The manga was serialized by ASCII Media Works through their monthly magazine Dengeki Daioh from December 2013 to July 2020 and published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Kamachi and Teto Tachitsu wrote and illustrated its manga spin-off titled A Certain Idol Accelerator-sama, which was published from October 2015 to November 2018.

Now that they have set their plan into motion and are in pursuit of the young girl, it is up to the world's most powerful esper and his newfound companion, Esther Rosenthal, to protect Last Order and defend Academy City in the process.

[4] A four-panel comedy manga spin-off of the series written by Kamachi and illustrated by Teto Tachitsu, titled A Certain Idol Accelerator-sama (とある偶像の一方通行さま, Toaru Gūzō no Ippō Tsūkō-sama), began serialization in Dengeki Daioh from October 27, 2015[29] to November 27, 2018.

[49] Evan Minto of Otaku USA found A Certain Scientific Accelerator lacking an "establishing exposition" and noted its "confusing starting point" but commended Yamaji's "comfortable" handling of action scenes.