Ōdō no Inu won the Excellence Prize for manga at the fourth Japan Media Arts Festival in 2000.

[3] Kodansha collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, published from June 6, 1998,[4] to March 7, 2000.

[5] The final part of the story was rushed due to the suspension of publication of the magazine in which it was published in January 2000,[6] and a complete edition published by Hakusensha between November 2004 and February 2005 contained major revisions, including new chapters 31 and 47.

[7][8][9] Hakusensha republished the series in four bunkoban volumes between September and December 2014.

[10][11] Along with Massuguni-ikō, Paji and Tasogare Ryūseigun, Ōdō no Inu won the Excellence Prize for manga at the fourth Japan Media Arts Festival in 2000.