For the first time since the Japanese portal Oricon started publishing their sales lists, a franchise, in this case the manga written and illustrated by, in April 2008 Koyoharu Gotouge, Kimetsu no yaiba;; It dominated both cumulative book sales in general and cumulative book sales in sleeves. In addition, the work occupied the first 22 positions in the ranking of sales by individual volume, ie all quantities published so far.

Additionally, the limited editions of the twenty-first and twenty-first volumes of the manga occupied positions 27 and 28 respectively, making the literary franchise a total of 24 of the 30 available positions. When sales of the regular and limited editions of these volumes are added together, each of the 22 compiled volumes of the Kimetsu no Yaiba manga has sold more than three million copies in the past twelve months.

It's worth noting that since the anime adaptation of the manga has been made by the studios Ufotable When it was broadcast between April and September 2019, sales rose exponentially and uncontrollably. Some bookstores limited sales to just one volume per person because inventory ran out immediately.

Annual sales ranking by franchise

  1. Kimetsu no yaiba, written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge - 82,345,447 copies sold.
  2. kingdom, written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara - 8,251,058 copies sold.
  3. One piece, written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda7,709,667 copies sold.
  4. Haikyuu !!, written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate - 7,212,099 copies sold.
  5. Jujutsu Kaisen, written and illustrated by Gege Akutami - 6,702,736 copies sold.

Annual sales ranking by volume

(The mention of the author is omitted in the first repetition).

  1. Volume 18 of Kimetsu no yaiba, written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge - 4,393,137 copies sold.
  2. Volume 19 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 4,243,312 copies sold.
  3. Volume 1 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,703,309 copies sold.
  4. Volume 8 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,645,580 copies sold.
  5. Volume 7 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,636,822 copies sold.
  6. Volume 9 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,622,257 copies sold.
  7. Volume 11 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,616,800 copies sold.
  8. Volume 2 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,613,001 copies sold.
  9. Volume 10 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,609,676 copies sold.
  10. Volume 12 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,606,418 copies sold.
  11. Volume 14 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,588,193 copies sold.
  12. Volume 3 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,584,243 copies sold.
  13. Volume 13 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,580,286 copies sold.
  14. Volume 15 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,554,931 copies sold.
  15. Volume 4 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,551,955 copies sold.
  16. Volume 6 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,546,800 copies sold.
  17. Volume 5 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,546,548 copies sold.
  18. Volume 16 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,510,596 copies sold.
  19. Volume 17 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,469,660 copies sold.
  20. Volume 22 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 3,105,812 copies sold.
  21. Volume 20 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 2,759,462 copies sold.
  22. Volume 21 of Kimetsu no yaiba - 2,654,558 copies sold.
  23. Volume 95 of One piece, written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda - 2,054,642 copies sold.
  24. Volume 96 of One piece - 1,898,453 copies sold.
  25. Volume 97 of One piece - 1,806,133 copies sold.
  26. Volume 20 of Kimetsu no yaiba (Special Edition) - 1,637,005 copies sold.
  27. Volume 21 of Kimetsu no yaiba (Special Edition) - 1,629,582 copies sold.
  28. Volume 3 of SPY x FAMILY, written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo - 1,063,724 copies sold.
  29. Volume 30 of Shingeki no Kyojin, written and illustrated by Hajime isayama - 1,021,684 copies sold.
  30. Volume 4 of SPY x FAMILY - 977,058 copies sold.

Source: Oricon

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