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* ImportantHaircut: Mimi gets a BobHaircut when she wants to change out of her old personality.

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* ImportantHaircut: Mimi gets a BobHaircut bob when she wants to change out of her old personality.
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* LoveTriangle: Played for laughs and {{Lampshaded}}. Choco, Mimi, and Bambi discuss who would be their ideal type of girl if they were boys. For Choco, Bambi is her ideal girl; for Bambi, Mimi is her ideal girl; and for Mimi, Choco is her ideal girl.
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As of 2012, six volumes have been released. The manga is currently licensed in the US by Viz, [[http://www.vizkids.com/products/products.php?series_id=1054 who has published the first five volumes]]. The popularity of the series led to the release of a drama CD and a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTCyztIcALY live-action television drama series]] billing model Yukika Teramoto as Choco and Music/AKB48's Kayano Masuyama as Mimi in 2007.

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As of 2012, six 2013, seven volumes have been released. The manga is currently licensed in the US by Viz, [[http://www.vizkids.com/products/products.php?series_id=1054 who has published the first five volumes]]. The popularity of the series led to the release of a drama CD and a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTCyztIcALY live-action television drama series]] billing model Yukika Teramoto as Choco and Music/AKB48's Kayano Masuyama as Mimi in 2007.



* SeriesHiatus: New volumes haven't been published since 2010. Moreover, Viz stopped at vol. 5 in translations.

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* SeriesHiatus: New volumes haven't been published since 2010. Moreover, Viz stopped at vol. 5 in translations.



* StalkerWithACrush: Misaki-senpai has a huge crush on ''[[MayDecemberRomance Take-chan]]'' out of all people, and stalks him whenever she can. It goes without saying that she's a total {{Yandere}} for him.

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* StalkerWithACrush: Misaki-senpai has a huge crush on ''[[MayDecemberRomance Take-chan]]'' Mr. Take]]'' out of all people, and stalks him whenever she can. It goes without saying that she's a total {{Yandere}} for him.
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* MeaningfulName: The "jika" in "Kojika" uses the character for "deer", hence why Bambi got her nickname.

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* MeaningfulName: The "jika" in "Kojika" uses the character for "deer", literally means "little deer", hence why Bambi got her nickname.
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As of 2012, six volumes have been released. The manga is currently licensed in the US by Viz, [[http://www.vizkids.com/products/products.php?series_id=1054 who has published the first five volumes]]. The popularity of the series led to the release of a drama CD and a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTCyztIcALY live-action television drama series]] billing model Yukika Teramoto as Choco and AKB48's Kayano Masuyama as Mimi in 2007.

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As of 2012, six volumes have been released. The manga is currently licensed in the US by Viz, [[http://www.vizkids.com/products/products.php?series_id=1054 who has published the first five volumes]]. The popularity of the series led to the release of a drama CD and a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTCyztIcALY live-action television drama series]] billing model Yukika Teramoto as Choco and AKB48's Music/AKB48's Kayano Masuyama as Mimi in 2007.

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* SatelliteLoveInterest: Mimi likes Mikachin because he resembles her ideal prince.



* ShallowLoveInterest: Mimi likes Mikachin because he resembles her ideal prince.

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* SixStudentClique:
** The Head: Mimi
** The Muscle: Ando, though it's more like "The Musician" instead of "The Muscle"
** The Quirk: Mikachin
** The Pretty One: Mumu
** The Smart One: Choco
** The Wild One: Bambi



* TransNature: There are some comic strips that depict Chiffon, Huckleberry, and Picho as if they were humans. Also, in one segment, Chiffon wishes that he'd become a human for Christmas and does... but Mimi doesn't recognize him at first.

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* TransNature: There are some comic strips that depict Chiffon, Huckleberry, and Picho as if they were humans. Also, in one segment, Chiffon wishes that he'd become a human for Christmas and does... but Mimi doesn't recognize him at first.does, though it might have been AllJustADream.
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* SmashingWatermelons: Except Mimi goes after Andou with a bat to see if Bambi's claims of musicians having strong bods are true.
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* MegaTwinTails: Choco and Mimi sometimes wear this hairstyle. Mumu in the GenderFlip stories wears this too.
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* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Apparently Mimi and her ForgottenChildhoodFriend Maho made such a promise.

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* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Apparently Mimi and her ForgottenChildhoodFriend ChildhoodFriend Maho made such a promise.
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* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Apparently Mimi and her ForgottenChildhoodFriend Maho made such a promise.
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* {{Keet}}: Jin.


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* TallDarkAndHandsome: Mikachin. Rai also qualifies.
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* TheQuietOne: Rai doesn't talk a lot.


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* ThirdPersonPerson: Misaki-senpai.

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* HiddenDepths: Mr. Take, Choco and Mimi's homeroom teacher, is a weary old man who usually has to put up with Mimi and Mumu's shenanigans. Turns out he's also a hardcore drummer in Bambi's punk rock band.

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* HiddenDepths: Mr. Take, Choco and Mimi's homeroom teacher, is a weary old man who usually has to put up with Mimi and Mumu's shenanigans. Turns out he's This same old man also happens to be a hardcore drummer in Bambi's punk rock band.


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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Choco's little brother Jin is dating Aoi, who is Mikachin's little sister. Also, Choco and Mimi's homeroom teacher, Mr. Take, is Mikachin and Aoi's uncle. Mr. Take is also the advisor of the music club and the drummer in Bambi's punk rock band.

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* BumblingDad: Mimi's father.



* HiddenDepths: Mr. Take, Choco and Mimi's homeroom teacher, is a weary old man who usually has to put up with Mimi and Mumu's shenanigans. Turns out he's also a hardcore drummer in Bambi's punk rock band.



* OpaqueLenses: Take-chan. You do get to see him actually having eyes in some of Misaki's {{Imagine Spot}}s and in the live-action series, though.

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* OpaqueLenses: Take-chan. You do get to see him actually having eyes in some of Misaki's {{Imagine Spot}}s and in the live-action series, though. The same goes with Mimi's father.
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** TeamPet: Chiffon, Huckleberry, and Picho
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* AlliterativeName: Try saying "Mumu Momoyama" three times as fast as you can. Also, Mimi {{Lampshade}}s this trope when she realizes how weird "Mimi Mikami" sounds if she were to ever marry Mikachin.

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* InformedAttribute: Ando's profile says that he lived in England in elementary school and he's able to speak English. He's never shown actually doing that in the manga or the live-action series, though he does mention English is his best subject.

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* InformedAttribute: Ando's profile says that he lived in England in elementary school and he's able to speak fluent in English. He's never shown actually doing that speaking it in the manga or the live-action series, though he does mention at times hint that English is his best subject.subject in school.



* StalkerWithACrush: Misaki-senpai has a huge crush on [[MayDecemberRomance ''Take-chan'']] out of all people, and stalks him whenever she can. It goes without saying that she's a total {{Yandere}} for him.

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* StalkerWithACrush: Misaki-senpai has a huge crush on [[MayDecemberRomance ''Take-chan'']] ''[[MayDecemberRomance Take-chan]]'' out of all people, and stalks him whenever she can. It goes without saying that she's a total {{Yandere}} for him.


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* TerribleArtist: Choco and Ando are both horrible at art to the point that it becomes NightmareFuel for the others.

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* CloudCuckooLander: All the cast occasionally, but most frequently Mikachin. Brought UpToEleven in the live-action series, where his entire ''family'' is shown to be a little... out there.

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* CloudCuckooLander: All the cast occasionally, but most frequently Mikachin. Brought UpToEleven in the live-action series, where his entire ''family'' is shown to be a little... out there.little too strange for comfort.


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* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Mimi loves her Pirate Bear!


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* HairDecorations: Since this is a fashion manga, it goes without saying that Choco and Mimi frequently wear hair decorations.


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* PinkMeansFeminine: Choco is often depicted in pink.
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* TrueBlueFeminity: Mimi, who is often depicted in blue.

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* TrueBlueFeminity: TrueBlueFemininity: Mimi, who is often depicted in blue.

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''ChocoMimi'' is a {{Yonkoma}} manga series by Konami Sonoda. It was serialized in the manga magazine ''Ribon Original'' since 2003 before it was transferred into the main magazine ''Ribon'' in 2004. The series follows the lives of best friends, responsible Chiyoko "Choco" Sakurai and spacey Mimi Nekota, as they deal with everyday problems such as school, friendship, and romance. Each chapter also consists of fashion tips from Choco and Mimi.

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''ChocoMimi'' is a {{Yonkoma}} manga series by Konami Sonoda. It was serialized in the manga magazine ''Ribon Original'' since 2003 before it was transferred into the main magazine ''Ribon'' in 2004. The series follows the lives of best friends, responsible Chiyoko "Choco" Sakurai and spacey Mimi Nekota, as they deal with everyday problems such as school, friendship, and romance. Along with the {{Yonkoma}} shorts, some stories are featured in a conventional manga format for longer (and usually more serious) stories. Each chapter also consists of fashion tips from Choco and Mimi.



The manga is currently licensed in the US by Viz, [[http://www.vizkids.com/products/products.php?series_id=1054 who has published the first five volumes]]. The popularity of the series led to a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTCyztIcALY live-action television drama series]] billing model Yukika Teramoto as Choco and AKB48's Kayano Masuyama as Mimi in 2007.

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As of 2012, six volumes have been released. The manga is currently licensed in the US by Viz, [[http://www.vizkids.com/products/products.php?series_id=1054 who has published the first five volumes]]. The popularity of the series led to the release of a drama CD and a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTCyztIcALY live-action television drama series]] billing model Yukika Teramoto as Choco and AKB48's Kayano Masuyama as Mimi in 2007.



* TrueBlueFeminity: Mimi, who is often depicted in blue.



* VisualNovel: The end of vol. 6 has a VisualNovel inspired activity where the reader can go on a date to the SummerFestival with Ando, Mumu, or Mikachin. [[spoiler:May result in the reader being a CelibateHero when going to the festival with Choco and Mimi instead, or Take-chan will escort the reader home.]]

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* VisualNovel: The end of vol. 6 has a VisualNovel inspired activity where the reader can go on a date to the SummerFestival Summer Festival with Ando, Mumu, or Mikachin. [[spoiler:May result in the reader being a CelibateHero when going to the festival with Choco and Mimi instead, or Take-chan will escort the reader home.]]
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* BlushSticker: Happens a lot in the live-action series. Whoever does the special effects for the show must have wanted to take a notebook/scrapbook approach.
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* DawsonCasting: Averted, as the live-action series generally casted actors around Choco and Mimi's age (or even younger, as was the case for Touko Miura). 15-year-old Yuya Kido as Ando and 16-year-old Masahiro Usui barely manage to cross the line.

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* DawsonCasting: Averted, as the live-action series generally casted actors around Choco and Mimi's age (or even younger, as was the case for Touko Miura). 15-year-old Yuya Kido as Ando and 16-year-old Masahiro Usui as Mikachin barely manage to cross the line.

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''ChocoMimi'' is a {{Yonkoma}} manga series by Konami Sonoda. It was serialized in the manga magazine ''Ribon Original'' since 2003 before it was transferred into the main magazine ''Ribon'' in 2004. The series follows the lives of best friends, responsible Chiyoko "Choco" Sakurai and spacey Mimi Nekota, as they deal with everyday problems such as school, friendship, and romance. In addition to exploring their daily lives and festivities, the manga also has special spin-off shorts that features the characters' pets as humans, the characters gender-bended, and ''Kigurumimi'', which features the six main characters as animals.

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''ChocoMimi'' is a {{Yonkoma}} manga series by Konami Sonoda. It was serialized in the manga magazine ''Ribon Original'' since 2003 before it was transferred into the main magazine ''Ribon'' in 2004. The series follows the lives of best friends, responsible Chiyoko "Choco" Sakurai and spacey Mimi Nekota, as they deal with everyday problems such as school, friendship, and romance. Each chapter also consists of fashion tips from Choco and Mimi.

In addition to exploring their daily lives and festivities, the manga also has special spin-off shorts that features the characters' pets as humans, the characters gender-bended, and ''Kigurumimi'', which features the six main characters as animals.
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* HimeCut: Aoi has one. Mimi dons this hairstyle when she's not in her usual PrincessCurls.


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* LethalChef: Subverted with Choco; she's not as good of a cook as Mimi is, but with effort her food is decent enough to get by without sending anyone to the hospital. Played straight in the live-action series, where Mikachin's entire family is horrible at cooking.

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{{ChocoMimi}} is a manga series by Konami Sonoda. It follows the lives of two Japanese middle school students, Choco Sakurai and Mimi Nekota, as well as their friends, Ryunosuke "Andrew" Ando, Koumei "Mikachin" Mikami, Mumu Momoyama and Kojika Mori (Bambi). Other characters include Mr. Takeda (Choco and Mimi's strict teacher), Choco's younger brothers, Jin and Rai, and Mikami's younger sister, Aoi. The manga consists of short stories about the girls' daily lives. It is also a TV drama([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTCyztIcALY episode 1 here]]).

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{{ChocoMimi}} ''ChocoMimi'' is a {{Yonkoma}} manga series by Konami Sonoda. It was serialized in the manga magazine ''Ribon Original'' since 2003 before it was transferred into the main magazine ''Ribon'' in 2004. The series follows the lives of two Japanese middle school students, Choco best friends, responsible Chiyoko "Choco" Sakurai and spacey Mimi Nekota, as well they deal with everyday problems such as school, friendship, and romance. In addition to exploring their friends, Ryunosuke "Andrew" Ando, Koumei "Mikachin" Mikami, Mumu Momoyama daily lives and Kojika Mori (Bambi). Other festivities, the manga also has special spin-off shorts that features the characters' pets as humans, the characters include Mr. Takeda (Choco gender-bended, and Mimi's strict teacher), Choco's younger brothers, Jin and Rai, and Mikami's younger sister, Aoi. ''Kigurumimi'', which features the six main characters as animals.

The manga consists of short stories about is currently licensed in the girls' daily lives. It is also US by Viz, [[http://www.vizkids.com/products/products.php?series_id=1054 who has published the first five volumes]]. The popularity of the series led to a TV drama([[http://www.[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTCyztIcALY episode 1 here]]).
live-action television drama series]] billing model Yukika Teramoto as Choco and AKB48's Kayano Masuyama as Mimi in 2007.
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* InformedAttribute: Ando's profile says that he lived in England in elementary school and he's able to speak English. He's never shown actually doing that in the manga or the live-action series, though he does mention English is his best subject.

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* NotSoDifferent / NotSoStoic: Jin thinks Rai started calling Choco by her nickname because he and Mimi do. He tells Rai that he feels he and Mimi are rubbing off of him, causing Rai to retaliate by calling Choco "Nee-san" instead.

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* NotSoDifferent / NotSoDifferent: Doubly subverted. A reader thinks Rai and Ando are alike, but the two believe they have nothing in common. Ironically, it turns out that their behaviors are similar.
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NotSoStoic: Subverted. Jin thinks Rai started calling Choco by her nickname because he and Mimi do. He tells Rai that he feels he and Mimi are rubbing off of him, causing Rai to retaliate by calling Choco "Nee-san" instead.

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* AdaptationDistillation: In the live-action series, some of the {{Yonkoma}} shorts were moved around into a single segment even if they had nothing to do with each other in the original comic. Also, some scenes were played out differently, and mixed in with new scenes that the producers added onto the show.


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* PragmaticAdaptation: In the live-action series, some of the {{Yonkoma}} shorts were moved around into a single segment even if they had nothing to do with each other in the original comic. Also, some scenes were played out differently, and mixed in with new scenes that the producers added onto the show. The live-action series also introduces CanonForeigner Haruna, a teacher at Choco and Mimi's school.
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* BigSisterBully: Played for laughs. Choco thinks Rai never talks to her or her friends because she told him that he wasn't born into their family when they were kids, even though Rai has long forgotten about it.

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