There are a lot of heavyweights this time around for the weekly Manga sales ranking between December 2 and December 9 and according to Oricon here, Kimetsu no Yaiba continues its sales streak, topping the chart with 950,671 copies sold in Japan nationwide. Apart from that, the series is doing well across the board with the sales of its other volumes making their way into the the top 30.
Other popular titles made a considerable impact onto the week’s sales ranking but, not enough to slow down Kimetsu no Yaiba’s sales. To name a few, Boku no Hero Academia (No. 2), One Punch-Man (No. 3), Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken (No. 4) and World Trigger (No. 5) are some of the few titles. Kimetsu no Yaiba also tops weekly sales ranking by series where it rakes in 1,059.0 million yen in sales.
In other news, Act-age Vol. 9 has managed to squeeze into the top 10 list at number 8. The first volume of the English version of the Manga by Tatsuya Matsuki and Shiro Usazaki is currently on sale. Dragon Ball Super (No. 6) and Kekkai Sensen: Back 2 Back (No. 7) are the other two series that made into the top 10 list for the week. The full list is as follows:
1. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 18
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: December 2019
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 950,671
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 18
Link (ENG): Vol. 18
2. Boku no Hero Academia Vol. 25
by Kouhei Horikoshi
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: December 2019
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 304,932
Link (JPN): Boku no Hero Academia Vol. 25
Link (ENG): Vol. 25
3. One Punch-Man Vol. 21
by (Original) ONE and (Art) Yusuke Murata
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: December 2019
Price: 506 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 285,015
Link (JPN): One Punch-Man Vol. 21
Link (ENG): Vol. 21
4. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol. 13
by (Original) Fuse, (Art) Kawakami Taiki and (Character Draft) Mitz Vah
Publisher: Kodansha
Release date: December 2019
Price: 693 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 245,001
Link (JPN): Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol. 13
Link (ENG): Vol. 13
5. World Trigger Vol. 21
by Daisuke Ashihara
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: December 2019
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 194,429
Link (JPN): World Trigger Vol. 21
Link (ENG): Vol. 21
6. Dragon Ball Super Vol. 11
by (Original) Akira Toriyama and (Art) Toyotarou
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: December 2019
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 119,283
Link (JPN): Dragon Ball Super Vol. 11
Link (ENG): Vol. 11
7. Kekkai Sensen: Back 2 Back Vol. 7
by Yasuhiro Nightow
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: December 2019
Price: 528 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 78,419
Link (JPN): Kekkai Sensen: Back 2 Back Vol. 7
8. Act-age Vol. 9
by (Original) Tatsuya Matsuki and (Art) Shiro Usazaki
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: December 2019
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 75,404
Link (JPN): Act-age Vol. 9
9. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 16
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: October 2019
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 68,821
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 16
Link (ENG): Vol. 16
10. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 15
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: April 2019
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 67,560
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 15
Link (ENG): Vol. 15
Special Column
Manga Sales Top 11 – Top 30 (Title *Total Number of Sales)
11. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 14 *67,257
12. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 13 *66,803
13. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 12 *65,966
14. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 10 *65,642
15. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 11 *65,402
16. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 1 *64,936
17. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 2 *64,164
18. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 3 64,033
19. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 9 *63,821
20. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 4 *63,765
21. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 5 *63,347
22. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 7 *62,407
23. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 6 *61,846
24. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 8 *61,692
25. Jigokuraku Vol. 8 *60,284
26. Sousei no Onmyouji Vol. 20 *56,086
27. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 17 *53,574
28. Kingdom Vol. 56 *49,848
29. Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Ibun Makoku Kurashi no Trinity Vol. 1 *42,701
30. The Fable Vol. 20 *40,851
Top 3 Weekly Ranking by Series
1. Kimetsu no Yaiba
Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 18
Type: [Comic]
Total sales during the period: 1,059.0 million yen (tax included)
2. Code Geass
Code Geass: Fukkatsu no Lelouch (Special Limited Edition)
Type: [Anime]
Total sales during the period: 407.9 million yen (tax included)
3. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol. 13
Type: [Comic]
Total sales during the period: 380.3 million yen (tax included)
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Source: Oricon; Oricon (Series Ranking)
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