Coffee & Vanilla

Coffee & Vanilla (コーヒー&バニラ) is a Japanese manga series by Takara Akegami. Coffee & Vanilla is serialized in the monthly josei manga magazine Cheese! from April 2015 to January 2024. In addition, a spin-off series titled Coffee & Vanilla Black ran in the digital monthly magazine Premier Cheese!! since 2018.

A live-action television drama adaptation ran from July 5 to September 6, 2019.

Plot
Risa Shiragi is a popular student at her university known for her beauty, but she has a timid personality, which prevents her from entering relationships with others. One day, after Hiroto Fukami rescues her from a stalker, she becomes attracted to his mature personality and they begin dating. Throughout their relationship, Risa tries to match Fukami's maturity and hopes one day to become a suitable partner for him.

Characters

 * Risa Shiragi (白城 リサ)
 * Portrayed by Haruka Fukuhara (TV drama)
 * Risa is a 20-year-old college student who is popular among other students for her beauty, but is very shy in reality.


 * Hiroto Fukami (深見 宏斗)
 * Portrayed by Dori Sakurada (TV drama)
 * Fukami is the 32-year-old president of Fukami Holdings.


 * Takaaki Akutsu (阿久津 孝晃)
 * Portrayed by Mario Kuroba (TV drama)
 * Akutsu is Fukami's rival and the president of Akutsu Corporation. He is popular with women.


 * Tsubasa Yoshiki (吉木 翼)
 * Portrayed by Yuki Ogoe (TV drama)
 * Yoshiki is Risa's classmate. He is friendly and falls in love with Risa.


 * Natsuki Ashiya (芦屋 なつき)
 * Portrayed by Noa Kita (TV drama)
 * Natsuki is Risa's childhood friend who later enters a friends-with-benefits relationship with Akutsu.


 * Yuki Ichiyanagi (市柳 雪)
 * Portrayed by Shogo Hama (TV drama)
 * Yuki is Fukami's personal secretary. He was Fukami's classmate when they were in high school.

Manga
Coffee & Vanilla is written and illustrated by Takara Akegami. It was serialized in the monthly josei manga magazine Cheese! since the June 2015 issue. It ended in the March 2024 issue on January 24, 2024. The chapters were later released in twenty-four tankōbon volumes released from October 26, 2015 to February 26, 2024 by Shogakukan under the Flower Comics imprint.

A spin-off series titled Coffee & Vanilla: Black, focusing on side characters Natsuki and Akutsu, began running concurrently in 2018 in the magazine Premier Cheese!

Television drama
A live-action television series adaptation was announced in June 2019 and slated for release on July 4, 2019. The series stars Haruka Fukuhara as Risa, Dori Sakurada as Fukami, Mario Kuroba as Akutsu, Yuki Ogoe as Tsubasa, Noa Kita as Natsuki, and Shogo Hama as Yuki. The television series aired weekly on MBS TV at 1 AM as part of their Drama Tokku programming block, with other broadcasts on TV Kanagawa and Television Saitama. The opening theme song is "You & I" by Good on the Reel and the ending theme is "Melancholic" by Airi Miyakawa.

Reception
The series ranked #6 in the shojo and josei category on the digital book service BookLive! in the first half of 2019.

Volume 10 debuted at #12 on Oricon and sold 45,368 copies. Volume 11 debuted at #6 on Oricon and sold 70,155 copies.

By February 2024, the series had over 10 million copies in circulation.