One Piece number one Oricon in July 2026: Oda carries Jump to the brink

One Piece dominates Oricon's monthly comics chart for July 2026—confirmation that Eiichiro Oda's franchise remains the main commercial crutch for Weekly Shōnen Jump amid a structural decline in print.

Oricon's Thermometer for July 2026

Anime News Network reports that One Piece (Eiichiro Oda, Shueisha) takes the top spot in Oricon's monthly comics chart for July 2026. And this time, the numbers speak clearly: One Piece volume 115 has surpassed 1 million copies sold, while Hunter x Hunter (volume 39) takes second place. An expected result—One Piece dominates these charts with a consistency bordering on structural dominance—but one that deserves to be read in context.

What This Figure Really Means

Weekly Shōnen Jump has just crossed a painful historical threshold: less than 1 million copies printed per week for the first time in its history. In this context of paper contraction, One Piece's first-place Oricon ranking with over a million copies for a single volume is open to interpretation.

On one hand, the commercial health of the collected volumes remains strong for Oda's franchise: readers migrating to Manga Plus (Shueisha's free platform) continue to buy One Piece paper volumes out of habit or loyalty. The ongoing Eiichiro arc maintains demand.

On the other, this figure illustrates a growing dependence of Jump on a single franchise. One Piece alone accounts for a disproportionate share of the publisher's paper sales. When Oda turns the final page, this commercial foundation will vanish.

The Question the Industry Avoids

Shueisha is banking on Manga Plus and digital to offset the decline in paper sales—the strategy is clear. But the question of One Piece's succession as a commercial powerhouse remains open. Dragon Ball Super? Jujutsu Kaisen? No title currently has the short-term capacity to fill the void left by Oda and his millions of monthly copies.