User blog comment:Videogamep/The Next Big Three/@comment-5387880-20140609160204/@comment-3507581-20140610023125

I agree with you about in almost everything, especially on Fairy Tail (and I used to like it); hell, Fairy Tail hasn't done in 8 years what even Bleach did in 13 years, I mean both popularity and sales: FT only sold about 25 million while Bleach soul 82 million, Naruto has more than 122 million, and One Piece is the Mihawk of best-selling manga with 345 million worldwide!

Now let's take note that one common trait the big 3 has is all of its members being part of WSJ... Even Kochikame could be a reasonable candidate (it sold about 156 million in Japan, and is one of the still ongoing oldest manga series ever made), but correct me if you disagree.