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Naruto is one of the best-selling manga series of all time having sold more than 126.5 million copies in Japan alone. Serialized in Vizs Shonen Jump magazine, Naruto has become one of the best-selling manga series. The English adaptation of the series has also appeared in the USA Today Booklist several times and volume 7 won the Quil Award in 2006. Reviewers from the series have praised the balance between fighting and comedy scenes, as well as the personalities, but have criticized it for using standard shōnen plot elements.