While relations have soured, pop culture exchanges are going strong – in both directions.
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May 01, 2021
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For the third week of April, the final volume of the Japanese manga “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” topped bestseller lists in major South Korean bookstores including Kyobo, Yes24, Interpark, and Aladin. “Demon Slayer” was the first comic book to top the list since “Misaeng” in 2014, a feat largely attributed to popularity of the movie adaptation, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train.”
The movie, which was released on January 27 in South Korea, had attracted more than 1.84 million viewers as of April 28, making it the second-most watched movie so far in 2021. It topped the daily South Korean box office chart four times and remained on the weekly chart of the top three most watched films for 11 consecutive weeks. Its popularity was rather unexpected; it received the rating of a film intended for audiences who are 15 year