History Literature / TrappedInADatingSimOtomeGamesAreToughForUsToo

!! This series provides examples of:

Spoilers for the first three Light Novels in the mainline series will be unmarked below.

* AgentProvocateur: This story provides an excellent example: [[spoiler: The Saintess, after possessing Olivia, does everything she can to manipulate the dateable cast into angering every noble in the Kingdom against the Holfort Dynasty and destroy the faction supporting Julius. Meanwhile, she puts GlorySeeker noble teens into an UriahGambit meat grinder, which Julius also takes responsibility for. This has the ultimate goal of the Kingdom being completely torn apart by CivilWar.]]

* RashomonPlot: Both characters being an UnreliableNarrator is what causes Leon and Marie to believe that they ''weren't'' past-life brother and sister, despite the fact that they actually were. This results in them each unknowingly ''[[TakeThatMe badmouthing themselves.]]''
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler: It's revealed that the leader of the party who [[FounderOfTheKingdom famously founded the Kingdom]], was Leon's ancestor Liia, before he was betrayed and [[WrittenByTheWinners his accomplishments covered up]], making the Holfort Dynasty usurpers.]]

* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler: Leon proposing after violently crashing Marie's forced ArrangedMarriage ceremony.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRescue: [[spoiler: Leon uses every connection, skill, and weapon in his arsenal to save Marie from being sold off against her will to Offrey House by her greedy family, conquering both houses, and [[WeddingSmashers crashing Marie's wedding]] in the process.]]

In the main series of novels, Leon, a Japanese salaryman who got reincarnated into his sister's otome game, finds himself to trying to fix things when another reincarnator, Marie, tries to take the main protagonist role from the actual heroine Olivia. Here in ''Otome Games Are Tough For ''Us'', Too!'', Leon manages to catch Marie before she seduces any of the love interests of the protagonist, leading to entirely new chain of events, where leaving Olivia and her love interests alone have consequences beyond what is stated in the game's background lore.

** Kyle acts stoic and a bit cold in the game, while in the main story, Leon and Marie where taken aback with his rude and snarky way of talking? [[spoiler: He discovered that Olivia was not the same person and was blackmailed into serving her, forcing him to act like that, in contrast to his coming to trust Marie.]]
** Why the game is said to be NintendoHard while in the main story Leon was able to win battles himself with minimal losses? [[spoiler: The units that were deployed in the game where nothing more than young cocky nobles who thought that WarIsGlorious and did not consider the [[WarisHell consequences of the war itself]]; they only exist to be CannonFodder for Julius.]]

** In the final battle in the capital, the white ship that was supposed to be used in the capital wasn't activated against the forces of the Bartford and Redgraves[[spoiler: Olivia or rather Saintess Anne didn't develop her relationship values with any of the targets because she was focused on Leon so she didn't even bother to even use it.]]

* AndYourLittleDogToo: In the second part, three [[TheBully bully]] noble girls make sure that Olivia stays and continues to get cheated at cards after she has nothing left to wager, by threatening her hometown. This blows up in their faces, when Leon intervenes, and [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine cheats them into owing more than they can pay, and threatens their noble Households]], driving them to tears.

* SuperPowerfulGenetics: Multiple characters seem to have super powers carried in the blood here, compared to originally just Olivia. [[spoiler: Marie having it makes quite a lot of sense, considering she shares a power set with Olivia.]]

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: [[spoiler: This is the reaction of the Kingdom's troops, when Leon kills the BlackKnight during the [[BigBadassBattleSequence fleet battle with the Principality]].]]

* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler: Leon goes into one, after seeing the BlackKnight stab his father, and taunt him about it. Leon kills the Black Knight with the help of Nicks distraction.]]

* WarHawk: In this timeline, the two Princesses of Fanoss are exposed to TheConspiracy within the Principality, and take counter-measures.

* WhamEpisode: The sixth part of Marie Route can only be described as this, with its several deaths and allegiance shifts.

* OffWithHisHead: Leon mentions in the fourth part, that there are some Holfort nobles who collect heads, comparing them to ancient samurai.

* PlayingBothSides: We see that in the game's original plot, [[spoiler: Frampton, with the aid of [[DemonicPossession The Saintess possessed Olivia]], was to put all of his political rivals, mainly Duke Redgrave and other supporters of Julius' succession, into one fleet with the most incompetent ships, and have them massacred by the Principality. Despite Leon and Marie twice foiling this, by stealing the SummonMagic flutes, and by singlehandedly turning the battle around with Partner and Arroganz, the plotters still manage to weaken Duke Redgrave and get him incapacitated, allowing the annulment of Julius' engagement to Angie.]]

** There is a three-way one of these, within the Bartfort family. First, Nicks holds a grudge against his teasing younger brother Leon, for setting up his ArrangedMarriage, mostly PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler: Nicks partly forgives Leon, after learning about what Marie's parents, who that the marriage alliance was formed to crush, put her through.]] [[CainAndAbel The second rivalry]], is between both Leon and Nicks on one side, and their older half-brother [[EvilStepMother via Zola]], Rutart, over who should control Nicks' territory. Nicks planned to end the rivalry with some UnfriendlyFire on the battlefield, but Rutart didn't show up. Then Rutart [[spoiler: tries to take advantage of Balcus being severely injured to [[SuccessionCrisis take over control of the Household]], only to be stopped by Roseblade House, thanks to Nicks' marriage.]]
** [[spoiler: It ends with Rutart gaining backing from Julius to raze Balcus' floating island, and Rutart’s task force being ambushed and killed by Nicks, with the help of Gilbert Redgrave.]]

* StartMyOwn: Here, instead of Leon piggybacking on Duke Redgrave like in the main story, Leon and Marie assemble their own political faction from scratch, with most of the poor noblemen, the [[TheShutin shut-in marriage candidates]] Marie finds for them, and [[BunnyEarsLawyer House Roseblade]] as a base.

* GrewASpine: Thanks to Leon and Marie's help, the poor male nobles stop [[ExtremeDoormat being afraid of]] the noble girls, in part because the two's actions gained many of them fiancee.

* HistoryRepeats: Leon collecting a RagtagBunchOfMisfits alliance is just like [[spoiler: what his ancestor Liia did to found the Kingdom. Both were helped by a girl of the same lineage (Anne and Marie), with WhiteMagic, who they bickered with.]]

* HonestAdvisor: Like in the main story, despite her abrasiveness, Jenna provides pivotal advice to Leon. This time, about the obstacles to Leon marrying Marie.

* EmpireWithADarkSecret: It's revealed that, the five adventurers who founded the Kingdom with The Saintess, [[spoiler: were actually six. The sixth was [[SecretLegacy Liia Bartfort]], the Saintess' love, who got betrayed by the other five, and withdrew to a small countryside island. The Saintess left fragments of her soul as VengefulGhost inside the Holy Relics, waiting to possess her descendants and take revenge.]]

* FixFic: In a way, the Marie Route serves as this for what if Marie didn’t seduce the dateable cast, and what if she knew that her knowledge of the first dating sim was [[WrongGenreSavvy woefully insufficient.]]

* ForWantOfANail. The Marie Route is built on this. Leon choosing to watch the first game event, stops Marie's seduction of the cast. But it also leads to new problems that make this story truly DarkerAndEdgier than the original.
** The Marie Route shows another part of the game's story that was prevented by Marie and Leon's actions in the main timeline: [[spoiler: The Redgraves would lead a group of the Kingdom's forces against the Principality, only to suffer a major loss. However, in the Marie Route, Leon gets involved because his father and brother were among the nobles called up to assist the Redgraves, resulting in the battle being a hard earned victory for the Kingdom.]]
** Marie and Leon's non-interference with the plot not only brought tragedy to the Holfort Kingdom but also [[spoiler: brought disaster on the Alzer Republic. As it turns out their interference with the plot of the second game is also beneficial as Lelia's and Ideal's schemes brought destruction on the place and killed every main cast of the Alzer Republic except for Lelia herself.]]
* FounderOfTheKingdom: It's revealed that [[EmpireWithADarkSecret the truth is]], [[spoiler: there was a sixth adventurer who helped found the Kingdom: [[SecretLegacy Liia Bartfort]], the love of The Saintess, who was betrayed by the five, and left to live a quiet life on a remote island. And the original saint remains, as a vengeful spirit, trapped in the holy artifacts, waiting to [[DemonicPossession possess one of her descendants]], and begin [[PlayingBothSides her revenge.]]]]

* AltarDiplomacy: Leon forms an alliance with House Roseblade by [[ArrangedMarriage setting up]] his older brother Nicks with the [[BunnyEarsLAwyer BDSM themed Dorothea]], in order to both [[spoiler: take down House Lafan and House Offrey, and to help Nicks [[HypercompetentSidekick manage]] the former Offrey territory, which he hasn't been educated properly to rule.]] It winds up being one of Leon's [[GondorCallsForAid best decisions]], although [[TheChewToy Nicks might disagree.]]

* CassandraTruth;

** Angelica is this, regarding The Saintess.

* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:After Julius arranges for Leon to [[ThrowTheFight throw their duel]] that timeline for Angelica, [[ILied Julius goes back on his word]], leading to Leon doing this after officially losing. Leon [[GrievousHarmWithABody crushes Brad's mech using Greg's]], [[FinishingStomp stomps Chris' mech to pieces]], [[WhatADrag drags Jilk along the arena wall at high velocity]], and gives a terrified Julius a MetronomicManMashing.]]

* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: It turns out, each of the Holy Relics, houses a part of the First Saintess' soul. She can only possess a descendant of her original body, but has been messing with people's minds for centuries, leading to the items being scattered. She fails to possess Marie from the necklace, because of Marie's closed heart. Then, from the bracelet, succeeds in possessing Olivia, who was more open-hearted and had built up resentment against the five princes who wouldn't leave her alone, who happen to be the descendants of the adventurers the Saint wants revenge against. The Saint proceeds to become the BigBad, [[PlayingBothSides manipulating everyone against each-other]] to destroy the Kingdom.]]

* TheDreaded: The Black Knight makes his presence felt here even harsher than in the main story, [[EyeScream stabbing Leon in the eye.]]

In the main series of novels, Leon, a Japanese salaryman who got reincarnated into his sister's otome game, finds himself to trying to fix things when another reincarnator, Marie, tries to take the main protagonist role from the actual heroine Olivia. Here in ''Otome Games Are Tough For Us, Too!'', Leon manages to catch Marie before she seduces any of the love interests of the protagonist, leading to entirely new chain of events, where leaving Olivia and her love interests alone have consequences beyond what is stated in the game's background lore.

''Trapped in a Dating Sim: Otome Games Are Tough For Us, Too!'' (also known as ''[[PortmanteauSeriesNickname Anoseka]]'' for convenience) is a {{Shounen}} [[TrappedInAnotherWorld Isekai]] LightNovel series (and Manga adaptation) and SpinOff of ''Literature/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs''. It was originally a selection of bonus stories known as the "Marie Route" given out to Japanese readers who answered a survey, before it was decided to be expanded upon and made into its own series of novels. The first volume came out on December 28, 2022 in Japan, while Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment will release the first volume physically on April 2, 2024.

* ChekhovsGunman: Britt and the other girls threatened by Stephanie, come back to serve as key witnesses against her. Besides joining Marie’s coterie of friends.

* HeadsOrTails: The Light Novel adds a scene of Leon deciding whether or not to interrupt Marie’s seduction with this. This suggests that in the main timeline, the coin landed differently.

* HowWeGotHere:
** The wedding that starts Part 2/Volume 2, before time turns back.
** The sixth part starts like this, with Leon in a chaotic battlefield.

* InMediasRes: Part 2/Volume 2 start with first part of the wedding scene, before building up to it. The Manga adaptation previews it at the very beginning.

* NoSell: When the Sky Pirate captain used his Saint artifact’s special attack against the Arroganz.

** The wedding that starts Part/Volume2.

* HowWeGotHere: The sixth part starts like this, with Leon in a chaotic battlefield.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: The Sky Pirates captured in the first volume are disposed of via fake suicide by Frampton, so they couldn't testify.

* StraightForTheCommander: Duke Redgrave’s strategy during the BigBadassBattleSequence against the invading Principality fleet, had him boarding Princess Hertrude’s flagship in an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome.

** The Light Novel adaptation gives Earl Offrey's daughter and Carla significantly more screentime, and officially canonizes the [[NamedInTheAdaptation name used for the former in the anime of the mainline series]] (Stephanie Offrey).

** The Beudon brothers' airship.

* BringIt: Leon’s approach to breaking the Offrey lines is to insult them over a fountain, and dismember their units one by one via massive halberd.

** Leon's first move against the Offrey's is to dump evidence about their crimes anonymously at the Royal Court. The end result is them being suspicious of the sender.

* ChekhovsGunman: Britt and the other girls threatened by Stephanie, come back to serve as key witnesses against her. Besides to joining Marie’s coterie of friends.

** One could also say this for how the Fanoss Princesses are handled.

** [[spoiler: Marie's House Arrest in the Offrey Estate.]]

* RoyalBrat: The Marie Route shows that there are plenty of boys in Holfort Kingdom to match the brat girls of the main story, most notably, Earl Offrey's son, Zola's son Rutart, and the Beaudon brothers Alan and Allen.

* SceneryDissonance: Leon being told devastating news by Marie while audiences are cheering for the [[HoverBike air bike]] race. Soon after, people saying tearful goodbyes, contrasted by Leon being {{Jerkass}} (in part because he knows thing's won't stand).

* BlingOfWar: Leon’s BastardBastard fake brother Rutart wears these because he’s compensating for being overshadowed by both of his younger "brothers". His peers and subordinates just snicker at him.

* GildedCage: [[spoiler: Princess Hertrude is kept in a mansion like this after Duke Redgrave takes her captive, due to being royalty.]]

* NamedInTheAdaptation: Stephany Offrey’s brother Ricky, as well as the girls Marie herds around, get named in the Light Novels.

* SceneryDissonance: Leon being told devastating news by Marie while audiences are cheering for the [[HoverBike air bike]] race.

* SiblingRivalry: There is a three-way one of these, within the Bartfort family. First, Nicks holds a grudge against his teasing younger brother Leon, for setting up his ArrangedMarriage, mostly PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler: Nicks partly forgives Leon, after learning about what Marie's parents, who that the marriage alliance was formed to crush, put her through.]] [[CainAndAbel The second rivalry]], is between both Leon and Nicks on one side, and their older half-brother [[EvilStepMother via Zola]], Rutart, over who should control Nicks' territory. Nicks planned to end the rivalry with some UnfriendlyFire on the battlefield, but Rutart didn't show up. Then Rutart [[spoiler: tries to take advantage of Balcus being severely injured to [[SuccessionCrisis take over control of the Household]], only to be stopped by Roseblade House, thanks to Nicks' marriage.]]

* BattleDiscretionShot: [[spoiler: The conquest of house Lafan and house Offrey's territories [[MisfitMobilizationMoment by Leon's ragtag coalition]]. There was enough action for Julius to desire [[CoolAirship Partner]] as his flagship.]]

* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: [[spoiler: Julius said he would let the Redgrave household go if Leon threw the fight in their duel, before going back on his word after Leon does so. Cue TranquilFury one-on-five CurbStopBattle.]]

[[caption-width-right:300:The younger sister now has her own route!]]