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Girls having crushes on other girls is, while not common, nothing that raises eyebrows in the Japanese school system. Sometimes matters go beyond simple crushes to explicit romance; even then eyebrows remain unraised as long as participants aren't too indiscreet. Note that this is less an AnimeTrope than a reflection (warped or not) of real-life behaviors and attitudes -- the Japanese refer to this as a Class S Relationship, which teaches the young about real relationships and is meant to be outgrown eventually. Retaining a Class S Relationship as one grows older is a sign of immaturity (note the number of immature {{Clingy Jealous Girl}}s whose lesbian crush has suddenly noticed Boys). Thus, it is not uncommon to find such girl-girl relationships in anime, especially with the frequency of [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship adolescent characters]].

If they don't just [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians pretend the girls are together]] and get out of it later by [[{{Jossed}} revealing they're not]], often writers like to [[HideYourLesbians hide behind subtext]] in a form of GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

In Japanese, the trope is called ''yuri'', a term which was coined as a counterpart to ''yaoi'' (see YaoiGuys). The word literally means "lily" in Japanese, and can refer to any lesbian sexual or romantic content, explicit or not. It's also known as "GirlsLove" ([[GratuitousEnglish in English]]), also created in response to the male version, "BoysLove".

"Yuri" derives from a term which was coined by Itou Bungaku, one-time editor of the magazine "Barazoku", a magazine for gay men in Japan, wherein he termed men the ''barazoku'', or "rose tribe", and women the ''yurizoku'', or "lily tribe". Occasionally, some fans use ''shoujo-ai'' and "yuri" as separate degrees of explicitness.
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* Haruka Ten'ou and Michiru Kaioh (Sailors Uranus and Neptune) in the original uncensored versions of ''SailorMoon''. And in the censored versions, though with [[DubText a bit more subtlety]] and [[KissingCousins a lot more kink]].
* ''ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'''s cheerfully promiscuous Alielle (and her lover, the Princess Fatora).
* ''{{Bleach}}'': Chizuru's very open infatuation with Orihime. Unfortunately for the {{shonen}} audience, her advances are invariably thwarted by the protective Tatsuki, who Chizuru has commented she would also find quite attractive if not for her boyish persona. Regardless of her primary crush, Chizuru has also ogled other female members of her circle of friends, namely MoeMoe Mahana and TallDarkAndBishoujo Kunieda.
** She was literally drooling over Rukia at the start of the Bount arc (this troper can't remember any visible drool, but Chizuru had her hand near her mouth as though she was wiping some away).
** The closest she's ever gotten with Orihime is grabbing her... [[{{MostCommonSuperpower}} considerable assets]]. This was changed in the anime to hugging Orihime around the lower chest, with her forearms pushing Orihime's breasts up.
* Akane Kasuga from ''KimagureOrangeRoad''.
* B-ko Daitokuji in ''ProjectAKo''.
** Possibly unintentional; the director admitted in an interview for the US DVD re-release of the film that he didn't think about how the scene featuring B-ko in a giant bath, thinking about C-ko, could be interpreted.
*** Then again, Project A-ko was meant to be a softcore hentai anime at first (actually a part of the ''CreamLemon'' series), so yeah.
* Lain and Arisu from ''SerialExperimentsLain'' seem to be really, really, really fond of each other... sometimes to romantic levels.
* Kirika and Mireille from ''{{Noir}}'' are not shown being physically intimate, but they share a bed and by the end of the series are emotionally dependent on each other. Also, Chloe exhibits a rather warped (and mostly frustrated) desire for Kirika.
* ''SteelAngelKurumi'' features Saki, a female android who because of the circumstances of her activation has a romantic fixation on the titular character, another female android. The sequel series ''SteelAngelKurumi2'', tops that with what is either an oversized LoveTriangle or a small LoveDodecahedron: Kurumi Mk. II is fixated upon young cellist Nako, who activated her. Nako's friend Uruka also has a crush on her, and out of jealousy activates Saki Mk. II in order to battle Kurumi; Saki, however, ends up pining for both Kurumi and Uruka. Eventually, Nako comes to return Kurumi's feelings.
* Futaba in ''PuniPuniPoemi'' is an extreme parody of this character type.
* Chanohata Tamami in ''{{Mahoraba}}'' admits to Shiratori Ryuushi that she is in love with Aoba Kozue (who is completely oblivious), explaining her mean-spirited attitude.
* ''{{Simoun}}'' [[SitchSexuality cheats]] [[DiscountLesbians a little]] by setting the story on a world where everyone under 17 is female, making all of the main characters SchoolgirlLesbians by default. And they use the power of GirlsLove to make their fighter planes fly.
* In ''AzumangaDaioh'', Kaorin has an immediately obvious crush on Sakaki that seems one-sided; however, considering Sakaki's addiction to cute things, it's possible that it would be reciprocated (or at least not minded) if she wasn't [[ChasteTeens entirely oblivious]].
** In fact, she gets ''weirded out'' at Kaorin's swooning.
** Now be fair. ''Any'' explicit attention tends to weird her out, ''especially'' in her freshman year. Sakaki-san's big distinguishing characteristic is a built-in poker-face that she's completely unaware of, causing others to see her as a loner or a badass. Since she's actually shy and insecure, she can't understand why people think of her that way, and a lot of it goes right over her head.
* ''DevilmanLady'' (aka ''The Devil Lady'')
* ''MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' has the Black Beauty Sisters...
* Lavinia and Jessie in ''SoukouNoStrain''. They never do get together in the end, or at least it's left open-ended, despite having a ''very'' close encounter due to a misunderstanding.
** Which is rather strange, since Jessie seemed very responsive, yet she [[ResetButton never brings up the incident again afterward]].
** Other than that, it contains some mindbreaking hints at a possible relationship between Sara and her ''doll'' Emily. Things get worse when [[spoiler:we discover that the "doll" actually contains the living brain of an alien girl. Whose race shares a common hive mind. So by acting nice to her, Sara acts nice to a whole goddamn OneGenderRace. Is this someone's weirdest yuri harem fantasy or what?]]
* In ''MahouSenseiNegima'', Setsuna serves as Konoka's [[BattleButler protector]], and admits it precludes hooking up with anyone else. Naturally, other characters assume this is a complicated way of saying that they are a romantic couple, or will be. Konoka certainly has no problem being her (kissing-activated) partner in their magical contract. It's pretty much just Setsuna who isn't aware of this.
** Naturally, when Setsuna proved to be a [[EnsembleDarkhorse popular character]], the overtones became a lot more obvious in the Negima?! remake, with a more knowingly teasing Konoka and a more flusterable Setsuna, to the point of Setsuna stuck between embarrassment and ogling at Konoka in a swimsuit.
** Well, considering that in the early manga [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the way Setsuna acts around Konoka is exactly the same as someone with a really strong crush]] (complete with blushing and a loss of the ability to speak whenever she's around) makes the [[HoYay subtext]] quite strong.
***RelationshipTextUpgrade in chapter 252 with [[spoiler:her pactio kiss with Konoka. Konoka had her tongue down Setsuna's throat for a ''little'' longer than neccessary.]]
**** [[spoiler: Considering that tongue was completely unnecessary in the first place...]]
* ''{{Mai-HiME}}'' features Shizuru and her obsessive love for one of the main characters, Natsuki. Fandom has rewarded this with a series of doujinshi, the tamest of which explore Shizuru's more publishable fantasies. The more extreme, well... let's just say that Shizuru is a very ''imaginative'' individual. One of the [[AllThereInTheManual artbooks]] states that they "[[IfYouKnowWhatIMean find happiness]]" at Natsuki's graduation.
** Shizuru's popularity in this series [[SureWhyNot likely led to]] her ''{{Mai-Otome}}'' incarnation [[OfficialCouple actually hooking up]] with that universe's Natsuki.
** Speaking of ''{{Mai-Otome}}'', there appear to be quite a few of them there, too, since most of the story takes place in the all-girls' Garderobe Academy. Chie, in particular, appears to have out-Chizuru'd ''{{Bleach}}'''s Chizuru in the "openly flirty" department.
*** All girls academy, nothing. The SchizoTech of that gives the girls their super powers is destroyed by sperm, and neither condoms nor vasectomies exist.
* Parodied in an episode of ''TenchiMuyo''. After being cast into a HighSchoolAU, MagicalGirl Sasami shoots the bickering Ayeka and Ryoko with a "beam of friendship". The sequence just gets more suggestive as two begin gazing into each other's eyes, proclaiming their mutual love and admiration, and {{almost kiss}}ing before being cut off by the end of the episode.
* ''{{Revolutionary Girl Utena}}'': Juri's secret obsession with Shiori consumes her entire life. Wakaba's loud and public crush on Utena seems frivolous and harmless in comparison.
** Wakaba's just playing around. We see her have two real love interests and behaves totally differently.
* [[CastFullOfGay Almost every single character]] in ''StrawberryPanic.'' Then again there are [[PinkBishoujoGhetto absolutely no males]] in this series.
* Pretty much the entire cast of ''OniisamaE''.
* ''{{Maria-sama Ga Miteru}}'' has only one explicit case of a lesbian love affair. The rest of the relationships often ''seem'' to go in that direction, but generally stop at the RomanticTwoGirlFriendship level, which raises suspicions of BaitAndSwitchLesbians among part of the fandom.
* Anna towards Izumi in ''HeIsMyMaster'', to the point of StalkerWithACrush. Izumi doesn't exactly reciprocate the feelings, but the cast (including Izumi, with [[LiteralGenie promises]]) do use Anna's obsession to their advantage on occasion.
* Hiyori in ''LuckyStar'' is a YuriFangirl/artist, though it's apparently nonsexual for her.
** [[WMG/LuckyStar Some people]] assume that Konata and Kagami, despite the personality clash, may secretly be these. Konata [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship playfully flirting]] with Kagami and Tsukasa after a ''[[{{Maria-sama Ga Miteru}} Marimite]]'' session doesn't exactly help her case.
*** WordOfGod is that there is at least a one-sided romantic relationship between Konata and Kagami.
*** Also, don't forget Kagami's FreudianSlip in the OVA.
** Yutaka and Minami are even more blatant, even after you remove all the parts of the show that were viewed through Hiyori's yuri-goggles.
*** Konata remarked on this a couple times, though it's not entirely clear if she's joking or serious.
*''BlueDrop'', it also contains older lesbians as well. Most of the plot of the anime revolves around the relationship between Mari and Hagino, the latter being the female commander of an alien battleship who hides at Mari's all-girl high-school.
** Played for ''horror'' in the manga, Tenshi no Bokura. The alien lesbians, the Arume, have all-girls schools filled with girls who are raised to be lesbian nymphos (with males as a wholly foreign concept) so they'll have hot human women to screw when the little girls grow up. Naturally, they pass through a "schoolgirl lesbian" stage at some point between puberty and graduation, although not all of the teachers are willing to wait that long...
* Kitagawa from ''DokiDokiSchoolHours'' has a thing for petite women, which just happens to apply to her teacher - and she is not at all shy about showing her affections.
* Kuro from ''KodomoNoJikan'' has a crush on her classmate Rin, which is mostly used to let her unleash her jealous rage against her teacher Aoki, since he in turn is Rin's (unwilling) object of affection. And believe it: Kuro can be [[CreepyChild downright scary]].
* Hazumu and Tomari (pictured above) from ''KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'', along with the third girl in the triangle, Yasuna. The other characters [[DismissedGender dismiss]] [[HideYourLesbians Hazumu's sexuality]] since she [[GenderBender used to be a guy]]; still, Hazumu remains a girl permanently. Yasuna, on the other hand, is so afraid of men she literally cannot see their faces.
* Yamada and Satou from ''KoiKoi7'' like to cheerfully show their affection for each other.
* Rosalie from ''RoseOfVersailles'' isn't technically a schoolgirl, but she's in the right age bracket and certainly has a huge crush on Lady Oscar.
* Sakura from ''PenguinMusumeHeart'' often shows extreme interest in intimate interactions with some of her female classmates. Sure, she ''is'' absolutely bonkers, but it happens a bit too often to be coincidental.
** Not to mention that she tries to force Kujira into marrying her in an alternate time line.
* Nina Einstein from ''{{Code Geass}}'' Code Geass fits this trope pretty well. After Princess Euphemia stands up for her in a hostage situation, Nina has a huge obsession with her, and even goes as far as to [[spoiler: masturbate against a table with a picture of Euphemia.]] Later, when [[spoiler: Euphemia dies]], Nina goes insane and threatens to [[spoiler: set off a bomb killing herself, Zero, and many innocent bystanders.]] This is promptly used by [[spoiler: Schneizel, Euphemia's half-brother, who takes the still insane Nina in so she builds an even bigger bomb for him...]]
* In ''IkkiTousen'' there's the Ryoufu Hosen (Lu Bu) and her best friend Chinkyuu Koudai (Chon Gong). Ryoufu is seductive and even brutal, bordering on DepravedBisexual, but shows a [[PetTheDog more human side]] when around the devoted Chinkyuu. [[spoiler: In the manga, they die together when Chinkyuu is raped and both she and Ryoufu rebel against their evil leader, Toutaku (Dong Zhuo). In the anime, Chinkyuu is not only raped but beaten to death; Ryoufu dies [[TakingYouWithMe trying to kill Toutaku and herself]].]] Later, Kan'u Unchou (Guan Yu) is shown to be one of this for her leader and friend, Ryuubi Gentoku (Liu Bei).
* Nene, the {{class representative}} from ''{{Hyakko}}'', claims to be bisexual--but she is mostly shown drooling over ''girls''.
* Sakuya from ''CandyBoy'' has a major crush on Kanade and has no qualms about letting everybody know about it. Alas, she has [[OfficialCouple lost by definition]] to [[{{Twincest}} Kanade's twin sister, Yukino]].
* ''{{To Aru Majutsu no Index}}'': Kuroko, who gets concerned at how much [[FoeYay fun]] [[{{Tsundere}} Mikoto]] seems to be having in her [[UnknownRival rivalry]] with Touma. ClingyJealousGirl, too.
* Makina in ''ShikabaneHime'' once found herself being stalked by a [[{{Gainaxing}} large-breasted]] lesbian schoolgirl who was attracted to death.
* Kanako in ''MariaHolic''. She has a [[DoesNotLikeMen strong dislike of men]] and attended a girls' school purely to find a female love interest. She has a tendency to have {{nosebleed}}s at the thought of that.
* ''HidamariSketch''. Natsume is painfully {{tsundere}} for Sae but can't catch a break, being the losing corner of a LoveTriangle. Played up to the hilt in episode 12 of x365 when Sae joins Natsume for lunch, with the latter first getting combative before quieting down. We even get a few {{Male Gaze}} shots in that episode; when Natsume watches Sae enter the cafeteria (focusing on her hips), watching her eat (focusing on her lips), and again as Sae walks away... The flowers the spring out of her hair and the {{luminescent blush}} seem to put it straight into {{Schoolgirl Lesbians}} territory. The very last episode has her praying at a shrine to become more honest with her feelings. And [[spoiler:guess who wrote that passionate fan letter that Sae got]]?
* Possibly hinted at in the ending credits of ''{{Shuffle}}'' episode 24, where Lisianthus and [[{{Yandere}} Kaede]] share an [[AccidentalKiss "accidental" kiss]].
* ''YamiToBoushiToHonNoTabibito'' is about one of these searching time and space for her best friend/adoptive older sister Hatsumi [[spoiler: who turns out to be Eve...yes, that Eve]]. Who [[spoiler: returns her feelings,]] but [[spoiler: can only exist in a given world for 16 years at a time]]. Hatsumi herself is at least bisexual, as [[spoiler: a series of very direct love letters shows.]]
* In ''KannazukiNoMiko'' the two main characters are a pair of [[ReincarnationRomance eternally reincarnating]] Schoolgirl Lesbians.
* Yurika Kochikaze in ''{{Akikan}}!'' is blatantly lesbian for Najimi.
* Eto Hachibe and Arata Tagoto in ''IonoTheFanatics''. [[CastFullOfGay Everyone else is just a lesbian]].
* Shinobu of ''NininGaShinobuden'' assuming it isn't just being played for parody.
* [[{{MemeticMutation}} Rainbows]] [[{{HoYay}} are straighter]] than [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Subaru Nakajima]].
* The jury is still out whether Kaoru from ''ZettaiKarenChildren'' can be labeled as one. Sure, she probably has feelings for Minamoto, but as she grows older she more and more shifts her focus from large-breasted idols in magazines to girls her age, like her classmates and the other two Children.
* TheReveal in one of the chapters in ''FrankenFran'' was that the focus characters were lesbians who didn't know how to properly express their love for each other. [[DeadLesbianSyndrome Surprisingly]], it managed to be one of the few chapters with... [[EverybodyLives a fairly happy ending]]. [[ParentalIncest Squicky, but happy]]. Compared to the [[BodyHorror usual]] [[FateWorseThanDeath alternatives]], anyway.
* Nodoka of ''{{Saki}}'', especially in the animated version which took her subtextual crush towards Saki in the manga then jacked it up to bleedingly obvious.
* Yume and Yuuki in ''{{Kanamemo}}'' are established as being very lesbian for each other right out the gate. Even if Yume puts too much [[LethalChef sugar in her cooking]], Yuuki will still eat it. Considering that Yume gave up her sleeping bag to newbie Kana in the first episode, this led to her sharing Yuuki's room, which she had no problem with. Then there's whatever went on in the porta-potty.
** Both are working adults, however, rather than schoolgirls in the sense typical in the trope. Yume is attending a patisserie academy (hence her tendency to put way too much sugar in ''everything''), but both women are older than most examples on this page.
*In the AffectionateParody fighting series ''{{Airmaster}}'', Mina, a ShrinkingViolet with GagBoobs who often finds herself [[DistressedDamsel kidnapped or otherwise in trouble]], is hopelessly in love with [[TheStoic stoic]] HugeSchoolgirl protagonist Maki and is teased rather often about it. Maki doesn't quite know how to react, but she doesn't seem to mind Mina holding onto her arm when they're walking around the city with their friends.
* ''AoiHana'' focuses on the romantic entanglements between several high school girls. There's the {{love triangle}} between Yasuko, Fumi and Kyouko. Yasuko's sisters also appear to have been very popular at their all-girl school as teenagers (which gets ample emphasis in the manga)--and it's even hinted that their mother was as well . The position of [[spoiler:Akira]] is yet unresolved.
* In a similar vein to the above, there is ''SasamekiKoto''. The focus is on the tall and awkward Sumika's crush on her lesbian but oblivious friend, Kazama, who herself is constantly on the lookout for cute girls to crush on. There are also their classmates Miyako and Tomoe, who are in a relationship.

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* ''{{Runaways}}''' Karolina Dean is in love with her best friend Nico, who unfortunately doesn't return her affections. Fortunately for Karolina, she finds new love in a shape-shifting alien named Xavin, who changes "his" form into that of a woman to please her.
** Until Xavin left, and Karolina's rejected almost kiss of Nico has been upgraded to an actual kiss - now Nico and Karolina have turned into [[http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk248/voktyabreh/schlgrllsbns.png schoolgirl]] [[http://www.justaddninjas.com/store/images/nico_kar.jpg lesbians]].
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''Memento Mori'', a South Korean movie by Kim Tae-yong: the whole story revolves around the lesbian relationship between two high school girls.
* In ''Samaria'' by Kim Ki-duk, Yeo-jin's feelings for her friend Jae-yeong border on the homosexual, and at one point they share a kiss while scrubbing each other before a bath.
* The protagonist of the early German film ''Maedchen in Uniform.''
* Although the protagonists of ''Murmur Of Youth'' by Lin Cheng-sheng are no longer schoolgirls, having graduated from high school the year before, their relationship arguably fits this trope.
* ''Be With Me'', a Singaporean movie by Eric Khoo
* ''Blue Gate Crossing'', a Taiwanese movie by Yee Chih-yen: Kerou has a crush on her best friend Yuezhen but doesn't know how to tell her.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* [[spoiler: Lofty and Tonker]] from [[{{Discworld}} Monstrous Regiment]] certainly qualify.
* S.M. Stirling provides a Western version of this trope in TheDraka series. In Draka boarding schools, schoolgirl crushes and romances are very common. Just as commonly, the girls grow out of it when they reach adulthood (Yolanda Ingolfssen in ''The Stone Dogs'' is a [[AxCrazy rather notable]] [[PsychoLesbian exception]]).
* [[spoiler:Lillian "Lia" Wanderley and Letitia Coramae "Tommy" Tomlin]] in Carolyn Wheat's short story "Cousin Cora."
* In ''Carmilla'' reimagining ''The Moth Diaries'', the pupils of an exclusive girls' boarding school have relationships similar to this as practice for the real world and boys. The unnamed diarist is romantically obsessed with her best friend Lucy ... as is the 'vampire', Ernessa.
* In Colette classic ''Claudine at School'', various girls are interested in one another. Claudine first falls in love with the pretty teaching assistant Aimee, then switches her affections to Aimee's sister when she goes off with the Headmistress. I Am Not Making This Up. Considering this is set in France in the 1890s, no one seems to bat an eyelid at these goings on between girls. The affair between Aimee and the Headmistress is another story.
* Jane and Helen from ''JaneEyre''. While this editor is not sure if it was intentional, it still couldn't be more obvious.
** Hey, this is Charlotte "Suspected RealLife Yuricest" Bronte we're talking about, so...
***Really? Tell me more, I already have a crush on Emily bronte :D
* 'The Getting of Wisdom' a semi autobiographical novel by Henry Handel Richardson (Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson) touches in this somewhat when the protagonist becomes involved with an elder schoolgirl.
* In ''TheWheelOfTime'', teenage novices in the White Tower often become "Pillow Friends," which can range from being close friends, to being in full-blown lesbian relationships. These relationships often end when the novices become Aes Sedai, but very often they don't, or the women move on to more mature lesbian relationships.
* Maybe, just maybe, [[spoiler:Bill and Clarissa]] in [[spoiler:Enid Blyton's ''Malory Towers''.]] Fandom is more definite, and not without justification.
* ''AnnieOnMyMind'' by Nancy Garden is about two SchoolgirlLesbians, Annie and Liza, and is one of the first Western books to present lesbianism in a positive light. Needless to say, the MoralGuardians are on the phone.
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* Emily and Naomi from ''{{Skins}}''. Well, CollegeLesbians, but plenty close enough - it's stated that they kissed at a party while they were still at their previous school. Emily claimed she was high at the time, although she later admitted to Naomi that she just wanted to kiss her. After half a dozen episodes of Emily chasing and Naomi running (including one episode where they made out when they really were both high), they finally got together, although Naomi wasn't sure about the relationship for at least a good few episodes after that (Emily definitively considers herself gay, while Naomi has absolutely no clue what she is). As of the end of series 3, they've both come out to everybody important (Emily to her family, Naomi to herself) and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming left the Love Ball hand in hand]].
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* Natsuki... no, not ''[[{{Mai-HiME}} that]]'' one...the one from ''[[ShinMegamiTensei Persona 3]]'', whose friendship toward Fuuka occasionally took on [[PsychoLesbian dangerous levels of obsession]], resulting in the SEES group having to keep her isolated for her own good.
** Of course, the 'dangerous levels of obsession' was from a Shadow giving her impulses so that she'd be a prime victim, which is why she was isolated. After that incident, the two became extremely close to the point that Natsuki moving out of town was the catalyst for Fuuka's Persona to power up.
** Played completely straight though with an NPC just outside the classroom who has [[StalkerWithACrush a very obvious (and at times disturbing) crush]] on Mitsuru Kirijo.
* We mentioned ''GrimGrimoire'', didn't we? [[spoiler:Amoretta and Lillet?]] Yup. It's canon. The [[HoYay hints were there]] from the beginning, though.
* From ValkyriaChronicles, there's Dallas Wyatt, who grew up in a relatively man-free environment until the conscription. She has "[[DoesNotLikeMen Man Hater]]" and "[[LesYay Fancies Women]]" as traits and she is very obviously crushing on main character Alicia Melchiott.
** Also, Jann Walker, who wears make-up, has "Fancies Men" as a trait and very obviously likes Largo.
*** Considering the two characters age, wouldn't that just make them gay?
* In the {{Harvest Moon}} spinoff series ''Rune Factory'', this happens. In ''Rune Factory 2'', two twin girls can be ''courted'' and fake proposed to and [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise "married"]]. However, the priest says something about how girls can't get married.
** This, oddly enough, was left in the English version of the game. However, it had some... [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jat7pav9y5s unusual]] changes.
* [[TomBoyandGirlyGirl Chie and Yukiko]] in ''[[ShinMegamiTensei Persona 4]]'' present some very heavy subtext in their friendship, which can be viewed as being of a romantic bent when one considers the wider themes of sexuality permeating [[ShinMegamiTensei Persona 4]].
* Much of the plot of "Rule of Rose" centers around this.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Western (though anime-influenced) example: Nanase and Ellen in ''[[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2006-09-29 El Goonish Shive]]''.
* Cheesecake St.-Cherrywell from the webcomic ''Gorgeous Princess Creamy Beamy'' is a particularly over-the-top parody, particularly of Chizuru from ''{{Bleach}}''.
* Jessica from ''{{Loserz}}'', forming a pair with bisexual Jodie, beginning in [[http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/494 this strip]].
* [[spoiler:Fuuko's]] from ''RedString'' unrequited crush on an upperclassman sports star[[spoiler: Maaya]] causes a big scandal at their school. Fortunately for her she later moves to Tokyo where she meets someone [[spoiler:Hanae Niijima]] who does return her feelings.
* [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Missi Fuller]] from ''{{Misfile}}'' dived headlong into dating Ash after being aproached by [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Rumi]]. The problem is, Ash [[GenderBender isn't exactly a girl]] and is stuck in a perpetual identity crisis, so Missi got dumped almost immediately. Missi has refused to give up though, and is currently somewhere in StalkerWithACrush territory.
* ''[[http://thaumic.net/ Heliothaumic]]'' has Cassandra and Lydia, who first paired up in High School as Lydia rebelled against her [[AncientEgypt ancient Egyptian-themed religion]], broke up later on, and have recently gotten back together.
* ''YuMeDream'' is, at first, a SchoolgirlLesbians themed story, with the slight twist that they're at a Catholic school (and it's also hinted that one of the girls' parents is homophobic). But, after the DramaBomb of issue 9, turns out to be more than that...
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* MitadakeHigh. ''All the time''.
* WhateleyUniverse - given that the main characters live in a special dormitory for gay students, this was inevitable.
* Spoofed in WeddingPeachAbridged with Yuri/Love Angel Lily. In the original [[WeddingPeach series]], Yuri's named is a reference to lilies [[ThemeNaming because "yuri" is Japanese for lily.]] But in the AbridgedSeries, yuri takes on another valence: Girl Love.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
*Historically, the phenomenon was somewhat common in Western female-only colleges where the students were completely sequestered from opposite-sex contact.
**See [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian_until_graduation Lesbian until graduation]], or just go visit certain women's colleges, e.g. Mt. Holyoke and Smith.
*** Those might not be the best examples, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Colleges_(Massachusetts) being Five College Area schools]].
* The band t.A.T.u. was a rather crass attempt by producer Ivan Shapovalov to cash in on this trope. It takes a turn for the sordid when you consider that both girls were 13 years old when the band was formed. Outright [[NightmareFuel nightmare fuel]] is achieved when you learn that before forming the band Shapovalov was a child psychologist.
* There is a rather well-written [[http://www.asstr.org/nifty/information/magic-comfort essay (WARNING: NSFW)]] on the [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] of this trope, using a generous amount of extracts from both first-hand accounts and suspected-autobiographical fiction, from a rather large span of time. The amount of detail tends to depend on both how 'anonymous' the accounts were and what could be safely talked about at the time they were recorded. (And yes, that does get covered in the essay itself.)
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