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Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2015's Series Ranking for Female Readers

The 2015 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook reported its lists of the top manga series on Tuesday. The top 20 on its list of manga for female readers are:

1. Chi-chan wa Chotto Tarinai (Chi-chan Isn't Quite Good Enough)
2. Tokyo Tarareba Musume
3. The Rose of Versailles
4. Kiss Him, Not Me (Watashi ga Motete Dōsunda)
5. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun
6. Kōdai-ke no Hitobito
7. Kakukaku Shikajika
8. Tasogare Takako
9. Dormitory Tomokinsu
10. Kujira no Ko-ra wa Sajō ni Utau
11. Yako to Boko
12. Nietzsche-sensei - Conveni ni, Satori Sedai no Shinjin ga Maiorita
13. Spotted Flower
14. Sukutte Goran
15. Anata no Koto wa Sorehodo
16. Umimachi Diary
17. Shishunki Bitter Change
17. Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge (tie)
17. Requiem of the Rose King (tie)
20. Atokata no Machi

The lists are the result of surveys conducted among more than 400 professionals in the fields of manga and publishing.

In 2014, Yūsei Matsui's Assassination Classroom manga topped the Male Readers list, and Hozumi's Sayonara Sorcier topped the Female Readers list. Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump topped the Manga Magazines for Male Readers list, and Shogakukan's Flowers magazine topped the Manga Magazines for Female Readers list.

In 2013, Kenichi Tachibana and Yū Sasuga Terra Formars topped the Male Readers list, and Aruko and Kazune Kawahara's Ore Monogatari!! topped the Female Readers list. Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump topped the Manga Magazines for Male Readers list, and Shueisha's Betsuma topped the Manga Magazines for Female Readers list.