[31] Reviewing the Dark Horse edition, which only included the Miss China chapters, Eugene Cheng of EX made positive comments about the series, praising its "beautiful art", "unique style", "delightful characters and charming story", lauding as well Tsuruta's artwork and his "skillful use of scenery, perspective, and contrast", ultimately calling the series: "easily one of the best manga currently available in America.

"[14] Manga critic Jason Thompson commented that "its detailed artwork makes this manga live up to its name: a sweet if unresolved love story, similar to the comics of Kozue Amano (Aqua, Aria), in which the characters often stop and gaze at the scenery," and called the Miss China stories "[e]njoyable but slight, with no real ending.

Pezzano concluded: "if you pick this manga up, just let the art and concepts wash over you, and try not to get offended at Miss China's outrageously lame accent.

"[33] Mariela Ortiz of the same website also praised the artwork, commenting: "[e]ach page is drawn with painstaking attention to detail, you can't just read the words to understand the story."

"[33] Reviewing the entire manga, Mario Vuk of Splash Comics enjoyed the anthological format of the series and highlighted Tsuruta's hatching technique, which makes the art look "classic,"[34] and called his artwork: "very appealing and rich in detail.

"[36] On the other hand, Andrés Accorsi of Comiqueando [es], while praised Tsuruta's artwork as well and highlighted it as its main feature, commented that the scripts have "very notable flaws," with conflicts that "lack dramatic force," adding that Tsuruta "wastes an alarming number of pages on scenes that add nothing to the plots," and concluded: "Spirit of Wonder entangles you in a tangle of ridiculous, whimsical, hackneyed or simply poorly planned or poorly resolved situations.

"[37] Christopher Macdonald of Anime News Network (ANN) said that Miss China's Ring is "quite simply, is unique, and very weird; but also very fun.

"[39] Mike Toole of Anime Jump described it as "a nice break from the tidal wave of action and comedy fare flooding the market," but also called it "surprisingly insubstantial," expressing that "one wishes that there was a little more meat to the story.

Chapman said that the animation is "adequate though not spectacular," calling as well the color palette "soft and gentle, with a lot of muted pastels appropriate to the wistful, melancholy tone of the story."