I think it's a lot but just putting into perspective that even a popular manga like "name I forgot" has 8 million sold so how is his manga meant to get 10 million even more than a popular manga
To put this into perspective, manga that sell over 10 mil typically are from established artists, are Shonen manga that appeared in the top 3 Shonen manga magazines, have been ongoing for over 5 years, have an anime, and have over 10 volumes.
O-ME-GAD! Is basically a (slightly trashy) romantic comedy. The closest manga that I could find to it is Oh My Goddess! which ran for over 10 years with 48 volumes. It sold 25 million copies. There is a manga that is still ongoing that has not sold more copies than this. And Oh My Goddess was not even close to be as (slightly) trashy as OMG lol
The manga industry is incredibly oversaturated and Sachio was lucky enough to be published in a magazine. If he has to go independent it will be even harder for him to sell.
Oh My Goddess also had an anime which would have helped sales immensely
Yes that’s why I mentioned that at the start of my comment. Oh My Goddess also developed a semi-cult following when it came to the states which boosted sales too (people were obsessively buying the raw comic books because of special illustrations).
I feel like it would be closer to Negima than Oh my Goddess...
I’m sorry I’m not an expert on trashy harem manga But since you’ve mentioned it, Negima has only ~20 million despite having 38 volumes.
And it doesn't have an anime! XD
Is 8 million copies sold not alot in this industry?
Sounds like a lot? And it's only 7 volume so each vol. had to at least sell 1 mill each.
I guess making it into an anime is sign of success like the brother in law? Or maybe it was translation error?