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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Is 3rd Manga to Sell Over 1 Million Copies of 1 Volume in 1st Week

Attack on Titan (two times). The last manga volume to sell 1 million copies in a week was the 94th volume of One Piece last October. This is the second consecutive week that a Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume has topped the ranking, and the series' third volume overall to top the ranking.

Nine other volumes of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba also ranked in the top 10 in the same week, making this the second consecutive week that the manga series occupied the entire top 10 — and only the second time any manga series has occupied the entire top 10 since Oricon began posting rankings in 2008. From top 1 to 10, the highest-selling volumes on the chart are the 19th, 11th, 10th, ninth, second, first, 14th, third, 12th, and 13th volumes.

Oricon estimates the franchise as whole earned 1.5268 billion yen ($13.90 million) from physical print publications, CDs, Blu-ray Discs, and DVDs in just that week.

As of the February 4 debut of the 19th manga volume, the franchise as a whole (including print and digital releases) has 40 million copies in circulation.

The series' novels, Shiawase no Hana (Flower of Happiness) and Kataha no Chō (One-Winged Butterfly), have also rose to #2 and #3, respectively, in the Oricon weekly book ranking in the same week. This is Shiawase no Hana's 15th week in the top 10, and seventh week in a row. This is also Kataha no Chō's 16th week in the top 10, and 10th week in a row. Oricon estimates that Shiawase no Hana has now sold a cumulative total of 507,000 copies. Both books will collectively Shueisha's "Jump j Books" novel label to reach 1 million copies in circulation.

Shueisha Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba sold 10.8 million manga volumes in the period from November 19, 2018 to November 17, 2019. Meanwhile, One Piece sold 12.7 million manga volumes during the same time period. Shueisha did not specify if these numbers include digital sales.

Gotouge Viz Media is publishing the manga in English digitally and in print.

The manga inspired a television anime that sequel anime film.

Source: Oricon