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Anime / Manga September 04, 2009 at 10:48:50 PM
Last week's best selling manga as reported by the New York Times.
1 VAMPIRE KNIGHT, VOL. 7, by Matsuri Hino. (VIZ Media, $8.99.) Cross Academy has day and evening students, but the latter have a secret: they are vampires. Weeks on list (WOL) 5
2 NARUTO, VOL. 45, by Masashi Kishimoto. (VIZ Media, $7.95.) Jiraiya, ninja and mentor to Naruto, put everything he learned about the Akatsuki organization in code. Can Naruto decipher it in time? WOL 8
3 FRUITS BASKET, VOL. 23, by Natsuki Takaya. (TOKYOPOP, $10.99.) This series is about a family that is possessed by the animals of the Chinese zodiac. Secrets from the past are revealed and Akito, head of the clan, finds her control slipping. WOL 8
4 BLACK BIRD, VOL. 1, by Kanoko Sakurakoji. (VIZ Media, $8.99.) Misao Harada can see the magic hidden in the world, but it turns out to be a a power that demons wants to exploit. Will her childhood friend, Kyo, who is the head of a demon clan, help or hurt her? WOL 4
5 ROSARIO VAMPIRE, VOL. 8, by Akihisa Ikeda. (VIZ Media, $7.99.) Tsukune Aono’s new school is filled with vampires and werewolves. How is a human teenager to survive? WOL 5
6 NINJA GIRLS, VOL. 1, by Hosana Tanaka. (Del Rey, $10.99.) A gaggle of female ninjas plot to bring Raizo, the illegitimate son of a ruling family, to power. WOL 1
7 SAYONARA, ZETSUBOU-SENSEI: VOL., 3, by Koji Kumeta. (Del Rey, $10.99.) Zetsubou is a high school teacher with suicidal thoughts. Will he survive his encounters with Kafuka, the "most optimistic girl in the world"? 1
8 D. N. ANGEL, VOL. 12, by Yukiru Sugisaki. (TOKYOPOP, $10.99.) Daisuke Niwa is an ordinary middle school student under a cruse that turns him into a phantom. The only way to cure him is to get Risa, the girl he adores, to fall for him. WOL 5
9 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, VOL. 19, by Hiromu Arakawa. (VIZ Media, $9.99.) Two brothers harmed in a ritual that was half magic/half science seek the legendary Philosopher’s Stone to make things right. This installment reveals their father’s origin. WOL 7
10 D. GRAY-MAN, VOL. 14, by Katsura Hoshino. (VIZ Media, $7.99.) The protagonist: 15-year-old Allen Walker. The setting: 19th century England. His mission: to find Innocence, a substance used to create weapons to destroy the akuma demons. WOL 4
Source: New York Times
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