It was serialized in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume from 2001 to 2002, with its chapters collected into two tankōbon volumes.

The power of Soul Rescue lies hidden somewhere within Renji, and he must find it in order to use it.

He noted that the series is "more shounen in its manifest narrative structure than it is shoujo", observing that this extends to the artwork, too, with "asymmetric panel layouts [that] are pretty cramped by shoujo manga standards and generally highlight the dynamic over the aesthetic.

"[9] A. E. Sparrow of IGN agreed, stating that Soul Rescue "treads that fine line between shojo and shonen, providing plenty of bad boy angel prettiness with some rough and tumble action scenes."

Sparrow concluded that while the first volume "doesn't really break any new ground in terms of art or the basic plot", its "likeable characters and solid writing and dialogue" make it a worthwhile read.