The July sales numbers are in, and VIZ rules the roost once again, occupying sixteen of the top twenty slots on the Circana Bookscan Top Manga Graphic Novel List. While the list is mainly comprised of long-standing favorites--Jujitsu Kaisen, Spy X Family, One Piece--there are new entries, including Tatsuki Fujimoto's Goodbye, Eri and Yana Taboso's Disney
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