野良與皇女與流浪貓之心
Basic Work Information
- Title
- Nora, Princess, and Stray Cat Heart (ノラと皇女と野良猫ハート)
- Genre
- Visual Novel (Romance Adventure)・Comedy
- Developer
- HARUKAZE
- Planning・Scenario
- Hato
- Original Art
- Oozora Itsuki
- PC Initial Release
- February 26, 2016
- Ports
- PS Vita 2017-09-28／PS4・Switch 2018-10-25／Steam International Edition 2019-06-17
- TV anime
- July 12 – September 27, 2017
- Number of episodes
- All 12 Episodes (5-Minute Shorts)
- Animation Production
- DMM.futureworks／Dabtoon Studio
- Director
- Morii Kenshirou
- Natsumi Takamori
- Patricia Of End (Main Heroine)
- Sequel
- "Nora, Princess, and Stray Cat Heart 2" PC 2017-10-27
Work Overview
"Nora, Princess, and Stray Cat Heart" is HARUKAZE's second visual novel, released on February 26, 2016, and established a reputation in the visual novel world with its unique style of "uproarious comedy + view of life and death."
The story is set in Sakurabuchi City. The protagonist, Tano Nora, lost his mother, and together with his housemate Yuri Natsuki, he runs the private school she left behind. One day, the Underworld Princess Patricia Of End descends to the human world, and an accident turns Nora into a black cat—thus the story begins.
After the common route, the game branches into four heroine routes; in 2017 it was adapted into a 5-minute short anime (all 12 episodes), presenting the characters' charm with an exaggerated comedic rhythm, and was fully funded and produced by HARUKAZE.
Ms. Natsumi Takamori plays the Underworld Princess Patricia—the main heroine of this work.
Series Works
Related media developments for this work:
🎮 Original Game
HARUKAZE｜PC 2016-02-26｜Planning・Scenario: Hato｜Original Art: Oozora Itsuki
📺 TV anime
2017-07-12 – 09-27｜All 12 Episodes (5-Minute Shorts)｜Director: Morii Kenshirou
🎮 Sequel
PC 2017-10-27｜4 new characters added, 3 supporting characters from the previous work promoted to heroines
🖥️ Console・Steam
PS Vita 2017-09-28｜PS4・Switch 2018-10-25｜Steam International Edition 2019-06-17
📙 Manga
"ノラと皇女と野良猫ハート ピリ辛勇者ノブチナ" Art by Takejima Eku (2017-09 – 2018-03)
📕 Novel
2017-06-30 (Ichijinsha, narrated from Patricia's perspective)
Timeline
- 2016-02-26 Original game PC version released
- 2016-06-24 Soundtrack "Open Heart" released (3CD)
- 2017-07-12 TV anime began airing (all 12 episodes)
- 2017-08-25 Anime OP single "ネ！コ！" released
- 2017-09-27 TV anime broadcast ended
- 2017-09-28 PS Vita version released
- 2017-10-27 Sequel "Nora, Princess, and Stray Cat Heart 2" PC version released
- 2018-10-25 PS4/Switch version released
- 2019-06-17 Steam international version released (supports Traditional and Simplified Chinese subtitles)
- 2021-02-26 Fifth anniversary commemorative《1+2 5th Anniversary Complete Pack》released
Data
(5-minute short)
Character Design Award
Production Staff
- Planning・Script・Director: Hato
- Original Art: Ozora Itsuki
- SD Character Design: Kusakabe Haruka
- 【Anime】Director: Kenshiro Morii
- 【Anime】Series Composition & Script: Hato
- 【Anime】Character Design: Soushi Kinutani, Seiya Miyajima
- 【Anime】Music: Shintaro Mori
- 【Anime】Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
- 【Anime】Animation Production: DMM.futureworks / Dubtoon Studio
- 【Anime】Production: HARUKAZE (fully funded)
Theme Song
Plot (spoilers)
Below are the segments of the main game and the 12 anime episodes, including core settings and endings.
① Worldview and the Beginning of the Story
The setting is Sakurabuchi City. The protagonist, Handa Noriyoshi, lost his mother, and together with his housemate Yuri Natsuki, he runs the private school his mother left behind.
⚠️Spoilers: In the common route, Kuroki Michi asks Nora to practice "confessing" with her for some reason, and Patricia mistakes it for a magic ritual, causing Nora to be turned into a black cat—this is the starting point of the whole work.
After Nora becomes a black cat, he can no longer talk to anyone except Patricia (his eyes turn green when cat-ified), and the story unfolds between the two perspectives of "human" and "cat".
② Main Game: Four Heroine Routes
After the common route, the game splits into four heroine routes: Patricia, Kuroki Michi, Yuri Shachi, and Asuhara Yuki, with a total of four endings.
Each route respectively deals with the themes of a different character's "understanding of the surface world" and "view of life and death."
③ Anime 12-Episode Breakdown
Episodes 1–4 (Introduction): Episode 1 "I Turned into a Cat with Magic!?", Episode 2 "The One Who Doesn't Turn Around When Handing Out Handouts", Episode 3 "Our Memories", Episode 4 "Revolutionary".
Episodes 5–8 (Hilarious Daily Life): Episode 5 "Leviathan Stan", Episode 6 "World Peace" (the entire episode substitutes goat footage for the characters), Episode 7 "My Name Is Guest", Episode 8 "Summer Fireworks".
Episodes 9–12: Episode 9 "I'm Starting to Want to Go to the Donut Shop", Episode 10 "The Teacher Has No Intention of Searching for the Culprit" (adventure game-style presentation), Episode 11 "Decluttering", Episode 12 "Not Enough Clothes".
After the ending, there is a fixed short segment "Neko no Okangae," explained by different characters.
④ Sequel
The time of "Nora to Oujo to Noraneko no Kokoro 2" is shortly after Nora is turned into a cat, as the season turns to summer, and everyone encounters the Winter Princess Alice Disenbara Ankure while working part-time at a beach house.
The sequel adds 4 new characters, and the 3 supporting characters from the previous game (Lucia, Eurasia, Takada Nobuchina) are promoted to heroines.
⑤ ⚠️ Core Truth and Endings
⚠️Spoiler: Patricia is the Underworld Princess who descended to the human world to destroy all life on the surface. People of the Underworld have no heartbeat, but because she felt everyone's love and care and fell in love with Nora, she experienced a heartbeat for the first time.
⚠️Spoiler: She is the main heroine of this work, and in the ending she understands the beauty of the surface world and chooses to stay in the human world alongside Nora.
⚠️Spoiler: "Nora" is not just the protagonist's name—he was turned into a black cat by Patricia's magic, and the "stray cat" in the title refers to him himself.
Characters
Patricia Yande Patricia of End
The main heroine of this work, the Underworld Princess, second daughter of the Underworld Mother (older sister Lucia, younger sister Eurasia), and the three sisters are all enrolled at Sakurabuchi Academy. A blonde twin-tailed beauty like a Western doll. Tsundere, loves reading (spent all her time in the library in the Underworld), knows nothing about surface-world common sense, doesn't even know what "school" is, can't read surface-world writing, and is a cat lover.
The protagonist of this work, Sakurabuchi Academy Class 2-C. His mother has passed away, and he lives together with Yuri Shachi and runs the private school his mother left behind.
Kuroki Michi Kuroki Michi
A top student and disciplinary committee member in Class 2-E, with a serious personality who gets ringing in her ears when she hears obscene words. She is Nora's childhood friend.
Yuri Shachi Yuri Shachi
Class 2-A, white hair, living together with Nora. Good at cooking, possesses incredible strength, and can even accurately predict the weather; her identity is wrapped in mystery.
Yuki Asuhara Asuhara Yūki
Nora's junior (same age but enrolled a year later). Gyaru appearance, cheerful personality, works several part-time jobs at once, and calls Nora "~pai".
Iris December Ankurai Iris December Ankurai
The main heroine of the sequel "Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart 2", the Winter Princess.
Main Supporting Characters
Lucia Of End Lucia Of End
Patricia's older sister, also a Princess of the Underworld.
Eurasia Of End Eurasia Of End
Patricia's younger sister, who uses purgatory magic.
Nobuchina Takada Takada Nobuchina
Nora's classmate, daughter of a yakuza family; she is the protagonist of the spin-off manga.
Tanaka-chan Tanaka-chan
Nora's classmate.
Ida Ida
Nora's classmate.
Nobuchika Takada Takada Nobuchika
Takada Natsumi's older sister.
Noel The Next Season Noel The Next Season
A character appearing in the sequel 《Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart 2》.
Mother of the Underworld Mother of the Underworld
The mother of the three Patricia sisters, and the ruler of the Underworld.
Key Characters (Spoilers)
⚠️ Expand to view: Characters involved in the core truth (major spoilers)
The following characters are involved in the core setting and ending of this work; those who have not finished playing should not expand.
Patricia Yande Patricia of End
⚠️Spoiler: On the surface she is a princess who came to the surface to study abroad, but in reality she descended to the human world to destroy life on the surface. People of the Underworld have no heartbeat, yet because she fell in love with Nora, she experienced a heartbeat for the first time—this setting is the key to her entire character arc, and it also leads her to ultimately choose to stay in the human world and be with Nora.
⚠️Spoiler: In the common route, he is transformed into a black cat by Patricia's magic; while in cat form, he cannot speak with anyone other than Patricia, and his eyes turn green. The "stray cat" in the title refers to him.
Media Expansion
This work centers on a visual novel, expanding into console ports, anime, manga, novels, and music, and has an official Chinese version.
- Original Game
- HARUKAZE | PC 2016-02-26 (18+) | Planning・Script・Director: Hato | Original Art: Oozora Itsuki
- Port
- PS Vita 2017-09-28／PS4・Switch 2018-10-25／Steam International Edition 2019-06-17
- Sequel
- 《Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart 2》| Console 2019-02-28 | Steam 2019-11-08
- 5th Anniversary
- 《Neko no O kangae 100 Rensatsu!!》+《1+2 5th Anniversary Complete Pack》2021-02-26
- TV anime
- 2017-07-12 – 09-27, all 12 episodes (5-minute shorts), DMM.futureworks / DabuToon Studio.
- Manga
- 《Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart Piri Kara Yuusha Nobuchina》Art by Eku Takeshima, 《Dengeki G's Comic》2017-09 – 2018-03, a spin-off starring Takada Natsumi.
- Novels
- 2017-06-30 (Ichijinsha), narrated from Patricia's point of view.
- Official Chinese version
- HIKARI FIELD released an international Chinese version (Traditional and Simplified bilingual); the Steam version supports Traditional and Simplified Chinese subtitles.
Natsumi Takamori and This Work
Natsumi Takamori plays Patricia Ob End in this work—the Underworld Princess, and also the main heroine of this work.
Patricia is a tsundere who loves reading, knows nothing about surface common sense, and is also a cat lover; she gradually comes to understand the surface world from being a "princess who knows nothing," which is the most central growth arc of this work.
Natsumi Takamori also sang the anime opening theme 《Ne! Ko!》 (together with Eri Sendai, Yuu Asakawa, and Atsumi Tanezaki).
About HARUKAZE and the Series
HARUKAZE is a visual novel brand known for 《Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart》, and this work is its second title. Planning, script, and direction were handled by Hato, with original art by Oozora Itsuki.
The 2017 TV anime was fully funded and produced by HARUKAZE, adopted a 5-minute short format, and faithfully preserved the comedic pacing of the original work.
The original version of the sequel 《Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart 2》 was released on October 27, 2017, with the setting moved to a summer beach house and 4 new characters added.
The series has surpassed 100,000 copies shipped cumulatively, and has received numerous accolades including the Moe Game Awards 2016 Character Design Award and the 2017 Annual Grand Prize.
Reception
Sales: Getchu Monthly Ranking No. 1, First Half No. 4, Annual No. 6; the series surpassed 100,000 copies cumulatively.
Awards: Moe Game Awards 2016 Monthly Award, Character Design Award; the sequel 《Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart 2》 won the Moe Game Awards 2017 Annual Grand Prize, User Support Award, and Annual Ranking No. 1.
Media reception: The PS Vita version received a 《Famitsu》 cross-review of 8/8/7/9 (32 points, Gold Hall of Fame), praised for its character charm, CG, and voice acting, and considered to have a brisk script that balances comedy and seriousness.
Controversy: Due to stricter Sony regulations on the PS4 version, some CG scenes received heavy "divine light" censorship, sparking discussion.
Position: HARUKAZE's second work became a hit, establishing a reputation in the visual novel world with its unique style of "slapstick comedy + views on life and death," and leading to an anime adaptation.
"Using the most over-the-top comedy to tell the most serious story of life and death—that is HARUKAZE's signature."
— Overall Assessment
