Volume 11 of Naruto is still on the USA Today Booklist but slips from number 109 to 133. Still, this is week 8 for this volume; volume 10 lasted for 10 weeks, and it will be interesting to see if history repeats itself.
In other Naruto news, volume 7 won the Quill Award for Graphic Novel, inexplicably beating out Alison Bechdel’s beautiful and eloquent Fun Home and three other books. Not that I have anything against Naruto, but it lacks a certain, um, gravitas. Maybe that’s not what they were looking for.
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I find it weird that #7 won. The idea that a 200 page excerpt from the series can win over the others is… strange. Some had heavier content so I agree on your assessment.
I suppose if you rate it on pure enjoyment for “the kids”, then maybe Naruto does deserve it.