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Popotan

ぽぽたん

Title
ぽぽたん
Popotan
Aliasesぽ・ぽ・た・ん, Po・Po・Ta・n, Po-Po-Ta-n, ぽ・ぽ・た・ん・DVD
Play timeMedium (22h9m from 5 votes)
DeveloperPetit Ferret
PublishersPetit Ferret & Well Made
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Relations
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Popotan Fan Disc Issho ni A-SO-BO

LinksWikipedia (en), Wikipedia (ja), Wikidata, ACDB, VNStat
Shopssponsored links» US$ 58.99 @ PlayAsia
Related anime[DB-ANN] Popotan (TV Series, 2003)

Description

The player assumes the role of Chris, the protagonist of Popotan. The main characters include three sisters and their maid who live in a western-style mansion. Ai is the eldest of the three and has the ability to communicate with plants. Mai is the middle sister; she is a tomboy and disapproves of Chris's slacker behavior. Mii is the youngest and the most energetic; she often cosplays as "Magical Girl Mii" and helps people out. Their maid Mare appears emotionless at first, but reveals hidden depth later in the story.

Popotan takes place in the distant future within the remnants of Tokyo, destroyed by a cataclysm and since altered by geological transformations. The disaster was caused by a giant dandelion structure resembling a spire that arose in the city atop a hill. The main location of the game is a European-style mansion, seen as completely out-of-place in the city. Much of the daytime is spent outside the mansion wandering around town meeting characters and triggering event sequences.

Popotan follows Chris's relationship with the girls as well as the mysteries surrounding the spire-like object that caused the destruction of Tokyo in the past. The story opens with Chris, hungry and penniless, arriving in the town where he is to begin working at a convenience store. He wanders around the town looking for a place to stay and comes across a mansion, where he then takes residence along with the sisters and their maid. As the story progresses, Chris begins developing a relationship with the girls. He also meets new friends, including Mai's classmate and Chris's childhood friend Konami, a local shrine maiden named Nono and a mysterious girl named Shizuku.

[Edited from Wikipedia]

ADV 3.0 Comedy 2.7 Male Protagonist 2.7 Protagonist with a Face 2.7 Ending Scene Recollection 2.5 Map Movement 2.5 More Than Seven Endings 2.5 Normal Scene Recollection 2.5 Date Display 2.3 Mind ControlS 2.3 Part-time Job 2.3 Robot Heroine 2.3 Under the Same Roof 2.3 Heroine with Glasses 2.2 Loli Heroine 2.2 Airhead Heroine 2.0 Changeable Font 2.0 Cowgirl 2.0 Defloration 2.0 Doggy Style 2.0 Early Sexual Content 2.0 Emotionless Heroine 2.0 Fast Mini-games 2.0 Fortune-teller Heroine 2.0 Heroine Having Sex with OthersS 2.0 Heroine with a Fang 2.0 Heroine with Big Breasts 2.0 Heroine with Small Breasts (Non-Loli) 2.0 Heroine with Spats 2.0 Imouto-type Heroine 2.0 Kemonomimi Heroine 2.0 Kuudere Heroine 2.0 Landlady Heroine 2.0 Mahou Shoujo Heroine 2.0 Maid Heroine 2.0 Memory AlterationS 2.0 Missionary Position 2.0 NetorareS 2.0 No Sense of Direction Heroine 2.0 Oneesan-type Heroine 2.0 One True End 2.0 Orphan Heroine 2.0 Otaku Heroine 2.0 Perverted Heroine 2.0 Protagonist's Childhood Friend as a Heroine 2.0 Reverse Cowgirl 2.0 Romancing a Family 2.0 Sex Under the Necessity 2.0 Slice of Life Comedy 2.0 Straight Lolicon 2.0 Student Heroine 2.0 Superpowers 2.0 Tomboy Heroine 2.0 Transfer Student Heroine 2.0 Tsundere Heroine 2.0 Twin Tail Heroine 2.0 Miko Heroine 1.8 Bad Ending(s) 1.7 Rhythm Game 1.6 Time TravelS 1.6 Location Display 1.5 Defloration by OthersS 1.3 More Than Seven Heroines 1.3 Unlockable Routes 1.3 Sexual Content 1.2 Censored Text 1.0 EspionageS 1.0 Flashback 1.0 Intercrural Sex 1.0 Naked Heroine with Apron 1.0 Wake-up Sex 1.0 Widow Heroine 1.0 Masturbation 0.4 Lolicon 0.2

Mini reviews

By gvbn on 2020-11-04r35669Vote: 5
<report>Popotan presents an intriguing setting that is then never taken advantage of, with Mai's route and the true route being the only ones making an attempt at exploring it. Other routes wander off to do their own thing with little to no relevance to the overall setting. The same goes for the numerous side characters (Kaguya, Kirara, Mitsuko) who seem to exist for no real reason.

Popotan's strong points are its comedy (mainly Mii's perverted dialogue and Mare's snappy remarks) and its visuals that look great even today.
1 comment 1 point

Full reviews

By tomtheerogeman on 2019-04-01
<report>A lot of people have heard of this game at some point, thanks to the caramelldansen meme many years ago. Researching the origins of that meme was also how I found out what a visual novel was, and what made me the man I am today. I guess you could say that I've waited many years to read this. But honestly, all it did was put me to sleep on my weekend afternoons.

The game has really good artwork for it's age, a lot of music, and character sprites and backgrounds that are somewhat animated, all giving you the impression that it costed the devs a lot of money to produce. But beyond this facade lies a poor script. The game is tagged as comedy, but the comedy never really made me laugh. It... Read more »
2 comments 5 points