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'Demon Slayer' set to bestow nearly $2bn on Japan's economy

Manga series creates boom that proves impervious to the COVID crisis

Although the final book of the "Demon Slayer" serial hit bookstores in Japan on Dec. 4, the ripple effects it is having on the country's economy are expected to keep going strong.   © Kyodo
DAIKI HIRAOKA, CHIE MATSUMOTO and BENKEI KURODA, Nikkei staff writers | Japan

TOKYO -- "Demon Slayer" keeps booming, arousing expectations that what began as a manga series will create 200 billion yen ($1.92 billion) or more in economic effects in Japan.

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