Description
Windows 3.1-tan, also known as Ōbaba, is the personification of Windows 3.1 to 3.11. Initially, she was one of the less common Windows personifications but has since become part of the OS-tan canon. She is depicted as a frail, grey-haired young girl with a quiet personality and is often accompanied by DOS Kitty, a black cat representing DOS. She is seen with Windows NT-tan and 95-tan but has an inseparable relationship with DOS Kitty due to Windows 3.x's heavy reliance on DOS.
Appearance
3.1-tan wears a long frilly violet gown with a 3.1 brooch on her collar.
Associations
- She is the younger sister of 1.0-tan, older sister of NT-Mama and the mother of 95-tan.
- Seen with 95-tan or NT-Mama as friends in some artworks.
- Depicted with 1.0-tan and 2.1-tan as sisters in some artworks.
Notes and Trivia
- 3.1-tan's personality varies between quiet and deadpan to cheerful and carefree. She has been depicted in both civilian and military roles in different artworks.
- She most likely represents Windows 3.1 to 3.11 if we go by the original sketch posted on Pixiv by her creator as Win 3.1 is one of the hashtags, the first coloured image of her has Windows 3.1 and another artwork has Windows for Workgroups 3.11.
- It is more common to see her called Ōbaba within Japan.
- Her debut date is based upon the OS-tan image vault hoasted at http://nijiura-os.hp.infoseek.co.jp/. this chart explains it.
Images
- Art of the Box like the SE sisters which predates her design, but is an eariler 3.1 character
- Art with spear
- Art of her with Kapone