It's customary for a vampire at his age of eighteen to choose a human partner to be with for 1000 years who in turn would let him drink their blood and share his life span for the millennium.

The manga was originally serialized in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine between the July 2001 and May 2002 issues,[3][4] and was later collected into two tankōbon volumes published from November 2001 to August 2002.

[8] Millennium Snow is licensed in English for release in North America by Viz Media, and in New Zealand and Australia by Madman Entertainment.

The first volume of the English-language release appeared at the fourth place on Publishers Weekly's list of the bestselling graphic novels for April 2007.

[22] In his review of the first Millennium Snow volume, Anime News Network's Theron Martin felt that the character designs "not only have the typical ridiculously lanky look but simply aren't very appealing despite her efforts to portray Toya and Satsuki as bishonen studs."