Beidou and Ningguang really put on their best "old bickering wives" performance for moonchase but then xiangling just pulled the rug from under them and was like "yeah beidou is always talking about how well she gets along with ningguang, and she even invites her to play chess on the alcor because they know how to seperate their work from their private life"
^ it's from the last page of an old game manual (when Samus's gender wasn't known yet). there's the image source in another post of this batch that also parodies it
oh yeah I know the original, I was just wondering if anyone know who made this edit, hehe
The two pairings are kind of working different angles. The excitable, outgoing human-puppydog Nadeshiko is kind of the yin to Rin's yang, whereas Sakura is more like Rin's evolved form- still aloof, but with added beauty and maturity (as well as height.) I can see Rin falling for either one, just for different reasons.