On the commercial end, the book has ranked well in multiple best seller lists and was nominated for an award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.

At night, when the villagers perform their custom of gazing up at the starry sky, countless unidentified flying objects come raining down on them—the opening act for the terror is about to occur.

[2] Ito would often find this approach resulting in unexpected ideas helping to drive the story forward.

[7] Briana Lawrence from The Mary Sue praised the book for its premise and for having all the small details matter in the end.

[8] Evan Mullicane from Screen Rant also offered it praise, specifically stating that the book has a compelling mystery in addition to horror, as well as great artwork.

[9] Tom Speelman from Polygon also offered praise for the artwork, while favorably comparing the story to works by American horror author H. P.

[11] Ian Wolf from Anime UK News was more mixed, saying that while Sensor was not as good as other works by Ito, it still stood out from the crowd.