SUGAR SUGAR RUNE

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SUGAR SUGAR RUNE

STORY

The story involves the characters Chocolat (pronounced "Shocola", as in French) and Vanilla who are young witches from the Magical World. They are chosen to compete in a contest to become Queen of the Magical World. Even though they are rivals, they remain best friends. Chocolat's mother won in the previous contest, but because of the ogres, it was Vanilla's mother, Candy, who became the queen. Chocolat is now determined to win the contest, and be that "bright star" (A Radiant Queen of Light) for her mother. In order to win the contest, the witches must disguise themselves as humans and compete to steal the most human "hearts" (actually crystallized emotions). With the help of Rockin' Robin, their mentor and guardian, and two familiars, the competition begins to see who will become the next Queen.

However, trouble begins to brew in the way of the two queen candidates as Pierre, a cold and mysterious boy, begins to win Chocolat's heart and starts to use both her and Vanilla to his own use. Now, both trapped  within their own new goals, the two witches must fight their way through and retain a friendship which no magic can defeat.

CHARACTERS:

Chocolat Meilleure/Chocolat Kato

Voiced by: Marika Matsumoto

Chocolat is an outgoing and daring girl with a forceful personality and is the series' main protagonist. She is best friends with Vanilla Mieux and is the daughter of the late witch Cinnamon. She has long, straight orange hair, large emerald green and impish eyes, and pointed ears. She is not as popular as Vanilla since her outrageous temper makes most boys scared of her, but is able to make friends with them instead.Her familiar is a lazy but powerful frog named Duke. In the Magical World, she lives with  her grandfather, Corn, a powerful wizard who, like Chocolat, has a certain dislike for Blanca and has a bad temper. Her birthday in August 13. As the series progresses, Chocolat begins to fall in love with  Pierre and (in the anime) end up exchanging hearts with him (Episode 51). In the anime she loses the contest of being the next queen, however, Vanilla gave up the throne and gave it to Chocolat instead (making her the Queen of both the Magical World and the Ogre World). In the manga Chocolat and Pierre went missing and lost their memories witch made them return a few years later, by Vanilla's coronation.

In French, Chocola's name translates to "Best Chocolate".

Chocolat's name may be romanised as Chocolat or Chocola. It is pronounced Shocola, however. In the English manga published by Del Rey, her name is spelled Chocolat, from the French word for chocolate.

Spell: Sugar Sugar Rune! Choco-Rune!

Vanilla Mieux/Vanilla Ice

Voiced by: Juri Ihata

Vanilla is a shy and timid girl. Best friends with Chocolat, she is the daughter of Queen Candy. Blanca is her familiar. Vanilla has short, curly blond hair, large purple and timid-looking eyes, and pointed ears like Chocolat. She is more popular than Chocolat in the Human World, which leads Chocolat to believe that the Human World and the Magic World are flipped. Vanilla also tries harder than Chocolat to become Queen in the first two volumes of the manga. However, in the third volume Chocolat is able to beat her in a couple of other things. Almost halfway through the series, Vanilla turns into the princess of the ogres, along with the prince, Pierre due to Pierre's own trickery on Vanilla's insecurities. :However, Chocolat was able to save her and Vanilla was able to return to her normal self. In the last volume of the manga she wins the competition, but refuses to take the crown. A few years later, she finally accepts the crown because Chocolat had been missing. But, in the anime, it is a lot more different. Vanilla wins the competition but gives the crown up to Chocolat, thinking that she is more suited to become queen.

Vanilla's name translates from French as "Better Vanilla".

Spell: Sugar Sugar Rune! Vani-Rune!