Author: Gabriel Persechino-Forest     Published: June 1st, 2021

A list of the top 5 sellers for the first half of 2021. Its pretty clear that Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen are dominating the market right now, manga and light novel. Feels weird to see one of these charts where One Piece is not at the top of everything.

 

Top 5 Selling Light Novel Series

  1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Novels) – 651 358
  2. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime – 357 852
  3. The Apothecary Diaries – 350 043
  4. Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- – 301 196
  5. Demon Slayer the Movie (Novelization) – 270 825

 

Top 5 Selling Light Novel Volumes

  1. Jujutsu Kaisen: Iku Natsu to Kaeru Aki – 235 170
  2. Jujutsu Kaisen: Yoake no Ibara Michi – 206 059
  3. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Kaze no Michishirube – 190 945
  4. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Shiawase no Hana – 166 085
  5. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Kataha no Cho – 162 810

 

Top 5 Selling Manga Series

  1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – 26 351 483
  2. Jujutsu Kaisen – 23 797 483
  3. Tokyo Revengers – 5 007 825
  4. Attack on Titan – 4 635 754
  5. Chainsaw Man – 4 181 650

 

Top 5 Selling Manga Volumes

  1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 23 – 4 982 832
  2. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Side Story – 2 289 411
  3. Jujutsu Kaisen 14 – 2 055 130
  4. Jujutsu Kaisen 15 – 2 016 143
  5. One Piece 98 – 1 876 047

 

Source: Oricon and Demon slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Volume 10 Cover