# List of Oricon number-one manga of 2012

A chart with the best selling manga in Japan is published weekly by Oricon. This list includes the manga that reached the number one place on that chart in 2012.

## Chart history

| Week | Date | Title | Author | Publisher | Copies |
| 1 | January 2–8 | Bakuman, vol.16 | Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata | Shueisha | 343,178 |
| 2 | January 9–15 | Bakuman, vol.16 | Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata | Shueisha | 93,261 |
| 3 | January 16–22 | Gantz, vol.33 | Hiroya Oku | Shueisha | 155,485 |
| 4 | January 23–29 | Kimi ni Todoke, vol.15 | Karuho Shiina | Shueisha | 640,780 |
| 5 | January 30–February 5 | One Piece, vol.65 | Eiichiro Oda | Shueisha | 1,934,961 |
| 6 | February 6–12 | One Piece, vol.65 | Eiichiro Oda | Shueisha | 617,760 |
| 7 | February 13–19 | One Piece, vol.65 | Eiichiro Oda | Shueisha | 176,950 |
| 8 | February 20–26 | Fairy Tail, vol.31 | Hiro Mashima | Kodansha | 141,042 |
| 9 | February 27–March 4 | Bleach, vol.54 | Tite Kubo | Shueisha | 269,751 |
| 10 | March 5–11 | Bleach, vol.54 | Tite Kubo | Shueisha | 204,333 |
| 11 | March 12–18 | Chihayafuru, vol.16 | Yuki Suetsugu | Kodansha | 212,169 |
| 12 | March 19–25 | March Comes in Like a Lion, vol.7 | Chica Umino | Hakusensha | 356,250 |
| 13 | March 26–April 1 | We Were There, vol.16 | Yuki Obata | Shogakukan | 370,166 |
| 14 | April 2–8 | Hunter × Hunter, vol.30 | Yoshihiro Togashi | Shueisha | 638,907 |
| 15 | April 9–15 | Attack on Titan, vol.7 | Hajime Isayama | Kodansha | 382,299 |
| 16 | April 16–22 | Fairy Tail, vol.32 | Hiro Mashima | Kodansha | 297,314 |
| 17 | April 23–29 | Giant Killing, vol.23 | Masaya Tsunamoto, Tsujitomo | Kodansha | 200,112 |
| 18 | April 30–May 6 | One Piece, vol.66 | Eiichiro Oda | Shueisha | 2,275,453 |
| 19 | May 7–13 | Kimi ni Todoke, vol.16 | Karuho Shiina | Shueisha | 473,164 |
| 20 | May 14–20 | Kimi ni Todoke, vol.16 | Karuho Shiina | Shueisha | 315,709 |
| 21 | May 21–27 | Black Butler, vol.14 | Yana Toboso | Square Enix | 165,404 |
| 22 | May 28–June 3 | Black Butler, vol.14 | Yana Toboso | Square Enix | 248,114 |
| 23 | June 4–10 | Bleach, vol.55 | Tite Kubo | Shueisha | 521,626 |
| 24 | June 11–17 | Chihayafuru, vol.16 | Yuki Suetsugu | Kodansha | 222,909 |
| 25 | June 18–24 | Detective Conan, vol.76 | Gosho Aoyama | Shogakukan | 290,361 |
| 26 | June 25–July 1 | Saki, vol.10 | Ritz Kobayashi | Square Enix | 191,634 |
| 27 | July 2–8 | Bakuman, vol.20 | Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata | Shueisha | 331,355 |
| 28 | July 9–15 | Natsume's Book of Friends, vol.14 | Yuki Midorikawa | Hakusensha | 113,023 |
| 29 | July 16–22 | Silver Spoon, vol.4 | Hiromu Arakawa | Shogakukan | 397,416 |
| 30 | July 23–29 | Naruto, vol.61 | Masashi Kishimoto | Shueisha | 706,697 |
| 31 | July 30–August 5 | One Piece, vol.67 | Eiichiro Oda | Shueisha | 1,754,309 |
| 32 | August 6–12 | One Piece, vol.67 | Eiichiro Oda | Shueisha | 638,421 |
| 33 | August 13–19 | One Piece, vol.67 | Eiichiro Oda | Shueisha | 251,837 |
| 34 | August 20–26 | Fairy Tail, vol.34 | Hiro Mashima | Kodansha | 168,715 |
| 35 | August 27–September 2 | Ao Haru Ride, vol.5 | Io Sakisaka | Shueisha | 143,429 |
| 36 | September 3–9 | Blue Exorcist, vol.9 | Kazue Katō | Shueisha | 486,195 |
| 37 | September 10–16 | Chihayafuru, vol.18 | Yuki Suetsugu | Kodansha | 196,339 |
| 38 | September 17–23 | Detective Conan, vol.77 | Gosho Aoyama | Shogakukan | 314,809 |
| 39 | September 24–30 | Kimi ni Todoke, vol.17 | Karuho Shiina | Shueisha | 683,751 |
| 40 | October 1–7 | Naruto, vol.62 | Masashi Kishimoto | Shueisha | 660,402 |
| 41 | October 8–14 | Naruto, vol.62 | Masashi Kishimoto | Shueisha | 206,959 |
| 42 | October 15–21 | Silver Spoon, vol.5 | Hiromu Arakawa | Shogakukan | 342,925 |
| 43 | October 22–28 | Vagabond, vol.34 | Takehiko Inoue | Kodansha | 312,311 |
| 44 | October 29–November 4 | One Piece, vol.68 | Eiichiro Oda | Shueisha | 1,555,724 |
| 45 | November 5–11 | One Piece, vol.68 | Eiichiro Oda | Shueisha | 632,835 |
| 46 | November 12–18 | One Piece, vol.68 | Eiichiro Oda | Shueisha | 202,066 |
| 47 | November 19–25 | Real, vol.12 | Takehiko Inoue | Shueisha | 270,793 |
| 48 | November 26–December 2 | Real, vol.12 | Takehiko Inoue | Shueisha | 122,236 |
| 49 | December 3–9 | Hunter × Hunter, vol.31 | Yoshihiro Togashi | Shueisha | 684,299 |
| 50 | December 10–16 | March Comes in Like a Lion, vol.8 | Chica Umino | Hakusensha | 223,556 |
| 51 | December 17–23 | Detective Conan, vol.78 | Gosho Aoyama | Shogakukan | 352,174 |
| 52 | December 24–30 | Hunter × Hunter, vol.32 | Yoshihiro Togashi | Shueisha | 619,064 |
| 53 | December 31–January 6 | Naruto, vol.63 | Masashi Kishimoto | Shueisha | 287,331 |