It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from April 2011 to September 2020, with its chapters collected in 17 tankōbon volumes.

[5] Written and illustrated by Takayuki Mizushina, Lovely Muco was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from 12 April 2011[6] to 23 September 2020.

[7] Kodansha collected its chapters in 17 tankōbon volumes, released from 23 April 2012[8] to 23 November 2020.

[9] At Anime Expo 2022, Kodansha USA announced that they licensed the series for English publication.

[11] In 2013 and 2014, a short anime based on the manga by Doga Kobo was used as interstitials on the Fuji TV programme Non-Stop!.