Final ‘Fruits Basket’ volume tops best seller lists

Final ‘Fruits Basket’ volume tops best seller lists

Fruits Basket, the number one selling shojo manga in North America, concludes this month with volume twenty-three published by Tokyopop. After its initial release, it quickly rose to #2 on the New York Times’ manga bestsellers list. It certainly deserves the acclaim, and will remain one of the most emotional, thought-provoking, and engaging manga series ever published.

The story follows Tohru Honda, a high school student who finds herself orphaned after her mother is tragically killed in a car accident. So as not to be a burden on her aging grandfather, she moves into a tent which just so happened to be on property belonging to the infamous Sohma family. After a landslide trashes her camp, the Sohma family takes her in. Tohru soon learns that the Sohmas have a dark secret, for when they are embraced by the opposite gender, they turn into an animal of the Chinese zodiac.

It’s a comical and silly concept that at first gives the impression that this is going to be another light-hearted comedy. However, underneath it all is a dark and deep mystery that extends to every single character present. Not one character is left flat and uninteresting. After 136 chapters, there’s plenty of time to flesh them out. Manga-ka Natsuki Takaya gives a perfect balance of comedy and drama, with clean artwork that matures with the series. Her art style is clearly different when comparing the beginning and the end, which fits for the maturation of the characters and the plot.

While the climax may have already passed in volume twenty-two, this last volume provides the resolution for the story. Any fan of the series should be pleasantly satisfied with the ending, depending on who you talk to!


For more info: You can purchase all volumes of Fruits Basket at amazon.com, borders.com, and barnesandnoble.com

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NY Times Manga Bestsellers: Fruits Basket Holds Onto Number 1

This week's edition of the New York Times Graphic Books list has been posted and for the second week in a row, the final volume of Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya from TokyoPop is holding strong at the #1 spot.

There are no new titles making their debut in the Top 10 this week, but several favorites have returned to the top of the charts after a few weeks absence, specifically two volumes of Naruto from Shonen Jump Manga / VIZ Media and the plucky but popular upstart, the first volume of the Lucky Star manga by Kagami Yoshimizu from Bandai Entertainment.

Three Del Rey Manga titles are proving to have staying power, as the latest volumes of Negima! by Ken Akamatsu and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle by CLAMP hold steady and the final volume of Kitchen Princess continues to draw shojo manga fans to the bookshops.

Here's the rest of the NY Times Manga Bestseller list: