I would say don't underestimate gag manga. Kochikame was a comedy series, and a key element of Gintama was comedy. Both were huge. I suspect at least a few of the newer series are hoping to fill the Gintama niche.
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You forgot Yuuna-san 21, which is #157 on the rankings.
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There's a major hole you're ignoring here...the vast majority of OP's readerbase is people who've been following it for years, even entire decades.
I addressed this, and said One Piece has more than the manga to gauge popularity. its has become more than that. A stable brand just like Dragon Ball. I'd imagine a lot of people like one piece, but aren't actively following the newly manga releases just like Detective Conan for example. Maybe they like the games, or the anime. There are a lot of ways to be a fan of One Piece.There's a major hole you're ignoring here...the vast majority of OP's readerbase is people who've been following it for years, even entire decades.
This chart is from February 2011, well into OP's big boom from Strong World. The majority of the readerbase isn't Jump youth audience, it's the people who'd been following it for years, decade(s) even. Cut ahead to 2020, and I'd imagine it's even more from the older readers.
Kimetsu, due to being only just four years old (and having less than half the volumes OP had with Strong World) has nothing like it in terms of advantage. Its boom is purely from new readers.
Print numbers =/= sales and KnY keeps getting reprints every 2 weeks, those first print numbers aren't representative of anything for the series. Heck, KnY 19's first print number was so off that it had a reprint planned before it even launched, and it was planned for 2 days after release. There is an argument to be made that Shueisha would prefer keeping copies of OP in the warehouses until they eventually sell over the years than lower the print number because it'd be a bad look for their historical flagship title.
Some numbers were posted a couple of pages back. OP's absolute peak is in 2010-2011, it is known.
Everyone here knows the circumstances are different. Literally no one is trying to take anything away from the consistency of OP which is nothing short of incredible.
That's just arguing semantics, the meaning is exactly the same ?_?
The same could be said for KnY frankly considering that literally anything with the name on it sells like mad, it's not just the manga. The LNs are selling absurd numbers, the merch goes sold out, etc. Heck, jumputi trended #1 on twitter just due to announcing Rengoku as its next gacha character.
To compare it to a series such as One Piece which has remained the consistent top seller for so many years? Yes. However at the end of the year KnY's peak sales might be higher at this point (and we should observe KnY's volume 18 to see if it can pass OP's 61 for that).
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This is interesting you totally brought up some important points that I haven't considered before. Demon slayer rise is totally impressive, and I would not take that away from it
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They don't. They stay in the warehouse until they're needed.
I don't exactly get what you mean by disparity. Also, just so you know. the 3.3M print number has been lowered already to 3.2M with Volume 95, so that may already give a hint to all of this. The demand keeps being the same, and the print is high because at some point it's met. OP is estimated to sell basically 2M after month and a half or two months, so having another 1M copies saved is useful in order to meet further demand. It's not weird, it's just a way to not have to reprint OP sooner than it needs to. Because if you reprint OP, you are gonna reprint another, and most likely, million. And if that amount is not met, then that's when you reach a problem. Those 3M copies will be met for sure at some point, we just don't know when, but they'll always go according to the expectations Shueisha has.
If you've followed this forum properly, you'd know there are two kinds of reprints
I don't think anyone over here has ever stated that KNY needs to replace OP as the centre of WSJ joint covers. I'm assuming you've seen that comment on other threads and therefore think members here feel the same way.
They will never be needed then, and they'll just be losing money going with that argument. One Piece backlog sales aren't strong, and a typical One Piece volume sells a little over 2 million nowadays in a year, and I don't see stores requesting a million copies when they are not selling that much. I'm not sure why they print a lot more compared the sales that is being reported on Oricon. The argument that sheuisha is printing more just because its not good look, and is willing to lose money is kinda reaching. OP selling more than whats it is being reported makes more sense to me, but you do bring interesting points.
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2.3 million is being sold in a year for a typical OP volume nowadays. There are still a million copies in the warehouse, why would they print this much when its not needed. still doesn't make sense to me. Sheuisha is a company that ultimately cares about profits. I don't think it would go this far just to save face.