List of Oricon number-one manga of 2008
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 2008.
Chart history
Week
Date
Title
Author
Publisher
Copies
Reference
12
March 24–30
Kimi ni Todoke , 6
Karuho Shiina
Shueisha
347,826
[ 1]
13
March 31–April 6
Bleach , 33
Tite Kubo
Shueisha
430,081
[ 2]
14
April 7–13
Ouran High School Host Club , 12
Bisco Hatori
Hakusensha
205,298
[ 3]
15
April 14–20
Hayate the Combat Butler , 15
Kenjiro Hata
Shogakukan
147,645
[ 4]
16
April 21–27
High School Debut , 11
Kazune Kawahara
Shueisha
111,276
[ 5]
17
April 28–May 4
Naruto , 42
Masashi Kishimoto
Shueisha
505,506
[ 6]
18
May 5–11
Naruto , 42
Masashi Kishimoto
Shueisha
264,862
[ 7]
19
May 12–18
Nana , 19
Ai Yazawa
Shueisha
787,219
[ 8]
20
May 19–25
Nana , 19
Ai Yazawa
Shueisha
358,579
[ 9]
21
May 26–June 1
Black Butler , 4
Yana Toboso
Square Enix
240,654
[ 10]
22
June 2–8
One Piece , 50
Eiichiro Oda
Shueisha
1,074,745
[ 11]
23
June 9–15
One Piece , 50
Eiichiro Oda
Shueisha
231,919
[ 12]
24
June 16–22
Zatch Bell! , 33
Makoto Raiku
Shogakukan
181,234
[ 13]
25
June 23–29
Boys Over Flowers , 37
Yoko Kamio
Shueisha
361,497
[ 14]
26
June 30–July 6
Bleach , 34
Tite Kubo
Shueisha
425,366
[ 15]
27
July 7–13
Bleach , 34
Tite Kubo
Shueisha
228,406
[ 16]
28
July 14–20
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle , 24
Clamp
Kodansha
167,315
[ 17]
29
July 21–27
Kimi ni Todoke , 7
Karuho Shiina
Shueisha
220,995
[ 18]
30
July 28-August 3
Pluto , 6
Naoki Urasawa
Shogakukan
313,694
[ 19]
31
August 4–10
Naruto , 43
Masashi Kishimoto
Shueisha
735,206
[ 20]
32
August 11–17
Nodame Cantabile , 21
Tomoko Ninomiya
Kodansha
734,890
[ 21]
33
August 18–24
Fullmetal Alchemist , 20
Hiromu Arakawa
Square Enix
589,556
[ 22]
34
August 25–31
Yotsuba&! , 8
Kiyohiko Azuma
ASCII Media Works
280,118
[ 23]
35
September 1–7
One Piece , 51
Eiichiro Oda
Shueisha
1,029,249
[ 24]
36
September 8–14
Nana , 20
Ai Yazawa
Shueisha
653,967
[ 25]
37
September 15–21
Nana , 20
Ai Yazawa
Shueisha
408,717
[ 26]
38
September 22–28
Nana , 20
Ai Yazawa
Shueisha
156,210
[ 27]
39
September 29–October 5
Hunter × Hunter , 26
Yoshihiro Togashi
Shueisha
487,403
[ 28]
40
October 6–12
Hunter × Hunter , 26
Yoshihiro Togashi
Shueisha
200,640
[ 29]
41
October 13–19
Hayate the Combat Butler , 17
Kenjiro Hata
Shogakukan
152,617
[ 30]
42
October 20–26
Big Windup! , 11
Asa Higuchi
Kodansha
245,740
[ 31]
43
October 27–November 2
Real , 8
Takehiko Inoue
Shueisha
288,970
[ 32]
44
November 3–9
Naruto , 44
Masashi Kishimoto
Shueisha
620,283
[ 33]
45
November 10–16
Detective Conan , 63
Gosho Aoyama
Shogakukan
154,811
[ 34]
46
November 17–23
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle , 25
Clamp
Kodansha
196,094
[ 35]
47
November 24–30
Kimi ni Todoke , 8
Karuho Shiina
Shueisha
372,293
[ 36]
48
December 1–7
One Piece , 52
Eiichiro Oda
Shueisha
1,045,937
[ 37]
49
December 8–14
One Piece , 52
Eiichiro Oda
Shueisha
275,035
[ 38]
50
December 15–21
Fairy Tail , 13
Hiro Mashima
Kodansha
166,509
[ 39]
51
December 22-January 4
Fullmetal Alchemist , 21
Hiromu Arakawa
Square Enix
825,026
[ 40]
References
Lists of number-one
manga in Japan