Which otome game was your first impression of the otome game genre?

[felon]

In my case, the first otome game I played was Diabolik Lovers... DiABOLIK LOVERS!!! A game everyone knows well
Choosing this game as my first game was a huge challenge. My first impression was filled with a strange and amazing mix of feelings. From being unable to read much Japanese to being able to read it because of playing otome games, starting with this one.

Thank to you, SAKAMAKI SHU my first beloved 2D彼氏 Even after ten years, still haven't forgotten that enchanting voice.

Otome games 's my inspiration to have shaped my future now. Even if my memory space 10+ TB is full, I can still afford to buy new HDD. Fangirls like us can do anything with the power of love

Which otome game was your first impression of the otome game genre?

Hope everyone has happy and heartful moments of life like good story in otome games we love!

 

[Leviathan_01]

The very first one I played was the Shall We Date series. But what really introduced me to the term Otome and made a strong impression on me was Amnesia Memories. Experiencing Toma's route when I first played it, without knowing what was coming next, and having Ukyo haunting me and making me sweat whenever I encountered him or had to make choices when he was around, was something unique XD

 

[PatrickStar]

The first otome game I played was Roommates by Winter Wolves on my Nook HD! Basically a silly little college love story that made an impression on me cause I did like the characters and how they were written and of course I grew up on it but not the greatest otome game. I think the otome that really made me a fan was Mystic Messenger which I played on my phone in high school! I was OBSESSED with getting all the endings and especially when I would read the after story which really delved into the crazy lore. Since then, I've played a lot more otome games on my pc over the years, but those two are the ones that started it off for me!

 

[Hanslcrckrs]

MYSTIC MESSENGER, without a doubt. It was my first otome game back in 2016,so it pretty much became the standard I unconsciously compared every other game to. Real-time chats, calls, and the way it made you feel like you were literally part of the story were such a unique experience, it completely raised the bar for me. That's how I knew realist otome games are for me.

Ps: oh yeah! classic faceless brown haired MC and the opening--Goodness i wanna replay, and it really is famous for a reason

 

[Meringue]

Seduce Me the Otome 10 years ago, when I was a kid, a Youtuber I watched made a video basically making fun of the game, but all I wanted was to know what would happen next so I ended up binging videos of people earnestly playing it and was obsessed.

For a while I was embarrassed that it was my first otome, but nowadays I look back on it fondly and the voice acting was pretty good! (at least for the main cast) Playing the 2nd game is still on my to-do list lol

 

[nerim-w]

Probably the shall we date games, but I never actually managed to finish them because of how money hungry the games were but Shall we Date: Ninja Love was my otome awakening... it was kinda steamy too

 

[myfrral]

Like you, the game I first came into contact with was DIABOLIK LOVERS. I gradually learned about otome games from anime. At first, I watched DIABOLIK LOVERS anime, and sometimes I accidentally came across related screen recordings of the game. I found that the characters and plot endings in the game and anime were different, so I gradually got to know otome games. And basically, many of the anime I have watched have corresponding otome games, such as Hakuoki, Meiji Tokyo Renka, Code Realize, and so on. These anime have game versions, and since then, I have been playing otome games. It can be said that otome games have become inseparable from my life, and I really like them, which makes me feel very happy haha.

 

[Yara010]

Mystic messenger if i'm not mistaken
For PC - Cinderella phenomenon

 

[q1w3e5]

I don't remember exactly, but it might have been Hakuoki or La Corda d'Oro...?

I first got into them through the anime, and then I played the games.

 

[uuyy]

The first otome game I ever encountered was "Bakumatsu Renka Shinsengumi".
I came across it in an advertisement in a shōjo manga magazine I was reading at the time.
That sparked my interest in otome games, and I've been a fan ever since!

 

[Lily the Stranger]

The first otome game I ever played was *Otome no Koi Revolution☆Love Revo!!*
I really enjoyed it because it included raising-sim elements. I was so young back then that I didn't even realize it was an otome game. haha.

 

[baybridge]

It's too long since I played my first otome game - it was a simple festive-themed game by a doujin creator I found.

It was an interesting experience to play from the female protagonist's perspective even when I didn't manage to get the good ending with any of the guys

 

[Lilia16]

Amnesia was my first impression of the otome game genre. I really loved it.

 

[Kirarin69]

Glad I'm not the only one who got into the genre via Mystic Messenger. Although my obsession started with Hakuoki

 

[bonanabread]

The first otome I ever played was from Pacthesis' games on Deviantart! I think it was Idol Days? I was OBSESSED with her games in my childhood lol. After that, I played Hakuoki on PSP as my first ever commercial otome!

 

[khatruong1804]

Love Traveler <3

 

[godsblunder]

The first otome I ever played was from Pacthesis' games on Deviantart! I think it was Idol Days? I was OBSESSED with her games in my childhood lol. After that, I played Hakuoki on PSP as my first ever commercial otome!

Wow, we have similar experiences! I also started with Pacthesis's games then found other free indie otome like RE:Alistair++. My first paid JP games were actually Voltage Inc mobile otome but shortly after I bought Hakuoki on PSP as my first console game.

 

[Aikourou]

I used to play mystic messenger and Amnesia memories was one of my first pc otome game

 

[Lilia]

The Pacthesis games was my first exposure to otome games too. Tokimeki Memorial Girl' Side games, RE:Alistair++ and Voltage mobage were also from my earliest memories.

 

[Erille]

Mystic messenger, I still remember I lost a lot of sleep unlocking the ending. It really mess my life cycle, but it's fun

 

[Litth]

Virche Evermore. Before that, I only knew otome games on nin through manga based on otome settings, so I had a very different image of what they were like.

 

[osanajimimi]

Probably Amnesia: Memories. I first found the anime because I thought it was a reverse harem or something like that, and then I discovered the game. It took me a while to actually play it and understand what otome games were

 

[AkaTe]

The Starry Sky games were my first ones, played with the help of really terrible translation tools. I enjoyed every second of them, even though the games are on the shorter side. When the kissing scenes came up, I was taken aback, yet I loved it at the same time. However, since the heroine's face was never really visible in the PC version, the next otome game I played felt a bit unusual, as that wasn't the standard at all, something I hadn't realized.

 

[pawyk]

For me... it was probably RE: Alistair >< I remember I came across that by chance and it was all downhill from there!! I actually started with a lot of indie english otome games (like (P)lanets) before coming across Hakuouki and/or Second Reproduction!!

 

[Candythief1]

I think it was the Shall we date? series specifically the ninja one. However its been so long that I'm not certain anymore. Though even then i wasn't aware it was an otome. But it was probably a mobile game. I wish I could recall my first pc otome game but could have been amnesia or one of the indie games on itch.io