Mine was cinderella phenomenon. I have no recollection of how I stumbled across it. I was obsessed with Ouran high school host club as a teen so it probably looked intriguing to me as second time I’d seen a “reverse harem” on a cover. I played the entire thing within a single weekend. Then… I didn’t play another otome game until Piofiore came out on the switch. No idea why I didn’t. I vaguely recall not being able to find any other free games that were of similar quality, but I was an adult when Cinderella Phenomenon came out so it’s not like I couldn’t buy things online.
Anyway, like many others I bought a ton of switch games during the pandemic and one of those was Piofiore; I’ve been playing otome ever since.
Had to look up who that was and found a nice biopic that polygon did if you’re interested. From the thumbnails the games look really cute.
Thanks for sharing, this was a great read! It made me all emotional and nostalgic. And old too lol it’s been over 10 years since I first played her games.