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On April 11, 2012, One Peace Books announced their release of the manga, which is a reprint of the CMX version, in an omnibus format.
Three omnibus volumes were released simultaneously on October 15, 2012.
It started as a spin-off of the character Shinnosuke Nikaido (二階堂信之介) of another series by Yoshito Usui, Darakuya Store Monogatari (だらくやストア物語).
Shin-chan regularly becomes besotted with pretty female characters who are much older than him, and an additional source of humor is derived from his childlike attempts at wooing these characters, such as by asking them (inappropriately, on several levels) "Do you like green peppers? For example, if the two major births in the series are taken into account (Shinnosuke's sister, Himawari, and his kindergarten teacher's child), Shinnosuke would be seven years old and in second grade, but he is not.On July 28, 2007, DC Comics' manga division CMX announced the acquisition of the Crayon Shin-chan manga.The CMX version is rated Mature instead of Teen from Comics One, because of nudity, sexual humor, and bad language.Starting with the sixth volume, many of the names were changed to the ones used in the Phuuz English version of the anime, even though the dub never aired in North America. Since then, American publisher Dr Master took over the licenses of several manga series, including Crayon Shin-chan, from Comics One.No new volumes of Crayon Shin-chan were released under the Dr Master imprint.