It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs from October 2014 to August 2018, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes.

The series was licensed for English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment The story is set in an alternate fifteenth century Rome, where witches have declared war against humanity.

Nikola Eskalibur (ニコラ・エスカリバ, Nikora Esukariba) is a young monk adopted by the Catholic Church, whose parents were murdered by a witch.

Nikola, thus, becomes the key to make the First Witches the Church's greatest weapons and save the world.

Written and illustrated by Hosana Tanaka [ja], Holy Corpse Rising was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs from October 30, 2014,[4] to August 30, 2018.