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5	''Shiroi Heya no Futari'' (白い部屋のふたり, ''Our White Room'' or ''Couple of the White Room'') is the first [[YuriGenre Yuri]] manga. It was written by Ryoko Yamagishi, one of the Year 24 Group (a collective of manga artists who revolutionized {{shojo}} manga), during TheSeventies, and is [[TropeMaker the source]] of many common [[YuriGenre Yuri]] tropes. The manga ran for four chapters in the shoujo magazine ''Magazine/HanaToYume'' in 1971.
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8	!!''Shiroi Heya No Futari'' contains examples of:
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10	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Simone swallows her pride and tells Resine her love, only to be turned down.
11	* AsleepForDays: Alluded to, and used as the basis for a joke. After Resine faints during morning assembly, she wakes up in a bed and being watched over by Simone, who says she's been out for three days. When she panics, Simone laughs and tells her she's really only been out for a minute - she was just teasing Resine.
12	%%* BoardingSchool
13	%%* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:In the end, Simone gets stabbed to death by a jealous ex-boyfriend.]]
14	* TheCasanova: Simone is a boy-magnet.
15	* ColorContrast: Resine has almost white hair and clothes while Simone has black hair and wears dark colors.
16	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Resine is an orphan with very rosy memories of her parents.
17	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Simone, feeling suicidal, dies at the hands of an ex-boyfriend and Resine never dates ever again.]]
18	* EnterStageWindow: Simone's favored method of entering and exiting her dorm room is through the window.
19	* {{Gayngst}}: The last few pages are Resine bewailing that she never accepted Simone's love.
20	* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Simone smokes cigarettes, highlighting her rebellious nature.
21	* ItMeantSomethingToMe: When Simone confesses to Resine that their ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' kiss wasn't just acting.
22	* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: One of the perennial YuriGenre tropes that the manga codified. Resine is light feminine, pretty and unassuming, and Simone is dark feminine, striking and confident.
23	%%* LoveHurts:
24	* TheMourningAfter [[spoiler:After Simone dies, Resine vows to never love another as long as she lives.]]
25	%%* NaiveNewcomer: Resine
26	%%* NewTransferStudent: Resine
27	%%* OneGenderSchool
28	* ParentalNeglect: Simone's mother is a famous actress who spares little time or attention for her daughter.
29	* SchoolPlay: ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', with Simone and Resine playing the leads. It is foreshadowing that their love will end badly.
30	%%* SlapSlapKiss: Resine and Simone.
31	%%* StarCrossedLovers: Again, Resine and Simone
32	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Resine is very feminine and shy while Simone is masculine and assertive.
33	* TropeCodifier: Most of the stereotypical tropes associated with the YuriGenre can be traced back to this manga.
34	%%* TroubledButCute: Simone

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