Aihara (Honey Hunt, Hot Gimmick, Tokyo Boys & Girls) launched the series in Shogakukan’s Cheese! magazine in January 2010 after publishing a one-shot in 2009, and ended it on March 24.
Viz Media released Hot Gimmick, Honey Hunt, and Tokyo Boys & Girls in North America.
The original From Five to Nine manga centers on Junko Sakuraba, a 27-year-old lecturer at an English conversation school who has no boyfriend.
Hot Gimmick inspired a live-action film that opened in Japanese theaters in June 2019.