Nekopara

Nekopara (ネコぱら) is an adult visual novel series created by Sayori, developed by Neko Works and published by Sekai Project for Microsoft Windows and CFK for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

The series is set in a world where humans live alongside catgirls, and are able to keep them as pets. The scenario was written by Yukijin, and the theme song was written by KOMEWORKS and performed by nao.

In 2017, Nekopara OVA was released, which is an anime adaptation of Nekopara Vol. 1, financed on Kickstarter. A year later, Nekopara Extra OVA was released, based on Nekopara Extra. Later in the same year as Nekopara Extra OVA, it received a manga adaptation, and in 2020 it received a TV show produced by Felix Film.

Gameplay
The majority of the gameplay consists of the player reading the game's story. Unlike other visual novels, Nekopara does not offer choices to the player throughout gameplay, and the player has no influence over the story. Nekopara Vol. 0 added a new feature where the player can click on characters in-game to "pet" them. The characters will react in different ways depending on where the player pets them.

Why They're NYAwesome

 * 1) Outstanding graphics, due to Sayori's truly eye-catching art-style. Every graphic aspect can be really fun to look, distinguishing the stylistic appearance of characters, backgrounds and locations. In short, everything is of a high level, and especially it is worth noting that it was the only one person who made the games' graphics. The appearance of the characters is adorable, especially when they are wearing the dress largely used by Japanese and French maids, while the backgrounds and locations are also drawn, best depicting the different places to stay, featuring the restaurant (inside and outside), kitchen, park, and much more. Chibi-style illustrations are also nice, with a sharp, but nice-to-look line. Best of all, each new instalment, they are visually improved, and the most noticeable example is Vol. 4, which in part moves away from the mild, characteristic Sayori's art-style in favor of adding more graphic detail and a sharper line.
 * 2) Good bossa-nova and jazz soundtrack consistent with the event, even though they repeat themselves.
 * 3) Unlike other visual novels, Nekopara has animations instead of sprites. Similarly like graphics, animations get better when the new volumes are released.
 * 4) Funny dialogue (in a positive sense), but also informative.
 * 5) Good written and designed characters with different characteristics:
 * 6) * Kashou Minaduki is the main protagonist. Kashou comes from a family with a long line of chefs and decides to move away from home and open his own confection shop despite his parents' wishes.
 * 7) * Chocola is a cheerful and energetic brown-haired catgirl. She is Vanilla's twin sister and moved in with Kashou after he started his own business. She is a Mixed Breed.
 * 8) * Vanilla is a calm and quiet white-haired catgirl. She rarely expresses her emotions, making her somewhat of a kūdere character. She loves her twin sister Chocola, and often follows her anywhere she goes. She is a Mixed Breed.
 * 9) * Shigure Minaduki is Kashou's younger sister. She appears to have romantic feelings for Kashou in an incestuous way. She and her older brother are the owners of the Minaduki family Nekos.
 * 10) * Azuki is the oldest of the Minaduki family nekos. Despite being the oldest, she is also the shortest and has a mischievous personality. However, she lives up to being the eldest catgirl by effortlessly managing and leading her sisters as they work in Kashou's cafe. She also has a tsundere personality, acting sarcastic, and tough to hide her real emotions towards everyone. She is a Munchkin cat.
 * 11) * Maple is the second oldest of the Minaduki family Nekos. She has an independent and mature personality, as well as a hint of tsundere given that she is typically dishonest with herself. She enjoying visiting cafes to try different food and drinks. She aspires to be a singer but is held back by her own lack of self-confidence as well as the prospect that she will only ever make it big because she is a catgirl. She is an American Curl.
 * 12) * Cinnamon is the third oldest of the Minaduki family Nekos. She frequently interprets things in a sexual manner and ends up becoming aroused. She has the largest chest size of all the catgirls. She is closest to Maple and thus aspires to be by her side to support her life decisions. She is a Scottish Fold.
 * 13) * Coconut is the third youngest of the Minaduki family Nekos. Other characters praise her for her "cool" personality, but she wishes she were cute rather than cool. She suffers from low self-esteem because of her klutziness and self-proclaimed lack of skills. She has heterochromia, with her right eye being orange and left eye being blue. She is a Maine Coon.
 * 14) *Fraise is a character that appeared in Vol. 4. She was named after the French word for strawberry. She is talented, but has little experience with social interaction. She is also shy and not confident in her ingenuity. She is kind and puts her trust into others. She is a Chinchilla Persian.
 * 15) A new petting function has been introduced since Vol. 0, which is quite apt for this series. After petting, the characters make funny noises, not just one type of noise, but many others.
 * 16) There is a fun function like "Chest bounciness" that can be activated with the [P] button (a button of a suggestive letter known to Internet users).
 * 17) The series have funny scenes with drawn characters in Chibi (チ ビ) style, like this scene.
 * 18) Nekopara spawned anime and manga adaptations. The most notable is a 2020 anime TV show from Felix Film licensed by Funimation in English-speaking regions.
 * 19) The series is created in such a way that it is directed to various audiences: For some, i.e. fans of this genre or anime fans, for others who want to cure depression (for obvious reasons), and for those who expect scenes for adults.
 * 20) Decent story, even for "Slice of Life" genre standards.
 * 21) Nekopara has a lot and cheap backgrounds, emoticons, and badges on Steam.
 * 22) Fair price. The main volumes cost only 10 USD, and additional parts (Vol. 0 and Extra) cost even cheaper, due to lower game time.
 * 23) * Although Nekopalive is not generally a game, this one is free.
 * 24) The series resembles a typical visual novel with cute characters, it is also ecchi or even deeper, hentai.
 * 25) Those who funded on the Kickstarter, they received gifts from the creators of OVA, in the form of an artbook, pins, stickers, a soundtrack, anime OVA itself, and Chocola and Vanilla plushies.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Adult scenes are only available on Steam. Additionally, it is available when you buy a DLC that costs the same as games.
 * 2) Console versions include censorship, most notably the PS4 version.
 * 3) Anime adaptation (OVA and TV show) may be good, but unlike its original source material, it was made for a younger audience only adding gentle ecchi scenes, despite the fact that visual novels also were famous for hentai scenes.
 * 4) The series is a little formulaic due to vol. 1-3 having the whole hanging out with two catgirls until they form a romantic relationship with Kashou.
 * 5) Some aspects are off-putting.
 * 6) * Shigure's incestual feelings for her older brother, which she likes to make quite clear in various creepy ways. On the matter of incest, Chocola and Vanilla doing anything sexual together like the former licking the latter's ear and flipping her skirt up forcefully while Vanilla's in heat can be either quite arousing or quite discomforting, as they are twins.
 * 7) * Kashou seeing the catgirls as daughters and lovers, which he notes about Chocola and Vanilla after the first H-scene, no less.

Reception
Each game in the series receives overwhelmingly positive reviews, especially among Steam users.

Hardcore Gamer gave for Nekopara Vol. 1 a 3.5/5, stating that "Nekopara is a light and fluffy visual novel that fans of catgirls will enjoy," but noted that "some may be put off by the sexual storyline aspect."

For this reception, Nekopara received an anime (TV show in 2020) and manga (in 2018) adaptations. Or even earlier, in July 2016, Sekai Project announced that it would be running a Kickstarter campaign to fund an all-ages Nekopara original video animation (OVA) adaptation. A second OVA, based on the Nekopara Extra visual novel, was released alongside the visual novel on July 27, 2018.

Like some anime or independent games, they became an Internet meme.

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