If you’ve been playing otome games for a while, you’ve probably realized that some situations and events tend to happen frequently in most of the games. Also, at some point the heroine MUST say typical otome lines.

Let’s take a look at my personal favorites!

10- When the heroine is alone, no matter the place, guys will try to hit on her and the ikemen comes to rescue

I don’t know if it happens that frequently in Japan, or maybe otome game heroines are too attractive, but it seems like they can’t even walk on the streets without getting unrequited attention.

But there’s always an ikemen who magically appears to save them.

9- If there’s a summer festival, the heroine will wear a yukata and geta, so her feet will hurt.

Looking good is important for the heroine, those guys need a reason to love her after all!

If at some point she can’t walk anymore, a nice ikemen will help her. It’s also a good chance to be alone for some time!

8- “Give me your hand, so you won’t get lost”

Connected to the previous point, the heroine’s fate is to get lost like a children, if there’s a crowd.

But don’t worry! And ikemen will offer his hand, just to make sure she’s safe.

7- If there’s a childhood friend, he’s in love with the heroine since forever. And he’s probably a yandere.

Otome games taught me to be aware of childhood friends, since they apparently are hiding a dangerous dark side; I wonder why none of them can simply confess before turning into a yandere, but ok.

6- If the heroine is sick, she’ll probably faint and a random ikemen will take care of her

Having a fever apparently means automatically fainting, in Japan.

It never happened to me, but probably because I’m not an otome game heroine, after all!

5- “You belong to me, don’t talk/look/get close/whatever to anyone else”

Even if it should be the typical line of a yandere, surprisingly many other tropes love to consider the heroine as their property. If it could be obvious for an ore-sama, maybe it shouldn’t be for your onii chan, childhood friend or kuudere classmate. But it’s a game, so it’s allowed.

4- “It’s not like I did it for you, or something like that!!”

At least a tsundere in every game is a must, and having him blush like crazy, while screaming that sentence feels like a necessity for writers, they absolutely can’t avoid it.

3- “His face is too close!!”

Men in otome games love getting closer to the heroine, what a surprise!

Sometimes an ikemen just tries to seduce her, while other times she’s just overreacting when a guy gets too comfortable around her. I wish I had the same problem.

2- “His hands are so big….. he’s a man after all”

Even if they are just stating the obvious, apparently many heroines need a lot of time to realize that men around them are taller, stronger and… well, manly.

1- “What is this feeling?”

Raise your hand if you’ve never heard (or read/seen… well, you get the point) the heroine wondering why she’s been thinking about a certain person all the time.

“My heart pounds so fast…….. what is this feeling?”

Unless you are 12 years old or something, I think it should be obvious, but apparently it isn’t!

These situations are so typical, I’m sure you all came across most of these, probably even every single one. Is there something important I forgot?