On its first week of release, Tsubasa – WoRLD CHRoNiCLE – Nirai Kanai hen #1 debuted at the 6th position in Oricon’s weekly comic ranking, with 127.643 copies sold.
These numbers are only for the regular edition. Numbers for the Blu-ray limited edition are unknown.
For comparison’s sake, volume 28 of Tsubasa – RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE – sold 195.137 copies on its first week, while volume 27 sold 99.997 copies.
A very shy comeback for Tsubasa, I would say. Even shyer than the performance of XXXHOLiC Rei, which was already dropping by each volume (you can check a full report here).
In case Tsubasa shows up again next week in Oricon’s ranking, I’ll post here about its performance.
Source: Oricon.
Thanks for the info!
And I’m not too worried about the numbers really: years ago, when TRC goods (books or whatever else) were scheduled for release, I pre-ordered them months in advance, but now I am a lot more…’cool’ about it? Which doesn’t mean I’m not buying this volume! But I just don’t throw myself on it from the first day haha~ I think there must be many more fans like this, and the first weeks performance might not have as much weight as it seems.
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Sure, there is still next week performances, but I don’t know, it seems to me that XXXHOLiC and Tsubasa are no more what they once were in terms of popularity.
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I have to say that I’m agree with you, Yuuto-san. I really like this universe, so I’m not done with it yet, but I think that many fans out there are not impressed anymore with the plot. The end of Tsubasa is near so I’m hoping that this means “drug & drop” or “GATE 7” come back from the dream world XD
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