The manga has been serialized in Kodansha’s BE LOVE bimonthly magazine since 2008, and has printed over 16 million copies in Japan by the spring of this year. two places in Oricon’s weekly film Blu-ray sales chart (second and third in its general sales chart).
The third and final chapter of the live-action film series is scheduled to start its filming in spring of 2017.
According to the newest Oricon sales report, the latest 33rd volume of Yuki Suetsugu’s karuta-themed shoujo manga series Chihayafuru sold a very good 163,519 copies in its first week, becoming the top-selling manga of the week ended October 16.