Sales of Kimetsu no Yaiba is really on a rollercoaster isn’t it? While it had a good turnout the previous week, for the week between March 30 and April 5, sales declined by a significant amount. The week prior to this, Kimetsu no Yaiba managed a cumulative sale of 2,527,692 copies sold nationwide Japan. Although all volumes are accounted for, sales have dropped 73.08% to 680,485 copies for the week between March 30 – April 5.
The latest sales data is available via Oricon here! It is also thanks to Oricon that we are able to see sales chart on a weekly basis, so why not head over to Oricon here and show them some love!
The drop in sales for Kimetsu no Yaiba is most likely attributable to the release of One Piece’s latest volume which currently sits at the top of the week’s chart. It is followed by Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken which sat at number 8 the week before, but managed to climb 6 spots to number 2, though total number of copies sold experienced a slight drop of about 4%. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto dropped a spot from number 2 the previous week to number 3. Sales have plummeted by about 57% for the series.
Apart from that, a slew of new titles managed to breach into the top 10 spot for the week, which include series such as Dragon Ball Super (No. 4), Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen (No. 5), Black Clover (No. 6), Dr.STONE (No. 7) and Fuuto Tantei (No. 8). For more information on what goes on sales from April 6 to April 12, you can visit here and share your predictions with us!
Without further ado, the full list is as follows:
1. ONE PIECE Vol. 96 (NEW)
by Eiichiro Oda
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: April 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 1,070,591
Link (JPN): ONE PIECE Vol. 96
Link (ENG): Vol. 92; Vol. 93; Vol. 94
2. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol. 14 (↓3.83%)
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: 155,986
Link (JPN): Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol. 14
3. Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Vol. 6 (↓57.18%)
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: 80,283
Link (JPN): Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Vol. 6
4. Dragon Ball Super Vol. 12 (NEW)
by (Original) Akira Toriyama and (Art) Toyotarou
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: April 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 80,078
Link (JPN): Dragon Ball Super Vol. 12
Link (ENG): Vol. 6; Vol. 7; Vol. 8
5. Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen Vol. 8 (NEW)
by CLAMP
Publisher: Kodansha
Release date: April 2020
Price: 495 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 74,329
Link (JPN): Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen Vol. 8
Link (ENG): Vol. 8
6. Black Clover Vol. 24 (NEW)
by Yuuki Tabata
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: April 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 69,994
Link (JPN): Black Clover Vol. 24
Link (ENG): Vol. 20; Vol. 21; Vol. 22
7. Dr.STONE Vol. 15 (NEW)
by (Story) Riichiro Inagaki and (Art) Boichi
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: April 2020
Price: 484 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 65,114
Link (JPN): Dr.STONE Vol. 15
Link (ENG): Vol. 10; Vol. 11; Vol. 12
8. Fuuto Tantei Vol. 8 (NEW)
by (Scenario) Riku Sanjou, (Art) Masaki Satou, (Original) Shotaro Ishinomori, (Supervision) Hideaki Tsukada and (Creature Design) Katsuya Terada
Publisher: Shogakukan
Release date: April 2020
Price: 650 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 57,822
Link (JPN): Fuuto Tantei Vol. 8
9. Kingdom Vol. 57 (↓58.02%)
by Yasuhisa Hara
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: March 2020
Price: 594 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 53,991
Link (JPN): Kingdom Vol. 57
10. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 6 (↓72.57%)
by Koyoharu Gotouge
Publisher: Shueisha
Release date: May 2017
Price: 440 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 42,804
Link (JPN): Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 6
Link (ENG): Vol. 6
Special Column
Manga Sales Top 11 – Top 30 (Title *Total Number of Sales)
11. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 19 *41,276
12. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 14 *40,582
13. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 12 *37,091
14. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 11 *36,950
15. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 1 *36,467
16. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 16 *36,169
17. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 3 *36,049
18. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 15 *35,931
19. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 5 *35,743
20. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 13 *35,706
21. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 17 *35,287
22. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 4 *35,275
23. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 2 *34,874
24. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 10 *34,108
25. Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai Vol. 16 *33,533
26. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 18 *32,897
27. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 9 *31,845
28. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 7 *31,144
29. Kimetsu no Yaiba Vol. 8 *30,287
30. Gakuen Babysitters Vol. 20 *27,810
Weekly Series by Ranking (As of 2nd Week of April 2020)
1. ONE PIECE
ONE PIECE Vol. 96
Type: Comics
Total amount of sales during the period: 615.0 million yen (tax included)
2. Kimetsu no Yaiba
Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fanbook: Kisatsutai Kenbunroku
Type: Comics
Total amount of sales during the period: 390.1 million yen (tax included)
3. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken Vol. 14
Type: Comics
Total amount of sales during the period: 243.5 million yen (tax included)
If you find any faults with the list, please do not hesitate to let me know! Also, do share your thoughts down in the comment section below.