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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Is 1st Manga to Take Top 22 Spots in Japan's Weekly Sales
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
All 22 volumes of 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.
The October 19-25 week is the first full week of sales that Oricon recorded after the opened on October 16.
The manga ranked at #1 and #2 in May with its regular and limited editions.
According to Oricon, the manga Weekly Shonen Jump magazine to reach 100 million copies in circulation (not sales).
Shueisha One Piece manga.
The manga ended on May 18. The book franchise also includes several novels.
Source: Oricon
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