The manga was also adapted into a live-action Japanese television drama starring Arashi's Jun Matsumoto in the lead role.

Saeko only dates handsome men with power, position, and popularity in their school; therefore Sōta, being rather quiet and pale, chased after her from afar like a butterfly.

Heavy-hearted, Sōta asks Saeko to get rid of his chocolate for him, since it is painful to throw away something he made for someone special, to which she agrees and bids him farewell on a snowy evening.

Written and illustrated by Setona Mizushiro, Shitsuren Chocolatier was serialized in Shogakukan's josei manga magazine Rinka starting on February 14, 2008.

[11] In October 2013, Shogakukan was announced that Shitsuren Chocolatier would receive a live-action television series adaptation starring Arashi's Jun Matsumoto as Sōta Koyurugi.