Otome Saotome

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**Otome Saotome** (早乙女 乙女, *Saotome Otome*) is a main character that appears in the *Shimoneta* series. She is the artist who creates pornographic drawings for SOX.

## Appearance

Otome has short bob cut black hair. She is also much smaller than the average height of students in Tokioka Academy despite being an upperclassman. She is usually seen wearing her Tokioka uniform.

## Personality

At first, Otome acted very angry and condescending in her first major appearance. When she was awarded her certificate for winning in the Spring Art Show, she ripped the certificate apart, to the surprise of everyone. She dragged Tanukichi to the art room and threatened to reveal his connections to SOX if he didn't help her in her romantic conquest. When Tanukichi reacted surprised, Otome quickly grew angry at him and nearly kicked him in the face before Gouriki came in and picked up Otome. Later in the episode, when she and Tanukichi were meeting in the Felersio Café, Otome mentioned that she fears that she is making her romantic interest (which was revealed to be Anna) uncomfortable. Tanukichi grinned, which made Otome angry and caused her to grab him by his uniform.

After Otome joined SOX, she acted much more calm and cool, at least when she wasn't making pornographic drawings. Making pornographic drawings seems to be Otome's passion, and she always acts crazy whenever she thinks or sees something lewd. Her inspiration to make lewd drawings was sparked after she saw Anna rape Tanukichi, and in Episode 6, she tries to get the two together so she could draw them "body-melding".

## Ability

* **Artistic Qualities:** Otome is a professional artist and she prides herself on her art. She states that her inspiration comes from live subjects and her love interest, Anna Nishikinomiya. Passionate to the point of exposing Okuma's location when he's on the run, she will do anything to draw or paint lewd art. She is so good at her work, she can draw dirty pictures for SOX with her mouth. She taught herself how to draw with her mouth because the wrist PMs she legally has to wear monitors hand motions.

## Background

Otome Saotome is considered as a star of her school. Through winning numerous art contests, she gained a scholarship from Tokioka Academy. Despite the many praises for her artwork, there is a creative void that she wished to fill - constantly searching for what she truly wants to draw. She was hired by SOX to draw lewd materials, depicting the act of sex, to distribute at school. Due to the lack of actual sex/porn scenes in the materials currently possessed by SOX, they set up Tanukichi Okuma to have sex with his stalker (who turned out to be Anna Nishikinomiya) while Otome secretly watches. The set up turned out to be a rape ambush but, nonetheless, Otome got her inspiration and became the official illustrator for SOX. During the hot springs arc, Otome once more harbored doubts regarding her path as an artist. Keisuke Onigashira took advantage of this insecurity in order to steal Otome from SOX and into his side.

## Relationships

### Ayame Kajou

At first, Otome hated Ayame because she saw Ayame as her "romantic roval" for Anna, calling her a stupid wench. However, after the stalkers were caught in the park fight, their relationship seemingly turned around overnight. They quickly became good friends and Ayame would train Otome to become an amazing pornographic artist.

**Status: Best friends**

### Tanukichi Okuma

Otome is very cruel towards Tanukichi throughout the series. When she first met him, she put a leash on him and dragged him into the art room to declare that he was her pet. Later on, when Anna was raping Tanukichi, Otome decided to watch it happen intently. This carries on several times, to the point where Tanukichi even points it out in Episode 7.

**Status: Unknown**

## Trivia

* In the *Shimoneta* manga, Otome's height is revealed to be 3'9".
* Out of all the members of SOX, Otome is the only member whose family members hasn't been revealed. She is also the oldest member of the group.
* Despite looking extremely short and young, she has attended Tokioka Academy longer than Anna, Ayame, and Tanukichi.
* Otome is the only character in the series who is openly a member of the LGBTQ+ community, as she is shown to be lesbian and possibly bisexual.
	+ While it is possible that Kosuri (possibly bisexual) and Gouriki (possibly gay) are also part of the LGBTQ+, neither have been confirmed.
* In October 2015, Otome, Ayame, and Anna were featured in an issue of NyanType.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 3
2. ↑ Episode 7
3. ↑ Episode 12
4. ↑ https://haruhichan.com/anna-and-binkan-chan-show-affection-for-each-other-in-this-new-visual/