Dandelion - Wishes brought to you -



"Your smile is now gone, it’s a bitter sweet fantasy The time I held you in my arms, is the past now it’s just a dream Yes, I Can't Stay; My love I must leave you once again But I'll find you one day,, make no mistake Precious one inside of my memory."

- Yet, I Can't Stay, opening song

Dandelion - Wishes brought to you - (덴더라이언 ~너에게 부는 바람~, Dandelion ~Neoege Buneun Baram~) is a Romance Game created by Korean otome developers, Cheritz. Released on the PC in 2012 and translated into English later the same year, it is the company's first work.

The game's protagonist is Heejung, a university student who pushes herself to be perfect at everything due to the influence of her overbearing mother. Yet, she has no idea what she wants out of life. One morning, she awakens to find a basket full of animals has been left in her bedroom. With no idea how they got there or who they belong to, she reluctantly takes them in and begins to see her life change.

Another game in the same setting was released in 2013, called Nameless - the one thing you must recall -, but it's story is entirely separate.

As of 2014, Dandelion is also available on Steam.


 * Abusive Mom: Heejung's mother is one of the emotionally abusive variety. It's affected her so badly that Heejung has nightmares despite no longer living together with her mom.
 * may also count.
 * Bittersweet Ending:
 * Break the Cutie:
 * Calling the Old Man Out: In most of the routes, Heejung will eventually confront her mother about how she's treated her.
 * Cannot Spit It Out: Once she moves past the What Is This Thing You Call Love? stage, Heejung usually ends up like this.
 * Cats Are Superior: Inverted. Where the animals are from, cats are primarily lower class citizens.
 * Cats Hate Water: Played straight with Jisoo, who Hates Baths. Averted with Jiyeon, who loves them.
 * Cute Kitten: Jiyeon invokes this.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Heejung often becomes this when dealing with Jiwoo. However, he seems to take her sarcasm as genuine praise.
 * Disappeared Dad: After her parents divorced, Heejung hasn't been in contact with her father much or at all.
 * Dogged Nice Guy: Heejae. There's nothing really wrong with him, but when you've got a Cast Full of Pretty Boys, he just really doesn't measure up.
 * Downer Ending: The bad endings, naturally. Though just how bad things turn out runs the gamut from
 * Education Mama: Heejung's mother is one to the point of having gone full Abusive Mom when it comes to her daughter's grades.
 * Expressive Ears: The animals, even (or perhaps especially) in their human forms.
 * False Reassurance: starts giving Heejung a lot of these when she starts getting concerned about his life outside of her home.
 * Freudian Excuse: A couple of the less pleasant characters have one.
 * Jiwoo was causing him to develop an inferiority complex and place a lot of value on status
 * Genre Savvy: Jiwoo reads a lot of romance novels and watches soap operas. Thus, he considers himself an expert in the art of romance. Suberted, however, because...
 * This Is Reality: He's quite shocked when Heejung refutes his expectations by using this trope.
 * Interspecies Romance: Heejung with whichever animal you choose to pursue.
 * Instant Fanclub: Jihae garners one after becoming a model.
 * I Will Find You: It's the main theme of the opening song of the game.
 * I Will Wait for You : Heejung invokes this trope
 * Jerkass: Jiwoo comes off as this a lot of the time.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: That said, he has some genuinely sweet moments in his route once he comes to like Heejung.
 * Karma Houdini:
 * Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Jiwoo often comes off as this. He believes he knows exactly how everything in the human world works, but really most of his information comes from unreliable sources like daytime soap operas.
 * Little Bit Beastly: All of the animals are this when in their humanoid forms.
 * Nice Hat: All of the animals aside from Jiyeon have one. Justified as they use their hats to hide their animal ears.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity:
 * Only Sane Man: Jihae is this among the animals. Jiwoo thinks he's this, but in actuality he's mostly just Straight Manning the cats.
 * Promotion to Parent:
 * Relationship Upgrade: Happens on every route when you're on the path to a Good Ending.
 * "Shut Up" Kiss:
 * Street Smart:
 * Summoning Ritual: Not directly observed, but stated to have happened in
 * Tsundere: Jiwoo.
 * Undying Loyalty: Jihae exhibits this towards Jieun.
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?: Heejung, having never had the time for romance, fails to recognize exactly what it is she's feeling toward whichever of the guys the player is pursuing.
 * White Bunny: Jieun, played to emphasize his small stature and innocent nature.
 * Wise Beyond Their Years: Jieun.
 * Xanatos Gambit:
 * Yandere: becomes one in his Bad Ending, while showing some shades of it in the route leading up to his Good Ending as well.
 * Street Smart:
 * Summoning Ritual: Not directly observed, but stated to have happened in
 * Tsundere: Jiwoo.
 * Undying Loyalty: Jihae exhibits this towards Jieun.
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?: Heejung, having never had the time for romance, fails to recognize exactly what it is she's feeling toward whichever of the guys the player is pursuing.
 * White Bunny: Jieun, played to emphasize his small stature and innocent nature.
 * Wise Beyond Their Years: Jieun.
 * Xanatos Gambit:
 * Yandere: becomes one in his Bad Ending, while showing some shades of it in the route leading up to his Good Ending as well.