After its successful entry in USA Today's List of Bestselling Books, Naruto Volumes 19, 20, 21 have now dropped down in the record.  Despite the significant plunge, two of the three volumes of Naruto have remained popular enough to make it into the list for October 22 through October 28.

Written and illustrated by artist Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto follows the adventures of Naruto Uzumaki, a hyperactive adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and strives to become the strongest ninja in the village.  It also features his interactions with other characters like Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake.

The highly anticipated chapters, which were released on October 2, strongly entered the notable list of bestselling books on October 11.  Volume 21, in which Tsunade sends a team to hunt down the conflicted Sasuke, who's made a terrible choice of new teammates, dropped down 13 spots from the previous week from number 53 to number 66.  As of now, it has remained in the top 150 books for the past four weeks and has reached a peak of number 39 ever since it entered the list.

Volume 20, which features Sakura getting caught in the middle of war between Naruto and Sasuke, reached its highest rank at number 54 in the past four weeks.  But while it landed number 74 in the previous week of October 15 to 21, it unfortunately fell to number 111 the week after.

As for Volume 19, it did not make it into the list.  This installment, which focuses on the shinobi war as Naruto, Tsunade, Jiraiya and Shizune take on Orochimaru and Kabuto in battle with the final fate of Tsunade hanging on the outcome, hit its highest point at number 77 but only stayed in USA Today's List of Bestselling Books for three weeks.

Meanwhile, Naruto fans can catch Volumes 22 through 24, which are now available in the market.


-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: USA Today
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