is a Japanese shōjo manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series written and illustrated by Nana Haruta

Nana Haruta

, born on June 30, 1985, is a female Japanese manga artist. Haruta made her professional manga debut while still in high school in the December 2000 issue of Ribon; at the age of 15, this makes her one of the youngest manga artists to enter the industry...

. The series was serialized in Ribon

Ribon

is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shueisha. First issued in August 1955, its rivals are Nakayoshi and Ciao. Its target audience is young girls roughly 9–13 years old. In 2009, the magazine's circulation was 274,167, down from the previous year's circulation numbers of 330,000...

magazine from the September 2007 issue of the magazine until its final chapter in the November 2008 issue. The individual chapters were collected into four tankōbon

Tankobon

, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...

volumes by publisher Shueisha

Shueisha

is a major publisher in Japan. The company was founded in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Magazines published by Shueisha include Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Young Jump,...

; the first on December 14, 2007 and the final on November 14, 2008.

Plot

Sayuki Sakurai is a fifteen year old girl who is determined to find love. On a trip to the beach she meets a handsome man who smells like chocolate and falls in love with him immediately. He tells her that he goes to her school and she is left puzzled as she has never seen him before. When she returns to school she has a surprise in the form of Hagiwara-Sensei, her Home Economics teacher!

Characters

The protagonist, a first-year at Shunei High School who hopes to find true love, but has a perpetual and innate grumpy look on her face, which causes people to mistake her as bully. She is romantic and She's never had a boyfriend. She falls in love with her teacher, Hagiwara-sensei, without knowing his true identity. Although she claims to hate Yūshi, her actions prove otherwise. She always tries to impress her crush.

The Home Economics

Family and consumer science

Family and consumer sciences is an academic discipline that combines aspects of social and natural science. Family and consumer sciences deals with the relationship between individuals, families, and communities, and the environment in which they live...

 teacher beginning his first year teaching at Shunei, he is young and handsome. Because of this, a good deal of students are infatuated with him to various degrees. He is an advisor for the baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

/culinary club that Yūshi and Sayuki start. Though he was her teacher before then, he "meets" Sayuki at the beach during summer vacation, where he rescues her from a date. He never tells her his name, but says he goes to the same school as her. He is very kindhearted and outside of school is an average guy. He covertly looks after Sayuki.

One of Sayuki's friends, Mina is outgoing and boy crazy. She tries to help Sayuki find a boyfriend by taking her to the beach and to a basketball game.

Another one of Sayuki's friends, Shiori is very mysterious and quiet. She is observant and reluctantly supports helping Sayuki through dangerous and occult methods.

A boy in the same grade as Sayuki, and her lifelong friend. He likes to read baseball manga, and tries to start a baseball club, which soon becomes a baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

/culinary Club. Yūshi has a crush on Sayuki and goes out of his way to impress her.

Yūshi's narcissistic best friend, and heart-throb of the first year class, Kaji is handsome and slightly air-headed. He tries to help Yūshi catch Sayuki's eye, and encourages the idea of a baseball club.

Manga

Written and drawn by Nana Haruta, the Chocolate Cosmos manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 began serialization in the shōjo manga magazine Ribon

Ribon

is a monthly Japanese shōjo manga magazine published by Shueisha. First issued in August 1955, its rivals are Nakayoshi and Ciao. Its target audience is young girls roughly 9–13 years old. In 2009, the magazine's circulation was 274,167, down from the previous year's circulation numbers of 330,000...

on August 3, 2007 in the September issue of the magazine. The series ended on October 3, 2008 in the November issue of the same magazine. The series is licensed by Sharp Point Press

Sharp Point Press

Sharp Point Press is a Taiwanese publisher of manga and music. It was founded in June 1982.-History:*1982 - Company established. Mainly publishes military and models related books.*1985 - Started publishing annual Zodiac fortune telling handbook....

in Taiwan. It is also licensed by Tokyopop Germany.

Volume List

Reception

The final volume of the series sold 31,326 copies in its first week, making it the 18th best-selling manga of the week.