Roughly a dozen "yuri" manga were published from the 1970s to the early 1990s, with the majority being published in the 1970s. Most of these stories are tragedies, focused on doomed relationships that end in separation or death. Yukari Fujimoto, a manga scholar at Meiji University, notes that the plot of "Shiroi Heya no Futari" became a common "yuri" story archetype that she dubs "Crimson Rose and Candy". Here, "Candy" is a femme character who admires "Rose", a more butch character. The attachment between Candy and Rose becomes the subject of rumors or even blackmail, even while Candy and Rose grow to acknowledge their relationship as being romantic. The story concludes with Rose dying in order to protect Candy from scandal.