The chapters appeared as a serial in the Japanese manga anthology Bessatsu Friend and were published by Kodansha in eight tankōbon from January 2007 to December 2009.

However, when the girls were in second grade, their grandmother became ill and so, Ageha was sent to live with her parents and her twin sister in the city.

Growing up in the countryside has made Ageha a bit of a tomboy; she's a quiet, reserved girl who doesn't look anything special.

Just when she was thinking those thoughts, a boy wearing a horse mask on his head runs into the classroom and hides underneath a table.

As she does so, Kyuu flips through her agenda booklet and discovers a photograph of Ageha and the boy she has a crush on, Ryuusei, who she has known from childhood but since they moved away, they have forgotten each other.

As soon as she speaks the words, Ryuusei appears at the classroom door and recognizes Ageha as the girl from his childhood that he used to play with.

Ageha secretly thinks of Kyuu as Cinderella's fairy godmother and cannot believe that it happened.

Written and illustrated by Miwa Ueda, the chapters of Papillon - Hana to Chō were serialized in the Japanese manga anthology Bessatsu Friend from 2007 to December 2009.