Oricon reported on Friday that
Koyoharu Gotouge's
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga occupied the entire top 10 of Oricon's weekly comic chart for the full month of February. The manga's reign began with the January 27-February 2
week and continued through the February 24-March 1 week. The manga's 19th volume (seen right) once again ranked #1 in the February 24-March 1 week.
The series' novels, Kataha no Chō (One-Winged Butterfly) and Shiawase no Hana (Flower of Happiness) , also ranked at #1 and #2 respectively in the Oricon weekly book ranking in the same week. The last time that two books from a single
franchise were #1 and #2 in the ranking was last May, with two books from the
Butt Detective (Oshiri Tantei) franchise. Kataha no Chō sold 33,179 copies during the week, and Shiawase no Hana sold 32,689 copies. The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba novels collectively have 1.16 million copies in circulation after a reprint on February 19, making the books the
fastest franchise novels in
Shueisha's "Jump j Books" novel label to reach 1 million copies in circulation.