My very first otome game was DYNAMIC CHORD feat.Liar-S.I first stumbled into the fandom because I was already listening to honeybee's drama CD series, Starry☆Sky. While following the brand, I happened to come across this game. On top of that, I really liked the art style of the illustrator, Ryo Fujiwara.Ultimately, what truly drove me to play the game was the visuals, the voice acting, and the music. The absolute final blow was the lead vocalist, Sakura Hiyama, voiced by Takuma Terashima. The combination of Ryo Fujiwara's gorgeous character design, their amazing songs, and Terashima-san's deep, captivating voice was exactly why I decided to dive into it!
. I did every route, which I rarely do these days, lol. tbh i cant remember my very first one since it was so long ago but i used to use machine translation. Omg it used to be so bad but i still enjoyed the older games.
and if u count farming simulator with cute guys as an otome-ish game, then Harvest Moon more friends of mineral town (Gray my beloved) is also one of my first game with romance element, back when i dont even know the genre exist. Starry sky series, and Arcana Famiglia also one of my few first otome games, back when we used machine tl, hooked the text and atlas, where the tl isn't that great, but yea, i enjoyed it a lot, and its very memorable because the effort i put into finishing one story. also back then i used to camp on renpy forums and looking for indie otome games, watching them from being ongoing till its being released, patiently. and one of my favorites, is frozen essence 
i was bawling my eyes on one of the guy's route, i have a soft side for a story that can makes me cry 
i mean, i don't even like him, but his route was so so sad, he become my favorite instead.
