English Title: Obsessions of an Otome Gamer
Japanese Title: 音楽で乙女は救えない — Ongaku de Otome wa Sukuenai
Author: Natsu
Illustrator: Shoyu
Translator: Charis Messier
Genre: Fantasy, Romcom, Music
Original Run: February 2014 – November 2014 (web novel)
English Run: March 2017 – ongoing
Japanese Publisher: N/A
English Publisher: Cross Infinite World
Volumes in Japanese: N/A
Volumes in English: 2 (In Progress)
Average Price Per Volume: Kindle $9 — BookWalker $9

• English Website — Japanese Website

Synopsis: Rejected by her first crush, Mashiro finds herself hooked on an unbeatable music-themed otome game. Her high school days are spent learning the wonders of music, obsessively trying to claim the romance ending with the handsome 2D character who stole her broken heart. On the way home from her college entrance exams she gets distracted by a billboard for the game's remake and unexpectedly falls down a manhole and plunges to her death!

Mashiro finds herself reincarnated in a world bearing similarities to the otome game she was obsessed with. Only this time, she has no idea how to avoid the twists and turns of certain character routes, including the bad endings! Now, as a seven-year-old, she decides to walk the path of a pianist to embrace the musical world to its fullest, but no matter where she turns, she just can't seem to escape triggering events and getting involved with troublesome yet handsome characters!

Does Mashiro have any choice in where her new life will take her? Or is she en route to a horrifying ending manipulated by the original game world? Find out in this exciting shoujo light novel series that follows Mashiro's life from elementary through high school. And just like an otome game, it will give readers the chance to choose which hero she ends up with and how their story unfolds in volumes focused on their route!

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Volume 1 — Elementary School Years
Amazon -- BookWalker — Apple Books
Released March 16, 2018 — ASIN: B078QK6BZ9

Volume 2 — Middle School Years
Amazon -- BookWalker — Apple Books
Released April 24, 2019 — ASIN: B07P8351YN

Reviews of Obsessions of an Otome Gamer

• Anime News Network: Vol 1
• Justus R Stone: Vol 1
• Suitable for Treatment: Vol 1 — Vol 2
• The OASG: Vol 1
• Gar Gar Stegosaurus: Vol 1 — Vol 2

Illustrations Sampler

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If you liked Obsessions of an Otome Gamer, you might also want to try…

• My Favorite Song: The Silver Siren — shoujo, story involves music
• I Became the Secretary of a Hero! — shoujo, comedy, isekai
• My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! — otome visual novel isekai
• Sound! Euphonium — story involves musical instruments

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