A little OT but, these last chapters reminded me why I normally hate the sœur system: it's a very heteronormative way of dealing with yuri relationships. It denies girls romantic feeling and forces them into a pseudo-sisterhood that's supposed to last until graduation.
In the end, it's just a cheap way of making a yuri story without actually committing to it.
I'm so glad these kinda stuff got phased out in the years and nowadays we can have ACTUAL sapphic love represented.
/ Boomer rant over.
Every time someone said "sister" or "sisterhood" this chapter I was struck with a vivid reminder of why I'm glad this genre is basically religated to the domain of satire.
I have the strong impression that the “soeur” system trope is always ultimately a reference to/takeoff on Marimite; i.e., something that isn’t taken as really existing in real life or even as a trope independent of its specific textual origin. The fact that the second major use of the trope, Strawberry Panic, is pretty clearly a Marimite parody/piss take (as well as homage) suggests that the trope’s risible underpinnings were clear from the start.
I mean, the “two girls meet cute when the senpai straightens the kouhai’s tie” trope can be deployed seriously once; after that it’s a reference, probably accompanied by implicit or explicit snickering.
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