Publishing house Shueisha reported that the manga written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge, Kimetsu no Yaiba, has exceeded 80 million copies in circulation. In addition, the twenty-first compilation volume, which will be released on July 3, will have an initial print run of three million copies.
It was in February of this year that the franchise reported just 40 million copies in circulation with 19 volumes, and 60 million with the release of the twentieth volume in May. In addition, this is the second franchise of the Shueisha publishing house that starts with an initial print run of three million copies in one volume, the other being Eiichiro Oda's manga, One Piece. Finally, with the quantity of copies in circulation reached, the work has entered the Top 10 of the publisher.
For his part, Gotouge began publishing the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in February 2016 and finished it in May 2020. The publisher published the twentieth 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.
Synopsis of Kimetsu no Yaiba
In the Taisho era in Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kind and intelligent boy who lives with his family in the mountains. Tanjiro has become the head of his family after his father's death, making 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 spending a night away, he discovers that his family has been killed by a demon. Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko are the only survivors now, but she has been turned into a demon, although surprisingly she still shows emotions and seems to have a sense of reason.
After an encounter with Giyuu Tomioka, a demon hunter; Tanjiro decides to become a demon hunter to hunt down his family's killer and find a way to return Nezuko to normal.
Source: Comic Natalie
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