{"rewrite":{"id":"r_98ed499d4f570a0932c70308","clusterId":"c_3f6c1ff3fe5a1adee7b14028","slug":"akira-failing-in-love-tops-1-million-copies-worldwide","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Akira Failing In Love Tops 1 Million Copies Worldwide","summary":"Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday announced on September 16 that Shinta Harekawa's manga Akira Failing in Love has over 1 million copies in circulation worldwide. The romantic comedy launched in the magazine in August 2024, and its eighth compiled volume shipped the same day as the announcement. Viz Media publishes the series in English, with the fourth volume out September 8.","whyItMatters":"A series that only started in 2024 has cleared the million mark by its eighth volume, which suggests its circulation is outrunning the pace of its own print run rather than coasting on a long backlist.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe count was printed in the magazine\u0026#39;s combined 42nd and 43rd issue rather than broken out by territory, so the figure covers both the Japanese editions and the licensed overseas releases. Viz Media\u0026#39;s description frames the book as a comedy of mutual obliviousness: Akira moves back to the countryside for high school with a plan to win over her childhood crush, unaware he already returns the feeling.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarekawa has kept several serials running across different publishers, including a BL title on Kadokawa\u0026#39;s Comic Fleur and a Coamix series that ended in 2023.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Akira Failing in Love hit 1 million copies worldwide while its English release is only four volumes deep, so the overseas audience is buying into a story far behind the Japanese run.","twitterPost":"Akira Failing in Love crossed 1 million copies, but Viz Media's English release is only four volumes in.","threadsPost":"Akira Failing in Love passed 1 million copies in circulation worldwide, yet Viz Media's English edition is only four volumes deep. That gap is the number worth watching: the readership is outrunning what Shogakukan has actually shipped overseas.","newsletterBlurb":"Shinta Harekawa's Akira Failing in Love has over 1 million copies in circulation worldwide, a figure announced in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday combined issue 42/43 and reported September 16. The romantic comedy began serialization in August 2024, and its eighth Japanese volume arrived the same day as the announcement. Viz Media handles the English release, with volume 4 out September 8.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-21/akira-failing-in-love-manga-tops-1-million-in-circulation-globally/.241837\",\"title\":\"Akira Failing in Love Manga Tops 1 Million in Circulation Globally\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4403,"outputTokens":622,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791076474,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T01:12:58.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T01:13:25.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T01:13:25.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_3f6c1ff3fe5a1adee7b14028","canonicalTitle":"News\nAkira Failing in Love Manga Tops 1 Million in Circulation Globally","representativeArticleId":"a_ca00ff703707bb28ea596aff","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Akira Failing in Love\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Shogakukan\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T01:13:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-21/akira-failing-in-love-manga-tops-1-million-in-circulation-globally/.241837","title":"News\nAkira Failing in Love Manga Tops 1 Million in Circulation Globally"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Akira Failing in Love"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Shogakukan"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}