The Magic of Chocolate
The Magic of Chocolate is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Rino Mizuho. It has been serialized in the monthly List of [manga magazines|manga magazine] Ciao and its sister magazine, , since September 2008.
A 13-episode original video animation produced by SynergySP was released between 2011 and 2012, while a live-action film adaptation was released to Japanese theatres in 2021.
In 2021, The Magic of Chocolate won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the children's category.
Synopsis
The Magic of Chocolate is a series focusing on Chocolat Aikawa, the owner of a chocolaterie called Chocolat Noir, located deep in the forest. She sells chocolates that can grant wishes when consumed. However, the chocolates come at a price; as payment, Chocolat will take something precious to the customer. Many of her customers have concerns or grievances they wish to remedy with the chocolates, though some aim to abuse the chocolates' magic for nefarious purposes; Chocolat will curse those who do so to "plunge into the depths of darkness," resulting in often bizarre and ironic retributions.Characters
; Chocolat Aikawa; Cacao Theobroma
Media
Manga
The Magic of Chocolate is written and illustrated by Rino Mizuho. It has been serialized irregularly in the monthly magazine Ciao and its sister magazine, , since September 3, 2008. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual volumes, under the Ciao Horror Comics imprint. The first volume was released on July 1, 2009. As of March 26, 2024, 24 volumes have been released.Instead of being ordered numerically, each volume is named according to the English alphabet. From October 11 to November 1, 2013, columnist held a contest on Twitter for contestants to guess the subtitle of the then-upcoming volume 10, slated to begin with the letter "J." Mizuho herself judged the results, with the prizes awarded to the first three people who were able to answer correctly, as well as special jury awards such as the "Nice Silly Answer Award" and the "Cool & Sweet Award."
The series is licensed for Southeast Asian distribution in English by Shogakukan Asia.