Koyoharu Gotouge‘s 20th Volume of Kimetsu no Yaiba manga both regular and limited editions, took the #1 and #2 spot respectively, on Oricon’s Weekly Manga Chart for the week of May 11-17. The physical print for the regular editions sold over 1,086,157 copies while the limited edition sold over 904,092 physical print copies for over a total of 1,990,249 copies sold.
Kimetsu no Yaiba is just the third manga series to have 60 million physical printed copies sold in total. Shueisha reported that as of 13 May the entire franchise had more than 60 million physical and digital copies in circulation.
The manga had ended on Monday, while on the other hand, Ryōji Hirano will release a short spinoff manga titled Kimetsu no Yaiba: Rengoku Gaiden which tells the story of the Flame Hashira Kyōjurō Rengoku. Shueisha has not yet announced a release date for the upcoming manga.
