The series sold an estimated 30,917,746 copies from November 23rd, 2020 to November 21st, 2021, beating out Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer by a little over 1.4 million copies. Both series are enjoying impressive success and sustained popularity, with the Demon Slayer manga selling an estimated 29,511,021 copies.
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The top-selling manga series for the year are as follows;
Jujutsu Kaisen - 30,917,746 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - 29,511,021 Tokyo Revengers - 24,981,486 Attack on Titan - 7,332,398 My Hero Academia - 7,020,361
Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, and Tokyo Revengers are some of the most popular series currently in production. My Hero Academia remains a prominent force alongside Attack on Titan, though there is a notable drop in numbers between the top three and the top best-sellers’ bottom two.
Demon Slayer’s 23rd and final volume stood as the best-selling manga in Japan this past year, selling a record 5,171,440 units. The spin-off one-shot, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba–Stories of Water and Flame, was the year’s second best-selling manga, coming in at 2,374,621 estimated sales.
The top 10 best selling manga by volume are;
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 23 - 5,171,440 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba–Stories of Water and Flame - 2,374,621 Jujutsu Kaisen 14 - 2,312,250 Jujutsu Kaisen 15 - 2,306,950 Jujutsu Kaisen 16 - 2,098,087 One Piece 98 - 2,018,042 Jujutsu Kaisen 0 - 1,930,831 One Piece 99 - 1,863,574 One Piece 100 - 1,839,886 Jujutsu Kaisen 13 - 1,772,617
Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen dominated the individual sales, with One Piece remaining a steady presence despite placing lower than the two contemporary Jump series. Demon Slayer also topped the list of 2021’s best-selling light novel series, with the light novel adaptation selling around 776,320 units throughout the year. The rest of the top five stand as;
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Novelization – 776,320 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime – 597,819 The Apothecary Diaries – 496,626 Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- – 424,173 The Detective Is Already Dead – 367,984
Source: Anime News Network
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