The tarot cafe is a story about a girl who use tarot cards, owns a cafe and is immortal. She is trying to collect beads to complete her contract. There is also significant amount of fantasy elements and the manga is set in the modern-ish world.
if it feels like the description was really lazy that's because it was. And i've still put in more effort than the author did.
The manga is all over the place. The episodic stories, which last for 2 volumes before the main story starts, are boring as shit. Some of them were so bad i started laughing.
SPOILERS FOR 1 EPISODIC STORY AND ITS RIDICOLOUSNESS.
This guy is an alchemist. Can create anything the plot demands him too. He kidnaps this princess and tries to make her laugh. But she is one of those dominatrix woman that get off by killing you. Not knowing this the alchemist creates this ultimate jester who's sole goal is to make her laugh. She tortures him daily. He fixes the doll daily. The alchemist relaizes the women is fucked up as hell and falls in love with there doll and now they have started a weird relationship. The absurdity of it made me laugh for a little too long.
The rest of the series is also a mess. You can't follow the characters, you can't follow the story. Everything is all over the place. There is also a bunch of weirdo shit in there for no discernible reason.
The characters have barely any development and the ones that do, develop for stupid reasons. The series which is already confusing as it is. Also pulls the fucking Non-linear narrative. Fuck anyone who pulls that shit.
I Honestly can't tell you more about the series since it was so bad. The ending was also very weird and random. The only decent part about the series was when they finally started revealing all the information . and the art. The art is nice to look at.
TLDR: I mean its awful guys. Read a better manga. Every character is overdramatic. Falls in love for no reason. Does stupid ass decisions. And fails at being melodramatic. 3/10