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[[File:51tEkU1_6jL_622.jpg|frame|Left to right: Sora, Miu and Hina. From the [[Light Novels]], Volume 1]]
 
Nineteen-year-old Yuuta Segawa has just entered college as a freshman at the Literature Department of Tama University, which is a feat as far as he is concerned. Until three years ago, he was living with his older sister Yuri, who has been his mother-figure ever since their parents died back when he was a child and she a high-schooler. They'd spent years together, with Yuuta loving her fully and Yuri having given up on her outside life for his sake. All that changed when she married Shingo Takanashi, a middle-aged man with two daughters from previous marriages -- Yuutamarriages—Yuuta left her side, partially out of disapproval over her husband, but now that past hurts have healed, Yuuta thinks it's high time he repays Yuri's kindness by letting her be happy with Shingo and set off on his own as an independent young man.
 
One day, however, he receives bad news: Yuri and Shingo disappeared together with the plane they were in while they were on vacation. After a hasty funeral, Yuuta's relatives began arguing over custodianship and distribution of the three daughters Yuri and Shingo -- theShingo—the youngest of which is their only true child -- leftchild—left behind. Yuuta, baffled by their disregard as to how the girls, closely-knit though born of different mothers, would feel about this, decides to man up and adopts them all.
 
Yuuta's life has definitely made a turnaround: from an independent young man to an adoptive single father to three girls -- Soragirls—Sora, a fourteen-year-old middle-schooler with an [[Tsundere|awkward approach to relationships]]; Miu, a ten-year-old elementary schoolgirl who's a bit [[The Tease|daring for her age]]; and Hina, the youngest at three years old and Yuuta's only fully blood-related niece. Despite the hardships of his new life, Yuuta, with some help from his friends at the Street Observation Research Club -- portlyClub—portly [[Club President]] Shuntarou Sako, his handsome best friend Kouichi Nimura, and buxom college sweetheart Raika Oda -- vowsOda—vows to persevere and prove himself worthy to be his nieces' legal guardian.
 
''Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai!'' (''Listen To Me, Girls. I am Your Father!'' or ''Listen to What Papa Says!'') or just ''Papakiki!'', the official shortened title, is an ongoing 2009 [[Light Novel]] series written Tomohiro Matsu and illustrated by Yuka Nakajima (Digital Lover), currently at 9 volumes published by Super Dash Bunko, owned by Shueisha. As of present it is one of Japan's bestselling light novels, and has spawned ''six'' manga adaptations [[Multiple Demographic Appeal|aimed at various demographics]] and an [[Animated Adaptation]] aired from January to March 2012, 12 Episodes.
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* [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]: Yuuta often gets hit by Sora, either [[Clingy Jealous Girl|out of jealously]] or during an [[Accidental Pervert]] moment. Raika also tends to hit Shuntarou with a [[Paper Fan of Doom]] as well.
* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Yuuta is not used to living with girls, young ones at that, and lives in a cramped six-tatami house, so he tends to walk in on the girls in the most inappropriate moments, such as while changing and using the bathroom -- andbathroom—and that's just at home; he even pulls this off in college, mostly to Raika, who doesn't seem to mind.
* [[Actor Allusion]]: An in-universe version happens in episode 5 of the anime. Yuuta's fellow tenant, whose part-time job is a minor seiyuu, first introduces herself holding a watermelon to her head (just like an evil minion in the [[Show Within a Show]] that Hina and Miu are watching), and when she decides to leave, she says "For now, I must take my leave! Goodbye!". The villainess in the show utters that exact same phrase seconds later, causing Miu to have a [[Double Take]].
* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Sora seems a bit overwhelmed at Raika's bust size while the two are bathing together in episode 7.
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* [[Book Ends]]: In the anime, both the first and final episodes feature the girls springing a surprise to their father.
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Miu is born of a Russian mother.
* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]: Adaptations have been spawning left and right -- asright—as of present, five manga spinoffs besides the main manga, as well a [[Winter 2012 Anime]] adaptation, and a [[Dating Sim]] for the [[PSP]].
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: The girls meet a kindly old woman at the beginning of episode 7, who easily makes friends with Hina. They meet her again in the next episode, under the same circumstances. {{spoiler|That woman turns out to be the landlady whose daughter gave Yuuta the eviction notice. The older woman was able to convince her daughter to pull back the notice.}}
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Nimura attracts college girls. To his credit, he doesn't act incredibly perverted -- heperverted—he believes in treating girls as nice as possible, even if they're just on a one-night stand.
** Yuuta doesn't fare badly either. Currently in the novels (Vol 8, as of this edit), he's got Sora & Miu (puppy love, sure, but it counts), {{spoiler|Raika, Sasha, Shiori, and Miki,}} all competing for his affections. Well, sorta. {{spoiler|Sasha}} might just be playing [[The Tease]].
* [[Children Raise You]]: Yuuta begins to notice that he used to live as a carefree college student before taking the girls in; now he has to think seriously about expenses and raising them, and even confronts his relatives who doubt his ability to become a father-figure. Also his relationships with his friends became closer because of the girls.
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