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The Elusive Samurai
‘s manga is selling out due to its recent anime adaptation by CloverWorks. - The series has climbed to the top spot in Shonen Jump Plus’ chapter sales ranking.
- Despite being squashed between other big releases, the anime has caught fans’ attention with its stunning visuals and generating manga sales.
Shonen Jump‘s new underrated series The Elusive Samurai is quickly gaining popularity since the release of its stunning new anime adaptation, which is so good that even the manga has sold out. From the same author as Assassination Classroom, The Elusive Samurai made its anime debut this Summer, and it seems like the series is quickly growing into a top-selling favorite.
According to a post on X by MangaMoguraRE, Shueisha has ordered an urgent reprint of all volumes of The Elusive Samurai, whose popularity and sales have skyrocketed since the anime was released. Even though the anime is less than three episodes in, The Elusive Samurai has already climbed to the top spot on Shonen Jump Plus’ chapter sales ranking, which is quite an impressive feat.
The Elusive Samurai currently has sixteen volumes in circulation, with the latest volume released at the start of July. Of these, fourteen volumes have been released in English with the manga currently sitting at over 164 chapters.
The Elusive Samurai Gets Major Reprint Amidst Ongoing Anime Adaptation
Based on the Manga by Yusei Matsui, Produced by CloverWorks
According to data published by Oricon posted on X by WSJ_manga, the Elusive Samurai has already sold 11,398 copies in the first week of July since the anime was released. Even though The Elusive Samurai‘s anime debut was squashed between many other exciting releases like season 2 of Tower of God, the anime still managed to catch the eye of fans with its beautiful visuals, stunning animation and direction, proving itself to be the gem of the Summer 2024 season.
Source: MangaMoguraRE/X, WSJ_manga/X
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