tl;dr: A manga that despite seeming plot focused didn't really seem like it had any sort of direction but instead just randomly did arbitrary things.
This manga was really random. The characters didn't feel consistent in their personalities at all, so development and relationship development was all arbitrary. The plot also went randomly all over the place, with essentially no overarching plot, and individual episodes being really different in tone and topic with not really any overlap or things carrying over and a lot of events and developments that were ultimately completely pointless. Even looked at on their own, the individual episodes were only okay. The comedy was decent at times, but how
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 Alternative TitlesJapanese: ショコラ InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 7
Chapters: 73
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 25, 1999 to Sep 13, 2003
Demographic:
Seinen
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Big Comic Spirits Authors:
Kubonouchi, Eisaku (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #41382 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #5585
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Nov 10, 2019
Chocolat has gorgeous art, fun characters, and a random, nonsensical storyline.
It's definitely a fun read, filled with jokes. But the humor sometimes shows up in places that make it hard to take the rest of what's happening. The plot also didn't make too much sense: elements from Ichigo's dark past kept being thrown in but not really resolved, and at one point it's mentioned that he's a brawling genius but then this thread abruptly ends. The character development also didn't seem genuine; for example, the part about Chiyoko and her father toward the end was very sudden. I feel like this manga was trying to be ... |
