How did you discover otome games genre?

[diamond_rose]

And also what was your first otome game?

For me I discovered otome while playing flash games on my favourite site. It was in 2017 and I was around 13. I saw an add with a beautiful blonde guy in anime style. Tbh back then I used to not like anime cus I thought it was just stupid cartoons for perverts So when the add came up I realised that I actually like how the guy looked. And it also said "come and seduce me" wich made me think it was something inappropriate lol. But the guy was so attractive so I couldn't resist the temptation and clicked on the add and the game's site popped up. It was an online otome game called My Candy Love. I used to play it for years! Still have a few episodes left to finish the game. That game was the reason I got into anime, because I realised that I really like the art style and find anime guys attractive. So I started watching a lot of romance anime with hot guys Also I started looking for other games like that and discovered that it's a whole genre! I was so happy about it ꉂ(˵˃ ᗜ ˂˵) So since then I've been an otome fan (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)

 

[nerim-w]

I was looking for games to play on the app store and came across the Shall We Date games... a classic. I literally downloaded every one and they had me in a chokehold for years but I never finished them since the games were always so money hungry lol. I moved on to Voltage otome games and Kings of Paradise was such a blast omg (specifically Yosukes route)

But now that i have my own adult money I can buy more VNs and play more otome games without worrying about microtransactions!

 

[Arisara]

Back then I read a lot of shoujo manga and anime. MCs often talked and played otome games. So one day i just decided to try it. Honestly i don't remember much about my very first VN. I don't even remember if it was otome. Some dating sim. But the next otome i remember and maybe my first was The Second Reproduction, Tokimeki Memorial 1-3, Storm Lover Kai and Sweet fuse.

 

[AkaTe]

I think I stumbled into it while "doom surfing." That was around 2010. Starry Sky in Spring ended up being my first otome game. My Japanese was pretty mediocre, so I mostly played otome games on Windows, using a combination of programs to translate them. It was a bit of a clumsy setup, but that's how it all started.

 

[rickaz_z]

I used to love watching visual novel playthroughs on YouTube from my favorite bloggers back then (it was so long ago, and it's a shame they switched to politics and totally abandoned their YouTube channel).
Those bloggers had a website where you could find both translated visual novels and original projects that people uploaded themselves. That's when I started downloading VNs and really diving into the whole scene. Later on, I also discovered visual novels on Android from the Play Store.[/COLOR]

The Arcana was a real game-changer for me — beautiful art style, amazing characters, the story... Back then my English wasn't great since it's not my native language, but thanks to VNs I actually started understanding it better.

 

[Fruitcup]

My first introduction to otome was the shall we date series. Otome has come a long way since those days (つ≧▽≦)つ

 

[lanying]

I really like playing games, especially those with female protagonists. But I don't like games that test your reaction time; I prefer visual novels instead. The first otome game I played was probably some romance-themed visual novel on a reading platform. The first otome game I really experienced was Amnesia.