Shitsuren Chocolatier

Shitsuren Chocolatier

Cover of the first volume of Shitsuren Chocolatier as published by Shogakukan
失恋ショコラティエ
(Shitsuren Shokoratie)
Genre Romance, slice of life
Manga
Written by Setona Mizushiro
Published by Shogakukan
Demographic Josei
Magazine Rinka
Flowers
Original run 2008 – ongoing
Volumes 9
Television drama
Directed by Matsuyama Hiroaki
Written by Setona Mizushiro
Music by Bittersweet by Arashi
Network Fuji TV
Original run January 13, 2014 – March 24, 2014
Episodes 11

Shitsuren Chocolatier (Japanese: 失恋ショコラティエ Hepburn: Shitsuren Shokoratie, trans. "Heartbroken Chocolatier") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Setona Mizushiro.[1] It was adapted into a Japanese television drama in January 2014.[2]

Plot

Sōta Koyurugi is the son of a baker who owns a cake shop. While a high school student, he fell in love with Saeko Takahashi, the most popular and beautiful girl in school and one year his senior. Saeko only dates handsome men with power, position and popularity in their school, so, being a rather quiet and pale in comparison boy, he chased after her from afar like a butterfly. He confesses to her one Christmas after she broke up with her boyfriend and they begin their relationship. Saeko has burning a passion for chocolate and gives a box of famous French chocolates to Sota. Thus he decides to learn how to make smooth and delicious chocolate especially for her. However, the day before Valentine's Day, she refuses his box of home-made chocolates, saying that she has reconciled with her boyfriend and that they are now together once more. Heavy-hearted, Sota asks Saeko to get rid of his chocolate for him, since it is painful to throw away something he made for someone special, to which she agrees and bids him farewell on a snowy evening. After the loss, Sota travels to France to be employed by a renowned brand of chocolate and continues chasing his "fairy". Five years later he returns to Japan, now having made a name for himself as a "Chocolate Prince", he takes over his family business and transforms it into an elegant chocolate shop. Saeko visits him again and he is determined to pursue her for many years to come, irrespective of her cool and superficial marriage to a powerful man and many opinions from his peers and coworkers about his obsession and whether Saeko is, indeed, just playing around with Sota.

Characters

Sōta Koyurugi

Sōta Koyurugi is the main character in the story. After six years of training in France, Sōta Koyurugi comes back to Japan, and becomes the chef for his own chocolate store Choco La Vie. As he has not stopped loving Saeko, he still wants to get her attention with what he achieved, but Sōta Koyurugi never expected to find that Saeko Takahashi is getting married.[3] He is played by Jun Matsumoto in the drama.

Saeko Takahashi

Saeko Takahashi is the second main character, and she is the love interest of Sota Koyurugi. When she was a senior student in the same high school as Sota Koyurugi, she used to date only the handsome boys. Saeko Takahashi is known to be interested in fashion, makeup, and chocolate. When she meets Sōta Koyurugi again, she breaks his heart by telling him that she is getting married to an older man who works for a publishing company. She asks Sota to make her wedding cake and desserts because she wants to sound out Sota's love to her. Despite not displaying any romantic love towards him, she seems to continue to encourage Sota's desire and obsession, taking his unconditional love for granted and remains possessive of him.[3] She is played by Satomi Ishihara in the drama.

Kaoruko Inoue

Kaoruko Inoue is a member of the staff and the manager at the Choco La Vie. She has been working in the store since Sōta Koyurugi's father was selling French pastries and cakes, before Sōta changed it into a chocolate store. When Sōta Koyurugi opens the store Choco La Vie, she gives a lot of advice and starts to develop an unrequited love to him.[3] She is played by Asami Mizukawa in the drama

Erena Kato

Erena Kato is a fashion model. She meets Sōta Koyurugi at a party and they develop a strong friendship. They both relate to each other as Erena Kato also has an unrequited love.[3] She is played by Kiko Mizuhara in the drama.

Matsuri Koyurugi

Matsuri Koyurugi is Sōta Koyurugi's younger sister, and she is a university student and a part-timer at Choco La Vie. Although, she is a modest and cheerful person, she is dating her friend's boyfriend. When Olivier Treluyer tells her about his feelings for her, she gets really surprised.[3] She is played by Kasumi Arimura in the drama.

Seinosuke Rikudo

Seinosuke Rikudo owns the store Chocolatier Ricdor, and it is known to be the Chocolate Nobel. He is Sōta Koyurugi's business rival, but at the same time is secretly in love with him.[3] He is played by Ryuta Sato in the drama.

Makoto Koyurugi

Makoto Koyurugi is Sōta Koyurugi's and Matsuri Koyurugi's father, and he is the original owner of his son's store. He used to sell pastries in his store Tokio, but after Sōta returns from France to Japan, he gives him all the support by allowing him to redesign the store Tokio into Choco La Vie.[3] He is played by Naoto Takenaka in the drama.

Media

Manga

Shitsuren Chocolatier manga sold around 2.7 million copies. In 2008, Setona Mizushiro started to release in Rinka magazine, and then moved to Monthly Flowers. It is published in French by Kaze Manga and in Taiwan by Ever Glory Publishing.[4][5]

Volume list

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBN
1 January 9, 2009[6]ISBN 978-4-09-132260-9
2 December 10, 2009[7]ISBN 978-4-09-132824-3
3 December 10, 2010[8]ISBN 978-4-09-133464-0
4 November 10, 2011[9]ISBN 978-4-09-134114-3
5 May 10, 2012[10]ISBN 978-4-09-134469-4
6 January 10, 2013[11]ISBN 978-4-09-135055-8
7 September 10, 2013[12]ISBN 978-4-09-135465-5
8 May 9, 2014[13]ISBN 978-4-09-136114-1
9 February 10, 2015[14]ISBN 978-4-09-136804-1

Live-action

The adaption of the manage Shitsuren Chocolatier to a live-action was announced on 2013, and it was decided to premiere it on Fuji TV at 9:00 pm. It started on January 13, 2014 until March 24, 2014.[15]

Episode ratings

Episode Original broadcast date Ratings (Kanto Region)[16]
01 January 13, 2014 14.4%
02 January 20, 2014 12.7%
03 January 27, 2014 13.3%
04 February 3, 2014 11.8%
05 February 10, 2014 10.5%
06 February 17, 2014 12.0%
07 February 24, 2014 11.7%
08 March 3, 2014 11.4%
09 March 10, 2014 11.2%
10 March 17, 2014 11.4%
11 March 24, 2014 13.7%
Average 12.3%

Reception

The manga gained popularity, volume 5 sold 44,458 copies by May 13, 2012.[17] Also, volume 6 sold 70,521 copies by January 20, 2013[18] and volume 7 sold 58,118 copies by September 15, 2013.[19] In 2012, the manga won the Best Shōjo Manga in the 36th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards. Also, it was nominated for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2014.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "After School Nightmare's Mizushiro to Start New Manga". Anime News Network. November 29, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Un chocolatier de l'amour perdu Manga Gets Live-Action Show". Anime News Network. October 28, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Official Shitsuren Chocolatier Character Chart" (in Japanese). Fuji Television. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Heartbroken Chocolatier" (in French). Manga News. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  5. ↑ 失戀巧克力職人 1 (in Chinese). Books.com.tw. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  6. ↑ 失恋ショコラティエ 1 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  7. ↑ 失恋ショコラティエ 2 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ 失恋ショコラティエ 3 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  9. ↑ 失恋ショコラティエ 4 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  10. ↑ 失恋ショコラティエ 5 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  11. ↑ 失恋ショコラティエ 6 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  12. ↑ 失恋ショコラティエ 7 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  13. ↑ 失恋ショコラティエ 8 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  14. ↑ 失恋ショコラティエ 9 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Arashi's Jun Matsumoto Stars in Un chocolatier de l'amour perdu Live-Action Series". Anime News Network. November 11, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
  16. ↑ 2年ぶり松潤主演月9「失恋ショコラティエ」最終回は13・7％. Sports Nippon (in Japanese). Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, May 7–13". Anime News Network. May 5, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 14–20". Anime News Network. January 23, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 9–15". Anime News Network. September 19, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Un chocolatier de l'amour perdu Manga to End in Next Volume". Anime News Network. May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.

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