Oricon Manga sales figures for the year 2021 are here and looks like there’s a surprise upset! A famous Manga series has overtaken Demon Slayer as the best-selling Manga in Japan in 2021! And it’s none other than Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen.

After Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba completely smashed manga records in 2020, Weekly Shonen Jump series Jujutsu Kaisen has surpassed Koyoharu Gotouge’s Manga by a few digits.

Oricon today released its yearly sales data for the previous year, including franchise sales numbers as well as the top individual manga volume numbers, demonstrating that, despite the fact that Demon Slayer released its last volume nearly a year ago, it still wields significant power in the industry.

In 2020, there was a big gap between Demon Slayer and Kingdom. We can see the dominance the new generation series has to this day.

Please keep in mind that these rankings are simply estimations from Japan’s top data collection agency based on physical sales; digital sales are not included. The data is compiled from November 23, 2020, to November 21, 2021.

In this year, a new entry has taken 3rd place (24,981,486 copies), pushing One Piece to 6th (7,002,583 copies) (and pushing The Promised Neverland out of the top 10).

Ken Wakui’s Tokyo Revengers has gained quite the traction ever since the Anime adaptation was released this year. It consistently topped weekly Manga sales charts for a long time.

Another new entry, Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man has entered the race and has replaced The Quintessential Quintuplets, ranking at 7th (5,212,578 copies). The Anime Adaptation of Chainsaw Man will release in 2022.

Check out our Anime release guide article for more details!

Attack on Titan and My Hero Academia push higher to the 4th and 5th ranking respectively from the 10th and 8th position compared to last year (7,332,398 & 7,020,361 copies respectively). It sent Kingdom and Haikyu!! to the 9th and 10th positions.

Attack on Titan the Final Season Part 2 is set to release in Jan, 2021. Check out the new Visuals and PV, along with staff members by clicking here and here!

Volume-wise, here are the top 30 best-selling in the year 2021:

Rank	Title	Author	Estimated Sales
1	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 23	Koyoharu Gotouge	5,171,440
2	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba–Stories of Water and Flame	Art: Ryōji Hirano/Original Story: Koyoharu Gotouge	2,374,621
3	Jujutsu Kaisen 14	Gege Akutami	2,312,250
4	Jujutsu Kaisen 15	Gege Akutami	2,306,950
5	Jujutsu Kaisen 16	Gege Akutami	2,098,087
6	ONE PIECE 98	Eiichiro Oda	2,018,042
7	Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Tokyo Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō	Gege Akutami	1,930,831
8	ONE PIECE 99	Eiichiro Oda	1,863,574
9	ONE PIECE 100	Eiichiro Oda	1,839,886
10	Jujutsu Kaisen 13	Gege Akutami	1,772,617
11	Jujutsu Kaisen 9	Gege Akutami	1,772,331
12	Jujutsu Kaisen 8	Gege Akutami	1,770,228
13	Jujutsu Kaisen 1	Gege Akutami	1,765,995
14	Jujutsu Kaisen 12	Gege Akutami	1,759,287
15	Jujutsu Kaisen 10	Gege Akutami	1,749,558
16	Jujutsu Kaisen 11	Gege Akutami	1,748,084
17	Jujutsu Kaisen 2	Gege Akutami	1,732,361
18	Jujutsu Kaisen 7	Gege Akutami	1,710,326
19	Jujutsu Kaisen 4	Gege Akutami	1,705,266
20	Jujutsu Kaisen 3	Gege Akutami	1,702,581
21	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Official Fan Book II	Koyoharu Gotouge	1,700,316
22	Jujutsu Kaisen 6	Gege Akutami	1,694,028
23	Jujutsu Kaisen 5	Gege Akutami	1,688,854
24	Jujutsu Kaisen 17	Gege Akutami	1,628,943
25	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 22	Koyoharu Gotouge	1,340,233
26	Attack on Titan 33	Hajime Isayama	1,256,922
27	SPY×FAMILY 6	Tatsuya Endō	1,229,131
28	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 19	Koyoharu Gotouge	1,158,245
29	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 18	Koyoharu Gotouge	1,157,633
30	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 20	Koyoharu Gotouge	1,130,381

Demon Slayer tops the volume-wise Manga list followed by Jujutsu Kaisen. Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 2 is currently airing with the Entertainment District Arc coming up this Sunday.

Source: Oricon via Crunchyroll & ANN