The best-selling volumes in Japan in 2021: Demon Slayer triumphs, ONE PIECE collapses

In the past few years we have seen an earthquake in the Japanese manga industry, Demon Slayer becomes the best-selling manga of 2020, ONE PIECE destroyed after years and years of rule by the latter. 2021 presented a similar story with the top 10 best-selling manga in Japan, which had many surprises in store.

In the area of ​​the individual volumes, too, the rankings differ greatly from the usual. Here she is Top 50 best-selling volumes in Japan in 2021.

1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 23 (5.171.440)
2. Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden (2,374,621)
3. Jujutsu Kaisen # 14 (2,312,250)
4. Jujutsu Kaisen # 15 (2,306,950)
5. Jujutsu Kaisen # 16 (2,098,087)
6. ONE PIECE # 98 (2.018.042)
7. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (1,930,831)
8. ONE PIECE # 99 (1,863,574)
9. ONE PIECE # 100 (1,839,886)
10. Jujutsu Kaisen # 13 (1,772,617)
11. Jujutsu Kaisen # 09 (1,772,331)
12. Jujutsu Kaisen # 08 (1,770,228)
13. Jujutsu Kaisen # 01 (1,765,995)
14. Jujutsu Kaisen # 12 (1,759,287)
15. Jujutsu Kaisen # 10 (1,749,558)
16. Jujutsu Kaisen # 11 (1,748,084)
17. Jujutsu Kaisen # 02 (1,732,361)
18. Jujutsu Kaisen # 07 (1,710,326)
19. Jujutsu Kaisen # 04 (1,705,266)
20. Jujutsu Kaisen # 03 (1,702,581)
21. Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fan Book vol. 2 (1,700,316)
22. Jujutsu Kaisen # 06 (1,694,028)
23. Jujutsu Kaisen # 05 (1,688,854)
24. Jujutsu Kaisen # 17 (1,628,943)
25. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 22 (1.340.233)
26. Attack on Titan # 33 (1,256,922)
27. SPY × FAMILY # 06 (1,229,131)
28. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 19 (1.158.245)
29. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 18 (1,157,633)
30. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 20 (1,130,381)
31. Attack on Titan # 34 (1,130,084)
32. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 17 (1,126,783)
33. Tokyo Revengers # 20 (1,120,166)
34. Tokyo Avenger # 21 (1,120,099)
35. Tokyo Revengers # 22 (1,118,301)
36. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 16 (1,108,786)
37. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 12 (1.105.368)
38. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 15 (1.101.933)
39. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 14 (1,101,695)
40. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 13 (1,096,733)
41. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 21 (1,094,916)
42. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 11 (1,092,871)
43. SPY × FAMILY # 07 (1,091,534)
44. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 08 (1,085,896)
45. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 09 (1,085,381)
46. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba # 10 (1,081,922)
47. Kaiju # 8 # 01 (1,079,348)
48. Tokyo Revengers # 01 (1,076,549)
49. Tokyo Revengers # 09 (1,065,200)
50. Tokyo Avengers # 10 (1,058,431)

The data collected by Oricon ranges from November 23, 2020 to November 21, 2021, coinciding with the Japanese year of publication, which enters 2022 from this week. As you can see, there are three main titles in the ranking: Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen and Tokyo Revengers. If the first is still in the disproportionate trail of last year, the other two have cherished the souls to come. Then there is ONE PIECE in the overall ranking, with numbers and placements significantly lower than in previous years, in addition to the recent successes Spy x Family and Kaiju # 8.

Besides, this is the first Top 50 in which all reported volumes were sold at least one million times. A result that shows how much the manga market has grown in recent years. Here is the ranking of the volumes for 2020 as a benchmark.