Choco Strawberry Vanilla

Description

Hiroi always shared what he liked, things and people alike, with his childhood friend Take. Take always returned Hiroi's affections. Mine, who because of his deep love for Hiroi, accepts both of them. The relationship of these three classmates was in a good balance, but because of a subtle change in their feelings, this balance slowly gets unhinged...?!

Type

Manga

Related Series

Psychedelics (Side Story)

Associated Names

Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla

Strawberry no Yuuutsu

チョコストロベリーバニラ

巧克力草莓香草

草莓的忧郁

초코 스트로베리 바닐라

Groups Scanlating

Cocobees

Yaoi Is Life

Latest Release(s)

c.Lucky Pervert by Yaoi is Life 8 years ago

c.September 2015 Reijin Extra by Cocobees 10 years ago

v.1 c.6 + Extra (end) by Yaoi Is Life 10 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

1 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 7.9 / 10.0 (454 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.8 / 10.0

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Last Updated

April 12th, 2024 6:53pm PDT - 1 year ago

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Genre

Adult Drama Romance Slice of Life Smut Yaoi
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Original Publisher

Take Shobo

Serialized In (magazine)

Reijin (Take Shobo)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #685

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Monthly Pos #1900 (No change)

3 Month Pos #2440

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6 Month Pos #4596

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Year Pos #5471

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Love it!

by dezin19
10 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

It's hard to find a manga with a good polyamorous relationship, but this one passed. I'm glad it worked out for the characters (unlike in most manga). Yes, polyamorous relationships exist, and yes they do work for many people. You can love more than one person.
I also like how the author made Take and Hiroi's relationship: when it comes to relationships, there is no black and white or guide on what/how you should be with another (an understanding that comes with age, hopefully). It was refreshing to see a mangaka portray this.
All in all, this manga handled relationships in a surprisingly mature way from what I was expecting (it was my first experience with this author), and I look forward to sensei's future works.

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Wow that was steamy!!!

by DeDe4ever
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I usually don't like love triangles especially in yaoi but this one is fantastic. I thought the way Hiori and Take share EVERYTHING was weird and nasty at first but it fit the story well. But like all love triangles drama is afoot. I want Take to be with Mine, then I want Mine to be with Hiori, then I want Take to be with Hiori. In the end the only answer I can come up with is Take, Mine and Hiori together. It just fits all three of them, at times one or the other gets jealous because someone is getting more attention then they'd like. But they don't hate it enough to complain, so why not have an eternal threesome. I SAY BRING IT ON!! (>.<)/

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I am Lost ...

by toastmuncher
8 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Though two thing that I can say for sure is:

I did not find this repulsive.
I would recommend others to read this.
My main problem with this is that

Mine is treated like an object. To me it just seems that he is a sex toy which Hiroi uses and then shares with Take. I find Take more sensible and sensitive, even more so since Take is able to hit all the good spot of Mine while Hiroi isn't. If this was all this was I would have given this a 1. Butt half way through we then see Mine take a stand for himself and shake Take and Hiroi out of their stupor, respectively. Thus agency is taken away from Hiroi and Take and centered on Mine; he is no longer a sex-object. But the end all three have some sort of agency and are not merely reactive. I don't know what to make of this

Re-reading this at least two more times, and making notes will definitely help clear things up hat's why for now I will withhold rating this.

Edit: I have finally finished reading this two more times, and now I can say without a shadow of doubt this is in fact a master piece.
P.S. The art is very deceptive e.g.

when Hiroi needs to be cute and loving he is usually drawn small and curved, but when they are having sex his face and body figure becomes angular. . It was this last bit that pushed me to give this a ten.

... Last updated 8 years ago

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Very interesting story! Loved it and..

by Sunfae
4 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I don't understand the people who are giving this a rate of "1" or "2" just because the story doesn't align with their set of principles and their real lifestyle preferences. Like can't you read the categories tags? If you want a fluffy sweet story go ahead and read those why are you here complaining?!!

Now about the story, LOVED IT! I just love any story that is unexpected and interesting, something that gets me lost in thoughts trying to figure out the characters feelings. This manga is easily in my top 10 reads and I will certainly read it again because honestly, one read is not enough to grasp everything going on in this story.

The twisted "love" of Hiroi for Take (I don't even think love is the right word here), I would like to know more about the basis of that and why it came to develop, The crooked "love" of Take for Hiroi, and his newly developed aggressive and obsessive "love" for Mine and how it grew and was scaled based on how much Mine loves Hiroi (or maybe it's not because of that and he hasn't figured it out yet??) Aaaah this is what I mean, I love this, it's very interesting, the feelings of these three in this story is something new, only few mangas covers such complex feelings and relationships. I don't understand how "Psychological" is not one of the listed genres here.

I like to think of the ending as an open one, cause there is NO WAY that this is the conclusion of these three's feelings, obsess and aggression mixed with love does not just simply settle, there would be surely interesting development in the future of their relationship, I hope there will be a squeal covering that (aside from the doujinshi series related to this which I am reading next)

As a conclusion, if you like interesting complex stories that makes you lost in thoughts and feelings, I highly recommend this one, it's amazing. But if you just want to read what makes you comfortable and what you're used to in real life, then avoid it and go read a cute comedy romance story instead.

... Last updated 4 years ago

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A breath of fresh air

by OmNom
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

I'm not even exaggerating when I say this is the first time I've come across a legit 3-some story that makes sense from beginning to end. I've never really understood the concept of more than 2 people being in love with each other altogether, probably because of the social exposure I have relating to the subject, which is why this manga just feels so right, with just the right amount of psychology, romance and sex. I can totally relate to each of the characters despite the fact that I've never been in such a relationship - that's how good the mangaka is at storytelling. Her art is also reeeally scrumptious, I could just look at the boys go at it all day and not get tired of it. Anyone that has an open mind should definitely give this work a try even if just to broaden your horizon.

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Good

by NeoFish
11 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Since there are no other reviews, I would be glad to write one for this, but tbh it's hard for me to find exactly what to say...
I'm a huge fan of this mangaka's work and art so I read this without looking at the tags and was a caught off gaurd when I realized the direction it was going ahaha
Psyche Delico's smut is always wonderful, but that's pretty much a lot of what this manga was. What little plot it did have was pretty interesting too, which is good for 3 chapters.

There was also that bitter sweet vague ending

If you feel uncomfortable with polygamy then this is not for you.
Overall, yeah I liked it, worth the read.

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why

by Yzma
8 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

don't know why people here keep voting against "rape" tag. rape is a rape. if you like to read about rape, whether victim doesn't like it or is falling into some kind of stockholm syndrome-ish "love", is completely other thing. these tags are for people who didn't read manga yet. some of them has triggers, you know. some of them just don't like wasting time on read they found unpleasant. let them be warned, for f*ck's sake, not everyone into hard stuff. if seme is short, you don't vote against it. if someone forced into sex, physically or emotionally(debt, manipulation, blackmail), it's rape. why insist it isn't?

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Do people not know how to read?

by misc
5 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Why do y’all complain about this manga’s ending here when it’s clearly stated that the story continues in various self-published books by the author in the Psychedelics series, in fact there’s a new one published just last yeah lmao. This manga isn’t the actual ending to the story so quit whining about how much you hate the “ending” just because y’all clowns don’t know how to read.

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Everybody knows...

by aiish
10 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

We all know that this is new and actually really good take on yaoi. It's great that there's a different side to loving someone and sharing them... BUT let's be honest. WE ALL WANT MINE AND TAKE TO END UP TOGETHER.... ONLY THEMSLEVES. I hope Hiroi finds a new lover and Take won't be able to separate from Mine, coupling them together!!! Sorry Hiroi!

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Too bad it involved rape scenes

by Jasminthe
10 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

Well, I like polyamorous relationships but this one just didn't feel right. The way it began (and continued) with Mine just feels like a rape and it was more uncomfortable than sexy or anything. No means no.

And Hiroi just seems to be an egoistic brat that has absolutely no consideration whatsoever for the people surrounding him.
Mine and Take have their cute sides.

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