The Japanese portal of Oricon revealed that the first compiled volume of the manga was written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge, Kimetsu no yaibaalready has more than three million copies in circulation. On the other hand, the nineteenth compilation volume has already exceeded three million copies sold.
It should be noted that the final volume to circulate three million copies was the seventy-seventh compiled volume of the manga written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, One piecein 2015.
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 released the twenty-first compilation volume on July 3 in Japan with an initial circulation of three million copies.
The piece inspired a 26-part anime adaptation that was released in April 2019 and produced by the studios. Ufotable. In addition, the film is confirmed Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha hen, which will adapt the “Arco del Tren Infinito” and will have its premiere on October 16.
Synopsis of Kimetsu no Yaiba
In the Taisho era in Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kind and intelligent boy who lives in the mountains with his family. Tanjiro 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. Tanjiro and her sister Nezuko are the only survivors, 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; Tanjiro 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.
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