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How did you discover otome games genre?

I think it started because of the anime that came out for a while that were originally otome games, like Diablic Lovers, Kamigami no Asobi, Amnesia, and others. Eventually, as I looked into some of them, I discovered that they were originally otome games.😅
 
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I remember I was on the internet and saw an ad for a My Candy Love game where Nathaniel appeared. I was interested, so I clicked on it and started playing. I liked it because it was in Spanish, and then a friend told me that several anime had their own games, and she recommended a website where they translated Ijiwaru My Master. I got hooked on the character of Lucas/Ryuka.
 
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Pretty sure it was Hatoful Boyfriend for me.. or at least that's as far as I can remember. But a vivid memory I do recall is someone I knew at school telling me about Hakuouki. Initially I thought it was just some samurai series LOL but I would say the very first otome I actively paid attention to was UtaPri!!
 
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Around 2014 or 2015, I was looking for a new anime to watch and stumbled upon Diabolik Lovers. Seeing all those hot guys on the banner I immediately started watching and quickly became obsessed with it. After that I fell down into the rabbit hole 🤣🤣 Even when I couldn't understand what was going on I still watched a ton of otome playthroughs and MADs/AMVs on Youtube.

Iirc, the first otome I've played was Shall we date Wizardess Heart. Since I didn't have my own phone back then I played it on my dad's. But my English was so bad at the time that I had to look up every single word so I gave up pretty quickly. Then I came across My Candy Love which was translated into my own language, so I started playing that instead. Once my English improved, I played my fair share of android otome games and eventually moved on to pc titles too!!
 
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It was from watching anime. I watched a couple of anime that were based off of otome games. My initial reason for watching and what caught my attention was the MC being surrounded by a bunch of handsome good looking guys :LOL: I've always enjoyed and loved reading romance/shoujo manga so I was really curious what will happen and who will end up with the MC. I later found out they were based off of otome games and that was also when I learned about visual novels. From there, I started playing otome games and never looked back haha.

I'm really glad I learned about otome games because I no longer have to be sad when the second male lead or other another male lead I was rooting for doesn't get picked by the MC, like when I'm reading manga, since they get their own routes. Although now I get sad when some of my fave side characters do not get their own routes :cry::LOL:
 
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Thanks to Tumblr.

I remember a dating sim parody of TF2 and KFC, Hatoful Boyfriend, Doki Doki literature and Dream Daddy because one of my favorite artists worked on it. Good old times.
 
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I really love visual novels before so when I trie dout another one called Hakuouki I ended up finding out the wonderful genre of otome game! And then onto drama cd, and then joseimuke stuff...
 
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Saw a male-oriented game → thought "Hm, there should be something for women too" → a bit of internet seraching → you are here with a backlog of dozens of games and no time to read it all. 10 out of 10, would do it again :thumbup:
 
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I first discovered otome games during a summer vacation in Japan. I was staying at my cousin's place, and he had a PlayStation, so I went to a game rental store to pick out a few games to play.

While browsing, I noticed a "girls' games" section. Back then, there weren't many games specifically marketed toward girls, so it immediately caught my attention. Most of the titles were similar to Harvest Moon, games that appealed to everyone regardless of gender, but one game stood out. That was Angelique.

It was the first romance-focused game for girls I had ever seen. Had a cute package. I rented it, started playing, and got hooked almost instantly. Before leaving Japan, I ended up buying a PS2 and several otome games to take home with me♪
 
I don't think I can remember it well, but I'm pretty sure my first introduction was Voltage Inc's Love Letter from Thief Xand 'Enchanted in the Moonlight' back on theGoogle Play Store (when the Voltage Inc games used to be separate and not in one app). Best discovery I ever made tbh 😂
 
nerim-w said:
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!
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Omg me too!!!!! It all started with the Shall We Date games and snowballed from there! 🤣
 
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I think I went through phases. First, I played Harvest Moon 64 and quite liked the couples system. After some research, I discovered Tokimeki Memorial Girl Side, and finally, My Candy Love became popular. Luckily, I found better otome games than that one because its system was awful.
 
Hello. I became interested in BROTHERS CONFLICT after listening to a radio show hosted by the voice actors. My favorite character is LOUIS.
 
satory said:
Saw a male-oriented game → thought "Hm, there should be something for women too" → a bit of internet seraching → you are here with a backlog of dozens of games and no time to read it all. 10 out of 10, would do it again :thumbup:
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I had a similar experience :LOL: I was tired of all the mobile games being about waifus and tried to find something with male characters/targeted at women instead. Don't remember exact results but it did lead me to otome genre
 
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