Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate is an anime based off of a visual novel going by the same name. Being based off a visual novel its hard to fit the plot of a 4050 hour game to an anime thats 12 episodes. I believe that Koichoco does an okay job fitting the plot into the time slot allocated. That being said there are definitely problems with the anime plot but theyre not enough to ruin it for me.
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Yuuki finding out hes going to run for school president whether he likes it or not
Koichocos main character is Yuuki Oojima a high schooler that gets pushed into running for president of his school after another candidate Satsuki Shinonome states that one of her main policy goals is to cut clubs that drain funds and have little to no achievement. Yuukis club the Food Research Club is part of the main clubs that would be cut if Satsuki wins the upcoming election. Yuuki decides to run after getting support and encouragement from the other club members. While his campaign starts out as a singleissue candidate focused on not cutting clubs and also stating that his name is Oojima not Ooshima his platform expands as time goes on. As with any candidate running for any office he faces several speed bumps and discovers how other candidates use tricks to sway favor.
Being an anime thats mainly focused on Yuukis exploits with the five heroines Ill cut to the chase and briefly talk about all of the girls that have routes in the visual novel that the animes based off of:
Chisato Sumiyoshi
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Chisato Sumiyoshi is Yuukis childhood friend and the president of the Food Research Club. Chisato and Yuuki live next to each other and walk with each other to school every day. Shes very attached to Yuuki for reasons that are explained later in the anime.
Satsuki Shinonome
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Satsuki Shinonome is the main candidate that Yuukis running against. While she knows that Yuuki is running for president especially because of her she still takes a liking to him. Her older sister is a teacher at the school and is the advisor to the club that Yuuki is in. Every time she sees him her face noticeably lightens up from her usual stoic tone and she walks up and calls him a nickname based on what hes doing at the time.
Mifuyu Kiba
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Mifuyu Kiba is Chisatos and Yuukis good friend and fellow member of the Food Research Club. Due to illness Mifuyu is a year behind in school. Mifuyu is quite frail and is not able to push herself that much. She supports Chisatos love for Yuuki even though it is shown that Mifuyu has feelings for him herself.
Isara Aomi
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Isara Aomi is a student thats assigned to help with Yuukis presidential run due to her status as a financial aid student. Due to her not being graced with generational wealth shes mocked for her status by those wholl never have to work a day in their life. Her struggles influence Yuuki and the policies he pushes for. She takes a liking to Yuuki for standing up for her.
Michiru Morishita
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Michiru Morishita is a shy and mysterious firstyear student thats part of the Food Research Club. Not that much is known about her until the end of the anime due to things I cant explain right now. All I can say is that shes fond of Yuuki.
An anime like this shouldnt be scored by its plot itself. Its the characters that make an anime like this what it is. The characters in this anime are quite nice especially Satsuki in my opinion. Luckily Koichocos plot isnt total garbage. I really enjoyed watching this anime. Its not anything groundbreaking or amazing plotwise but it does a great job at what its supposed to be an anime based upon a visual novel.
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