Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer): Over 100 million sales in a series that lasted four years (ended middle of last year). That's about 25 million per year on average.
Western Comics, ENTIRE INDUSTRY: 15 million sales in a year.
ONE SINGLE MANGA outdoes the ENTIRETY of western comics media by 66%.
That's the real thing behind "get woke, go broke." I've told others and probably said it here--I don't really boycott things much. Sometimes because it's trading one thing for another but even more so because I find I don't have to. I really only have a hard boycott on Nike, and a soft boycott on Sony.
Netflix is a perfect example. I cancelled Netflix because everything that came out seemed to be yet another genitalia joke for the eternal 14yo's or boring (Witcher).
PS5 is another. Even if I look at Sony as neutral, so far the best they've done to make me buy one is put out a monstrosity that looks like it was designed by a PC gamer who spends more on their case LEDs than anything and won't fit in my already large space the PS4. Games wise there's a bunch of nothing and a God of War sequel that offers no excitement. I'm not buying one of those for one game.
Let's pull out the numbers again.
Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer): Over 100 million sales in a series that lasted four years (ended middle of last year). That's about 25 million per year on average.
Western Comics, ENTIRE INDUSTRY: 15 million sales in a year.
ONE SINGLE MANGA outdoes the ENTIRETY of western comics media by 66%.
That is a beautifully damning metric.
That's the real thing behind "get woke, go broke." I've told others and probably said it here--I don't really boycott things much. Sometimes because it's trading one thing for another but even more so because I find I don't have to. I really only have a hard boycott on Nike, and a soft boycott on Sony.
Netflix is a perfect example. I cancelled Netflix because everything that came out seemed to be yet another genitalia joke for the eternal 14yo's or boring (Witcher).
PS5 is another. Even if I look at Sony as neutral, so far the best they've done to make me buy one is put out a monstrosity that looks like it was designed by a PC gamer who spends more on their case LEDs than anything and won't fit in my already large space the PS4. Games wise there's a bunch of nothing and a God of War sequel that offers no excitement. I'm not buying one of those for one game.