The magazine started on June 16, 1980, and is targeted at the adult male (seinen) demographic.

[3] It was published bimonthly (under the title Young Magazine (ヤングマガジン, Yangu Magajin)), on the second and fourth Mondays of every month, until switching to a weekly publication in 1989.

[citation needed] The chapters of the series that run in Weekly Young Magazine are collected and published in tankōbon volumes under the "YoungKC" imprint every four months.

The magazine usually features color photos of pinup girl gravure idols (グラビアアイドル, gurabia aidoru) on the cover and first few pages of each issue.

Out of them, Seven Shakespeares: Non Sanz Droict, Kenka Kagyō, and Tobaku Datenroku Kaiji: 24-oku Dasshutsu-hen are on hiatus.