Kimetsu no Yaiba still retains its number 1 spot for the week between July 6 to July 12 according to Oricon’s latest weekly Manga sales chart available here, though the Special Edition of the volume has dropped a place to number 3, giving way to Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken’s newest volume to take the 2nd spot as it sold 251,341 copies in Japan for the week. So far, volume 21 of Kimetsu no Yaiba has sold 2.6 million copies in Japan, taking into account sales of last week’s.
It is thanks to Oricon that we get to see these charts on a weekly basis, so be sure to visit the awesome folks over at Oricon here and show them some love!
Other than Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken, there is another new title that made into the Top 10 chart for the week. At number 8, you shall find Koko wa Ore ni Makasete Saki ni Ike to Itte kara 10-nen ga Tattara Densetsu ni Natteita. which volume 4 debuted at 59,020 copies for the week. The rest in the Top 10 has unfortunately experienced a sales decline with Kimetsu no Yaiba’s volume 21 Special Edition falling the hardest of them all.
Nevertheless, Kimetsu no Yaiba still tops the Weekly Ranking by Series, it brought in 1,079.4 million yen (~$10 million) worth of sales for the week followed by Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken and Yakusoku no Neverland. You can find them way down below. You can always find out what titles or volumes to be released the following week by visiting gameiroiro here. The full list is as follows:
1. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 21 (↓64.34%)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: July 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 424,708
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 21
Link (ENG): Vol. 15; Vol. 16; Vol. 17
2. Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol. 15 (NEW)
by (Original) Fuse, (Art) Taiki Kawakami and (Character Draft) Mitz Vah
Publisher: Kodansha
Release date: July 2020
Price: 748 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 251,341
Link (JPN): Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol. 15
Link (ENG): Vol. 11; Vol. 12; Vol. 13
3. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 21 [w/ Stickers, Special Edition] (↓78.38%)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: July 2020
Price: 1,320 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 183,826
Link (JPN): Amazon; CdJapan
4. Boku no Hero Academia Vol. 27 (↓34.45%)
by Kouhei Horikoshi
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: July 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 166,155
Link (JPN): Boku no Hero Academia Vol. 27
Link (ENG): Vol. 23; Vol. 24; Vol. 25
5. Yakusoku no Neverland Vol. 19 (↓33.57%)
by (Original) Kaiu Shirai and (Art) Posuka Demizu
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: July 2020
Price: 506 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 164,540
Link (JPN): Yakusoku no Neverland Vol. 19
Link (ENG): Vol. 14; Vol. 15; Vol. 16
6. Dr. STONE Vol. 16 (↓28.08%)
by (Original) Riichiro Inagaki and (Art) Boichi
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: July 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 64,036
Link (JPN): Dr. STONE Vol. 16
Link (ENG): Vol. 11; Vol. 12; Vol. 13
7. Black Clover Vol. 25 (↓21.54%)
by Yuuki Tabata
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: July 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 63,381
Link (JPN): Black Clover Vol. 25
Link (ENG): Vol. 20; Vol. 21; Vol. 22
8. Koko wa Ore ni Makasete Saki ni Ike to Itte kara 10-nen ga Tattara Densetsu ni Natteita. Vol. 4 (NEW)
by (Original) Ezogingitsune, (Art) Chaco Abeno and (Character Draft) DeeCHA
Publisher: Square Enix
Release date: July 2020
Price: 660 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 59,020
Link (JPN): Koko wa Ore ni Makasete Saki ni Ike to Itte kara 10-nen ga Tattara Densetsu ni Natteita. Vol. 4
9. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 20 (↓38.86%)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: May 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 58,826
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 20
10. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 7 (↓11.08%)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: August 2017
Price: 440 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 53,497
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 7
Link (ENG): Vol. 7
Special Column
Manga Sales Top 11 – Top 30 (Title *Total Number of Sales)
11. Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! Vol. 5 *52,756 (NEW)
12. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 19 *52,595
13. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 1 *52,558
14. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 8 *52,243
15. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 9 *51,977
16. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 10 *51,668
17. Kenja no Mago Vol. 14 *51,107 (NEW)
18. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 12 *50,908
19. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 11 *50,675
20. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 2 *50,414
21. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 18 *49,983
22. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 13 *49,870
23. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 14 *49,729
24. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 15 *49,382
25. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 16 *49,067
26. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 3 *48,584
27. Act-age Vol. 12 *48,469
28. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 17 *48,168
29. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 4 *47,423
30. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 5 *47,219
Weekly Ranking by Series (As of 3rd Week of July 2020)
1. Kimetsu no Yaiba
Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 21 [w/ Stickers, Special Edition]
Type: Comics
Total amount of sales during the period: 1,079.4 million yen (tax included)
2. Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol. 15
Type: Comics
Total amount of sales during the period: 427.8 million yen (tax included)
3. Yakusoku no Neverland
Yakusoku no Neverland Vol. 19
Type: Comics
Total amount of sales during the period: 122.9 million yen (tax included)
As usual, if you find any faults with the list, please do not hesitate to let me know. If you would like to share your thoughts on the week’s list, you can do so in the comment section down below.
Source: Oricon
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