It has been serialized in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal since December 1996, with its chapters collected in 92 tankōbon volumes as of November 2024.

The series had 29.5 million copies in print by February 2018 and is most famous for being a how-to guide combined with a story.

[4] Written and illustrated by Katsu Aki, Futari Ecchi has been serialized biweekly in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal since December 1996.

[11] Another side story titled Futari Ecchi Gaiden: Akira, The Evangelist of Sex (ふたりエッチ外伝 性の伝道師アキラ) began in Young Animal on June 23, 2017 and ended on November 24, 2017.

However, before the release of the first volume, which was published in January 2008, several major retailers had announced they would not carry the title due to its content.

Beginning in 2002, a four-volume original video animation series was produced by Chaos Project.

On December 30, 2008 it was released in a box set, which was re-released on July 10, 2012 as part of their Anime Works Classic line.

[16][17] A three-part live-action mini-series adaptation of Futari Ecchi aired on the pay-per-view channel Wowow in 2000.

[19] The film stars Yūri Morishita and Riki Miura as Yura and Makoto, was directed by Kazuhiro Yokoyama and written by Juri Sanemura.

At an event for the DVD release, a sequel called Futari H: Second Kiss (ふたりエッチ セカンド♥キッス) was announced to begin filming in October.

[1] Hikaru Okada replaces Miura as Makoto in the sequel, which hit theaters on December 17, 2011.