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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 15:19, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
... that Shiroi Heya no Futari is regarded as the first work of yuri, a genre of manga and other media focused of female-female romance, despite not being the first manga to depict romance between women? Source: Friedman, Erica (2022). By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga
ALT1: ... that Ryoko Yamagishi developed her mangaShiroi Heya no Futari as a female-female romance because she believed it would be more palatable to a teen girl audience than a male-male romance? Source: Yamagishi, Ryōko (2016). 山岸凉子画集 [Ryoko Yamagishi Art Collection]