Kōhei Inuzuka is a teacher who has been raising his daughter, Tsumugi, by himself following the death of his wife.

Sweetness and Lightning, written and illustrated by Gido Amagakure [ja], was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Good!

[10][11] In North America, the series was licensed for English release by Kodansha USA.

[37] The series was produced by TMS Entertainment, directed by Tarou Iwasaki and written by Mitsutaka Hirota, featuring character designs by Hiroki Harada and music by Nobuko Toda.

Top 20 Manga for Male Readers survey[43] and number 24 on the 15th Book of the Year list by Da Vinci magazine.