Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga Owns Amazon’s Weekly Ranking

Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was one of the biggest anime sensations of 2019, bagging multiple titles since its release.

From outselling Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece manga after its decade long reign to having it’s opening theme be the most downloaded anime song of 2019, Demon Slayer has had a huge year.

Recently, Amazon Japan released rankings for the top selling manga books from December 29 to January 4 and Demon Slayer’s volumes hold 19 positions from the top 20.

The ranking list is as follows:

#1 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 19

#2 — Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece volume 95

#3 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 18

#4 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 9

#5 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 10

#6 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 7

#7 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 1

#8 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 2

#9 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 8

#10 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 14

#11 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 12

#12 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 11

#13 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 15

#14 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 13

#15 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 3

#16 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 16

#17 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 4

#18 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 6

#19 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 5

#20 — Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba volume 17

The latest volume of the story holds the first place in the ranking, while the older volumes hold ranks 3 to 20. One Piece’s 95th volume holds the second place. This is not surprising as Demon Slayer has had consistently high manga sales for the past few months, and there seems to be no end to their growth.

Demon Slayer was adapted into a 26 episode long first season, which premiered in April 2019. The show recently received an English Dub which started streaming on Cartoon Network in December 2019.

About Demon Slayer:

Created initially by Koyoharu Gotoge, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba first debuted in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump in February 2016. It is a story revolving around the life of Tanjiro Kamado, whose family was slaughtered ruthlessly by Demons.

Sworn to take revenge and to get his sister, who is turning into a demon, cured, Tanjiro sets out. Into the demon-riddled world, to help others befalling the same fate he had just been through.

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