Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba leads the Japanese manga sales ranking in the first half of 2020

Recently, the sales ranking list of Japanese comics (volume books) in the first half of 2020 was released. Among the top ten, the sales of the 2nd to 10th places combined are not as good as the sales of the first place. Let’s take a look.

·The statistical period this time is from November 18, 2019 to May 17, 2020. This period is when the No. 1 became strangely popular. As for how strange it is, the sales of the 2nd to 10th places combined cannot match the sales of the No. 1. You will understand by looking at the numbers.

"Demon Slayer" is a fantasy manga created by Koyoharu Gotouge. It tells the story of the Japanese Taisho period, when it is said that after the sun sets, demons come out to eat people. There are also demon hunters who kill demons and protect people. The ordinary and happy daily life of Tanjiro, a charcoal seller, changed drastically on the day his family was attacked by demons. His mother and four younger siblings were brutally killed, and his sister Nezuko, who survived with him, also turned into a ferocious demon. In order to cut off the chain of sadness, the boy never stopped fighting with demons.