History VideoGame / Dandelion

* {{Bishonen}}: All of the boys, but long, silver-haired Jihae probably fits the best. Even as a rabbit, he's recruited to be a model!

* LongTitle

* MoeCouplet: Jihae and Jieun.
* MultipleEndings

''Dandelion - Wishes Brought to You -'' is a stat-based OtomeGame made by the company Creator/{{Cheritz}}. It was released out of nowhere in late 2012, but its high production values and surprisingly deep storyline were received very well among the community, and another game by the same company, ''{{VisualNovel/Nameless}} - The One Thing You Must Recall -'', revolving around dolls turning to life instead of pets, came out in late 2013. ''Dandelion'' was originally made in Korean, but has an official English translation with [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish surprisingly few errors.]]

* MyParentsAreDead: [[spoiler: Jisoo.]] Made worse by the state of his [[spoiler: [[IllGirl little sister]]]]. [[spoiler:Jiyeon]] also grew up without parents, so they are either dead or abandoned him.

-->'''Jiwoo:''' A {{Tsundere}}'s charm never fades. You know...they say that [[BastardBoyfriend lunatic handsome guys]] are popular nowadays. But, the trend is all just temporary.

* NiceHat: Heejung demands the boys wear hats outside so people can't see their ears. Naturally, they are all this.

* {{Adorkable}}: Side-character Heejae with his nerdy glasses and awkward crush on Heejung is the best example, but Jieun also counts at various times.

And then, one day, all five of them magically transform into [[{{Bishounen}} attractive men]] [[LittleBitBeastly with cat or rabbit ears]] wearing [[FantasyCounterpartCulture otherworldly, European-based fantasy-style clothing.]]

From what she can gather, there is some sort of game going on. The 'rules' prohibit them from explaining, but they are indeed from another world - two fantasy-style kingdoms, that of the cats and the rabbits - and their transformation happened due to Haeejung's 'choice' of one above the rest. Although the boys are now even noisier and more difficult to take care of than ever, Heejung reluctantly lets her stay in her house until they have to leave. And so her life with [[BoisterousBruiser Boisterous]] BigEater Jisoo (the black cat), stuck-up {{Tsundere}} Jiwoo (the brown spotted rabbit), [[SugarAndIcePersonality cool]] but gentlemanly Jihae (the silver, long-haired rabbit), [[{{Kawaiiko}} cutesy]] and [[{{Keet}} energetic]] Jiyeon (the orange striped cat), and [[OlderThanHeLooks young]], [[EmotionlessBoy emotionless]] Jieun (the white baby rabbit) will begin...

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Jieun,]] of all people, is the only one of the love interests who out-gambits the creator of the "game." [[spoiler: Having the resources of a prince at his disposal, the power of precognition, and living in a world with wizards of its own, helps. A little planning ahead and re-assurance on Jieun's part ensures Heejung doesn't call on the wizard when she and Jieun are separated. Instead they're reunited without anyone losing their memory because of Jieun's efforts.]]

* {{Bishounen}}: All of the boys, but long, silver-haired Jihae probably fits the best. Even as a rabbit, he's recruited to be a model!

* CatBoy: Jisoo and Jiyeon.

* HeManWomanHater: Jiwoo has some traces of this due to [[spoiler:awful treatment at the hands of his mother.]]

* IHaveNoDaughter: In most routes, this is the conclusion to Heejung's and her mother's relationship.

* InterClassRomance: [[spoiler: Jihae and Jieun are both the product of one. Naturally, the kingdom isn't particularly pleased with either situation, but at least since Jieun's the prince he's viewed as being above criticism. Jihae is not at all so lucky.]] Heejung with Jihae or Jieun would also count.

* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:The Wizard's ending]] can be seen this way. The reason the Wizard created the game was because he was obsessed with Heejung, but by [[spoiler:giving up all his memories and even risking his very existence in order to be with her, he's able to get a clean slate ''and'' be with the woman he loves, though neither know who the other is.]]

* MyParentsAreDead: [[spoiler: Jisoo]]. Made worse by the state of his [[spoiler: [[IllGirl little sister]]]]. [[spoiler:Jiyeon]] also grew up without parents, so they are either dead or abandoned him.

* OlderThanHeLooks: Jieun. And while Jiyeon doesn't look particularly young, he's certainly older than he [[AdultChild acts]].
* OneSteveLimit: While no two characters have the same name, the game sure does like similar names: as per Korean practice while naming siblings, all the pets have the first syllable 'Ji', and in the game there is a Jihae, a Heejae, and a Heejung. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Heejung during the naming cutscene where she questions out loud if their names are too similar and whether it might be confusing or not.

* SchoolClubsAreSeriousBusiness: Heejung always put a lot of effort into her art club because it was necessary to get into a good university, and then to get a good job. When she admits that she'll start going more casually once she decides to take care of the pets, Heejae is quite surprised and disappointed. (Though there might be [[RomanticRunnerUp other reasons...]])

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Jieun for being so obsessive about having Jihae for himself that he willingly ruined one of the happiest things in Jihae's life and still depended on him to constantly take care of him.]]
* BastardBoyfriend: [[spoiler:Jiyeon, and Jisoo in his bad route.]]

* BigEater: Jisoo, in both cat and human forms. He refers to Heejung primarily as "foodgiver," much to her consternation.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Jiyeon.]]

* TheChampion: Jihae for Jieun. [[spoiler:In this case, he really is a literal knight.]]
* CrazyJealousGuy: [[spoiler:Jiyeon. Jisoo also gets rather possessive in his route.]]
** [[spoiler:Jieun also used to be a non-romantic example for Jihae.]]

* ConsummateLiar: Jiyeon. [[spoiler:He's constantly lying to people about how poor he is to manipulate them into giving him things.]]
* CuteMute: Not entirely mute, but Jieun is very quiet and rarely speaks until he gets to know Heejung better.

* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Heejung.

* FantasticRacism: More like Fantastic Classism, but the rabbits seem to form a structured kingdom and look down on the disorganised cats, while within rabbits a plain coat is a sign of good breeding, meaning that Jiwoo is very sensitive about his spots. Among rabbits, white is the most special, meaning that they are [[spoiler: royal, with Jihae's silver coat being a bad thing]].

* GreenEyedMonster: Jiwoo first admits that he likes Heejung after he gets jealous seeing what looks like her and Jisoo out on a date together.
** [[spoiler:Jisoo's]] bad end is full of this.

* HatesBaths: Jisoo. May be related to [[CatsHateWater his feline traits]].

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jieun and Jihae.

* IllGirl: Jisoo's [[spoiler: little sister.]] Heavily implied to be the [[HealthcareMotivation reason]] he's participating in the game.

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Jiwoo insists that he's the best all the time largely because everything about the way he sees the world indicates that he ''should'' be the best (being rich and great with business) and it really disturbs him that it doesn't seem to work.
* TheIngenue: Jieun.

* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Jieun is extremely dependant on Jihae at the beginning of the game. [[spoiler:In his backstory, it's revealed that he even knowingly allowed a woman to kill herself because Jihae had fallen in love with her and he was scared that she would take him away.]] He gets better over time. In a different way, Jihae has also completely devoted his life to Jieun, and doesn't react well to the idea of being abandoned by him.
* LonelyRichKid: Jieun and Jiwoo.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Jihae.

* ManChild: Jiyeon.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:The Wizard.]]

* MyBelovedSmother: Heejung's mother.
* MyParentsAreDead: [[spoiler: Jisoo]]. Made worse by the state of his [[spoiler: [[IllGirl little sister]].]]
* MysticalWaif: Jieun.

* NoSocialSkills: Jieun doesn't speak very often, but when he does, he's quite abrupt.

* OpaqueNerdGlasses: Heejae.

** Jihae's the only one out of the five who gets a paying job not long after he becomes human, although he wasn't ''trying'' to get one. (He is just that pretty.) However, it's not stated how much Jihae contributes to offsetting the expenses of adding five adult, human-sized men onto the food and utilities bill. Jihae explicitly helps with household chores though, which is more than can be said about the other four animals.

* TheQuietOne: Jieun.

* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Jieun's casual outfit resembles a school uniform.

* ShelteredAristocrat: Jieun. He even has Jihae and Heejung open doors for him though he at least tries to grow out of it in his and Jihae's route.

* SorcerorKing: Jieun grows into this in the HappilyEverAfter WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue. In the game proper, he's merely a Sorcerer WisePrince.

* StepfordSmiler: Jihae always puts on a calm, polite image, but deep down...
* TheStoic: Both Jihae and Jieun in different ways.
** StoicWoobie: Aaand they both count for this, too.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Jieun.

* {{Tsundere}}: Jiwoo.
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:Despite being the most fit to inherit his family's business, Jiwoo was passed over, and after his father died his mother admitted that he wasn't her son and that she always hated him for that.]]
* [[spoiler:WaifProphet: Jieun.]]

* WholesomeCrossdresser: If you go into the bathroom late in Jieun's route, he'll be looking at the skin cream items and admit that he wants to dress up as a girl once before he gets older.
* TheWisePrince: Jieun.

-->'''Jiwoo:''' Tell me if it gets too cold. I'll give you my jacket - only if you promise to keep it clean.

From what she can gather, there is some sort of game going on. The 'rules' prohibit them from explaining, but they are indeed from another world - two fantasy-style kingdoms, that of the cats and the rabbits - and their transformation happened due to Haeejung's 'choice' of one above the rest. Although the boys are now even noisier and more difficult to take care of than ever, Heejung reluctantly lets her stay in her house until they have to leave. And so her life with [[BoisterousBruiser Boisterous]] BigEater Jisoo[[note]]the black cat[[/note]], stuck-up {{Tsundere}} Jiwoo[[note]]the brown spotted rabbit[[/note]], [[SugarAndIcePersonality cool]] but gentlemanly Jihae[[note]]The silver, long-haired rabbit[[/note]], [[{{Kawaiiko}} cutesy]] and [[{{Keet}} energetic]] Jiyeon[[note]]the orange striped cat[[/note]], and [[OlderThanHeLooks young]], [[EmotionlessBoy emotionless]] Jieun[[note]]the white baby rabbit[[/note]] will begin...