The first year of the Best Seller list saw 55 manga titles and one

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title make their appearances. Of these, eight titles reached the top of the weekly list (in order of number of weeks at the top of the list, from highest to lowest): ''

Naruto ''Naruto'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. T ...

'', 18 weeks; '' Bleach'', 9 weeks; ''

Vampire Knight is a Japanese manga series written by Matsuri Hino. It was serialized in Hakusensha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''LaLa'' from 2004 to 2013, with its chapters collected in nineteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga series is licensed in Engli ...

'', 7 weeks; ''

Fruits Basket , sometimes abbreviated , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese manga magazine , published by Hakusensha, from 1998 to 2006. The series' title comes from ...

'', 4 weeks; ''

Negima! ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from February 2003 to March 2012, with its chapters ...

'', 3 weeks; ''

Chibi Vampire ''Chibi Vampire'', originally released in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuna Kagesaki. The story is about an unusual vampiress girl, who instead of drinking blood must inject it into others because she prod ...

'', 1 week; ''

Fullmetal Alchemist is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga anthology magazine '' Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 2001 and June 2010; the publisher later collected th ...

'', 1 week; and '' Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path'', 1 week. ''Naruto'' and ''Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path'' were the only two titles to reach the top rank on the week of their debut. The Best Seller list debuted at a time when the release schedule of ''Naruto'' was being accelerated; its releases occupied a majority of the first weekly top ten rankings. ''

Junjo Romantica is a Japanese boys love manga series by Shungiku Nakamura. It focuses on four storylines: the main couple, which comprises the bulk of the books, and three other male couples that provide ongoing side stories ("Junjo Egoist", "Junjo Terror ...

'' became the first

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(boys' love) title to enter the Best Seller list when it debuted in week 28. '' Death Note''s '' L: Change the World'' became the first

to enter the top ten rankings in week 43. Adam Kepler noted that vampire literature had become popular over the previous year, and he featured ''Vampire Knight'' in the introduction to the week 46 list. It was the first manga title to be featured in the introduction which accompanies list. Weeks are numbered according to the convention used in the United States, which labels the week containing January 1 as the first week of the year. Fan book release

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release

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