The Japanese portal Oricon reported that the twenty-third and final compiled volume of the manga was written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge, Kimetsu no yaiba ((Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba), sold 2,855 million copies between November 30 and December 6 that year. This amount is the largest ever recorded since the portal began recording in April 2008.
In addition, the series hit 102,892 million copies sold as of December 6 this year, making it the second literary franchise to have sold more than 100 million copies since Oricon’s records began, with the first being the manga. written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, One piece.
In addition, the spin-off volume Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden, which was released on the same December 4th, garnered 859,000 copies sold over the same period, taking second place on the list. In the limited edition of the final volume, which included a number, 576,000 copies were sold in the same period, taking third place. All of this means that Kimetsu no Yaiba dominated the weekly chart at three different rates in the top three.
For his part, Koyoharu Gotouge began publishing the manga in the magazine Weekly shonen jump from the publisher Shueisha in February 2016 and finalized in May 2020. The publisher published the twenty-second compilation volume on October 2 and the twenty-third and final volume on December 4. The work recently reached 120 million copies in circulation.
The manga inspired a 26-part anime adaptation by the studios. Ufotable, Headed by Haruo Sotozaki and scripts written by the studios themselves and released in April 2019. Later a film called Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha henwas released in Japanese theaters on October 16.
Synopsis of Kimetsu no Yaiba
In the Taisho era in Japan, Tanjirou Kamado is a kind and intelligent boy who lives in the mountains with his family. Tanjirou became the head of his family after the death of his father and makes constant trips to the village at the foot of the mountain to sell firewood and charcoal.
However, his life changes when one day when he returns home after a night out, he discovers that his family has been killed by a demon. Tanjirou and her sister Nezuko are the only survivors now, but she has been turned into a demon, though surprisingly she still shows emotion and appears to have a sense of reason. After meeting Giyuu Tomioka, a demon hunter; Tanjirou He decides to become a demon hunter in order to hunt down his family’s killer and find a way to get Nezuko back to normal.
Source: Oricon News
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