History Manga / ALoveLetterForTheMarchingPuppy

It takes place in early 20th Century Japan, in an AlternateHistory in which women serve in the military. Shinobu Iindou, an orphaned girl from the countryside, enlists in a military academy and ends up under the wing of Fujino Kagami, a strict but at-times kind older student. While the two don't get along at first, a bond slowly but surely develops between them.

-->'''Iindou''': Why are you letting this guilt weigh on you? You said it yourself, we aren't our mothers. Or have you already forgotten?

* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:Indou and Kagami kiss at the end of the penultimate chapter. It's unclear how close they end up being considering that this is an AlternateHistory of Japan in the 20th Century and that they still refer to each other by their surnames in the DistantFinale(at least on duty), but it's clear that their relationship has turned romantic]].

-->'''Ooba''': I know this is really sudden, and I suppose you'll be told formally later, but [[spoiler:Kagami has been removed from her role as your model student]].

* WildHair: When Indou is living in poverty, her hair is long, unkempt and covers both her eyes.

It takes place in early 20th Century Japan, in an AlternateHistory in which women serve in the military. Shinobu Iindou, an orphaned girl from the countryside, enlists in a military academy and ends up under the wing of Fujino Kagami, a strict but at times kind older student. While the two don't get along at first, a bond slowly but surely develops between them.

* HoldingHands: Kagami and Iindou briefly engage in this at the end of Chapter 22, showing that even if [[spoiler:their SenpaiKohai relationship has been severed]], they're still close, perhaps closer than before.

* SenpaiKohai: The "model students," who watch over and guide groups of underclassmen, are the equivalent to the sempai.

* {{Keigo}}: Cadets are taught to use ''[[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns watakushi]]'' (the most formal Japanese first-person pronoun) on themselves and end their sentences with ''de arimasu'' when speaking with superiors.

* TheyDo: [[spoiler:Indou and Kagami kiss at the end of the penultimate chapter. It's unclear how close they end up being considering that this is an AlternateHistory of Japan in the 20th Century and that they still refer to each other by their surnames in the DistantFinale(at least on duty), but it's clear that their relationship has turned romantic]].

* HoldingHands: Kagami and Iindou briefly engage in this at the end of Chapter 22, showing that even if [[spoiler:their SempaiKohai relationship has been severed]], they're still close, perhaps closer than before.

* SempaiKohai: The "model students," who watch over and guide groups of underclassmen, are the equivalent to the sempai.

It takes place in early 20th Century Japan, in an AlternateHistory in which women serve in the military. Shinobu Iindou, an orphaned girl from the countryside, enlists in a military academy, and ends up under the wing of Fujino Kagami, a strict but at times kind older student. While the two don't get along at first, a bond slowly but surely develops between them.

* SempaiKohai: The "model students," who watch over and guide groups of underclassmen, are an equivalent to the sempai.

* TheyDo: [[spoiler:Indou and Kagami kiss at the end of the penultimate chapter. It's unclear how close they end up being considering that this is an AlternateHistory of Japan in the 20th Century, and that they still refer to each other by their surnames in the DistantFinale(at least on duty), but it's clear that their relationship has turned romantic]].

* BluntYes: In Chapter 26, a young Fujino Kagami asks her mother if [[spoiler:she's responsible for Chiyo Iindou's death]] by virtue of [[spoiler:Chiyo finding Fujino when the latter wandered onto the training grounds and getting promoted as a result of the newspaper article about her]]. Her mother says yes.

* DistantFinale: The last few pages of the final chapter take place years after the cadets graduate and enter the military. [[spoiler:Iindou is now a Lieutenant and Kagami is a Lieutenant Colonel; Kagami wakes her up, informs her they've been assigned together and the two kiss.]

* AbusiveParents: Kagami's mother is emotionally abusive to her

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Iindou asks Kagami

* WhamEpisode: Letter 20 ends with Iindou learning that [[spoiler:Kagami will no longer be her model student.]]

* WhyAreYouNotMySon: Kagami's mother is rather kind to Iindou, but cold and harsh toward her own daughter.

* SternTeacher: Suzuka, the school supervisor, is incredibly strict about discipline and comes down hard on Iindou for her mistakes, but isn't mean enough to qualify for a SadistTeacher.

* CruelToBeKind: When Aisen becomes depressed after learning that [[spoiler:the major she admired got married]], Hasebe doesn't comfort her, but gives her a QuitYourWhining speech intead. Inaishi calls her out on being so harsh and says that's why no one likes her, but Hasebe stands by her decision.

* BrokenPedestal: Iindou loses a great deal of faith in her HonoraryAunt, Kagami's mother, after finding out that the latter [[spoiler:was responsible for trying to separate her from Kagami, and may not have been as fond of Iindou's mother as Iindou previousy thought.]]

* FirstNameBasis: Iindou asks if she can call Aisen by her first name, Miharu. Aisen seems to be fine with that, but doesn't reciprocate.

''A Love Letter For The Marching Puppy'' is a {{yuri|Genre}} manga by Tama Tamasaki. It was serialized in ''[[Manga/YuriHime Comic Yuri Hime]]'' from 2018 to 2020.

''A Love Letter For The Marching Puppy'' is a manga by Tama Tamasaki.

* HatesHisParent: Kagami has no problem admitting that she hates her own mother, especially after her mother [[spoiler:apparently pulls strings to remove her as Iindou's model student]]. Kagami says that in the past, she'd tried to meet her mother halfway, but now, she's fine with their rather cold relationship.

* HonoraryAunt: Kagami's mother happened to help Iindou after the latter lost her parents, resulting in Iindou calling her "Auntie."

* WhamLine: At the end of Letter 20, Ooba gives one to Iindou and Kagami.

* BlindObedience: One of the main precepts of military life. Iindou gets a tongue-lashing when she politely asks why [[spoiler:Kagami was removed as her model student]].

* FirstNameBasis: Iindou asks to call Aisen by her first name, Miharu. Aisen seems to be fine with that, but doesn't reciprocate.

* SempaiKohai: The "model students," who watch over and guide groups of underclassmen, are equivalent to the sempai.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Kagami is rather cold and strict for the most part, but occcasionally shows affection to Iindou.