Kakao 79%

Add to My List

Add to Favorites

Alternative Titles

Japanese: カカオ79%

More titles

Information

Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: 262

Status: Discontinued

Published: May 2, 2015 to Dec 19, 2020

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Theme: School

Serialization: comico

Authors: Aoi, Umi (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.40¹ (scored by 2,316 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #3940²

² based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #2850

Members: 8,640

Favorites: 109

Available At

Official Site

7.40

Ranked #3940Popularity #2850Members 8,640

MangacomicoAoi, Umi (Story & Art)

Add to My List

Volumes: /?

Chapters: /262

Edit
Synopsis

Tsubasa Ayano and Yuu Ichinose are childhood friends. Since they were kids, they were inseparable. But one day they have to part each other's way because both of them are transferring homes. Clueless of where they will transfer, they were shocked when they see each other going to the same school from the place they transferred in.

(Source: NHN comico)

Edit

BackgroundKakao 79% was published digitally in English by NHN comico through Pocket Comics.

More characters
Characters

Ichinose, Yuu

Main

Ayano, Tsubasa

Main

Shizuku, Tendou

Supporting

Tachibana, Jun

Supporting

Murakami, Shiho

Supporting

Matsumoto, Rina

Supporting

Arizawa, Ryou

Supporting

Ayano, Sora

Supporting

Ichinose, Hotaru

Supporting

Reviews

Jul 18, 2018

tonk0tsuramen

Recommended

Preliminary (131/262 eps)

In summary, I really enjoy reading Kakao 79%. I know I haven't even read up till the latest chapter and I'm probably really biased now, but I just wanted to write a review.

You'll probably enjoy this story very much if you love cliches, childhood friends falling in love with each other and some drama and angst threw in there (mmMMmMmMm angst). The female lead is strong and independent and I love her for that. The male lead is handsome and I love how precious the lead female is to him. Bonus: He's hot (Of course he has to be).

You probably WON'T like it if the ... girl is dense and takes her 100+ chapters to realize a dude is attracted to her, and if you're used to reading black and white manga you might not be used it because it's full colored.

Without further ado, let's start the review!

Story:
It's the same old cliched story where a character falls in love with their childhood friend, and they try to make them see that they "don't want to be just friends" and stuff. You know, the normal. The male lead falls in love with the female lead and he's absolutely smitten... I LOVE IT.
From young till present, Yuu and Tsubasa have been neighbors and inseparable. Due to Yuu being extremely popular with the girls, Tsubasa has been bullied quite a lot because she's by his side due to their jealousy. Therefore when they got into high school, she's determined to make female friends buuuuut...

ANYWAY, one of the reasons why I REALLY love this series is because of the pacing. It isn't too rushed.

Art:
To me, I think it's cute! It's actually like the normal manga art, but full colored. It's more like a webtoon? Kinda like ReLife. Sometimes when there are funny moments, the artist draws them really funnily and I have so many screenshots of them.
As you read on, you can actually see the development in the artist's art and there is nothing more satisfying about that. The colors become so much more vibrant as compared to when I first started it, in which the characters look kinda dead. The characters all looked sickly due to the coloring but I'm glad it improved.

Character:
Tsubasa: Strong, athletic, always helping others, really puts herself out there. Innocent. PURE. Super cheerful and loud, sometimes very awkward around people, can't lie well, the opposite of her childhood friend.

Yuu: Glutton, seems collected and calm but is actually not (It's kinda like a RBF). Have I told you he's really smart? Basically in love with Tsubasa. Has been trying to contain his affections for her but it's no longer gonna work because it's been too long, and when I say too long, I mean from kindergarten to high school. He's trying to be gentle and not rush things but sometimes he really can't help it.

Enjoyment:
I really enjoy reading this series. It may be too soon for me to review this, but I will come back and review it if I feel like the story slowly turns bad. So far so good, as stated above, the pacing is good and the development as well. I'm really enjoying it.

Overall, I give it an 8. I don't want to be overly biased and give it like a 9 or 10, because it's a simple love story, and because it hasn't ended yet.

I hope that if you read this, you'll enjoy it as much as I do!

Open

Gift

Aug 10, 2021

Lpopo4lyfe

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (159/262 eps)

Kakao 79%, referring to a chocolate that is hardly sweet. A fitting name for a story that is so bitter and filled with toxicity.

The storytelling admittedly will draw one in, but it is only towards a downward spiral of drama, one after the other, filled with emotional manipulations and unfairly distributed amounts of blame.

If you are in it for the comedy, it is subpar for the most part, nothing gut wrenching or particularly amusing. Ironically, some moments the story tries to pass off for comedy leaves one very annoyed for ruining the serious tone of the scene or for trying to make a joke out ... of something that actually isn’t morally funny.

If you are in it for romance as I expect most of you to, if you want a romance where the main duo go through the same walls/mental blocks over and over and over again, continuously denying their feelings, pretending to sweep everything under the rug, for 150 chapters for the smallest amount of progress, feel free.

In my honest opinion though, even for those small amounts of progress, it’s not worth it. Not in the sense that, “it’s not cathartic enough”, but in that this couple should honestly not get together. The relationship is largely unhealthy, with the male protagonist being an obsessive jealous stalker who doesn’t care for anything else in the story or ever truly admit to any of his mistakes besides blaming it on the heroine. Not to mention, he never conveys any of his feelings properly (choosing to instead assault her and continually create an uncomfortable atmosphere for everyone numerous times) while putting the heroine into a series of “tests” to make her essentially submit to his masculinity.

It doesn’t help that the story and the entire cast (who are all psychologically manipulative and flawed individuals themselves) mainly puts all the blame on the heroine instead of the male protagonist or on themselves, claiming she’s “too nice” or too dense. Is it a crime for her to want to stay friends? Is it a crime to be nice to someone being bullied? Is she really the one at fault for “not facing up to her feelings” when everyone else gives her the roundabout and makes her into some sort of menace? Is it a crime to be unconscious of your own feelings or the feelings of others? Apparently so. How about pot meet kettle; the heroine is a high school girl experiencing the normal emotions that come with a childhood romance. The one who stirs up trouble for their amusement, the one who keeps thinking they can be indecisive while putting her their tests, the one using another as an object for their own selfish means? They should all look in the mirror as well and stop blaming others, and that includes the author of this story.

With that said, you can already guess that I think the characters have nothing noteworthy to say about themselves. Art can be cute now and then but is largely average or mediocre.

Love may be a multitude of things, much comes with bitterness, but not in this story, it’s more like social coercion.

Open

Gift

Apr 27, 2022

Jaffrry

Not Recommended

Preliminary (156/262 eps)

"Frustrating" is the first word that comes to mind reading this story. It started off good, but as soon as the chapters went by, it is just filled with "self-blaming" and "regret". from the two MCs. I feel like there was not a single chapter where Ayano doesn't bring up her past to justify all her current actions that are "questionable". Don't get me wrong, looking back at your past actions to question your current actions is "not wrong" per se, but if you bring up the same flashback time and time again, get over a problem, then proceed to bring the same flashback ON ...

Open

Gift

More stacks

Interest Stacks

Good Unadapted Manga Part 24

by Akazukin619

50 Entries · 8 Restacks

Mangas that Need Adaptations into Animes Pt. 8

by D2vid

50 Entries · 24 Restacks

High School Romance - Manga & Manhwa

by RustyEm

40 Entries · 166 Restacks

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion

Discontinued Ryuukichi0 - Oct 24, 2025	5 replies	by stinghy »» Nov 3, 2025 7:16 PM
Poll: Kakao 79% Chapter 170 Discussion Dessssy - Nov 11, 2019	0 replies	by Dessssy »» Nov 11, 2019 1:06 AM
Poll: Kakao 79% Chapter 154 Discussion Dessssy - Nov 11, 2019	0 replies	by Dessssy »» Nov 11, 2019 12:39 AM
Poll: Kakao 79% Chapter 153 Discussion Top_Sergeant - Sep 21, 2018	0 replies	by Top_Sergeant »» Sep 21, 2018 5:10 AM

Kakao 79%
Edit

What would you like to edit?

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Available At

Edit
Synopsis

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

More characters
Characters

Reviews

Interest Stacks

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Kakao 79% Edit What would you like to edit? SynopsisBackgroundAlternative TitlesPictureChapters/VolumesPublishing DatesRelationsTypeExternal Links

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Available At

EditSynopsis

Visit MALxJapan MALxJapan -More than just anime-

More charactersCharacters

Reviews

Interest Stacks

More recommendations Recommendations

More newsRecent News

More discussionsRecent Forum Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Kakao 79%
Edit

What would you like to edit?

Edit
Synopsis

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

More characters
Characters

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion