Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 2: It Was You

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The series ranked fourteenth on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2017" poll by Honya Club online bookstore. [174] On Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! ranking of top 20 manga for male readers, the series ranked nineteenth on the 2018 list, [175] sixth on the 2019 list, [176] and seventeenth on the 2020 list. [177] On Rakuten Kobo 2020 First Half Ranking, the series was first in every demographic group, from male and female teenagers to older adults. [178] In 2020, Gotouge received the second Kodansha's Noma Publishing Culture Award, which honors those who have contributed to "reinventing publishing". Gotouge received the award due to the franchise's sales, which have boosted the entire publishing industry from 2019 to 2020. [179] It ranked sixteenth, along with Chainsaw Man, on "The Best Manga 2021 Kono Manga wo Yome!" ranking by Freestyle magazine. [180] On TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ranked second, only behind One Piece. [181] [182] Four other books were among the best-selling general books of 2021: the art book, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Koyoharu Gotouge Artbook: Ikuseisо, was third with 491,007 copies sold; Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Coloring Book: Blue was seventh, with 414,523 copies sold; Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Coloring Book: Red was ninth with 370,460 copies sold; and the anime's third official characters book was thirteenth, with 278,531 copies sold. [265] Due to sales of the novels and the other books, Gotouge was second on the general book ranking chart of 2021, with over 1.4 million copies sold. [266] In May 2020, Demon Slayer: Flower of Happiness ranked tenth in a favorite children's book poll conducted by the Children's Book Election Office, among over 250,000 elementary school children. [267] Anime Critical reception

Loo, Egan (February 14, 2021). "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga Gets New TV Anime This Year". Anime News Network . Retrieved February 14, 2021. Mateo, Alex (February 10, 2023). "Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc's 1st Episode Screens in N. American Theaters on March 3". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023 . Retrieved February 13, 2023. a b c Loo, Egan (September 25, 2021). "Demon Slayer Anime Unveils New Cast, Songs by LiSA & Aimer, Entertainment District Arc's December 5 Debut, 7-Episode Mugen Train TV Version". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 21, 2022 . Retrieved September 25, 2021. Episode 38: Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 15, 2022). "Japanese Animation TV Ranking, December 27–January 2". Anime News Network . Retrieved December 17, 2022.

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Episode 43: Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 12, 2022). "Japanese Animation TV Ranking, January 31–February 6". Anime News Network . Retrieved December 17, 2022.

Loo, Egan (June 11, 2023). "Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc Anime's 70-Minute Finale Airs on June 18". Anime News Network . Retrieved June 18, 2023. Luster, Joseph (April 19, 2019). "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Anime to Run for Two Cours". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on April 19, 2019 . Retrieved April 19, 2019. Episode 29: Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 30, 2021). "Japanese Animation TV Ranking, October 18–24". Anime News Network . Retrieved December 17, 2022. Episode 48: Pineda, Rafael Antonio (May 11, 2023). "Japanese Animation TV Ranking, April 24–30". Anime News Network . Retrieved May 12, 2023.In 2019, Demon Slayer: Flower of Happiness had about 210,966 copies sold, and Demon Slayer: One-Winged Butterfly had about 196,674 copies sold. Both novels ranked third and fourth respectively in Oricon's overall bunko ranking chart. [254] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba overall novelization was the tenth best-selling light novel in 2019, with 407,640 copies sold. [255] In February 2020, after a planned reprint collectively 1.16 million copies were in circulation, making the books the fastest franchise novel in Shueisha's "Jump J-Books" label to reach 1 million copies in circulation. [256] The two light novels were the best-selling novels of the first half of 2020, collectively selling a total of 1,199,863 copies. [257] [258] The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba overall novelization was the best-selling light novel of 2020, with 2,752,593 copies sold. [259] The Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba overall novelization was the best-selling novel series in the first half of 2021, collectively selling a total of 651,358 copies, [260] while the three novels and the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train novelization (and its " Mirai bunko" edition), were among the best-selling-novel volumes in the first half of 2021. [261] The three light novels were among the top 5 best-selling light novel volumes of 2021, [262] while the overall novelization was the best-selling light novel, with 776,320 copies sold. [263] [264] Episode 34: Pineda, Rafael Antonio (December 11, 2021). "Japanese Animation TV Ranking, November 29–December 5". Anime News Network . Retrieved December 17, 2022. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 4, 2021). "Demon Slayer's 'Kimetsu Gakuen' Spinoff Anime Shorts Get Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 7, 2021 . Retrieved July 6, 2021.

Sherman, Jennifer (April 10, 2020). "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Anime Film Opens on October 16". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 28, 2020 . Retrieved April 10, 2020. On September 28, 2019, immediately following the airing of episode 26, an anime film titled; Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train was announced, with the staff and cast reprising their roles. [100] The film is a direct sequel to the anime series and covers the events of the "Mugen Train" story arc. [101] The film is distributed in Japan by Aniplex and Toho and premiered in Japan on October 16, 2020. [102]In January 2021, Gundam franchise's creator Yoshiyuki Tomino discussed his thoughts on the series in an interview, where he said that he initially felt jealous of how the series attracted "such a dedicated and talented staff", and said: "The voice actors are great, the composer of the song that everyone knows is great. So many talented people showed up! In that sense, what I felt surpassed envy, and I started thinking, 'Man, those guys sure are something!'". Nevertheless, Tomino called the series cultural success a coincidence, explaining: "I don't think that Demon Slayer is a calculated or contrived work. I think that its assemblage was quite a coincidence", adding that in the anime industry people often get chosen for a job because they "just happened to be there" or their schedules "happened to align at the right time" and that it is rare for people with exactly the ideal talents or innate qualities to get chosen. [168] Chen, Brian X. (April 23, 2021). "What to Know Before Watching 'Demon Slayer: Mugen Train' ". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 23, 2021 . Retrieved April 23, 2021. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was the first series to take all top 10 positions of Oricon's weekly manga chart. [216] The manga occupied the entire top 10 for a full month, and it was also the first series in Oricon's history to occupy the entire top 19 weekly rank. [217] [218] In October 2020, the twenty-two volumes, at the time, of the series occupied the top 22 spots of Oricon's weekly manga chart. [200] It was the best-selling manga for the first half of 2020, with 45,297,633 copies sold, [219] and its twenty volumes (including a special edition of volume 20) at the time, were among the top 25 best-selling manga volumes of 2020. [220] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 's first twenty-two volumes were the best-selling manga volumes of 2020, [221] making the series as well the best-selling manga series in 2020, with 82,345,447 copies sold. [222]