Dengeki Comic Gao!
"DearS" began as a manga series co-written and illustrated by Banri Sendo and Shibuko Ebara, credited under their pen name Peach-Pit, which was serialized in MediaWorks' "Dengeki Comic Gao!" manga magazine from March 2002 to December 17, 2005. The manga was compiled into ten "tankōbon" volumes released by MediaWorks in Japan. The series was later translated into English and German by Tokyopop, French by Semic Comics and Italian by Flashbook Editore.