Eiichiro Oda's One Piece set a new sales record for 2026 with volume 114

Eiichiro Oda One piece has been the undisputed best-selling manga for over a decade. At the beginning of this year, the total sales of One Piece already exceeded 600 million, making it a legendary series on a global scale. All of this is already impressive, but now its latest release, One Piece volume 114, has broken another sales record in 2026. One Piece is not slowing down in sales at all. While there have been concerns about One Piece's declining sales over the past few volumes, the latest release proves that Oda's manga still dominates in Japan and is an untouchable mainstay of Shonen Jump. This is largely due to the exciting events that take place in the Elbaph arc.

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One Piece Volume 114 sold 1.015 million copies in 4 weeks

Eiichiro Oda released his latest volume, One Piece Volume 114, on March 4, 2026. The cover of this volume features the exciting Rocks Pirates that fans have been waiting for for almost a decade. As the first volume of One Piece in 2026, it was expected to be released worldwide; especially with the story of Rocks D. Xebec being featured in it.

With its release, the current trend of One Piece popularity can be properly measured and it must be said that it did not disappoint. One Piece Volume 114 is currently the best-selling manga volume in Japan in 2026. It has already managed to surpass the 1 million mark in just one month. It's sitting around at the moment 1.015 million copies in circulation. In fact, this volume is the only one to sell over a million copies in Japan in 2026. For comparison, the second best-selling volume this year is Jujutsu Kaisen: Modulo Volume 2, which at the moment has not even exceeded 400 thousand copies in circulation.

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The sales of the One Piece manga are definitely impressive, and this increase in copies sold compared to the previous installments is no accident. One Piece is going through one of its most exciting arcs yet, and Volume 114 features the long-awaited God Valley flashback. In this flashback, fans finally meet the iconic Rocks D. Xebec and get a better look at his crew. The events of God Valley, which include Roger and Garp vs. The Rocks, the childhoods and fates of Blackbeard and Shanks, as well as a surprise appearance by Imu, are all explored.

With so much going on, it's no wonder fans rushed to buy this volume in Japan. Unfortunately, this volume is still not available for international fans. There is currently no release date for the English version of One Piece Volume 114 and it may take at least over a year before it is released to English speakers.

With this huge success for One piece Volume 114, it can be said that the series is well on its way to reclaim its throne as the best-selling manga series for 2026. As fans know, since 2019, marked by the rise of series like Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen, One Piece has failed to reach the level of best-selling series for 6 years. However, in 2025, it actually managed to reclaim the title of the best-selling series of the year. In 2026, this trend is likely to continue. This will be the first time in years that One Piece has been the best-selling manga of the year back to back, and with no major series on the rise at the moment, it could be a long time to come.

It is also important to note that the next volume of One Piece is also close to release. One Piece Volume 115 already has a scheduled release date and will hit Japanese stores on June 6, 2026. There is currently no English release date for it, but it is expected to be in 2027.

All things considered, it's clear that One Piece is once again dominating the manga industry in Japan. Oda's influence remains strong despite the series being nearly three decades old. With the story now in the Final Saga, One Piece will continue to heat up and become more exciting, leading to further sales growth.

Source: Oricon

One piece

Release date

October 20, 1999

Network

Fuji TV

directors

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imayomura, Yashiôhiro Mayuū Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou

Writers

Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda

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  Mayumi Tanaka

  Monkey D. Luffy (voice)

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  Kazuya Nakai

  Roronoa Zoro (voice)