The Japanese portal Oricon revealed the five manga franchises with the most accumulated copies sold during the period from November 23, 2020 to November 21, 2021, with v taking the first position. This is the usual annual list of the platform, where the most successful franchises so far are reviewed.
Before listing it, it should be noted that in the aforementioned period there was no new compilation volume for the main line of the manga written and illustrated by Gege Akutami , Kimetsu no Yaiba , but only releases of illustration books and spin-off projects of the franchise. Thus the fact that Kimetsu no Yaiba has occupied the second position is definitely considered a greater success than the series that achieved the first, especially because of the little difference between one and the other.
Regarding the latter, the first official illustration book, entitled " Kimetsu no Yaiba: Koyoharu Gashuu - Ikuseisou ", achieved the third position in the ranking of general books, with 491,007 copies sold. " Kimetsu no Yaiba: Nuriehon - Ao ( Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Coloring Book: Blue )" got the seventh with 414,523 copies sold, and Kimetsu no Yaiba: Nuriehon - Aka ( Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Coloring Book: Red ) the ninth with 370,460 copies sold.
Ranking of manga franchises with the highest number of copies sold in 2021
5. Boku no Hero Academia ( My Hero Academia ), written and illustrated by Kohei Horikoshi - 7,020,361 copies sold.
4. Shingeki no Kyojin ( Attack on Titan ), written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama - 7,332,398 copies sold. [ 4.44% more than the previous position ]
3. Tokyo Revengers , written and illustrated by Ken Wakui - 24,981,486 copies sold. [ 240.70% more than the previous position ]
2. Kimetsu no Yaiba , written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge - 29,511,021 copies sold. [ 18.13% more than the previous position ]
1. Jujutsu Kaisen , written and illustrated by Gege Akutami - 30,917,746 copies sold. [ 4.77% more than the previous position ]
Gege Akutami began publishing the manga Jujutsu Kaisen in the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump publisher Shueisha in March 2018. The work inspired adaptation to the anime premiered during the season of Fall 2021 (October-December) and ended with a total of twenty-four episodes, produced by MAPPA studios under the direction of Seong-Hu Park and scripts written by Hiroshi Seko .
Sinopsis de Jujutsu Kaisen
High school student Yuuji Itadori, idly indulging in baseless paranormal activities with the Occult Club, spends his days in the clubroom or hospital, where he visits his bedridden grandfather. However, this leisurely lifestyle soon takes a turn for the bizarre when he unknowingly comes across a cursed object. Unleashing a chain of supernatural events, Yuuji finds himself suddenly thrust into the world of Curses, terrible beings formed by human malice and negativity, after swallowing said item, which is revealed to be a finger belonging to the demon Sukuna Ryoumen, the " King of Curses ”. Yuuji experiences firsthand the threat these curses pose to society when he discovers his own newly acquired powers.
Source: Oricon
(c) Gege Akutami / Shueisha
