“Detective Conan”, “Blue Lock”, and “Mashle” Top Elex Media’s Best Selling Comics for February 2023

On Thursday (2/3), Indonesian book publisher Elex Media Komputindo posted the list of their February 2023 best-selling comics. Detective Conan volume 101 takes first place, followed by Blue Lock volume 7 and Mashle volume 2 in second and third place.

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Here is the list of Elex Media’s top ten best-selling comics for February 2023.

1. Detective Conan volume 101 (released on 1 February 2023),
2. Blue Lock volume 2 (released on 15 February 2023),
3. Mashle volume 2 (released on 1 February 2023),
4. Bungo Stray Dogs volume 3 (released on 22 February 2023),
5. Q.E.D. volume 10 (released on 8 February 2023),
6. Dr. Slump volume 2 (released on 15 February 2023),
7. Samurai X: Hokkaido Arc volume 2 (released on 15 February 2023),
8. Libra of Nil Admirari volume 1 (released on 1 February 2023),
9. Aku no Hana: Kembang Jahanam volume 1 (released on 22 February 2023),
10. Mission: Yozakura Family volume 1 (released on February 15 February 2023).

Detective Conan, known in Japanese as Meitantei Conan, tells a story of a high school detective named Shinichi Kudo whose body was shrunk after he was poisoned by a mysterious organization. Disguising himself as an elementary school boy Conan Edogawa, Shinichi must solve various crime cases while investigating the mysterious organization that has shrunk his body.

Detective Conan has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday since 1994 and is still continuing today. In Indonesia, the comic has been published by Elex Media Komputindo and frequently becomes the publisher’s best-selling title. The series has also produced various animated films and live-action drama series. In Indonesia, the Detective Conan Anime TV series used to be aired by Indosiar until 2014.

Written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura, the story of Blue Lock begins with Japan’s elimination from the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The elimination prompts the Japan Football Union to start a program called Blue Lock, which isolates 300 young forwards and puts them through rigorous training to create “the world’s greatest egoistic striker”. The manga has been serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shounen Magazine since August 2018, while an anime adaptation started its broadcast in the fall 2022 season, aligned with FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.

Written and illustrated by Hajime Komoto, Mashle tells the story of Mash, a boy who can’t use magic even though he lives in a world where magic ability determines your status. To compensate for this, he trains his muscle to the point that he can do anything simply by using his physical ability. Without any magic but with overwhelmingly great physical strength, he enters a magic school where he aims to become a top student in school. The manga has been serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shounen Jump magazine since January 2020, with its chapters collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes as of October 2022.

Elex Media Komputindo is a comics publisher under the Kompas-Gramedia Group. The publisher releases licensed foreign comics, including manga and Indonesian comics. Since 2005, Elex Media also published comics intended for adult audiences under the new imprint Level Comics.