RachelBentham, writing for Active Anime, felt Candy was "explicit without being too graphic and attractive for its tender-hearted characters and bon-vivant tone." Leroy Douressaux praised the varied character designs and the amount of humour in the work, which he felt was enough to lighten the mood. DanielleVan Gorder, writing for Mania Entertainment, appreciated the reactions of the "various townfolk" to Takara, saying that this helped create a sense of "depth" to the world.