Yuri Manga Bingo

 Here's yet another bingo board, this time for tropes in yuri manga. The rules are the same- the letters are columns and the numbers are rows, and you can mix up your spaces any way you want. Some tiles will refer to "Character A" and "Character  B,"(the former being the primary one involved in that case) and can be used interchangeably in any case. For example, Hanako might be Character A in "Character A is B's senpai," but Character B in "Character A has a female childhood friend...".


Now for the bingo board itself.

A1:At the start of the series, one of the two main leads has a boyfriend, who promptly breaks up with her (alternatively, she breaks up with him, which is rarer but still counts)

A2: The characters share an "indirect kiss" by sharing a drink.

A3:Character A is Character B's sempai at school, a club/sports team or work.

A4:The characters have sex by the end of the series.

A5:At least one character is the object of unrequited love of a character of the same sex.

B1:Character A has a female childhood friend who shows up partway through the story and may or may not be a romantic rival for Character B.

B2:The characters go to a summer festival together, and may or may not wear yukatas.

B3:One of the characters has a love confession to the other, usually in the latter half of the story.

B4:Character A knew she was a lesbian all along, while Character B took a longer time to come to terms with that fact.

B5:At least one character had a failed romantic relationship in the past, whether a boyfriend or a girlfriend.

C1:Both characters adopt a first-name basis at some point, a rite of passage for their relationship.

C2:Character A can't stand Character B at the start of the work. In Character B's case, the feeling is mutual, or she is at best indifferent toward Character A.

C3: Free Space.

C4:Neither of the couple has any problem with being homosexual.

C5:The main characters' friends and family knew about their being lesbians all along and approved of it.

D1:At least one half of the couple angsts about being a lesbian.

D2:The characters spend time under  the same umbrella.

D3:Before Character A gets together with Character B, they'll seem to hook up with Character C, who's usually a boy.

D4:Character A performs a "wall pin" on Character B.

D5:At least one half of the couple angsts about their love being unrequited

E1:Both halves of the main couple apparently meet each other in the first chapter.

E2:One or both of the parents of one or both of the characters tries to break them up due to various reasons- homophobia, disapproval of the girlfriend, wanting grandkids or arranging a marriage.

E3:The characters celebrate a romantic Christmas together.

E4:The characters go on a date to an aquarium, a movie theater, an amusement park or some other date sptot.

E5:Both halves of the couple met once in the past, but forgot about it.(If the POV character believed they had met for the first time in the first chapter, E1 still counts).

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