Chocolat

Chiyoko Tatsumi, a girl whose father has disappeared amid enormous debts, finds a new home with an unlikely guardian. She lives with Matsukichi Omugi, a former underground kingpin who now runs a pastry shop, and meets people connected to his world, including Ichigo Katou, an ex-inmate. As people search for her father’s whereabouts, Chiyoko’s life among the shop’s unusual circle of acquaintances unfolds. The story follows her situation as she faces the uncertainty surrounding her father and the people drawn into it.