Although Jujutsu Kaisen landed behind Demon Slayer in the best-selling manga ranking of the first half of 2021, it continues to establish itself as the king of sales for the last quarter and it will be difficult to steal the crown for the second quarter of the half year. Shueisha has indeed confirmed that the opera has just gotten reached 50 million copies in circulation.

According to the publisher, the anime adaptation by Studio is MAPPA increased sales with a growth of 500%, stratospheric numbers matched and surpassed only by the manga by Koyoharu Gotouge in the past three years. Tokyo Revengers appears to be heading in the same direction but is unlikely to be able to see such a significant increase in sales.

Jujutsu Kaisen had 45 million copies in circulation in April and just over 35 million in early March. The average seems to be five / six million copies per month, a number that could make Gege Akutami’s manga possible Hit the top 25 best-selling manga of all time before the end of the year. However, currently the work occupies 45th place in the ranking at the level of Berserk, GTO and Inuyasha, as well as over works of the caliber Shaman King and Sailor Moon.

To celebrate, Jujutsu Kaisen’s official Twitter profile stated that the launch of Volume 16 of the manga will be accompanied by the opening of the Shibuya Jihen Yukikage special site, where Fans can relive the Shibuya incident in detailwho track events in chronological order from four angles: Yuji, Megumi, Gojo, and Nobara. Volume 16 will be published on June 4, 2021 and has a first edition of two million copies.


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