Welcome to Pia Carrot!! (Pia♥キャロットへようこそ!!) is a Japanese visual novel series by Cocktail Soft (a part of F&C, later F&C FC02). Anime and manga have been based on the games. The games are all set around restaurants in the fictional "Pia Carrot" chain, and most of the female characters are waitresses at these restaurants. The individual restaurants in the chain are called "1st", "2nd", etc. A maid café named "Pia Carrot" also opened in real life as a cosplay restaurant in Akihabara, Japan.

List of titles

Welcome to Pia Carrot

The first game in the series is called Welcome to Pia Carrot!! and was initially released in 1996 for MS-DOS on the NEC PC-9800 Series and for Windows 3.1. The game was later released for the PC-FX in 1997, and for the Sega Saturn in 1998 by KID. There is also a hentai OVA with 3 episodes based on this title.

Characters

Yusuke Kinoshita Satomi Morihara Shouko Inaba Reika Kokubo Yukiko Kawai Shiho Kannaduki Yukari Tachibana Saori Imai Kiyomi Kitagawa Rumi Kinoshita Yasuo Kinoshita Kaori Tachibana Saeko Imai Airi Kashikura

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Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2/2.2/2.5

Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 is the first true sequel to "Pia Carrot", set four years later than the first game. The original version (released in 1997) was for Windows 95 and was later released for Sega Saturn (1998 by NEC Interchannel), Windows 2000 (2001 by F&C FC02; this version also runs on Windows 95, 98, 98SE and Me) and the Dreamcast (2003 by NEC Interchannel). The Dreamcast release is the same as the first disc of the previously released "Pia Carrot 2.5". It is well known for its theme song "Go! Go! Waitress". Two OVAs based on this title were released, the first being an adult title with 3 episodes, and the second ("Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 DX") was an all-age series with 6 episodes. "Welcome to Pia Carrot 2 DX" was licensed by Sentai Filmworks. 'Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2.2' is a branch of "Pia Carrot 2" and is set 4 months after that game. It was released for the Game Boy Color by NEC Interchannel in 2000. 'Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 2.5' is a combination set of "Pia Carrot 2" and "Pia Carrot 2.2" for the Dreamcast. This pack title contains 2 GD-ROMs.

Characters

Kouji Maeda Azusa Hinomori Mina Hinomori Tsukasa Enomoto Ryoko Futaba Aoi Minase Sanae Enishi Mikiko Shinohara Harue Yamana Jun Kagurazaka Kaoru Yamana Shinji Yano Tomomi Aizawa Yuki Kamizuka Noriko Shima

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Welcome to Pia Carrot 3/3.3

'Welcome to Pia Carrot!! 3' is the second true sequel to "Pia Carrot", set one year later than "Pia Carrot 2", and was released for the PC by F&C FC02 in 2001. Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 versions were released by NEC Interchannel in 2003. In 2002, the anime movie "Welcome to Pia Carrot -Sayaka no Koi-monogatari-" ("Welcome to Pia Carrot - Sayaka's Love Story") was released, being the first movie based on an eroge. Welcome to Pia Carrot 3.3 is a branch of "Pia Carrot 3" that is set one year after "Pia Carrot 3". It was released for the Game Boy Advance by NEC Interchannel in 2004.

Characters

Akihiko Kannazuki Sayaka Takai Tomomi Aizawa Akemi Hasegawa Natsuki Iwakura Miharu Fuyuki Nana Kimishima Takako Kinoshita Orie Amano Noboru Kinoshita Seiji Motoki Haruhiko Fuyuki Shiho Kannazuki Satomi Kinoshita Yuki Kamizuka Noriko Shima Kouji Maeda Azusa Hinomori Mina Hinomori Tsukasa Enomoto Chizuru Kinoshita Shiori Kisaragi

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Welcome to Pia Carrot 4

Welcome to Pia Carrot 4 is the third true sequel to "Pia Carrot", and was released for the PC by Cocktail Soft in 2009. An Xbox 360 port was released on February 24, 2011 and a PlayStation Portable version was released in 2012.

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Reception

In a 2007 survey of Dengeki G's Magazine readers, Welcome to Pia Carrot G.O. ranked 38th in a list of "the most interesting bishōjo games"; a five-way tie with YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world, Tsukihime, Tokimeki Memorial 2, and Happiness!

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Anime