This was one of my favorite pastimes from the good old days on Usenet soap opera groups, where forum visitors would take turns posting absurd, unfounded rumors in hopes that they would eventually materialize on their television screens. (Example: “Laurel Banning will mysteriously vanish from Pine Valley forever.”)
It came to mind when I heard the announcement that “VIZ Media manga titles swept ALL Top 10 placements in the (Dec. 4 Bookscan) Adult Fiction Graphic Novel category (actually VIZ titles dominated the Top 13). A list of the top selling titles follows below for your review:
“1. NARUTO Vol. 8
2. RUROUNI KENSHIN Vol. 21
3. BLEACH: VOLUME 10
4. FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: VOLUME 4
5. HANA-KIMI: VOL 9
6. HOT GIMMICK Vol. 10
7. NARUTO Vol. 2
8. NARUTO Vol. 7
9. NARUTO: VOL. 3
10. RUROUNI KENSHIN Vol. 20
11. NARUTO: VOL. 4
12. NARUTO: VOL. 1
13. DRAGON BALL Z: Vol. 23”
and recalled Liza Coppola’s comments on the Bookscan list at ICv2.
I would now like to announce that I will have the winning numbers for Saturday’s Powerball drawing.