Kimetsu no Yaiba completely wiped out semi-annual sales

The Japanese website Oricon published the manga volume sales report for the first six months of 2020, establishing different listings according to cumulative sales by series and cumulative sales by individual volume. As the title suggests, the manga written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge, Kimetsu no Yaiba completely dominated both listings.


Cumulative sales by series

• Kimetsu no Yaiba, written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge - 45,297,633 copies.
• One Piece, written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda - 4,885,538 copies.
• Go-Toubun no Hanayome, written and illustrated by Negi Haruba - 4,240,192 copies.
• Kingdom, written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara, 3,512,571 copies.
• My Hero Academia, written and illustrated by Kouhei Horikoshi - 3,339,656 copies.
• Yakusoku no Neverland, written by Kaiu Shirai and illustrated by Posuka Demizu - 3,102,313 copies.
• Haikyuu !!, written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate - 2,996,317 copies.
• Shingeki no Kyojin, written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama - 2,212,135 copies.
• Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun, written and illustrated by Iro Aida - 2,138,410 copies.
• Spy x Family, written and illustrated by Endo Tatsuya - 1,796,759 copies.

Cumulative sales by individual volume

1. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 18 - 3,035,555 copies.
2. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 19 - 2,829,174 copies.
3. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 01 - 2,267,744 copies.
4. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 12 - 2,237,092 copies.
5. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 11 - 2,234,515 copies.
6. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 14 - 2,233,412 copies.
7. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 13 - 2,223,961 copies.
8. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 07 - 2,223,867 copies.
9. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 08 - 2,218,826 copies.
10. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 09 - 2,216,999 copies.
11. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 02 - 2,211,701 copies.
12. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 10 - 2,209,598 copies.
13. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 15 - 2,194,060 copies.
14. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 03 - 2,192,013 copies.
15. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 04 - 2,175,936 copies.
16. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 05 - 2,167,490 copies.
17. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 06 - 2,166,372 copies.
18. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 16 - 2,155,356 copies.
19. Kimetsu no Yaiba - Volume # 17 - 2,113,520 copies.
20. One Piece - Volume # 95 - 1,955,897 copies.

About Kimetsu no Yaiba

Koyoharu Gotouge began publishing the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in February 2016 and May 2020. The publisher published the 20th compilation volume on May 13.

The play inspired a 26-episode anime adaptation released in April 2019, and produced by Ufotable Studios. Additionally, the film Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen is confirmed, which will adapt the "Arc of the Infinite Train" and will be released on October 16.

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