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4tell0life4 Since: Mar, 2018 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
#1: Mar 23rd 2019 at 8:46:25 PM

Schoolgirl Lesbians and "Romantic" Two-Girl Friendship refer to each other as "when the girl-girl relationship gets physical". Yeah.

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naturalironist from The Information Superhighway Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
#2: Mar 24th 2019 at 6:59:44 AM

I'm pretty sure "Romantic" Two-Girl Friendship is the one without sex, at least that's how it's conceived in 19th century works.

I thought Schoolgirl Lesbians was just "lesbians in high school", often with a fanservice element. The couple who are the page image definitely get physical. Plus, there's this line in School Girl Lesbians:

Stories with this trope can focus on romance, the exploration of sexuality and how hot it is that these two young girls are into each other.
I think the line referring to "Romantic" Two-Girl Friendship is just plain wrong.

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#3: Mar 24th 2019 at 10:33:24 AM

It's just poorly worded, actually. Read the line from Schoolgirl Lesbians again, with my emphasis added:

Thus, it is not uncommon to find teenage girl-girl relationships in Japanese media—unless they explicitly describe themselves as lesbians, or engage in physical intimacy (at least kissing), it's not this trope but a "Romantic" Two-Girl Friendship instead.

Both tropes indicate that Schoolgirl Lesbians is the more sexual one.

crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
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#4: Mar 24th 2019 at 11:11:42 AM

-_- double-negatives are bad -_-


Thus, it is not uncommon to find teenage girl-girl relationships in Japanese media. Those are usually examples of "Romantic" Two-Girl Friendship — unless they explicitly describe themselves as lesbians, or engage in physical intimacy (at least kissing).

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4tell0life4 Since: Mar, 2018 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
#5: Mar 24th 2019 at 3:19:45 PM

So it seems like Schoolgirl Lesbians is the more physical one? I agree, the wording is a bit awkward.

"Thus, it is not uncommon to find teenage girl-girl relationships in Japanese media—unless they explicitly describe themselves as lesbians, or engage in physical intimacy (at least kissing), it's not this trope but a Romantic Two-Girl Friendship instead."

Here's my attempt at rewording it: "If this "Class S" relationship starts going physical, however, it stops being a "Romantic" Two-Girl Friendship and starts becoming this trope."

(The blurb before this has a pothole to RTGF and an explanation of "Class S" relationship)

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#6: Mar 24th 2019 at 3:42:04 PM

Class S can go so far as kissing but that's it. The major point of Class S is they are not actually lesbians and never get together and after the story they go off and have relationships with guys.

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