If you’ve barely started playing otome games and your japanese skills are still very basic, don’t worry: there are many good otoge for beginners!

From my experience, I suggest you to start with school themed games: the language is simple, the plot is usually easy to understand and there’s a great use of hiragana, that can save your life until you get used to more difficult kanji.

Some games you can try are:

Starry Sky

A classic. Many of us started with this series, probably also because if the anime!

It’s very innocent, if you expect any kind of sexy situation you’ll be disappointed; but if you are looking for something sweet and enjoyable, this is a must play!

Storm Lover

My personal favorite, I’ve played all the 3 games and I still have many sweet memories; it’s mostly simple school stuff (lessons, tests, events, school trip) but funny, I highly recommend it if you’re looking for boys with a unique personality. The characters’ interactions are pure gold, some of the dialogues made me laugh like crazy!

Brothers conflict

My first otome game ever. It’s very easy to understand, but the system may be annoying, so I recommend you to use a walkthrough to get the good endings.

The brothers are adorable, so it’s definitely a recommended game!

Utapri

I bet everyone already knows about this series, because of the famous anime.

Even if there’s also the smartphone game, I suggest you to start with the original games for PSP or PsVita ports. There’s mostly hiragana in the text and the dialogues are easy to understand for beginners, don’t worry!

Even if you are just approaching to the language, don’t wait too much until you start playing: learning is a neverending process, if you wait until you are “ready”, you’ll never start!

Keep up studying and enjoy!