Demon Slayer is one of the hottest series of the season, and the statistics agree. The series has broken 2 amazing sales records already. First, it became the highest selling manga of 2019, surpassing One Piece in sales by over 200,000 copies thus breaking One Piece’s 10-year long reign over the title. Then Demon Slayer’s 18th Volume sold over 1 million copies from its first print, becoming the 3rd Shonen Jump series to achieve the goal in this decade. However, it looks like the series has achieved yet another goal.
@JUMP_j_BOOKS tweeted out the news that Demon Slayer has a whopping 800,000 copies in circulation currently. The content of the manga speaks for itself, the series has been getting a lot of attention from fans worldwide recently. It has also been confirmed that Demon Slayer has sold 100,000 volumes in under two days.
『鬼滅の刃』最新18巻が大好評発売中ですが、
— ＪＵＭＰ ｊ ＢＯＯＫＳ編集部 (@JUMP_j_BOOKS) December 4, 2019
小説『鬼滅の刃 しあわせの花』『鬼滅の刃 片羽の蝶』もまたまた重版出来🌸
小説も累計80万部突破‼
電子版でもとんでもない売上を記録しております😳
こちらもよろしくお願いします！https://t.co/i6GnQjd1hq#鬼滅の刃 pic.twitter.com/3dNf1AhSAE
This sales figure includes digital sales and reprints. Still, the number represents the growing fan base of the series, which is the true metric to judge the popularity of a series. This record is only going to jump up as a new volume of Demon Slayer was released in Japan. The hype around the series mixed with the spirit of the holiday season implies that readers are going to have a great time.
About Demon Slayer
Created initially by Koyoharu Gotoge, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba first debuted in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in February 2016. It is a story revolving around the life of Tanjiro Kamado, whose family was slaughtered ruthlessly by Demons. Sworn to take revenge and to get his sister, who is turning into a demon, cured, Tanjiro sets out. Into the demon-riddled world, to help others befalling the same fate he had just been through.
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