Kimetsu no Yaiba has more than 120 million copies in circulation

It has been reported that the first passage of the twenty-third and final compiled volume of the manga was written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge, Kimetsu no yaibaIt will be 3.95 million copies. With that amount, the franchise has exceeded 120 million copies in circulation (including digital versions) with the release of its final volume.

With 40 million copies accumulated with the release of the nineteenth volume in February, more than 60 million with the release of the twenty-first in May, more than 80 million with the release of the twenty-first in July, and more than 100 million with the release of the twenty-first . Second, the manga broke its own records all year long in October. In addition to the regular version, this final volume, due to be released in Japan on December 4th, will include a special edition that offers a few other benefits.

This last volume adds 14 pages to the last chapter of the workplus 25 additional pages as part of the volume itself (they are not linked to the main story) so they can only be illustrations or comments from the author. It is worth mentioning that the spin-off manga Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden, which will compile the previously published stories by Giyuu Tomioka and Kyoujurou Rengoku, will also be released on the same day with a first edition of one million copies.

For his part, Koyoharu Gotouge began to publish the manga in the magazine Weekly shonen jump from the publisher Shueisha in February 2016 and finalized in May 2020. The publisher released the twenty-first compilation volume on July 3 in Japan and the twenty-second on October 2.

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: Comic Natalie

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