otome

plural otomes

1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of otome game.

   I have gay ones, too, but the otomes are more popular, so they tend to be of higher quality.

   2022, Kieran Frank, Christmas in a Safe Room, unnumbered page

   2 more examples

   While acknowledging that dating games in Japan were long confined to men and boys, these otomes are described by their makers as a response to the identification of a potent market considering the widespread use of mobile phones amongst young women.

   2014, Nitali Joshi, “'May I know who is on the line?': Technology consumption, mobile telephony and the gender question”, in SubVersions: A Journal of Emerging Research in Media and Cultural Studies, volume 2, number 2, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2022, page 44

   Also, otomes featuring BL [boys' love] generally let you pick the gender of the protagonist, or leave the gender vague.

   2024, Elizabeth Kopriva Hedström, quoting Darrel, “A brief study of indie otome developers: Who is making indie otome games, and why?”, in Halmstad University, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2025, page 23