Otome was Boku ni Koishiteru

, or abbreviated as Otoboku (おとボク), is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Caramel Box and released on January 28, 2005 for on Windows PCs. The censored version of the game was later ported to the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. The Windows version was released in English by MangaGamer in 2012.

A manga adaptation of Otoboku was serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh, was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comp Ace. Comic anthologies, light novels and art books were also published, as were audio dramas and several music albums.

Plot
Mizuho Miyanokouji is an androgynous male high school student who transfers into an all-girls school due to his grandfather's will.

Abiding by the will, Mizuho cross-dresses to attend the school with only the headmistress, the vice-principal (visual novel only), Mizuho's homeroom teacher Hisako Kajiura and Mariya Mikado to know his secret. Mizuho is very popular among the other students, who often talk about her beauty, politeness and athleticism. This rampant popularity escalates to him even being nominated against his will to join in on the Elder election where the current student council president, Takako Itsukushima, runs against Mizuho.

Gameplay
Like most romance visual novel games, the Otoboku gameplay follows a branching plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction and focuses on the appeal of the six female main characters by the player character.

Trivia

 * It was ranked as the second best-selling PC game sold in Japan for the time of its release and charted in the national top 50 several more times afterwards.