It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Sunday from November 2003 to July 2008, with its chapters collected in 20 tankōbon volumes.

As a "kurosagi", Kurosaki's acts have helped innocent victims of swindling schemes get their money back.

[11] The series resumed in Weekly Big Comic Spirits, under the title Shin Kurosagi (新クロサギ), on September 6, 2008,[10] and finished on August 6, 2012.

[14] A third series, Shin Kurosagi: Kanketsu-hen (新クロサギ完結編), was serialized in Weekly Big Comic Spirits from August 27, 2012,[c] to July 29, 2013.

[17] A short-term series, titled Kurosagi Sakidō: 18-sai Shinseijin Sagi Hanzan-hen (クロサギ再起動 –18歳新成人詐欺犯罪編–), was serialized in Weekly Big Comic Spirits from September 26 to November 7, 2022.

[28] In 2008, along with Tetsuji Sekiya's Bambino!, Kurosagi won the 53rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category.