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A 5ch thread lit up over a contrast: Demon Slayer’s creator is said to have “earned a lifetime’s worth of money and retired to the countryside,” while the creators of One Piece and Detective Conan keep drawing to protect their staff’s jobs. Demon Slayer wrapped up in just 23 volumes — unusually short for a shonen manga, where decade-long runs are the norm. The thread spiraled from criticism that “the story was too thin to sustain a long run” into comparisons of other authors’ work ethics, like Hiromu Arakawa and Yoshihiro Togashi, and even a debate over whether Demon Slayer or Dragon Ball has had the bigger economic impact.
What people said
One Piece & Detective Conan's authors: "I'll keep drawing for life, for the sake of my staff's jobs"
What are we even supposed to make of this…
Her husband doesn't need to work either, right?
Are you dumb?
I haven't read the main series — is it really that packed with Gundam references?
Arakawa's had family members get sick, so there's a good chance a lot of that money is going toward that.
Togashi also raved about Rin Okamoto — so are they really "the same type" too?
I mean, given how much she's earned, that's easily covered.
Arakawa just loves drawing manga regardless of the money — same type as Rumiko Takahashi.
There's been a lot of that lately, huh.
Ten years, tops, probably.
Yeah, I don't think it'll go that far.
Thanks to the anime, people think the manga's good too, but it's rough.
The manga isn't that great either, but the anime covered for it, and that's why it's been deified.
Sorry, but as an IP, One Piece and Dragon Ball are still bigger than Demon Slayer.
These days Demon Slayer merch isn't selling to kids like it used to — it's struggling.
The way he strikes dramatic poses (like kabuki "mie") is pure style.
Same type as Attack on Titan.
Looks like straight-up bad art to me.
No matter how you look at it, Demon Slayer's economic impact is bigger lol
What does Dragon Ball even win at?
Demon Slayer fans need to face reality — Dragon Ball ranks higher worldwide in economic impact.
Dragon Ball's manga has sold 260 million copies.
Demon Slayer's at around 200 million, so Dragon Ball wins there, but factoring in everything else, Demon Slayer takes the win.
Source?
Domestic box office — Demon Slayer wins by an overwhelming margin.
Overseas too, Demon Slayer wins overwhelmingly.
Demon Slayer merch is selling like a social phenomenon too.
Show me your source.
Demon Slayer isn't even in the rankings.
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Background and Key Points
Demon Slayer ran from its 2016 serialization debut through 2020, wrapping up in 23 volumes. That’s a very different timeline and production setup from decades-spanning series like One Piece and Detective Conan, so framing this as a simple difference in “work ethic” is a stretch. The thread also speculated about the author’s gender and family situation, but creator Koyoharu Gotouge has never publicly confirmed their gender, so none of that is verified. The circulation and box-office figures cited in the Demon Slayer-vs-Dragon Ball economic comparison also include claims with shaky sourcing within the thread, so they shouldn’t be taken at face value. It is an officially confirmed fact that the Mugen Train film holds Japan’s all-time #1 box office spot, but which franchise comes out on top overall still depends on which metric you use.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyō board) thread “Demon Slayer’s Author Is Just Too Insane lololololol.”
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