Chocolate Vampire

Chocolate Vampire
First tankōbon volume cover
チョコレート・ヴァンパイア
(Chokorēto Banpaia)
Genre
Manga
Written byKyoko Kumagai
Published byShogakukan
ImprintFlower Comics
MagazineSho-Comi
Original runSeptember 20, 2016 – November 19, 2021
Volumes18
Manga
Chocolate Vampire Bitter Black
Written byKyoko Kumagai
Published byShogakukan
ImprintFlower Comics
MagazineSho-Comi
Original runNovember 5, 2026 – present

Chocolate Vampire (チョコレート・ヴァンパイア, Chokorēto Banpaia) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kyoko Kumagai. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōjo manga magazine Sho-Comi from September 2016 to November 2021.

Plot

When they were kids, Chiyo and Setsu signed a contract where Chiyo would exclusively feed Setsu using her blood, and Setsu would exclusively drink Chiyo's blood. To the present day, they both attend Kagarizuki Academy, a high school where vampires and humans coexist. Chiyo is a member of the school's security team making sure vampires are in check, while Setsu likes to toy with Chiyo, much to her chagrin.

Characters

Chiyo Misaki (美崎千代, Misaki Chiyo)
Voiced by: Ayaka Shimizu (drama CD)
Setsu Kagarizuki (篝月雪, Kagarizuki Setsu)
Voiced by: Shun Horie (drama CD)
Rin Kagarizuki (篝月霖, Kagarizuki Rin)
Voiced by: Azusa Tadokoro (drama CD)
Raika Kagarizuki (篝月雷火, Kagarizuki Raika)
Voiced by: Shuta Morishima (drama CD)
Kasumi Kagarizuki (篝月霞, Kagarizuki Kasumi)
Voiced by: Kenji Nojima (drama CD)
Kō Shirogane (白銀紅, Shirogane Kō)
Voiced by: Shōhei Komatsu (drama CD)
Sumire Shirogane (白銀菫, Shirogane Sumire)
Voiced by: Yō Taichi (drama CD)
Fuyuga Suwa (諏訪冬伽, Suwa Fuyuga)
Voiced by: KENN (drama CD)

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Kyoko Kumagai, Chocolate Vampire was serialized in Shogakukan's shōjo manga magazine Sho-Comi from September 20, 2016, to November 19, 2021. Its chapters were collected in eighteen tankōbon volumes from January 26, 2017, to February 25, 2022.

An official fan book was released on July 26, 2018.

A sequel titled Chocolate Vampire Bitter Black began serialization in Sho-Comi on November 5, 2026.

No. Release date ISBN
1January 26, 2017978-4-09-139149-0
2April 26, 2017978-4-09-139346-3
3July 26, 2017978-4-09-139480-4
4October 26, 2017978-4-09-139746-1
5January 26, 2018978-4-09-870001-1
6May 25, 2018978-4-09-870088-2
978-4-09-943017-7 (SE)
6.5July 26, 2018978-4-09-870225-1
7September 26, 2018978-4-09-870221-3
8December 26, 2018978-4-09-870297-8
978-4-09-943036-8 (SE)
9March 26, 2019978-4-09-870383-8
10June 26, 2019978-4-09-870483-5
978-4-09-943051-1 (SE)
11October 25, 2019978-4-09-870702-7
12March 26, 2020978-4-09-870718-8
13June 26, 2020978-4-09-871047-8
14October 26, 2020978-4-09-871136-9
15January 26, 2021978-4-09-871223-6
16April 26, 2021978-4-09-871329-5
17August 26, 2021978-4-09-871448-3
18February 25, 2022978-4-09-871614-2
978-4-09-943103-7 (SE)

Other

Several drama CDs have been released inside the special editions of volumes 6, 8, 10 and 18.

Reception

By February 2022, the series had over 2.7 million copies in circulation.

The series was nominated for the 64th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category.

References

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