It's funny that this is the trope now (to the point that it's a twist when it's subverted)--I swear that back before 2000 or so, the childhood friend was the guaranteed winner of a harem scenario. And that drove me crazy. I didn't realize that the trope had reversed until I watched "Osamake" which explicitly pointed it out. (Although, I thought that show was terrible.)
Though childhood friends are still obvious winners if it's not harem or love triangle. Tomo-chan is childhood friend scenario, and whenever side couple is described as childhood friends, everyone still acts like they're practically married already.
They strongly adhered to first-girl, which was also dumb because it meant from chapter/episode 1 you knew how it would turn out. It's just that usually it turned out said girl was also a childhood friend. (Sometimes, not realized until later.)
Then I think the more recent harems are preferring to start with conflict, and add childhood friend later as easy (to the point of laziness) to write in instant another haremette for the set of cuties around MC, just insert two pages of backstory of bathing together as kids and promise to marry when they were 4yo. That's why CFs are now losing so often.
It’s funny how she addressed that she read films and literature about childhood friends (without mentioning any romance in their conversation) all the way back from the first chapter, i wish this gets brought up in the story someday.
Be awesome if it turns out she's only read the first volume or two in any series and someone convinces her to go through one to the end...
She seems to be getting a lot of 'childhood friend' tropes/cliches from manga/novel so maybe a lot of them aren't romcoms/them being losing heroines lol
The path is clear. You must create one like Kaede.tfw no childhood friend to make your heart go doki doki
