One Piece Officially Dethrones Jujutsu Kaisen and Demon Slayer

Here we go again: the monthly manga scoreboard is out for November 2025, and One Piece didn’t just win — it lapped the field. There are a few interesting wrinkles in the rankings, especially where Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen landed, so let’s unpack the numbers and the context.

November snapshot: One Piece on top, big gap to everyone else

According to Oricon’s monthly series chart (also posted by Shonen Jump News on X), One Piece was the clear No. 1 for November with 949,357 copies sold. Chainsaw Man and The Apothecary Diaries followed in the next two spots. The oddity this month is where two of the so-called new Big Three contenders ended up: Demon Slayer took 8th place and Jujutsu Kaisen came in at 12th.

That gap between 1st and the rest wasn’t just wide — it was canyon-size. The report says One Piece sold roughly 700,000 more copies than both Chainsaw Man and The Apothecary Diaries. Also worth flagging: One Piece Volume 113 ranked first on Oricon for two weeks straight during November, which likely turbocharged the month’s total.

Now, it hasn’t been flawless sailing this year. One Piece’s weekly performance bounced around in 2025, with titles like Spy x Family, Blue Lock, and The Apothecary Diaries grabbing the top spot here and there, and piracy continues to be cited as a drag. But even with those headwinds, November shows the series snapping back hard.

Why One Piece keeps doing this

One Piece has been running since July 22, 1997 — over two decades in print — and it’s currently at 113 volumes. Eiichiro Oda has said the ending is coming, but no one has a date. In the big picture, this series is the best-selling manga in the world with 578 million copies sold and counting, already ahead of Batman’s lifetime print numbers by a lot. Fans fully expect it to catch up to Superman next. That’s the scale we’re dealing with here.

Even with a few momentum dips in 2025, the series keeps correcting course. The Elbaph arc has only reinforced why it holds the belt: sprawling world-building, character payoffs decades in the making, and that long-game storytelling Oda’s known for.

Where Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen fit into November

Here’s the context the rankings don’t show at a glance: both Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen are technically post-manga right now. Demon Slayer’s manga ended on May 18, 2020. Jujutsu Kaisen’s manga ended more recently, on September 30, 2024. Even so, they’ve each had a very active 2025.

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle smashed box office records this year, which predictably kicked up catalog sales. Jujutsu Kaisen has a spin-off film, Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution, playing worldwide, and Season 3 of the anime is slated for 2026. That kind of ongoing visibility absolutely nudges people back into the books, which is likely how both series still landed in the Top 20 for November despite being finished on the page.

• One Piece (Eiichiro Oda): 949,357 copies in November 2025, No. 1 for the month; Volume 113 topped Oricon for two straight weeks; sold about 700,000 more copies than Chainsaw Man and The Apothecary Diaries.
• Demon Slayer (Koyoharu Gotouge): 128,752 copies; ranked 8th; manga ended May 18, 2020; 2025’s Infinity Castle movie broke box office records.
• Jujutsu Kaisen (Gege Akutami): 111,402 copies; ranked 12th; manga ended September 30, 2024; spin-off film Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution is in theaters worldwide; Season 3 arrives in 2026.

The bigger picture: the 'new Big Three' vs the old king

The modern 'Big Three' conversation usually throws Jujutsu Kaisen and Demon Slayer in with My Hero Academia. But if November’s anything to go by, none of them are close to touching One Piece’s ceiling right now. Sure, Demon Slayer is clean, punchy storytelling and a visual knockout; it just doesn’t have the layered world-building or long-term character work that keeps One Piece sticky for decades. Jujutsu Kaisen pushed hard on high-stakes unpredictability — sometimes to the point of repetition — and that can burn out the re-read factor.

Meanwhile, Oda’s playing a different game entirely. The series has the scale, the stamina, and the timing. And every time it looks like the tide might be going out, another wave hits. November was one of those waves.

If you’re catching up: One Piece, Demon Slayer, and Jujutsu Kaisen are all available on VIZ Media. If another series grabbed your attention on this month’s chart, I’m all ears.