History VisualNovel / Nekopara

* 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 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. The creator later tweeted some clarifications about the [=NekoPara=] universe, including a statement that catboys exist in it.[[/note]]

* 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 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.[[/note]]

** 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.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The announcer of the ''Neko Witches'' stage play is much nicer towards the audience of children in the anime than in the Light Novel.

* MeanwhileScene: In ''Vol. 4'', once the story focuses on Kashou and Shigure's time in France, the chapter transition screens show how the catgirls are doing running the Patisserie.

* MeanwhileScene: In ''Vol. 3'', once the story focuses on Kashou and Shigure's time in France, the chapter transition screens show how the catgirls are doing running the Patisserie.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: While Kashou is essentially the "narrator" of the story, there are certain parts someone else take over such as Chocola in ''Vol. 1'' and Cinnamon in ''Vol. 3''.

* 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. When the anime adaptation aired, the series' creator even went to Twitter to ask people not to think too hard about the premise.

* CharacterFocus: Each of the numbered volume of the Visual Novel focuses in a different set of characters.

* 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.]]

* EveryoneIsBi: At least in the 18+ version. While all the catgirls inevitably fall in love with Kashou, they are also very willing to get sexual with each other when they are having a threesome with him. In fact, the first sex scene in the Visual Novels that only involves two people is a lesbian one. In ''Vol. 3'', [[spoiler:Cinnamon and Maple have sex with each other before becoming Kashou's catpanions.]]

** While only Chocola and Vanilla are blood-related, the catgirls all consider each other to be real family. Doesn't stop them from kissing, fondling each other and more during threesomes with Kashou. Obviously only applies to the 18+ version.
** ''Vol. 3'' reveals that Maple and Cinnamon used to regularly kiss each other when they were kittens. [[spoiler:After remembering this in the present Cinnamon manages to convince Maple to do it again, only this time, they go all the way beyond kissing.]]

* EveryoneIsBi: At least in the 18+ version. While all the catgirls inevitably fall in love with Kashou, they are also very willing to get sexual with each other when they are having a threesome with him. In fact, the first sex scene in the games that isn't a threesome doesn't involve Kashou at all. In ''Vol. 3'', [[spoiler:Cinnamon and Maple have sex with each other before becoming Kashou's catpanions.]]

* EveryoneIsBi: At least in the 18+ version. While all the catgirls inevitably fall in love with Kashou, they are also very willing to get sexual with each other when they are having a threesome with him. In fact, the first sex scene in the games that isn't a threesome doesn't involve Kashou at all. In Vol. 3, [[spoiler:Cinnamon and Maple have sex with each other before becoming Kashou's catpanions.]]

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: At the prologue chapter of Vol.1, Kashou told Chocola to leave for the sake of her, she outright refused and urged him to keep her and Vanilla.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The non-eroge version of ''Vol. 1'', which was released on the Nintendo Switch with an M rating from the ESRB for "Sexual Themes", wasn't enough for Sony. Their version is rated ''E'', the biggest jump down in ratings between consoles in history. The CensorSteam was increased and the breast jiggle feature was removed among other changes.

In a world where people often adopt cat girls as pets, Kashou Minaduki tried his best to get away from his at first, along with the rest of his family. Fed up with their demands, he decides to open his own bakery. However, Chocola and Vanilla, his sister's "pets" of sorts, sneak away in his luggage and ''beg'' to stay with him, thwarting any plans he had for a peaceful life.

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A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhnETSN6U_E music video]] that was uploaded on 13 Febuary 2018 revealed that KOTOKO has been roped in to making music for future content.

A spinoff TV series was teased in mid-2019, with the first episode [[http://www.anime-expo.org/2019/05/24/sayori-illustratorcreator-nekopara-series-joins-ax-2019/ premiering]] on July 6 at Anime Expo. The complete series aired starting in January 2020.

A mobile game titled ''Nekoparaiten''[[note]]"Raiten" means the act of visiting a shop[[/note]] is being developed by Yostar.

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

* InterspeciesRomance: The central premise of Nekopara is Kashou starting romantic relationships with the catgirls he works with. It's not a shameful relationship in the setting, to the point where there's a common word for it (catpanion in the English translation).

* ''Nekoparaiten''[[note]]"Raiten" means the act of visiting a shop[[/note]]: An upcoming mobile game being developed by Yostar

** In ''Vol. 3'', some of the characters go to "a[ musical] instrument store near [Yokohama] Station".[[note]]The English text reads, "Yokosaki Station", but based on comparing the Japanese text, and the fact that no "Yokosaki Station" can be found, this appears to be a mistranslation.[[/note]] The background is a drawing of the area of the Minami-Saiwai bridge over the Saiwai river from the intersection of Pal Nerd St. and 5th Avenue. The neighborhood beyond has at least three music stores, so it's not clear which one they might have been thinking of.