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Otome visual novels

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9 R.I.P.

9 R.I.P. is an Otomate otome visual novel for Nintendo Switch (Japan 2023, English 2024) following Misa Isshiki through four supernatural romance routes with Godly and Heavenly endings, plus a 2025 sequel.

Diabolik Lovers (ディアボリックラヴァーズ)

Diabolik Lovers (ディアボリックラヴァーズ) is a Rejet and Otomate media mix franchise of otome games, drama CDs, and anime about heroine Yui Komori and sadistic vampire brothers, beginning as a 2011 situation CD with the first game in 2012.

Hatoful Boyfriend (はーとふる彼氏)

Hatoful Boyfriend (はーとふる彼氏) is Hato Moa's Japanese pigeon-dating visual novel, an April Fools' 2011 Flash parody turned cult game, remade by Mediatonic and Devolver Digital in 2014, with the hidden Bad Boys Love dark true ending.

Kamigami no Asobi (神々の悪戯)

Kamigami no Asobi (神々の悪戯, Ludere deorum) is a 2013 PSP otome game by Broccoli and Nippon Ichi Software with art by Kazuki Yone; heroine Yui Kusanagi teaches gods about love at Zeus's school. Spawned a 2014 Brain's Base anime, the InFinite sequel, and a Switch Unite Edition.

Norn9

Norn9 (Norn9: Var Commons) is an Idea Factory/Otomate otome visual novel series set on a floating airship in Taisho-era Japan, with three heroines, nine romance routes, a 2015 Vita English release, a 2023 Switch port, and the Last Era fan disc.

Otome game

Otome game (乙女ゲーム) is a video game genre for women with female protagonists romancing male characters, starting with Angelique (Koei, 1994); the name spread from Japanese magazines around 2001.

Uta no Prince-sama

Uta no Prince-sama (うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪), also UtaPri, is a Broccoli multimedia franchise begun with a 2010 PSP otome game about idol trainees at Saotome Gakuen, expanded through the Maji LOVE anime series, Elements Garden CDs, and rhythm games like Shining Live.