It was serialized on Takeshobo's Manga Life Storia Dash website between April 2018 and August 2021.

Written and illustrated by Ajiichi, Failed Princesses was serialized on Takeshobo's Manga Life Storia Dash website from April 6, 2018, to August 6, 2021, and was collected into six tankōbon volumes.

[2][3] Anime News Network gave volume one an overall rating of A−, noting that "Nanaki's use of the phrase “repay you with my body” (meaning her make up and shopping skills) is loaded, with Kanade giving it a sexual connotation in her mind, but right now that's less important than the validation the girls bring to each other: that they are worthwhile people no matter what anyone else says.

"[16] Erica Friedman of Yuricon praised the work, noting that "This series has a pretty standard beginning, but it definitely picks up steam as it moves along.

"[17] Failed Princesses was included on the School Library Journal's recommendation list of nine LGBTQIA+ manga for teens.