The manga series, published by Kadokawa Shoten, ran from 1996 to 2000 with a total of fourteen volumes.

He seems perfect on the outside, but he's actually dirt poor due to his mother's reckless spending habits and his always-gone father.

The manga was adapted into a 45-episode Taiwanese drama titled Poor Prince (Chinese: 貧窮貴公子; pinyin: Ping Qiong Gui Gong Zi) starring Vic Zhou, Ken Chu, Annie Yi, Edward Ou and Will Liu.

It was broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Chinese Television System (CTS) (華視) from 11 August to 8 November 2001.

The opening theme song is "Happiness" by Arashi, the Japanese musical group, which the two stars are members of.