It was initially licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the first three volumes through its imprint, Juné.

[3] It is about a man who is sick with a disease cursed to affect all of his bloodline who summons a therianthrope, his family's guardian, to heal him.

Holly Ellingwood of ActiveAnime praised the 'quite striking' design of the therianthrope,[20] and enjoyed his background story in the second volume.

[22] Leroy Douresseaux praises the "slow burn", the "anticipation of consummation" in the work, and compares the story to Danielle Steel's fiction.

[24] Van Gorder found the second volume "a bit disjointed", as it jumps around in time, showing the progress of the characters' relationship.