What's your favorite story trope in otome games?

[bubaloo]

The fantasy trope is my ride or die... And if you pair it with past life lovers that couldnt be together/died tragically... god

 

[Starfall9908]

Enemies to lovers, mutual unrecruited love, office romance, childhood friends. Various forbidden relationships too, like father and daughter, siblings, Employer and employee, butler and their master kinda stuff.

Even better if it's all just wholesome, sweet and caring. 10/10 stuff

 

[Qiangwei]

The fantasy trope is my ride or die... And if you pair it with past life lovers that couldnt be together/died tragically... god

Couldn't agree more!

 

[ayak4]

childhood friends to lovers!! but also there's so much more and I can't list them all ><

 

[gintama21]

I love the friends-to-lovers trope; I find it beautiful how the relationship begins, how they realize that their feelings of friendship have changed into love.

 

[neverenough]

As for tropes, I really enjoy the whole romantic rivalry/jealousy drama (shuraba)—the fun scenes you usually get in happy endings or drama CDs where the LIs fight over the heroine, or the wholesome moments where everyone just gets along.