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Which otome route emotionally destroyed you the most?

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I remember playing Saint-Germain's route in Code: Realize and thinking it would be a fairly normal romance route.
I was completely wrong.
By the end, I felt emotionally drained and needed a break before starting another route. The mixture of love, sacrifice, and tragedy hit me much harder than I expected.
Has an otome route ever affected you like that?
I'd love to hear everyone's experiences
 
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Virche left such a lasting impression on me that I still haven't fully recovered; I think it's the reason I'm not really enjoying Temirana—I started it right after Virche.
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Virche left such a lasting impression on me that I still haven't fully recovered; I think it's the reason I'm not really enjoying Temirana—I started it right after Virche.
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I've heard so many people say that about Virche hopefully you'll be able to enjoy Temirana more once you've had some time to recover from the emotional damage
 
definitely yves route in virche evermore 😭 i don't think i've ever been emotionally destroyed by an otome route quite like that one
 
Kairi from Un:Birthday Song and Noa from Blackish House 😭
I've seen people's thoughts about Noa's route, but I never could've expected what actually happened in the bad endings, and Kairi's route just kind of hit home for me.
10/10 for almost every honeybee game if you wish to cry your eyes out, with honorable mentions for Haruma, also from Blackish House, and Asagi from Ayakashi Gohan
 
I think it's a good time to talk about the route that hurt me when I was younger! Nagi's route. There were routes that were sadder, but this one really hurt me when I was younger D,x
 
kai's route in jackjeanne was just not good for my soul lol i dont know how to describe it every single affection event he has in the common route and then the events of his actual route are just too good and cover loneliness in a way that i felt deeply. i also really love his relationship with kisa just everything about it gets to me but i also adore it so much that i replay it very often.

i will also mention tsuzuri from clubsui, while he isnt my favourite from the game i definitely cried the most during both of the possible paths in his route - im not sure how else to phrase besides it being a very human experience !!!

i want to nominate ayakashi gohan as a whole too because every route in it deserves the title i genuinely dont think any game has touched me and made me feel as much ayagohan has it's too good !!!! such a warm and loving experience
 
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