ChocoMimi

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ChocoMimi
チョコミミ
(Chokomimi)
Genre Slice of life story, Comedy
Manga
Written by Konami Sonoda
Published by Shueisha
English publisher Canada United States Viz Media
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Ribon Original (2003-2004), Ribon (2004-present)
Original run 17 May 2003 – ongoing
Volumes 7 (ongoing)
Television drama
Directed by Yoka Kusano
Produced by Norio Yamakawa
Written by Saeki Nejime
Music by Cher Watanabe
Studio DLE
Network TV Tokyo
Original run 1 October 2007 – 21 March 2008
Episodes 26

ChocoMimi (チョコミミ Chokomimi') is a shōjo 4-panel manga series written and illustrated by Konami Sonoda. It was first serialized in the magazine Ribon Original until its defunct. Starting March 2004, the serialization was transferred to the main Ribon magazine. The chapters are collected and bound in tankōbon format by Shueisha under the Ribon Mascot Comics label. Viz Media has licensed the manga in the United States under the Viz Kids label. So far, Viz has released up to five volumes, but it is unsure when they will release the rest. The manga has been adapted into a 26-episode live-action drama series in 2007.

Plot

ChocoMimi follows the daily lives of best friends Choco and Mimi, two fashionable eighth grade girls, as well as their own social circle and family. While Choco is serious and diligent, spoiled sweet Mimi is imaginative and spacey. Together, they experience and explore everyday problems at home, with their friends, and at school. Each chapter finishes off with a fashion tip from both Choco and Mimi.

Characters

Main characters

  • Chiyoko Sakurai (桜井 ちよこ Sakurai Chiyoko), nicknamed Choco (チョコ Choko), is a gentle and reliable teenager who does well in school and has taken a liking to fashion. Her best friend is her childhood friend Mimi. She has a hard crush on Andrew (Ando) and hopes to find a future of opening her own cafe some day. Like Ando, she has a pet named Huckleberry. Her family runs a cafe, which is called the March Rabbit. Although she is a good cook, she is very bad at singing and drawing, which has been made known in the third volume. Ami Koshimizu provides her voice in the drama CD. Yukika Teramoto portrays her in the live-action series.
  • Mimi Nekota (猫田 ミミ Nekota Mimi) is a carefree, optimistic girl with a sheltered view on life as a result of being constantly spoiled by her parents. She is horrible at studying and tries to ride of her best friend Choco, but has a wild, amusing imagination. Most of her daydreams (instead of listening in class) consist of finding true loves and secret worlds. Whether she has a crush on Mumu or Mikachin is up for you to reckon. She has a pet dog named Chiffon.She owns a plush bear toy named Pirate Bear (カイゾクグマ Kaizoku Kuma), a recurring mascot in the manga. Ai Nonaka provides her voice in the drama CD. Kayano Masuyama portrays her in the live-action series.
  • Ryūnosuke Andō (安藤 竜之介 Andō Ryūnosuke), nicknamed Andrew (アンドリュー Andoryū), is a transfer student from Osaka with a seemingly grumpy, cold attitude. He is very quiet, but he loves animals (like his pet chick, Picho), and he plays the guitar in a band. He is Choco's good friend, but it gets awkward a lot between them, both liking each other without knowing it. They start to date in the fifth volume. He is a friend to Jin, Mikachin, and Bambi. Takayuki Sasada provides his voice in the drama CD. Yūya Kido portrays him in the live-action series.
  • Mumu Momoyama (桃山 ムム Momoyama Mumu) is a narcissistic transfer student with a self-centered attitude that causes him to constantly clash with Mimi. He has a very feminine appearance, and gets easily jealous of Mikami of how Mimi adores him instead of himself. He also loves Chiffon, Mimi's dog. Like Mimi, he hates school and homework. He owns a plush bear toy named Death Bear (デスベアー Desu Bea), a recurring mascot in the manga. Motoki Takagi provides his voice in the drama CD. Tōko Miura portrays him in the live-action series.
  • Kōmei Mikami (三上 功明 Mikami Kōmei), nicknamed Mikachin (ミカちん Mikachin), is Ando's airheaded classmate who Mimi compares to as a prince. He is very smart, but he is a bit strange at times. His uncle is Masato Takeda. Masahiro Usui portrays him in the live-action series.
  • Kojika Mori (森 小鹿 Mori Kojika), nicknamed Bambi (バンビ Bambi), is Ando's level-headed, tomboyish band friend. Although she herself likes Ando, she knows that Ando and Choco being together is what would make the two happiest. She has an older brother. Ayame Gouriki portrays her in the live-action series.

Other Characters

  • Masato Takeda (竹田 正人 Takeda Masato), nicknamed Mr. Take or Take-chan (タケちゃん Take-chan), is Choco, Mimi, and Mumu's homeroom teacher. He is always exasperated by Mimi's shortcomings and frustrated with her inability to concentrate on her studies. He is also Mikami's and Aoi's uncle. Taro Suwa portrays him in the live-action series.
  • Misaki Tsubakiyama (椿山 美咲 Tsubakiyama Misaki) is the gang's senior. She was introduced in Volume 4. Although she is very pretty, she has an extreme crush on Mr. Take (to the point that she stalks him), which the others find is very strange.
  • Kawai Maho (河合 真帆 Kawai Maho), nicknamed Maho Maho (マホマホ Maho Maho), is Mimi's old friend from her childhood. They knew each other when they were young and made a promise to get married to each other, though Mimi has forgotten about it. Mumu is jealous of him. Maho Maho is in the seventh grade. He was introduced in Volume 6.

Family members

  • Mimi's father (ミミの父 Mimi no chichi) loves Mimi and honors her every request. He gets very upset when she is disappointed in his actions. Kousei Amano portrays him in the live-action series.
  • Jin Sakurai (桜井 仁 Sakurai Jin) is Choco's youngest brother, who is very energetic. He is in the fifth grade. He has a crush on Aoi. Reo Sawada portrays him in the live-action series.
  • Rai Sakurai (桜井 礼 Sakurai Rai) is Choco's second younger brother, who is usually poker-faced and is very serious. He is a year younger than Choco. He was introduced in the fourth volume. One look at Rai and Choco, and you couldn't possibly tell they are related. Mimi and Mumu tease him by calling him "Rachel", which he hates. He is compared to Ando on how alike they are.
  • Aoi Mikami (三上 葵 Mikami Aoi) is Mikachin's sweet little sister, whom Jin has a crush on. She is a year older than Jin and likes to read. Kana Okunoyama portrays her in the live-action series.

Animals

  • Chiffon (シフォン Shifon) is Mimi's pet dog who communicates in an archaic dialect. He dislikes it when Mimi dresses him up, and wants to be a samurai. Aya Ozaki provides his voice in the live-action series.
  • Huckleberry (ハックルベリー Hakkuruberī) is Choco's sassy, female pet cat. Sachi Kumada provides her voice in the live-action series.
  • Picho (ピッチョ Picho) is Ando's female pet chick, whom he constantly dotes on.

TV Drama

The manga was adapted into a live-action drama series, which ran for 26 episodes on TV Tokyo from 2007 to 2008. It aired on Mondays from 17:30 (equivalent to 5:30) to 18:00 (equivalent to 6:00). It was directed by Yoka Kusano. The opening song was "Happy Happy!" (ハピハピ！), sung by Choco and Mimi. The ending for episodes 1-13 was "I can't!" by MYSTIC. The ending for episodes 14-26 was "Rocket" (ロケット), also originally by MYSTIC. It was sung by Choco, Mimi, Ando, Mumu, and Mikami. Each episode was divided into an A-story and a B-story.

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