"One Piece" Volume 83 reportedly sold more than 1 million copies in its first week of sales. However, the animated series may be running out of chapters and may come to an end. Furthermore, recent news claiming that the anime creators have confirmed cancellation are yet to be proven true as the production team has kept mum on these issues.
The latest Oricon sales report is said to reveal the top five titles that ranked in the weekly manga sales chart that ended on Nov. 6. The chart was all published by Shueisha for the Weekly Shonen Jump. On that note, the top-selling manga of the week was "One Piece" vol. 83 that sold 1,631,659 copies in its first week.
It should be noted that "One Piece" vol. 82 by Eiichiro Oda which sold 1,664 less in its first week sales in July. Furthermore, placing second was Tite Kubo's 74th volume of "Bleach" which sold 248,139 copies, Crunchyroll reported. Placing third was Kohei Horikoshi's vol.11 of "Boku no Hero Academia which sold 203,825 copies.
Fourth was "Shokugeki no Soma" vol.21 with 162,169 copies sold. Finally, in fifth place was "Gintama" vol.66 110,705 copies. Interestingly, only "One Piece" sold over a million copies with its toughest contender selling only one-fourth of the copies the animation series has sold.
Meanwhile, numerous speculations claim that the "One Piece" franchise may be cancelled soon. Apparently, the latest chapters have been hinting that the Straw Hat pirate Capt. Monkey D. Luffy may be close to finding the hidden treasures. It is also speculated that the anime series is losing chapters, according to report.
"One Piece" production team is yet to confirm the rumors. However, the team is said to be trying to catch up on source materials but may also lead to putting the show on hold or even permanently stop it. It should be noted that the show has a wide fanbase and has also gained 8.8 rating from IMDb and 8.58 from My Anime List being labelled as the best-selling manga series in history. Watch: One Piece Volume 83 SBS - Doflamingo and Viola's Past, Big Mom vs Kaido, New Heart Pirates & More!