Here Are Japan's Biggest Selling Manga of 2021

A couple of titles dominated the Japanese charts this year

Japan’s premiere sales chart Oricon has released a list of the biggest selling manga of this year in Japan. Yes, 2021 isn’t quite over yet, but hey, we’re close enough.

The data has been collected from 3,967 bookshops across Japan for the period between December 7, 2020, and November 29, 2021. Oricon has been doing rankings like this since 2008, and this is the go-to sales chart list for manga in Japan.

Below are the top thirty selling manga volumes for 2021. Take a look—you might notice a pattern. Keep in mind that these are estimated totals.

30. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba, Vol. 20 - 1,130,381 copies
29. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba, Vol. 18 - 1,157,633 copies
28. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba, Vol. 19 - 1,158,245 copies
27. Spy × Family Vol. 6 - 1,229,131 copies
26. Attack on Titan Vol. 33 - 1,256,922 copies
25. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba, Vol. 22 - 1,340,233 copies
24. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 17 - 1,628,943 copies
23. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 5 - 1,688,854 copies
22. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 6 - 1,694,028 copies
21. Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Official Fanbook: Kisatsutai Kenbunroku 2 - 1,700,316 copies
20. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 3 - 1,702,581 copies
19. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 4 - 1,705,266 copies
18. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 7 - 1,710,326 copies
17. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 2 - 1,732,361 copies
16. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 11 - 1,748,084 copies
15. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 10 - 1,749,558 copies
14. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 12 - 1,759,287 copies
13. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 1 - 1,765,995 copies
12. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 8 - 1,770,228 copies
11. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 9 - 1,772,331 copies
10. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 13 - 1,772,617 copies
9. One Piece Vol. 100 - 1,839,886 copies
8. One Piece Vol. 99 - 1,863,574 copies
7. Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Tokyo Toritsu Jujutsu Koutou Senmon Gakkou - 1,930,831 copies
6. One Piece Vol 98 - 2,018,042 copies
5. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 16 - 2,098,087 copies
4. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 15 - 2,306,950 copies
3. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 14 - 2,312,250 copies
2. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Gaiden - 2,374,621 copies
1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Vol. 23 - 5,171,440 copies

Obviously, Jujutsu Kaisen released more new volumes this year, which is why it took up more real estate in the charts than Demon Slayer, which has ended its run.

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