A Demon Slayer side story collection titled Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden, with 859,000 copies sold, meaning it’s yet another sales podium sweep for the series.
During its first week, Volume 23 sold 2,855,000 copies, the highest single-week sales ever on the Oricon manga sales charts (which go back to April of 2008).
So while the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga wrapped up back in May, fans had to wait until this month to get their hands on the series’ 23rd and final volume.
So publisher Shueisha was no doubt expecting big things from the conclusion to 2020’s biggest manga, and Demon Slayer wasted no time delivering once it went on sale December 4.