The manga series had approximately 150 million copies in print as of June 2016 when the 199th volume shipped.
The manga and Kochikame are currently tied until the 201st volume of Kochikame ships.
Akimoto has published several extra chapters for Kochikame since the manga ended in September 2016 after 40 years of serialization.
This year’s 42nd issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Saturday that Osamu Akimoto will publish a four-page one-shot chapter for his Kochikame manga in the magazine’s next issue on September 27.