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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Is 1st Manga to Take Top 22 Spots in Japan's Weekly Sales, series has sold 90.5 million print copies in Japan

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Oct 29, 2020 8:49 PM
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All 22 volumes of Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga occupied the top 22 spots in Oricon's comic sales chart for the October 19-25 week — the first time any series has accomplished this feat since Oricon began publishing its book sales charts in April 2008. The 22nd volume has now ranked at #1 for four consecutive weeks, with 326,000 print copies sold so far. The series overall has now occupied the entire weekly top 10 chart a record six times since the manga began

According to Oricon, the manga franchise has sold a total of 90.518 million print copies in Japan — the second highest manga series total that Oricon has recorded since it began publishing its book sales charts. The manga has 100 million copies in circulation (including digital copies, which Oricon does not count) as of the 22nd volume's release on October 2. It is the eighth manga title from Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine to reach 100 million copies in circulation (not sales).

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-10-29/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-is-1st-manga-to-take-top-22-spots-in-japan-weekly-sales/.165745

its close to 100 million total copies sales soon
Oct 30, 2020 1:38 PM
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Sadly, Shueisha did not foresee or prepare for the 2nd boost from the movie. As a result, all 22 volumes of KNY will receive 2 emergency reprint in November (10th-11th and 17th-18th) instead of in September or October.

Additionally, vol. 18, 19 and 20 (including the special edition) have sold over 4 million copies each in the Oricon 2020 fiscal year. Since 2008, no single volume has reached that yearly sales milestone yet, but KNY broke that record with 3 volumes.
https://twitter.com/MSFK_Channel/status/1322006998196498432?s=20

I wonder where Gotouge is right now and what the author thinks about the popularity of their work. Despite of the unprecedented record from the movie, there is not a single word from the author. I thought the author would have participated in the stage opening to thank you fans.

Moreover, because KNY is the tremendous cultural phenomenon in Japan, it unintentionally creates some negative social issues such as thievery, mass production of counterfeit products, and "Kimetsu poverty" (a new term to describe how much KNY fans overspend on merchandise). I hope the Japanese society will not blame Gotouge for those annoying issues and Shueisha should not be too greedy to harm the reputation of the series.

Oct 30, 2020 5:53 PM
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Wow that's so crazy, the only redeeming quality was the animation, to think the manga's actually doing well.

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Oct 30, 2020 9:25 PM
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The Japanese are seriously weird and crazy people
Nov 1, 2020 5:19 AM
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Why would people blame Gotouge in first place for all of those negative social issues, that’s japanese people’s fault
AwokenStroken said:
Wow that's so crazy, the only redeeming quality was the animation, to think the manga's actually doing well.

PLOT TWIST

And of course you have a one piece set. The franchise is more than its animation. Seethe and cry more about it
Nov 1, 2020 3:45 PM
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Xenocrisi said:
Why would people blame Gotouge in first place for all of those negative social issues, that’s japanese people’s fault
AwokenStroken said:
Wow that's so crazy, the only redeeming quality was the animation, to think the manga's actually doing well.

PLOT TWIST

And of course you have a one piece set. The franchise is more than its animation. Seethe and cry more about it


Wait what, why would I cry? clearly I've struck a nerve within you by making fun of your favorite children's cartoon. I'm not the type to cry over something petty, don't confuse me with yourself.
Nov 6, 2020 9:49 PM
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AwokenStroken said:
Wow that's so crazy, the only redeeming quality was the animation, to think the manga's actually doing well.

PLOT TWIST


Hey the manga is also pretty good. Did you rea- of course you didn't. Just another day in Mal.

Why always people with One Piece profile pic though. Really makes you think.
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