The chapters of the manga series Jiraishin were written and illustrated by Tsutomu Takahashi, and serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from September 1992 to November 1999. Kodansha compiled its chapters into 19 tankōbon volumes, released from October 21, 1993 to January 19, 2000. The series was republished in a ten-volume bunkoban edition from May 9, 2003, to September 12, 2003, and in a ten-volume aizoban edition from February 23, 2009, to November 20, 2009.