What are the boundaries you would or would not tolerate in an otome game?

[purplebeetle]

I noticed my only real limit is bad writing. If it's well-written I think I'm able to put up with anything really.

 

[Litth]

One thing I can't tolerate is an LI who already has a fiancée who loves him or is still in love with someone else, which is often seen in villainess/otome-isekai manga. I know it doesn't show up in the otome games I play, but if a game did have it, I'd probably just drop it immediately.

 

[Calemy]

Li doing physical violence or killing mc. Like, why instead of romance i get tortured and murdered? furthermore in an otome gamee? although its mostly happened in bad end, its still make me uncomfortable, i need to pause before continue playing it or i might just skip it.

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dang i agree, I played boyfriend to death when I was younger (pretty young) and being honest I was traumatized by Cain violence towards mc, even killing her and commiting cannibalism. Those are deffinitively my boundaries, I can accept a little bit of mistreatenings if there is redemption bUT WTFFFF WITH CAIN, I couldn't play anymore lmao, it was my first time playing and the worst, i'm aware the other routes are not that horrible but i'm taking my time aaaa

 

[Flee]

I don't like open endings. I like endings where the heroine is happy.

 

[Yuhiru]

I can't tolerate NTR (cheating), harem, manipulation, dumb MC, sometimes love triangle drama is unbearable to me. I can bear physical abuse (i mean i like psychological theme) if the MC is smart enough for her to escape from the so situation, but tbh that was RARE i thnk.

I've read countless smut manga and shoujo that maybe manipulation and NTR is the MOST that i can't tolerate because this element is really common in there.