Though its story has sadly come to an end, My Hero Academia is going out with a bang, with its final volume breaking an incredible sales record within a week of its release. After ing the 100 million club back in April, volume 42 of My Hero Academia has helped the series reach another major milestone, making sure the series will go down in history as one of Weekly Shōnen Jump's greatest.
According to a post on X by MangaMoguraRE, volume 42 of My Hero Academia has already reached 1 million copies in circulation within a single week since its release. The final volume was released in Japan on December 4 with 38 additional pages of content, with the sales record yet again proving just how successful the franchise is. More importantly, an official release date for the English release by Viz is yet to be revealed, which means volume 42 will likely break even more sales records when it eventually reaches My Hero Academia's eager international fan base.
My Hero Academia Volume 42 Has Already Sold 1 Million Copies
Few Other Manga Have Pulled Off Such a Feat Before
What makes 's latest achievement all the more impressive is the fact that so far only three other manga series have ever reached the one million mark in the first week, these being Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan, and of course, One Piece. Demon Slayer achieved the feat back in February 2020 with volume 19, which sold an estimated 1.378 million copies.
Meanwhile, Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan first reached the milestone with volume 13, selling 1,130,508 copies in the first five days alone. As for One Piece, the beloved long-running series has sured 1 million copies in the first week over 45 times so far, the most recent instance being volume 100.
My Hero Academia Reaches Massive Milestone & Enters an Exclusive Club
My Hero Academia's manga has just ed the ranks of legendary series as it es 100 million copies in circulation.
While only a handful of manga have reached 100 million copies in circulation as a whole, even fewer have managed to find such overwhelming success in their first week of release, with Kohei Horikoshi being the latest to achieve both these milestones in 2024. What's more impressive is that these numbers only for the sales in Japan. With a huge chunk of My Hero Academia's fan base being international, the total sales numbers will most likely skyrocket once more when the final volume is eventually released overseas.
My Hero Academia's Volume Exclusive Epilogue Likely Contributed to Its Success
Besides containing the conclusion to the series, My Hero Academia's final volume also surprised fans with an additional epilogue chapter. This epilogue has not been released digitally, which may be a huge reason why volume 42 sold as many copies as it did so quickly. Though the series' original 430 chapters did provide a satisfying conclusion, the new epilogue promised plenty of exciting revelations, such as Class 1-A's adult designs as well as much-needed resolutions to plotlines such as Deku and Uraraka's relationship and Dabi's fate. Other than beautifully wrapping up any remaining loose threads, it seems the sheer curiosity surrounding the epilogue also provided enough incentive to drive My Hero Academia's final volume sales to reach an all-new record.
Source: MangaMoguraRE/X
- Movie(s)
- My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018), My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019), My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)
- Video Game(s)
- My Hero Academia: Battle for All, My Hero One's Justice, My Hero One's Justice 2
- First Film
- My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)
- Cast
- Daiki Yamashita, Kenta Miyake, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Ayane Sakura, Yûki Kaji, Aoi Yuki, Kaito Ishikawa, Toshiki Masuda, Marina Inoue, Yoshimasa Hosoya
- TV Show(s)
- My Hero Academia
- Character(s)
- Izuku Midoriya, All Might, Katsuki Bakugo, Ochaco Uraraka, Shoto Todoroki, Tsuyu Asui, Tenya Iida, Eijiro Kirishima, Momo Yaoyorozu, Fumikage Tokoyami
My Hero Academia is a multimedia franchise that follows a young boy named Izuku Midoriya, who dreams of becoming a hero despite being born without superpowers. These superpowers, known as "Quirks" are found in most people after birth, but Izuku wasn't so lucky - until a fateful encounter with All Might, Japan's greatest hero, Izuku inherits his Quirk and enrolls in U.A. High School to learn the true meaning of heroism. Alongside his classmates, each endowed with unique abilities, Izuku faces rigorous training and lethal threats from villainous forces.
