Volume 11 of Naruto retains its hold on 27th place in the USA Today Booklist for the second week in a row, making three weeks in the top 30 for the plucky lad. Volume 9 of Fullmetal Alchemist slips from 103 to 123. Negima, volume 11, drops from 88 to 134. But hey, what’s this? Volume 11 of DN Angel at number 137, the first time that series has cracked the top 150.
It’s kind of interesting that there are four manga on the list this week. It’s also interesting that they are all later volumes of series. But what really impresses me is that so many series are selling well enough that they make it onto the Booklist at least once in a while. Every week there’s something different, which to me is much more indicative of Manga Creep than to see single titles make it to the top of the list.
The DN Angel has been in the charts before, volume 07 was around for 1 week back in March 2005. It’s one of those annoying titles which has multiple spellings, i.e. with dots and without. Guess USA Today haven’t quite made up their mind. ^.^
Though you right about the creep. As far as I can tell this is the first week that I’ve ever seen 4 titles make the list, which is considerably more interesting to me then seeing a title hang around in the top 30 (though both are important in their own way). I’d just like to see more titles creep into the list.