CATDOLL: The latest One Piece book sales have dropped and the record is no longer secure

The comic book "One Piece", which has been serialized for 18 years, is still a highly popular work with many sales legends. However, one of its legends has quietly come to an end recently! Since the end of 2011, the number of first editions of the "One Piece" comic book has always remained above 4 million copies, until the beginning of this year, it reached an extremely strong record of 13 consecutive volumes! However, with the release of the 77th volume last week, the number of first editions has quietly dropped to "only" 3.8 million copies. Is this a warning sign of the decline of the popularity of "One Piece"?

We know that the sales of Attack on Titan last year were close behind One Piece. If One Piece's decline is confirmed, does it mean that Attack on Titan will inherit One Piece and become the number one manga in Japan? However, compared with the total sales, One Piece is still far ahead. It is an indisputable fact that many readers have recently reported that the latest plot of One Piece is getting less and less interesting...

The 64th volume "100,000 vs. 10" released on November 4, 2011, exceeded 4 million copies for the first time. Then, until the 76th volume "Never mind, just move forward" published on January 16 this year, it achieved a record of 13 consecutive volumes with a first edition sales exceeding 4 million copies . However, no one guessed that this was the end of the legend...

Sales streak ends: January 16, 2015

The 77th volume of "Smile" was published on April 3rd. The first edition sold "only" 3.8 million copies, and the sales legend of 4 years came to an end. It was regarded as a warning of the great pirate era and was exaggerated!

But having said that, 3.8 million copies is still as amazing as a god... (゜д゜)

The cover of episode 77 also needs to take some responsibility (?)

Looking back at the sales legend over the past 4 consecutive years, there are a total of 13 episodes, and 2 of them are more representative!

One of them was the 66th volume "The Road to the Sun", which sold 2.275 million copies in one week, setting a record for the highest single-week sales of comics!

Episode 66 holds the title of "highest weekly sales record"

The other one is the 67th volume "COOL FIGHT", which set a record for the highest first edition circulation of comics with 4.05 million copies!

Volume 67 holds the title of "highest first edition release record"

Although One Piece is often said to be losing popularity, it still maintains sales that are so amazing that other comics can't even see the taillights. It can only be said that it is not surprising for popular works to achieve high sales, but the slightest decline will be magnified and examined!

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