Silver Spoon Sold 90,000 Copies in 3 Days!

The weekly Oricon book rankings revealed that the first volume of Hiromu Arakawa of Fullmetal Alchemist fame's new manga Silver Spoon sold 90,257 copies in three days, ranking at #4 on Oricon's comic list for the week of July 11-17!

The first volume of Silver Spoon was released on July 15 in Japan. Arakawa launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine in April. The story of Silver Spoon is set in an agricultural high school in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido. Silver Spoon is Arakawa's first weekly manga series.

Meanwhile, Hunter x Hunter Vol. 28 dropped from number 1 to number 3 and Gintama Vol. 40 dropped from number 2 to number 5.

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FMA's Hiromu Arakawa's New Manga: Silver Spoon

After finishing Fullmetal Alchemist months ago, many fans wonder what is next with Hiromu Arakawa asides that she will continue her other manga, Jyushin Enbu: Hero Tales. Until recently on the 19th issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday they revealed her new manga called, Silver Spoon!

Unlike her other works, the new series will take place in a high school setting in the Hokkaido prefecture of Japan. All that’s known so far is that the series will focus on a young boy who attends the school. Silver Spoon will be featured on the cover of Weekly Shonen Sunday and will have a full-color opening page.

The question that bothers fans right now is this, will this new title be as good as her previous work? Also, will this story that involves the classic high school setup work for her knowing that fans haven't seen her done something close with this genre? Well, that is for us to find out.

Source: Siliconera