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3 | ''Plica'' is a (technically) {{Yonkoma}} (though it's frequently more than four panels) SliceOfLife manga by Sae Amamiya about lesbians in Japan, which was serialized from 1996 to 2007 (first in the {{josei}} lesbian magazine ''Anise'', and then online). There is also a movie. While sometimes categorized as GirlsLove, it's more of a mature and realistic take on things than Girls Love usually entails. |
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5 | At first, the strip focused solely on the eponymous Plica and her girlfriend Mari, but eventually the recurring cast expanded to include cool, snarky teacher Saki and her emotionally-distant on-again-off-again girlfriend Rui; Roku, who seems to only fall for women who are taken (usually by men), and hopelessly frumpy, perpetually single Machiko. Together they... [[SliceOfLife live their daily lives]] while making observations about love, sex and brushing one's teeth in the bathtub. |
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8 | !! ''Plica'' contains examples of: |
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10 | * ACupAngst: After learning that Mari is a D-cup, Plica is seen at a lingerie store asking the assistant to measure her again — she has to be at ''least'' a C! |
11 | * AsideGlance: Plica does this twice in the strip where she's wondering about the proper terminology for lesbian sex. |
12 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: Arguably Saki and her girlfriend, although the art style makes it a bit hard to tell. |
13 | * ButchLesbian: Roku, as well as a number of nameless background characters. Also, Plica at one point asks the audience not to assume that all lesbians are like that. |
14 | * ButtMonkey: Machiko |
15 | * CastFullOfGay |
16 | * DistractedByTheSexy: Why Plica doesn't remember much of her piano lessons. |
17 | * ElevatorGoingDown: When Saki is alone with her girlfriend in an elevator, she always wants to kiss her, at least... |
18 | * GirlOnGirlIsHot: Plica and Mari kiss to shut up a taxi driver who's needling them about getting boyfriends... but he might have enjoyed it. |
19 | * HotForTeacher: Saki seems to inspire this in many of her students. |
20 | * HypocriticalHumor: Plica asks people not to lump her, and other real lesbians, in with "the fantasy world of yuri"... while trying to get Mari to wear a [[SexySchoolwoman school uniform]]. |
21 | * IHaveThisFriend: Plica claims this is why she's offended by women saying they should "try that lesbian thing sometime". |
22 | * ImagineSpot: Plica has many. Saki's got one as well. |
23 | * IncompatibleOrientation: Plica and Misa; Roku and her nameless friend. |
24 | * LipstickLesbian: Plica and Mari, although according to one strip Plica wasn't very girly until she started going out with Mari. |
25 | * OfficeLady: Mari works as one. |
26 | * RecursiveCanon: Plica and Mari, and separately Rui, go to see the ''Plica'' movie. |
27 | * SarcasticConfession: In one strip, Plica jokes that she'd rather have a wife than a husband and tells a friend that if she, Plica, were a man, she'd date her. Of course, everybody laughs it off. |
28 | * {{Seme}}: Plica says she feels like one when making love to Mari. |
29 | * TransparentCloset: Saki's in the closet, but the doors are open. |
30 | * YaoiFangirl: Plica mentions a gay and lesbian film festival to Misa, the woman on whom she has a crush, to see how Misa reacts. Misa is interested... but only in seeing the films that are about pretty boys. |
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