The main screen, feature Mira and her three love interests
"You and your house mates are NOT spending valentines day with a romantic dinner with that significant other - so what’s a girl to do? Party of course~ Dragging your best friend and cousin with you, you are determined to make sure that at least one of you has a blast. What happens next though is up to you."
Valentines Otome is an original English language game made by Synokoria. It is available for free here
. It follows the events of Halloween Otome.
Mira Cosgrove (changeable name) drags her cousin, Maia, and best friend, Emma, to attend a party at a local club to deal with being alone on Valentine's Day. The trio meets three bachelors—Zane, the elusive writer, Daire, the hardworking businessman, and Kiron—one of the teachers at Maia's school! Many drinks later, Mira wakes up next to someone whose gold ring matches the one on her fourth finger...
Synokoria are currently working on their third title in the series, Christmas Otome, which takes place after the events of Valentines Otome and features Mira’s cousin, Maia Cosgrove, as protagonist.
Valentines Otome contains examples of:
- Accidental Marriage: You know, it's only like, the whole plot of the game.
- All Work vs. All Play: When Mira and Daire go on vacation, he ends up glued to his laptop while she tries to engage him in fun activities.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: When you have someone as forward as Mira being continually denied by someone as cold as Daire, the tension builds up fast.
- The Drag-Along: Kiron, Maia, and Emma all fit into this trope.Kiron: I don't know why I go anywhere with them.
Emma: I know how you feel.
- Glasses Are Sexy: There's nothing Mira loves more than her man donning a pair of glasses.
- Grand Romantic Gesture: Emma's SO gives her a chocolate kippy at the beginning of the game when he can't be there for her on Valentine's Day. Possibly later when Erik proposes to Emma and when Erik's butler proposes during a ball.
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: Although the default name of the protagonist is Mira Cosgrove, the option is provided to change it.
- Hurricane of Puns: When Kiron and Mira flirt at the beginning of the game and give each other their cheesiest, punniest pick-up lines.
- I Need a Freaking Drink: Daire at the beginning of the game. Mira if her stress level gets too high.
- Meaningful Name: Mira Cosgrove's initials are 'M.C.' as in Main Character.
- Not a Morning Person: Zane.
- Secretly Wealthy: Zane dresses down and lives in a shabby apartment, despite the money he rakes in.
- The Stoic: Daire is so cold that Mira refers to him as 'ice-man'.
