Shonen Sunday Editor-in-Chief: “Frieren Will Surpass Demon Slayer”

The current editor-in-chief of Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Kazunori Oshima, reportedly believes that Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End will surpass Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba in popularity within the next five years.According to an interview with veteran manga editors and former rivals, Kazuhiko Torishima of Weekly Shōnen Jump and Katsuya Shirai of Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Shirai stated that current editor Oshima recently claimed to him that Frieren will beat out Demon Slayer by 2028. Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump and Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday have been rivals since their inception in the late 1960s.In contrast, Weekly Shōnen Sunday has faced fairly steadily declining numbers since 2007. Nonetheless, it still holds several notable titles, including Call of the Night, Komi Can’t Communicate, Detective Conan and Frieren. The magazine also remains a household title among manga fans and is among the top 10 most popular manga magazines, although it was vastly outsold by Weekly Shōnen Jump in the last periodic circulation (April-June 30, 2023), at 1.1 million to 160,417 copies.

The current editor-in-chief of Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Kazunori Oshima, reportedly believes that Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End will surpass Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba in popularity within the next five years.

According to an interview with veteran manga editors and former rivals, Kazuhiko Torishima of Weekly Shōnen Jump and Katsuya Shirai of Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Shirai stated that current editor Oshima recently claimed to him that Frieren will beat out Demon Slayer by 2028. Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump and Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday have been rivals since their inception in the late 1960s.

In contrast, Weekly Shōnen Sunday has faced fairly steadily declining numbers since 2007. Nonetheless, it still holds several notable titles, including Call of the Night, Komi Can’t Communicate, Detective Conan and Frieren. The magazine also remains a household title among manga fans and is among the top 10 most popular manga magazines, although it was vastly outsold by Weekly Shōnen Jump in the last periodic circulation (April-June 30, 2023), at 1.1 million to 160,417 copies.

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