It was irregularly serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits from December 2007 to June 2019.

Written and illustrated by Shin Takahashi, Hana to Oku-tan debuted in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits on December 10, 2007.

[2] A "chapter zero" was published in the inaugural issue of Monthly Big Comic Spirits on August 27, 2009.

[3] The manga was irregularly serialized in Weekly Big Comic Spirits,[4][5][6][7] and finished on June 17, 2019.

[11] Hana to Oku-tan was one of the Jury Recommended Works at the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2014.