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Originally Posted by Triple_R
In fact, it reminds me of the old idea of girls having "play romances" with each other to prepare for "real" romances with guys (I've heard this idea being the basis for some shoujo-ai and yuri narratives).
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You're probably thinking about what are known as "
class-S" relationships which became popular in Japanese fiction for schoolgirls at the beginning of the twentieth century. That Wiki article observes:
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
This type of romance was typically seen as fleeting and more of a phase in growing up rather than true homosexual behavior; as long as these relationships remained confined to adolescence they were regarded as normal, even spiritual. These relationships were common, and it has been proposed that eight out of ten schoolgirls had Class S relationships.
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Maria-sama ga Miteru is often seen as a modern version of the class-S genre. The first episode of
Mouryou no Hako also portrays a class-S romance.