The individual volumes of the series were originally published by Kodansha in Japan as Memai (Dizzy), Namida (Tears), and Tobira (The Door).

Manatsu enjoys her time with Asparagus and begins to feel alive again, as well as taking an interest in death and the fragility of life.

Manga Life's Miguel Douglas praised the first volume for its "absolute realistic depictions" of the characters and commended it for "tackl[ing] such serious issues" that are "relevant" "throughout the world.

"[1] Writing for Comics Worth Reading, Johanna Carlson and noted that "it's likely that many readers will pick it up because of the shocking content" but that "treatment doesn't appeal simply to prurient interest".

"[4] When it comes to drawing style, Reiko Momochi dispenses with the "characteristic arsenal of conventionalized pictorial signs that, along with the "plate-sized" eyes, are a hallmark of Japanese girl comics," says Bernd Dolle-Weinkauff.

With regard to the topics treated, "excessively narrow connotations of this type of sign with enthusiastic girl fantasies and their partly comical function [...] would have to appear out of place".

[6] In the fourth volume, young girls are presented who, without further consideration, form a group in order to get money from pedophile men for the panties they have worn, meetings, etc.

Connie Zhang of Mania graded the first volume with a B, criticizing that the story did not "connect to the reader on a fundamental level" and that there is "no emotional bond to the characters.