The newest volume was released in Japan on December 31, 2016, and sold 133,736 copies in its first two days, then added 215,059 copies between January 2 and 8, becoming the top-selling manga of the week.
The manga has been serialized in Shueisha’s Jump Square magazine since 2009.
According to the newest Oricon sales report for the week ended January 8, 2017, the 18th volume of Kazue Kato’s supernatural action manga Ao no Exocist/Blue Exocist jumped up to the top of its weekly manga sales chart from the last week’s 3rd.