · granularity: Split by printing
How this data was collected

Every figure on this page is a direct read of the CBCS Population Report, recorded in a single session on July 30, 2026, exactly as the report displayed it. Nothing is modeled, averaged, or estimated. A blank grade means zero slabs on file, not missing data. We logged the original Japanese first-print entry for each grail (Shueisha, Kodansha, Shogakukan, Hakusensha, Square Enix), not English or foreign editions. Where CBCS splits a book across printings, we recorded the first-printing entry and noted the splits. Two honest limits carry through the whole set. First, the census counts what was graded, not what survives: a one-slab entry means almost nobody submitted the book, not that one copy exists. Second, CBCS’s own label vocabulary is inconsistent (some books carry both a “1st Edition” and a separate “1st Printing” entry); where that happens we logged the entries separately rather than merge them on a guess. One-Punch Man had no Japanese entry at all, which we report as an absence rather than explain away.

Verified First Print confirmed this directly (measured, or checked against the grader's own record). Community-reported Sourced from collectors or public listings, credited, not independently confirmed. Unverified Best available estimate; flagged so you can weigh it yourself.
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