Otome Web Novels

Otome novels on Tellura place the lead inside a dating-sim or romance-game world, where affection stats, story flags, and bad endings are literal facts of life. Pairs with villainess, reincarnation, and academy.

The fun is the collision between a romance engine and a person who does not want to play it. Knowing the routes is an advantage until the characters stop behaving like side characters, which is usually when the story gets interesting. Pair with comedy for the route-chasing absurdity and with romance-subplot when the lead actually falls for someone.