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Did you know... that Shiroi Heya no Futari is regarded as the first work of yuri, a genre of manga and other media focused on female-female romance, despite not being the first manga to depict romance between women?
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Beautiful and very interesting article, thank you so much for this and all of your other work on shōjo. I definitely think it should be considered a Good Article. I read through it and have some comments/thoughts:
In Reception and legacy it says "The series was favorably assessed". But since it's a one-shot, it's not a series, right?
I wonder if Fujimoto, Friedman or others give any more examples of which concrete yuri titles or artists other than Citrus used the Crimson and Rose archetype.
I noticed that you don't mention the Year 24 Group. It would be interesting to note how Yamagishi is considered part of it and how Shiroi Heya no Futari relates to the movement.
Would avoid calling Simone "beautiful" in WP's voice without attributing it. You could choose to reword this to be from Resine's perspective (she does explicitly think of her as beautiful when they first meet), which might be helpful in establishing that this isn't just a one-sided attraction.
Revised.
I think saying Simone died in a brawl is underselling it a bit - she tells her boyfriend that she loves someone else and has no feelings for him, and goads him into stabbing her.AlexandraIDV10:51, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
These shifts [...]; this shift feels repetitive, and could probably be improved by removing the second "shift".
Revised.
of which Yamagishi was a member. Due to the addition of Y24 to this article, this is now the first time Yamagishi is mentioned in the article body - so we should call her Ryoko Yamagishi and link her here, while the first mention of her in the next section should be just "Yamagishi", unlinked.
Shueisha collected the manga along with two other short stories by Yamagishi) - only one parenthesis appears here. Either remove it or add the missing one, whichever you prefer.
Erica Friedman has already been introduced in the preceding section, so we can just call her Friedman.
Done.
gay panic leads to that awful legal defense. I don't know if homosexual panic or homohysteria are exactly right either - it might be best to leave "lesbian panic" unlinked.
Lovely article! I will put this on hold for the standard seven days - please ping me when you've addressed the above, or if you have any questions!--AlexandraIDV10:27, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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... that Shiroi Heya no Futari is regarded as the first work of yuri, a genre of manga and other media focused of female-female romance, despite not being the first manga to depict romance between women? Source: Friedman, Erica (2022). By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga
ALT1: ... that Ryoko Yamagishi developed her mangaShiroi Heya no Futari as a female-female romance because she believed it would be more palatable to a teen girl audience than a male-male romance? Source: Yamagishi, Ryōko (2016). 山岸凉子画集 [Ryoko Yamagishi Art Collection]
- Not done
@Morgan695: Good article. AGF on sources i can't access. Just need a hook. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:49, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
Approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 16:06, 8 February 2023 (UTC)