History Series / DrChocolate

* PunnyName: "Megumi" is a common feminine Japanese name meaning "grace", but the cult's name is actually two words:
"Me" ("eyes") from Me-sama and "gumi" ("group").

8-year-old ChildProdigy Yui Terashima (Noa Shiroyama) lost her parents, a prominent surgeon father and genetics researcher mother, when an agent of the terrorist organization Megumi blew up their home. Escaping to Singapore with her father's apprentice Tetsuya "Teacher" Noda (Kentaro Sakaguchi), they returned to Japan two years later for Yui to operate as the underground doctor known only as "Dr. Chocolate", saving lives of people in the underworld in order to investigate the organization and bring them to justice.

!! Trope examples:

* AllThereInTheManual: The show's official website named the medical crew "Chocolate Company".

* MyGreatestFailure: Noda claims that he has killed someone. [[spoiler:When they were on the run in Singapore, Noda performed an emergency operation on a young girl, but botched it due to having lost his right hand and the girl would indeed have died had Yui not intervened. The incident made him reluctant to perform surgery until the final episode, when he saves Yui's life]].

** Noda explains the conditions to receive treatment: 100 million yen, a signed non-disclosure agreement, and optionally packs of chocolate.

8-year-old ChildProdigy Yui Terashima (Noa Shiroyama) lost her parents, a prominent surgeon father and genetics researcher mother, when an agent of the terrorist organization Megumi blew up their home. Escaping to Singapore with his father's apprentice Tetsuya "Teacher" Noda (Kentaro Sakaguchi), they returned to Japan two years later for Yui to operate as the underground doctor known only as "Dr. Chocolate", saving lives of people in the underworld in order to investigate the organization and bring them to justice.

* EasterEgg: The TV in Dr. Chocolate's waiting room [[spoiler:in Ghana]] is branded "Noatec", after Yui's actress.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:The Megumi clan is disbanded and its leader, police superintendent Machino, is exposed, but cult founder Mutsumi is acquitted as she didn't actually order the Terashimas's murder. The Chocolate Company members avoid getting arrested and pursue their own goals with the money they earned, while Nagisa receives an award for her report on the murder case and Megumi. Noda regains his confidence as a doctor and works with Yui as volunteer doctors in Ghana to lay low. Nagisa visits them and they rekindle their relationship]].

* TheQueenpin: [[spoiler:Anju Momose]] turns out to be the (mostly benevolent) leader of a yakuza gang, and helps Noda and Yui in return for them saving her life.

* MyGreatestFailure: Noda claims that he has killed someone. [[spoiler:When they were on the run in Singapore, Noda performed an emergency operation on a young girl, but botched it and the girl would indeed have died had Yui not intervened. The incident made him reluctant to perform surgery until the final episode, when he saves Yui's life]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Mutsumi didn't expect her that a member of her cult would murder the Terashimas for their supposed involvement in the "Deep State" and shut the cult down. She also resolves to protect their daughter, Yui, after her identity as Dr. Chocolate is exposed. However, she's overcome with guilt and attempts suicide after confessing everything to Noda, Yui, and Nagisa, and accidentally stabs Yui, who tries to stop her]].

* AllThereInTheManual: The show's official website named the medical team "Chocolate Company".

* ConspiracyTheorist: Me-sama, [[spoiler:a.k.a. Mutsumi Kitazawa]], started the Megumi cult because of [[spoiler:her frustration over being laid off from the research center where she worked with Yui's mother, Aoi Terashima, as well as her unfulfilling personal life]]. It got out of hand when a cult fanatic [[spoiler:murdered the Terashimas in response to her offhand comment on the cult's blog and she shut it down, but then police superintendent Machino became the new Me-sama and used the cult for his own ambitions]].

** Yui tries the chocolate given by her patients and really enjoys it.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: A retired doctor with a prosthetic right hand, a ChildProdigy surgeon, an [[StarvingArtist underpaid]] animator [[GadgeteerGenius clinical engineer]], an [[PhotographicMemory eidetic]] out-of-work operating nurse, a [[StarvingArtist struggling]] comedian radiologist, a ChickMagnet lab technician, a [[TheGamblingAddict gambling addict]] anesthesiologist with an estranged daughter, and a chief nurse discredited for reporting a medical malpractice.

* {{Queenpin}}: [[spoiler:Anju Momose]] turns out to be the leader of a yakuza gang.

* Queenpin: [[spoiler:Anju Momose]] turns out to be the leader of a yakuza gang.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: A retired doctor with a prosthetic right hand, a ChildProdigy surgeon, an [[StarvingArtist underpaid]] animator [[GadgeteerGenius clinical engineer]], an [[PhotographicMemory eidetic]] out-of-work operating nurse, a [[StarvingArtist struggling]] animator [[GadgeteerGenius clinical engineer]], a ChickMagnet lab technician, a [[TheGamblingAddict gambling addict]] anesthesiologist with an estranged daughter, and a chief nurse discredited for reporting a medical malpractice.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:The Megumi clan is disbanded and its leader, police superintendent Machino, is exposed, but cult founder Mutsumi is acquitted as she didn't actually order the Terashimas's murder. The Chocolate Company members avoid getting arrested and pursue their own goals with the money they earned, while Nagisa receives an award for her report on the murder case and Megumi. Noda regains his confidence as a doctor and work with Yui in Ghana to lay low for a while. Nagisa visits them and they rekindle their relationship]].

* ChildProdigy: 10-year-old Yui can perform better surgery than actual surgeons, thanks to her father's training.

* GratuitousEnglish: Yui calls Noda "Teacher" in English. Most of her notes are also in English.

* ConspiracyTheorist: Me-sama, [[spoiler:a.k.a. Mutsumi Kitazawa]], started the Megumi cult because of [[spoiler:her frustration over being laid off from the research center where she worked with Yui's mother, Aoi Terashima, as well as her unfulfilling personal life]]. It got out of hand when a cult fanatic [[spoiler:murdered the Terashimas because of her offhand comment on the cult's blog and she shut it down, but then police superintendent Machino became the new Me-sama and used the cult for his own ambitions]].

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:The Megumi clan is disbanded and its leader, police superintendent Machino, is exposed, but Mutsumi is acquitted as she didn't actually order the Terashimas's murder. The Chocolate Company members avoid getting arrested and pursue their own goals with the money they earned, while Nagisa receives an award for her report on the murder case and Megumi. Noda regains his confidence as a doctor and work with Yui in Ghana to lay low for a while. Nagisa visits them and they rekindle their relationship]].

* IntrepidReporter: Nagisa Okuzumi reported on the Terashimas' death two years ago, and becomes Yui and Noda's ally.

** Yui samples the chocolate given by her patients and really enjoys it.

* ShowWithinAShow: Yui enjoys the Korean drama ''Handcuffs of Love'', and Noda and Nagisa come to watch it as well. [[spoiler:After the Megumi cult is disbanded, they moved to work in Ghana, where the drama's ending takes place]].

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* SpinOff: There's a spinoff focused on Nagisa titled ''Newspaper Reporter Nagisa Okuzumi and the Suspicious Women''.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: It's right there in the title. Yui loves chocolate since her father used to reward her with it during their surgery practice sessions.

* MissingParents: The story began with Yui's parents' death in a house fire.

* BackAlleyDoctor: Despite her extreme competence, Dr. Chocolate is an unlicensed doctor.

''Dr. Chocolate'' is a Japanese MedicalDrama and CrimeDrama, first aired in 2023 on Creator/NipponTV.

* CatchPhrase: Dr. Chocolate's "We only live once. It's the same for everyone" and "Don't call me a child! Age is just a number."

** Noda explains the conditions to receive treatment: 100 million yen, a NonDisclosureAgreement, and optionally packs of chocolate.

%% RagtagBunchOfMisfits

8-year-old ChildProdigy Yui Terashima (Noa Shiroyama) lost her parents, a prominent surgeon father and genetics researcher mother, when an agent of the terrorist organization Megumi blew up her family home. Escaping to Singapore with his father's apprentice Tetsuya "Teacher" Noda (Kentaro Sakaguchi), they returned to Japan two years later to operate as the underground doctor known only as "Dr. Chocolate", saving lives of people in the underworld in order to investigate the organization and bring them to justice.

* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: The surgery crew only know each other by nicknames, except Noda and Yui who recruited them. However, they later reveal their real names as they become closer.

* SpinOff: There's a spinoff focused on Nagisa titled ''Newspaper Reporter Nagisa Okuzumi and the Suspicious Women' '.

* CatchPhrase: Dr. Chocolate's "We only live once. It's the same for everyone".

Dr. Chocolate is a Japanese MedicalDrama and CrimeDrama, first aired in 2023 on Creator/NipponTV.

8-year-old ChildProdigy Yui Terashima lost her parents, a prominent surgeon father and genetics researcher mother, when an agent of the terrorist organization Megumi blew up her family home. Escaping to Singapore with his father's apprentice Tetsuya "Teacher" Noda, they returned to Japan two years later to operate as the underground doctor known only as "Dr. Chocolate", saving lives of people in the underworld in order to investigate the organization and bring them to justice.

* RoadsideSurgery: Dr. Chocolate's team has operated everywhere, from a corporate boardroom, a disabled elevator, actual operating rooms, and literally on a road.

* RoadsideSurgery: Dr. Chocolate's team has operated everywhere, from a corporate boardroom, a disabled elevator, actual operating rooms, and literally on a road.

8-year-old ChildProdigy Yui Terashima lost her parents, a prominent surgeon father and genetics researcher mother, when an agent of the terrorist organization Megumi blew up her family home. Escaping to Singapore with his father's apprentice Tetsuya "Teacher" Noda, they returned to Japan two years later to operate as the underground doctor known only as "Dr. Chocolate", saving lives of people in the underworld in order to bring the organization to justice.