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>February 2020 KnY had already smashed 60 million copies sold
Yeah, and I mever denied that you, dickhead. The craze peaked in that window BETWEEN post-anime streaming and Covid lockdown ramp-ups. Your dumbass keeps acting like Feb 2020 is magically immune from early pandemic influence. Panic-buying started in Japan in January, and stores were already overloaded. Even Oricon noted delays and spikes due to supply chain surges during this phase.
>nobody was panic-stocking manga like canned food.
No, but they were binge-buying entertainment. Manga, anime, video games ALL spiked in early 2020 as people prepped for home life and needed distraction.bDemon Slayer became the binge-read series at exactly the moment people stayed indoors. It's not a mere coincidence, it's perfect timing. Just like how Animal Crossing blew up, not because it was the best Nintendo game ever, but because it dropped right when lockdowns hit. Same with Genshin Impact.

And you keep ignoring Nakano’s quote, so I'll reiterate again, as many times as I can to beat it to your head.
>Demon Slayer did not become a major hit until late 2019.
>Its success hinged on word-of-mouth after the anime run.
That directly contradicts your fantasy that the anime alone caused a pre-Covid domination. It confirms what the data already shows: momentum built post-anime and exploded early 2020.
>this “vol 1–10 sold low” angle isn’t the slam dunk you think it is.
It is when you’re pretending the series was always big. It took 3 full years for the manga to catch on and was a slow-burn sleeper until the anime + Sony machine kicked in. That's exactly why it looks like a rocket, because it was dead quiet until the ignition sequence.