Although I was pretty sure that based on the previous two weeks, Kimetsu no Yaiba’s sales would remain on a slight decline trajectory, I was completely off the mark. The title was back at full force the week between March 23 and March 29 according to Oricon’s latest Manga sales chart available here adding more unpredictability to Kimetsu no Yaiba’s sales trait. The week between March 16 and March 22 saw Volume 7 to 12 out of the week’s chart, but for the week between March 23 – March 29, they are once again back in the list. As a result, all of its volumes are accounted for bringing the total cumulative sales achieved by the series for the week to 2,527,692 copies sold. Any ideas why this happened?
Anyways, it is thanks to Oricon that we are able to see these charts on a weekly basis, so do head over to Oricon here and show them your support!
Apart from that, the week’s top 10 saw two new titles making into the list with Kusuriya no Hitorigoto at number 2 while Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken occupies the 8th spot. Kingdom’s volume 57 which took the number 1 spot the previous week plunged 12 spots to number 13 after seeing a 72% drop in sales. The same was experienced by Golden Kamuy which stumbled a big 24 spots from 2nd the previous week to 26.
For the full list it is as follows:
1. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 8 (N/A)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: October 2017
Price: 440 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 188,811
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 8
Link (ENG): Vol. 8
2. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Vol. 6 (NEW)
by (Original) Natsu Hyuuga, (Art) Nekokurage, (Composition) Itsuki Nanao and (Character Draft) Touco Shino
Publisher: Square Enix
Release date: March 2020
Price: 660 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 187,475
Link (JPN): Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Vol. 6
3. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 7 (N/A)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: August 2017
Price: 440 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 187,382
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 7
Link (ENG): Vol. 7
4. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 9 (N/A)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: December 2017
Price: 440 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 184,564
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 9
Link (ENG): Vol. 9
5. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 10 (N/A)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: March 2018
Price: 440 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 183,639
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 10
Link (ENG): Vol. 10
6. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 11 (N/A)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: June 2018
Price: 440 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 179,270
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 11
Link (ENG): Vol. 11
7. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 12 (N/A)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: August 2018
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 178,509
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 12
Link (ENG): Vol. 12
8. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol. 14 (NEW)
by (Original) Fuse, (Art) Taiki Kawakami and (Character Draft) Mitzvah
Publisher: Kodansha
Release date: March 2020
Price: 748 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 162,198
Link (JPN): Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol. 14
9. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 6 (↑78.08%)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: May 2017
Price: 440 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 156,060
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 6
Link (ENG): Vol. 6
10. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 13 (↑55.96%)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: November 2018
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 138,552
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 13
Link (ENG): Vol. 13
Special Column
Manga Sales Top 11 – Top 30 (Title *Total Number of Sales)
11. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 14 *136,918
12. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 19 *131,608
13. Kingdom Vol. 57 *128,612
14. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 15 *112,998
15. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 17 *112,995
16. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 16 *112,125
17. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 18 *107,610
18. Hoozuki no Reitetsu Vol. 30 *93,047
19. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 3 *87,283
20. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 5 *86,840
21. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 4 *86,246
22. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 2 *84,338
23. GIANT KILLING Vol. 54 *82,983
24. Kindaichi 37-sai no Jikenbo Vol. 6 *73,967
25. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 1 *71,944
26. Golden Kamuy Vol. 21 *68,169
27. Saki Vol. 20 *52,550
28. Overlord Vol. 13 *52,517
29. Blue Period Vol. 7 *46,252
30. Chiyu Mahou no Machigatta Tsukaikata: Senjou wo Kakeru Kaifuku Youin Vol. 6 *43,486
Weekly Series by Ranking (As of 1st Week of April 2020)
1. Kimetsu no Yaiba
Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 12
Type: Comics
Total amount of sales during the period: 1,303.4 million yen (tax included)
2. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol. 14
Type: Comics
Total amount of sales during the period: 355.4 million yen (tax included)
3. Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Blu-ray BOX Flagship Edition [Limited Release
Type: Anime
Total amount of sales during the period: 263.9 million yen (tax included)
Also, don’t forget to let me know if you find any faults with the list! Any feedback is much appreciated. Do share your thoughts down in the comment section below.