Without a movie tie-in and reaching this higher point a couple of weeks after its debut, Fruits Basket Vol. 16 hits #15 on the USA Today book list, the highest charting manga ever on that list. It's worth noting that this is one of many manga series that grows in audience size as the series continues, which makes a certain amount of sense considering that a long, finite series of books that remain in print in perpetuity allows new readers to jump on at the beginning with a great deal of ease