History VisualNovel / Nekopara

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: ''Nekoparaiten'' is stated to feature more than ''100'' catgirls in the game.

** One word in the title of each of the main volumes (1 through 4). Sayori seems to have a thing for French, as seen also in the name of the patisserie (that also being a French word itself), and that the name of one of the catgirls is a French word[[note]]though the spelling has now been changed, probably because a lot of people would mispronounce it otherwise[[/note]].

* ''NEKOPARA After'' (TBA)

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Maple threatens to never speak to Cinnamon again if she doesn't keep their "encounter" in ''Vol. 3'' a secret.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: While Kashou is essentially the POV character in the series, there are certain parts where someone else takes over such as Chocola in ''Vol. 1'' and Cinnamon in ''Vol. 3''.

* BleachedUnderpants: The OVA and anime place more focus on the interactions between the catgirls and downplay romantic or sexual relations with Kashou from the visual novels.

* AlternateUniverse: The series is set in a world where [[CatGirl Nekos]] exist alongside humans.

* CatGirl: It's not called "NEKOPARA" for nothing! This series is all about them, which in this universe are cute girls with cat ears and tails who are as intelligent as humans, but are still kept as pets and show a lot of catlike behavior.

In 2019, [=NEKO WORKs=] announced ''NEKOPARA -catboys paradise-'', a SpearCounterpart OtomeGame featuring an all-new male cast as their AprilFoolsDay joke, however in 2021 it was announced that ''catboys paradise'' will be released as a full title in Summer 2021. Unlike the other ''NEKOPARA'' titles, ''catboys paradise'' will be [[BleachedUnderpants all-ages]] and illustrated by [[VisualNovel/DiesIrae G Yuusuke]] instead of Sayori.

* CatGirl: It's not called "NEKOPARA" for nothing! This series is all about cats, which in this universe are cute girls with cat ears and tails who are as intelligent as humans, but are still kept as pets and show a lot of catlike behavior.

* CatGirl: It's not called "NEKOPARA" for nothing!

* ImprobablyFemaleCast: The [[SpearCarrier first line of dialogue just happens to be from a man]], and the protagonist is a man (though with a typical lack of voice acting and [[TheFaceless a face we rarely see]]).[[note]]There's also the fly that distracts one of the catgirls, with a hilariously obvious male voice for its buzzing.[[/note]] Other than that, it's not just the main characters; every other person who says anything--catgirl, adult human, or child--is female. [[spoiler:Well, until ''Vol. 3'', that is. In that one, a couple of small roles do end up being men. And ''Vol. 4'' features Kashou's father prominently in a couple of major scenes.]]

* OneGenderRace: There are no catboys.[[note]]Or so it appears in the releases to date. WordOfGod, given in the Kickstarter, is that there ''are'' catboys. This was a response to questions about the upper-tier rewards, where the creator, Sayori, drew custom characters, and--for the very highest tiers--they were included in the OVA itself. It's unclear whether anyone asked for a male character, since they have no obligation to tell us, but the ones seen in the OVA, at least, are all female. Sayori later tweeted some clarifications about the [=NekoPara=] universe, including a statement that catboys exist in it.[[/note]]

In 2019, [=NEKO WORKs=] announced ''NEKOPARA -catboys paradise-'', a SpearCounterpart OtomeGame featuring an all-new male cast as their AprilFoolsDay joke, however in 2021 it was announced that ''catboys paradise'' will be released as a full title in Summer 2021. Unlike the other ''NEKOPARA'' titles, ''catboys paradise'' is illustrated by [[VisualNovel/DiesIrae G Yuusuke]].

* ''[[SpearCounterpart NEKOPARA -catboys paradise-]]''[[note]]Originally an AprilFools joke posted in 2019, now a full-fledged title. Unlike the other games, the character designs and CG illustration is done by [[VisualNovel/DiesIrae G Yuusuke]].[[/note]] (2021)

* ''[[SpearCounterpart NEKOPARA -catboys paradise-]]''[[note]]Originally an AprilFoolsJoke posted in 2019, now a full-fledged title. Unlike the other games, the character designs and CG illustration is done by [[VisualNovel/DiesIrae G Yuusuke]].[[/note]] (2021)

** Maple and Cinnamon: Cinnamon is a LoveableSexManiac who turns a lot of things into sexual innuendos and gets lost in her fantasies. Maple is a no-nonsense catgirl with a calm head. They even happen to be breeds of cat whose ears curl in opposite directions. At one point, Maple is called the pride of the family while Cinnamon is called a [[BlackSheep disgrace to the family]].

** Coconut and Azuki: Azuki is the eldest sister, [[TheAce excels at everything she does]] and is the shortest catgirl out of all Minaduki sisters. Coconut is the second-youngest, tallest and [[CuteClumsyGirl often makes a mess of things]].

* MeanwhileScene: In ''Vol. 4'', once the story focuses on Kashou and Shigure's time in France, the {{eye catch}}es show how the catgirls are doing running the Patisserie.

[[caption-width-right:350:Top row, left to right: [[CuteClumsyGirl Coconut]], [[TheOjou Shigure]], [[LovableSexManiac Cinnamon]]. Bottom row: [[TheAce Azuki]], [[TheDitz Chocola]], [[LittleMissSnarker Vanilla]], [[SugarAndIcePersonality Maple.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Top row, left to right: [[CuteClumsyGirl Coconut]], [[TheOjou Shigure]], [[LovableSexManiac Cinnamon]]. Bottom row: [[TheAce Azuki]], [[TheDitz Chocola]], [[LittleMissSnarker Vanilla]]]], [[SugarAndIcePersonality Maple.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Top row, left to right: [[CuteClumsyGirl Coconut]], [[TheOjou Shigure]], [[LovableSexManiac Cinnamon]]. Bottom row: [[TheAce Azuki]], [[TheDitz Chocola]], [[LittleMissSnarker Vanilla]], [[SugarAndIcePersonality Maple.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Top row, left to right: Coconut, Shigure, Cinnamon. Bottom row: Azuki, Chocola, Vanilla, Maple.]]

* ExcusePlot: The series' setting of a world where {{Cat Girl}}s can be adopted as pets isn't really fleshed out much beyond that, and is really just an excuse for cat girls to exist (and in the 18+ versions of the games, to be able to see sex scenes with them). When the anime adaptation aired, the series' creator even went to Twitter to ask people not to think too hard about the premise.

* ''NEKOPARA Vol. 4: Neko to Patissier no Noel'' ("The Cats' and Patissier's [[HolidayEpisode Noel]]") (originally announced for spring 2020, now updated to November 2020)