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[93][94] These works range from fantasy stories to more realistic tales dealing with themes such as coming out and sexual orientation. [94] Besides ALC Publishing, the Los Angeles-based Seven Seas Entertainment has also incurred in the genre, with the English version of well known titles such as Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl (2004–2007) and Strawberry Panic! (2003–2007). [9] On October 24, 2006, Seven Seas announced the launch of their specialized yuri manga line, which includes titles such as Strawberry Panic!, The Last Uniform (2004–2006),[9] and Comic Yuri Hime's compilations such as Voiceful (2004–2006) and First Love
Sisters (2003–2008). [53] Between 2011 and 2013, the now-defunct JManga released several yuri titles to its digital subscription platform, before terminating service on March 13, 2013. [95] As of 2017, Viz Media and Yen Press began publishing yuri manga,[96][97] with Tokyopop following in 2018. [98] Kodansha Comics announced its debut into publishing both yuri and yaoi manga in 2019, as well as
Digital Manga launching a new imprint specializing in yuri dōjin manga. [99][100] As yuri gained further recognition outside Japan, some artists began creating original English-language manga that were labeled as yuri or having yuri elements and subplots. Early examples of original English-language yuri comics include Steady Beat (2003) by Rivkah LaFille and 12 Days (2006) by June Kim, which were published between 2005 and 2006. Additionally, more English-developed visual novels and indie games have marketed themselves as yuri games. [101] This has been aided by the Yuri Game Jam, a game jam established in 2015 that takes place annually. [102] By the mid-2010s, yuri video games also began to be officially translated into English.
[146] In November 2019, Shueisha stated that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was their second best-selling manga 2019, with 10. 8 million volumes sold, second only to Eiichiro Oda's One Piece, with 12. 7 million volumes sold in the same period. [147] Nevertheless, the series ranked first in 2019 Oricon's annual manga ranking chart, with over 12 million copies sold, while One Piece ranked at second, with over 10. 1 million copies sold, making Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the best-selling manga of 2019. [b][148] Oda wrote a message regarding Gotouge's manga achievement. [149] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was the first series to take all top 10 positions of Oricon's weekly manga chart. [150] 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. [151][152] In October 2020, the twenty-two volumes, at the time, of the series occupied the top 22 spots of Oricon's weekly manga chart. [134] It was the best-selling manga for the first half of 2020, with 45,297,633 copies sold,[153] 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. [154] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba's first twenty-two volumes were the best-selling manga volumes of 2020,[155] making the series as well the best-selling manga series in 2020, with 82,345,447 copies sold.
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