Yen Press
shared a “Rewind” clip on January 16, publicizing its best-selling manga, manwha, and light novel titles of 2023. The standout
franchise
for the publisher was
Aka Akasaka
and
Mengo Yokoyari
‘s
Oshi no Ko
.

Here are Yen Press’ top five manga and manwha:

• #1 — Iro Aida‘s Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
• #2 — Chugong and DUBU‘s Solo Leveling Korean webcomic
• #3 — Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari‘s Oshi no Ko
• #4 — Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa‘s Bungō Stray Dogs
• #5 — Shō Harusono‘s Sasaki and Miyano

Yen Press’ best-selling light novels were as follows:

• #1 — Kugane Maruyama‘s Overlord
• #2 — Chugong‘s Solo Leveling
• #3 — Fuse and Mitz Vah‘s That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
• #4 — Kafka Asagiri and Sango Harukawa‘s Bungō Stray Dogs
• #5 — Okina Baba‘s So I’m a Spider, So What?

The company also shared its top five debut manga and manwha among titles released in 2023:

• #1 — Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari‘s Oshi no Ko
• #2 — Mokumokuren‘s The Summer Hikaru Died
• #3 — Nikiichi Tobita‘s Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree
• #4 — Mayu Murata‘s Honey Lemon Soda
• #5 — Aki Hamaji‘s Bocchi the Rock!

The top five debut light novels amongst titles released in 2023 were as follows:

• #1 — Kotoko Hachijo‘s Sasaki and Miyano: First Years
• #2 — Shō Harusono and Kotoko Hachijo‘s Hirano and Kagiura
• #3 — Minami Kotsuna and Hitomi Hitoyo‘s You Can Have My Back
• #4 — Kiwamu Sato’s Tezcatlipoca
• #5 — Kureha‘s Bride of the Barrier Master

Sources: Yen Press‘ Twitter account, ICv2 (Brigid Alverson)

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