And also was explicitly told. That helps too.
“Explicitly told” would be something like “It’s a girl. I’m going out with her.” or “I want you to meet my girlfriend.” But what Akari said was “It’s a girl. She’s really precious to me. I want you to meet her, Mom…” That still leaves a little room for interpretation and might totally fly past someone with gay blindness. But mom interpreted it correctly, so it’s fine.
You don't really need to read the whole conversation to understand what it was about. "It's a girl" and the mother tightening her grip on her shirt is all you need. (I mean, what other context would a girl need to clarify that "it's a girl"?)
What I particularly like about this was Mom was neither a full-on-homophobic parent obsessed with tradition or image nor a diehard yurishipper who's shipping her daughter before she even knows she's gay herself. This is someone who's clearly shocked and uneasy about her daughter coming out, and it's only after spending some time with Shiho that she knows her daughter is in good hands.
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