Oojima Yuuki is a student at Takafuji academy, where he spends his days as part of the Food research club - basically a club where he, his childhood friend Chisato, classmate Mifuyu and their friends devote their time to eating sweets and chatting all day. However, after a turn around in the student council, elections begin, and one of the strongest candidates has said that they intend to disband all non profitable club. In order to counter this, Yuuki must run in the elections himself and win, little realising when he sets out what campaigning to be student council president is really all about.
(Anime; 1 season, 12 episodes, finished)
Probably the best way to describe this series is as a 'ying-yang' series- By this I mean that the story is divided into two very separate plots that run parallel and interact with each other. One half is a slice of life, romantic story with harem tendencies, as Yuuki tries to get elected whilst dealing with the girls around him (which include his presidency rival, childhood friend, mysterious sempai, and booze hitting teacher). The other half his is very dark, mystery series all about secret dealings, hidden agendas and evil attitudes from those who oppose and support Yuuki. These two different plots work brilliantly together and form a fantastic series to watch that sucks you in from the get go.
The rest of this series measures up superbly. The artistry and animation is fantastic to the point of gorgeous to watch. The characters are all thoroughly enjoyable for a number of reasons - one including the fact that some of the non major characters seem to have some sort of flaw to them (e.g. having a propeller in their head) that no one seems to notice except for Yuuki. This leads to some great humour, as to the random antics of several other characters. There is a down side here though, and that is that most of the characters become interesting background very quickly, and the story only focuses on 3 or 4 of the main ones during each episode. Also the setting for the story - Takafuji academy - is a little too detailed: the rules about elections, student hierarchy and different council offices are some many and so diverse that it often becomes hard to understand who the bad guys are and who is following the rules.
Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate is the ideal companion for anyone who loves mystery anime, but with a light hearted tone.
Rating - 7.5/10
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