Obsessions of an Otome Gamer

A very captivating read. The premise of 'person reborn into a fictional world' might be familiar to a lot of readers but the author is a wonderful storyteller who spins Mashiro's tale with such flair that you can't help but be moved - Mashiro's passion, Sou's acute loneliness, Kon's solitary struggles are all painted so vividly. Patterns and cliches are toyed with and then discarded or bluntly questioned by the self-aware protagonist. Woven throughout the story like a guiding thread, the musical parts draw you in with stiring descriptions of both light-hearted and deep, melancholy pieces. So it's all the more jarring when a mistake comes up, such as the time the protagonist ends up owning a piano made by a certain company. Though it's a second hand instrument, she treasures and takes great care of it. However, a few chapters later she exclaims, upon seeing a piano made by the same company, how it's her first time seeing one of them. We are even treated to a description of the company similar to the one we read the first time around. Thankfully, such mistakes are rare and they only occasionally break the flow of the story (I'm looking at you, male lead who thoughtlessly twisted a pianist's finger almost hard enough to break - though I'm unsure if the translator erred there or the author). On the whole, I really enjoyed this first volume and recommend the story to anyone who enjoys light-hearted romance novels or otome games.

very good otome reincarnation genre, with some dark twist inside it.

Great series, one of the best Isekais I have ever read.