‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’ Manga Series Saves Tokyo Bookstores

‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’ Manga Series Saves Tokyo Bookstores

Before the pandemic and four years before this current date, bookstores were failing in Tokyo, Japan. Book sales were at an all-time low with the rise of e-books, and stores were on the brink of bankruptcy. In 2019, however, a shift was visible in the book market and sales started to rise steadily—the main reason, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, the manga series.