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.

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

List of Oricon number-one manga of 2012

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