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>>19810303
It's funny you say that because literally every main character introduced in PoDD besides Rikako is based on an Izumi takemoto character. Don't you know that PoDD was a parody loveletter to the things ZUN loves? Furst of all, the game's gimmick was taken from another SHMUP, Twinkle Star Sprites. Let's not forget that Multi from To Heart, Mimi from Don't Leave Me Alone Daisy, and fucking Doraemon also appear in the game. Are you forgetting that Ellen was literally lifted from Hatarakimono? PoDD was a gag game. A joke by ZUN.

ZUN doesn't bring these characters back because nearly every single design in PoDD is stolen. ZUN is embarrassed of his early doujin years, that is why he doesn't want to reference PC-98 stuff. Back then you could get away with stuff like this but nowadays it would cause a controversy. If these characters were to ever come back then they would come back with radically different designs. PoDD also featured Mimi-chan (who is not ZUN's character), Multi, and Doraemon as gags. Also, Ruukoto is entirely based on Multi. Really, the only original character in PoDD seems to be Rikako and even she might be from some obscure Japanese media we don't know of yet.