Unless the inevitable anime comes around and gives it a boost 2/3 or even 1/2 as good as Kimetsu's before that happens, I'm going to say no.
Beyond AssClass, Bleach? Talking about name recognition only?
Wouldn’t count on that too much, imo. I think it’s gonna be pretty close. SxF might sell faster, but MHA 28 might stay in the charts longer, making it more competitive in total numbers.
In the long run, Spy x Family would win regardless. Spy x Family 3, which was released in January this year, sold 439,604 copies after 5 weeks. Meanwhile, My Hero Academia 25, which was released in December last year, sold 532,408 copies after 5 weeks. Despite this gap and being released later, by the time the half-year charts rolled in, Spy x Family 3 had already surpassed My Hero Academia 25. Spy x Family gets frequent reprints and the volumes keep selling super well. The outcome should be pretty obvious (unless My Hero Academia 28 grows, which is pretty unlikely).
Taking the most recent volume for each manga, we have:
Drawing a comparison between recent data to think of a possible outcome. The question of what Jump mangas Spy x Family has already outsold (I assumed it was regarding weekly sales) was brough up and then it was stated that the next Spy x Family volume probably wouldn't outsell My Hero Academia's upcoming volume (both being released on the same date) then I showed how despite being older, My Hero Academia 25 was already outsold by Spy x Family 3 this year. The age of the series are not in question, people are only curious. Who knows if there's something to gain from it, people like me like looking at data and comparing them, so this is our business.
I mean, comparing SxF 3 to MHA 3 would be much worse for MHA tho. MHA current sales is the 2nd best among the ongoing series. So it makes sense to compare current numbers to SxF current numbers.
just to show progression for spy
25th | 26th | Series
*45 | **1 | ＳＰＹ×ＦＡＭＩＬＹ １ 集英社 遠藤達哉 2019.7.4
*49 | **2 | ＳＰＹ×ＦＡＭＩＬＹ ２ 集英社 遠藤達哉 2019.10.4
*41 | **3 | ＳＰＹ×ＦＡＭＩＬＹ ４ 集英社 遠藤達哉 2020.5.13
*45 | **5 | ＳＰＹ×ＦＡＭＩＬＹ ３ 集英社 遠藤達哉 2020.1.425th | 26th | Series
OOB | *21 | 信長を殺した男～本能寺の変 ４３１年目の １ 秋田書店 藤堂裕 2017.5.19
OOB | *29 | 信長を殺した男～本能寺の変 ４３１年目の ２ 秋田書店 藤堂裕 2017.10.20
OOB | *40 | 信長を殺した男～本能寺の変 ４３１年目の ６ 秋田書店 藤堂裕 2019.9.19
OOB | *34 | 信長を殺した男～本能寺の変 ４３１年目の ３ 秋田書店 藤堂裕 2018.3.19
OOB | *37 | 信長を殺した男～本能寺の変 ４３１年目の ４ 秋田書店 藤堂裕 2018.9.20
OOB | *39 | 信長を殺した男～本能寺の変 ４３１年目の ５ 秋田書店 藤堂裕 2019.3.19
OOB | *42 | 信長を殺した男～本能寺の変 ４３１年目の ７ 秋田書店 藤堂裕 2020.3.19
OOB | *76 | メタモルフォーゼの縁側 ＫＡＤＯＫ 鶴谷香央理 2018.5.8
OOB | 172 | メタモルフォーゼの縁側 ＫＡＤＯＫ 鶴谷香央理 2018.11.8
OOB | 281 | メタモルフォーゼの縁側 ＫＡＤＯＫ 鶴谷香央理 2019.6.8
OOB | 291 | メタモルフォーゼの縁側 ＫＡＤＯＫ 鶴谷香央理 2020.3.10Wait, hold up, Sangatsu sold that much?! Jesus Christ, I didn't know it was doing so well...holy shit. I'm happy for it.
the main reason we never see it in series, is because it basically only releases 1 volume, a year
Just curious, what are the other 2 series recommended? And what other series in recent times were recommended before that helped with the series' sale?
The above one is Nobunaga wo Koroshita Otoko (another Sengoku manga xd) https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=142082
I dont think so.
being that talk shows arent new its people who werent invested in manga sales recently are more widely now becoming informed and aware.
Vast majority of series get most of their exposure from anime. That said, there are always a select few that tend to get more exposure from sources outside the anime and this could be for a variety of reasons.