[1] David Boyd wrote the English translation, published in 2021 by Enchanted Lion Books.
[2] It was published in French, as La petite chose noire, with translation by Alice Hureau.
[5] It also won the Japan Picture Book Award [ja] 25th edition Grand Prize,[6][7] and the Shogakukan Children's Book Publishing Culture Award [ja].
[8] Kirkus Reviews stated that for the most part the work is "poignant and engrossing narrative" although it argued the aspect of her going into a closet at the creature's request "gives serious pause".
[2] Kimberly Olson Fakih of School Library Journal stated that the art style illustrates "a timeless quality.