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Since the surge of watching and reading anime and manga series spread globally, many new manga and anime series have been gaining a huge attraction and are becoming popular day by day. The popularity of these mangas has also helped them to grow in terms of sales and take over the already popular series likeOne Piece, Dragon Ball, andJujutsu Kaisen.
One such manga that has already achieved this feat isBlue Lock,a Japanese manga series written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro. The narrative ofBlue Lockcenters on Yoichi Isagi, a teenage striker who receives an opportunity to participate in theBlue Lockproject. The top young strikers in Japan must pass trials to be selected for the Under-20 national team; those who don’t cut are barred from playing football for the rest of their lives.
The story ofBlue Lockhas captured the interest of a lot of fans which has made it the top-selling manga of 2023.Blue Lockhas become a huge success in Japan, surpassing popular shows likeJujutsu KaisenandOne Piece, which are industry leaders in the anime and manga genre.
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Blue LockBecomes The Best Selling Manga of 2023
Recently,Blue Lockmanga surpassed Jujutsu Kaisen and One Piece to become the best-selling series in 2023. With 10.52 million copies sold, the football manga has topped the list of the most popular manga, according to sales data made public by Oricon.
The anime adaptation of the football manga debuted in October 2022, andBlue Lockhas been attracting fans for their side ever since. ABlue Lockmovie is also presently in production, with a release date of August 14, 2025, in Japan.
One Piececomes in third place with 7.19 million copies sold just behind Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisenmanga, which sold about 8.54 million copies.Blue Lockhas truly achieved an impossible feat and has not only become the best-selling manga in 2023, but it has also broken many records.
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Blue LockBroke Many Records
As of September 2023, 26 tankobon volumes comprising the chapters ofBlue Lock,which began serialization in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine in August 2018, have been collected.
The manga became one of the best-selling manga series by November 2023, with over 30 million copies in circulation.Blue Locktook home the 45th Kodansha Manga Award in the shonen category in 2021. Furthermore,Blue Lockhas achieved a noteworthy feat by becoming the best-selling spokon (sports) manga since Slam Dunk in 1996.
Additionally, this is the first manga from Bessatsu Shonen Magazine to reach this position in recent years. The fact thatBlue Lockfocuses on football, the most popular sport in the world, has also likely aided the company’s business efforts.
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Tarun Kohli
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Tarun Kohli is the Senior Anime Writer at FandomWire, with over 2,900 published articles. He currently specializes in critiquing One Piece and other Shonen anime. A passionate fan of the genre, his love for thoughtful analysis reflects his genuine appreciation for the art of anime. His deep understanding of anime culture has earned recognition from industry figures such as Adi Shankar and the creators of Blood of Zeus.
