top 5 best selling manga in the last 6 months
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Breakdown by volume/issues sold
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previous record was One Piece who sold 38 million copies in 2011
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this is the first time in more than a decade that a manga dethrones One Piece 
i guess i'm going to read/watch it next
Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2020 (First Half)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba sells 45 million, followed by One Piece, Quintessential Quintuplets
| Rank | Title | Author | Estimated Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Koyoharu Gotouge | 45,297,633 |
| 2 | ONE PIECE | Eiichiro Oda | 4,885,538 |
| 3 | The Quintessential Quintuplets | Negi Haruba | 4,240,192 |
| 4 | Kingdom | Yasuhisa Hara | 3,512,571 |
| 5 | My Hero Academia | Kōhei Horikoshi | 3,339,656 |
Breakdown by volume/issues sold
Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2020 (First Half)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba takes top 19 spots, followed by One Piece, Attack on Titan
| 1 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 18 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 3,035,555 |
| 2 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 19 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,829,174 |
| 3 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 1 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,267,744 |
| 4 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 12 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,237,092 |
| 5 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 11 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,234,515 |
| 6 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 14 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,233,412 |
| 7 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 13 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,223,961 |
| 8 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 7 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,223,867 |
| 9 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 8 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,218,826 |
| 10 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 9 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,216,999 |
| 11 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,211,701 |
| 12 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 10 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,209,598 |
| 13 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 15 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,194,060 |
| 14 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 3 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,192,013 |
| 15 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 4 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,175,936 |
| 16 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 5 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,167,490 |
| 17 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 6 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,166,372 |
| 18 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 16 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,155,356 |
| 19 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 17 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 2,113,520 |
| 20 | ONE PIECE 95 | Eiichiro Oda | 1,955,897 |
| 21 | ONE PIECE 96 | Eiichiro Oda | 1,688,363 |
| 22 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 20 | Koyoharu Gotouge | 1,086,350 |
| 23 | Attack on Titan 30 | Hajime Isayama | 911,246 |
| 24 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 20 Special Edition Bundled With Postcard Set | Koyoharu Gotouge | 904,092 |
| 25 | Kingdom 56 | Yasuhisa Hara | 811,819 |
previous record was One Piece who sold 38 million copies in 2011
One Piece Sells Record 38 Million Manga Volumes in 2011
Eiichiro Oda's pirate manga sets record for most volumes sold in 1 year
i guess i'm going to read/watch it next
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That's actually ridiculous. Few manga have sold more than 45 million at all.
And sales will only increase even more with the movie coming out in October and the possibility of season 2 starting in late 2020!