Recently the 10th annual Nationwide Bookstore Staff Recommended Comics tallied votes from over 2,250 bookstore workers across Japan to decide which manga titles came most highly endorsed.

So if you’re looking for a new title to get into this year, why not scroll through the top 15 below and see what Japanese manga dealers can’t get enough of. There seems to be a good blend of genres this year, but which one came out on top?

Here are the top 15 manga for 2015 as chosen by Japanese bookstore staff.

15

Dagashikashi

by Kotoyama

Shogakukan

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14

Hinomaru Zumou

by Kawada

Shuesha

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13

Watashi ga Motete Dousunda / Boys, Please Kiss Him Instead of Me

by Junko

Kodansha

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12

Hatarakanai Futari

by Satoru Yoshida

Shinchosha

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11

Kodaika no Hitobito

by Kozueko Morimoto

Shuesha

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10

Ama-Ama to Inazuma

by Gido Amagakure

Kodansha

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9

Kasane

by Daruma Matsuura

Kodansha

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8

Arslan Senki / The Heroic Legend of Arslan

by Yoshiki Tanaka (writer) & Hiromu Arakawa (illustrator)

Kodansha

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7

Handaku (Barakamon spinoff)

by Satsuki Yoshino

Square Enix

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6

ReLife

by Yayoiso

Earth Star Entertainment

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5

orange

by Ichigo Takano

Futabasha

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4

Tanakakun wa Itsumo Kedaruge

by Nozomi Uda

Square Enix

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3

Niiche Sensei ~Konbini ni, Satori Sedai no Shinjin ga Maiorita~ / Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store

by Matsukoma (writer) & Hashimoto (illustrator)

Kadokawa Media Factory

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2

Boku no Hiro Academia / My Hero Academia

by Kohei Horikoshi

Shueisha

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And, finally, the most-recommended manga title for this year is…

1

Mahotsukai no Yome / The Ancient Magus’ Bride

by Kore Yamazaki

Mag Garden

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The Ancient Magus’ Bride is a fantasy story about a 15-year-old girl named Chise who doesn’t have any family and has lost the point of life. She then is bought by an inhuman sorcerer named Elias.

Although it’s in many ways a fantasy story, the reader is kept grounded by the personalities of Chise and Elias which is revealed bit by bit. Although it’s a slowly progressing journey, the story is also full of other charming characters and beautifully crafted backgrounds to enchant you into reading more and more.

With the results of the Nationwide Bookstore Staff Recommended Comics 2015 announced many manga readers took to twitter to show support for The Ancient Magus’ Bride and agree with the results. Of course, there were occasional dissenting opinions too but that’s impossible to avoid when ranking art.

Original article by Anji Tabata

Source: NIPPAN, Comic Natalie, Online Bookstore Honya Club, Comic Natalie Official Twitter Feed (Japanese)