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Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2021 — Demon Slayer Finale Sells Record 5.17 Million
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The 23rd and final volume (not pictured due to possible spoilers) of Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga sold 5,171,440 copies in one year, a record since Oricon began publishing its ranking chart in April 2008. The first volume (pictured right) in the series was the first manga volume to sell a cumulative total of over 5 million copies since 2008. As of May, 19 volumes in the series each sold over 5 million copies.
This list covers sales of physical copies surveyed from November 23, 2020 to November 21, 2021.
| Rank | Title | Author | Estimated Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 23 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 5,171,440 |
| 2 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Stories of Water and Flame | Art: Ryōji Hirano/Original Story: Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,374,621 |
| 3 | Jujutsu Kaisen 14 | Gege Akutami | 2,312,250 |
| 4 | Jujutsu Kaisen 15 | Gege Akutami | 2,306,950 |
| 5 | Jujutsu Kaisen 16 | Gege Akutami | 2,098,087 |
| 6 | ONE PIECE 98 | Eiichiro Oda | 2,018,042 |
| 7 | Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Tokyo Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō | Gege Akutami | 1,930,831 |
| 8 | ONE PIECE 99 | Eiichiro Oda | 1,863,574 |
| 9 | ONE PIECE 100 | Eiichiro Oda | 1,839,886 |
| 10 | Jujutsu Kaisen 13 | Gege Akutami | 1,772,617 |
| 11 | Jujutsu Kaisen 9 | Gege Akutami | 1,772,331 |
| 12 | Jujutsu Kaisen 8 | Gege Akutami | 1,770,228 |
| 13 | Jujutsu Kaisen 1 | Gege Akutami | 1,765,995 |
| 14 | Jujutsu Kaisen 12 | Gege Akutami | 1,759,287 |
| 15 | Jujutsu Kaisen 10 | Gege Akutami | 1,749,558 |
| 16 | Jujutsu Kaisen 11 | Gege Akutami | 1,748,084 |
| 17 | Jujutsu Kaisen 2 | Gege Akutami | 1,732,361 |
| 18 | Jujutsu Kaisen 7 | Gege Akutami | 1,710,326 |
| 19 | Jujutsu Kaisen 4 | Gege Akutami | 1,705,266 |
| 20 | Jujutsu Kaisen 3 | Gege Akutami | 1,702,581 |
| 21 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fan Book II | Koyoharu Gotouge | 1,700,316 |
| 22 | Jujutsu Kaisen 6 | Gege Akutami | 1,694,028 |
| 23 | Jujutsu Kaisen 5 | Gege Akutami | 1,688,854 |
| 24 | Jujutsu Kaisen 17 | Gege Akutami | 1,628,943 |
| 25 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 22 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 1,340,233 |
| 26 | Attack on Titan 33 | Hajime Isayama | 1,256,922 |
| 27 | SPY×FAMILY 6 | Tatsuya Endō | 1,229,131 |
| 28 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 19 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 1,158,245 |
| 29 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 18 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 1,157,633 |
| 30 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 20 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 1,130,381 |
Source: Oricon
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