Sugar Sugar Rune 1

By Moyoco Anno

QUEEN OF HEARTS Little witch-girls Chocolat and Vanilla are best friends, but only one of them can be Queen of the Magic World. To determine who deserves the title, they must go to the Human World and enter a strange competition. Whoever attracts the most human boys . . . wins! Here's how it works: When a boy falls for a witch-girl, she utters a few mystic words and the boy's heart will be hers in jewel-like form. It may sound simple, but winning hearts is tricky business. While Chocolat had no problem enticing witch-boys with her forthright personality, human boys seem to be drawn to shy and modest girls like Vanilla. And to make matters worse, Chocolat is finding herself increasingly drawn to the cool and mysterious Pierrewho feels nothing for her! The girls had planned to be best friends forever, but both of them want to be Queen. Will their rivalry ruin their friendship?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345486293
• ISBN13: 9780345486295
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Del Rey
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.9" x 0.7" x 5.0"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Awesome mahou shoujo (magical girl) manga!!

This story is a must-read!! Really fun fantasy, comedy, with light drama. Different from the anime series, too. Best friends and witches Vanilla and Chocolat from the magical world find out that they'll be competing against each other to become the next queen! It's exciting and scary at the same time! Chocolat thinks that this'll be a piece of cake, but she finds out things are not the same in the human world like they are back home. Culture shock! Vanilla catches a break because things turn out to be a bit less frightening, but she still finds herself relying on Chocolat like she has since they were kids. There are more details than the anime and different aspects of the story are told differently, but it's just as enjoyable. If you watched the anime, sure there are pink, orange, black, and "pissu" -colored hearts, but don't you want to know about purple and green hearts, too?? Don't you want to know more about Chocolat's mom's diary? About who Pierre really is? I thought so! Have fun reading. I sure am!

Protecting Sugar Sugar Rune!

I think that most of the reviewers here were a bit too harsh when reviewing this manga. This is not a classic, ground breaking series, people! It's a series for little girls about little girls! Don't come to Sugar Sugar Rune expecting to see deep, profound messages on the meaning of life, death or love...come expecting a cute, sweet series about little girls. And another thing; Chocolat-chan is totally loud and obnoxious, yes. Thus, she does scare the other students a bit. I mean, how would you react if someone came up to you and said "if you're not nice to me, I'll whoop your butt?" Chocolat-chan doesn't change, even though she's unpopular. I think that's the message, not "loud girls aren't cute." Reason enough to buy this series is Anno-sama's fashion concious, gorgeous, detailed art. But if you're expecting CLAMPish messages of the Chobits variety or Ghost in the Shell type seriousness, go elsewhere.

Read between the lines

I personally love this manga, and I don't think that it tells girls to be quiet and demure to get boys. Yes, initially the shy and delicate girl gets all of the boys. But she's not the heroine of the story, and if you read more than a few chapters you see that she's much more likeable. Unlike her manipulative, paassive-agressive friend Vanilla, Chocolat is brave and loyal. Yes, she has trouble in Japan because that's not what they expect in girls, but over time she starts to become more popular. Since Moyoco Anno is known for her satire I wonder if perhaps making the outspoken girl the heroine is a way of criticizing society's ideals that say women should be meek and cute. A lot of people seem to look at this and immediately write it off as a drippy romance with sparkles and flowers. It is about romance, but there's so much more. Yes they're having a competition to steal hearts, and maybe it does sound vaguely like a wierd cross between Pokemon and Sailor Moon, but at the heart of it all Sugar Sugar Rune is about love, friendship, loyalty, and discovering one's own place in the world. From Chocolat's quest to learn about her mother to Vanilla's self-identity crisis, each character has a problem they need to work past and Moyoco Anno handles their problems with humor and sympathy. Maybe I'm being too serious about this comic, but it just pains me to see people write off a great manga series just because they can't get past the surface.

Another Great Manga

I love this manga so much. It gives girls the power they diserve. This time WE get to break mens' hearts. I don't care what you others say, you are just being sexist. The lovely artwork is well done, as most of you can see. And the main story is perfect; just enough details, just enough exitement. This manga reminds me so much of Sailor Moon, so that's another reason why I like it. I love the way she makes every-single character have a personality and side of the story. The book is almost flawless, so I don't know what you picky people were reading, but it was NOT Sugar Sugar Rune. If you are against Witch Craft, Magic, or cuteness, then don't buy the book!

the best book ever

the whole concept is well written. the adventures they have in this book are breathetaking and very fun at times. they can make you laugh, and most of all make you want the next one. this book is good for any ages.