Akira Failing In Love Tops 1 Million Copies Worldwide
A series that only started in 2024 has cleared the million mark by its eighth volume, which suggests its circulation is outrunning the pace of its own print run rather than coasting on a long backlist.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday announced on September 16 that Shinta Harekawa's manga Akira Failing in Love has over 1 million copies in circulation worldwide. The romantic comedy launched in the magazine in August 2024, and its eighth compiled volume shipped the same day as the announcement. Viz Media publishes the series in English, with the fourth volume out September 8.
The count was printed in the magazine's combined 42nd and 43rd issue rather than broken out by territory, so the figure covers both the Japanese editions and the licensed overseas releases. Viz Media's description frames the book as a comedy of mutual obliviousness: Akira moves back to the countryside for high school with a plan to win over her childhood crush, unaware he already returns the feeling.
Harekawa has kept several serials running across different publishers, including a BL title on Kadokawa's Comic Fleur and a Coamix series that ended in 2023.
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- Anime News Network News Akira Failing in Love Manga Tops 1 Million in Circulation Globally