The song ‘Zankyou Zanka (残響散歌)‘ of aimer topped the overall song chart for billboard japan“JAPAN HOT 100” during the first half of the year 2022. The song premiered on December 6 as the opening theme of the television anime Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku-hen (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc), which aired from December 5, 2021 to February 13, 2022. As a result of the analysis of the graphs, the song ranked first in the first half of the year on radio charts, downloads, and video streams, winning the triple crown, and topped the weekly charts a total of nine times, occupying the first place overall in the first half of the year with a wide margin over the second place and the inferiors. “BETELGEUSE” of Yuriwhich ranked second overall, is the subject of the Fuji TV drama, SUPER RICH. In the first half of 2022, it was interesting to analyze if I could top her song “Dried Flower“, which topped the annual list”JAPAN HOT 100” from last year. King Gnu sent two songs to the TOP 10, with “Ichizu (一途)” Y “Sakayume (逆夢)“, which reached the third and sixth position in the general classification, respectively. Considered to be the successor ofKimetsu no Yaiba“, the song was used as the main and ending theme of the animated film”Jujutsu Kaisen 0 The Movie“, which was released in theaters on December 24, 2021. The premieres of the songs were made on December 10 and 24, and this gap in the release dates regarding the release of the single that includes both songs on December 29 December generated that both songs had different performances. It should be remembered that the video game for smartphones Kimetsu no Yaiba: Chifuu Kengeki Royale will be available in the catalog QooApp coming soon in this link.

Synopsis for Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku-hen

The devastation of the Mugen Train incident still weighs heavily on the members of the Demon Slayer Corps. Although they have been given time to recover, life must go on as the wicked never sleep: a vicious demon is terrorizing the seductive women of the Yoshiwara Entertainment District. The Pillar of Sound, Tengen Uzui, and his three wives are on the case. However, when he soon loses contact with his wives, Tengen fears the worst and enlists the help of Tanjirou Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Inosuke Hashibira to infiltrate the district’s most prominent houses and track down the depraved senior demon. Font: billboard japan
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