Successful launch for volume 100 of the
One Piece
manga
.
According to a press release from the publisher Glénat, which relies on data from the GFK institute, the latest adventures of the pirate Luffy sold 131,270 copies in just three days of marketing.
These figures include pre-orders placed on e-commerce sites.
One Piece
thus dislodges
Asterix and the Griffon
from the top of the weekly top best-selling books.
The famous Gauls' 39th album was number one in continuous sales since its release on October 23.
It had exceeded one million copies sold by mid-November.
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, the manga of all records
The volume 100 of
One Piece
was printed in 250,000 copies, of which several tens of thousands in the form of a collector's edition.
Recognizable by its faux leather cover, this limited edition was taken by storm on e-commerce sites, then in bookstores last Wednesday.
Long queues formed at 7 a.m. in front of the shops, including the Fnac stores which had been generously stocked.
In the space of a morning, the brand had sold 20,000 copies of the One Piece collector's item.
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This special edition is the subject of much speculation on the Internet.
On the Vinted site, there are hundreds of classified ads for the resale of 100 collector's volume.
Still in blister packs, they are displayed from 70 to 100 euros each, while the manga was sold for 12 euros in stores ...
