That said, she'll still show her homework with 〜つつも

Grammar Explanation: Contradicting with 〜つつも

As summer break is half over, talk of summer homework comes up. Yukari says she won’t let Mina copy off of hers.

ミナ:: 「まぁそんなこと言(い)いつつ最後(さいご)には見(み)せてくれるよね」; “Well, even though she says that, she'll show it to me in the end, you know.”
サナエ:: 「学級委員長(がっきゅういいん)だしね」; “She is the class representative, after all.”

Key Points

言(い)いつつ = “while saying that / even though she says that”
- Here つつ marks a concessive idea: Mina means “even though Yukari says that now…”
- The omitted も is understood from context, so the sense is still basically 〜つつも.
そんなこと refers to Yukari’s refusal
- そんなこと points back to Yukari saying she will not let Mina copy her homework.
- Mina is dismissing that statement as something Yukari says now, not as the final outcome.
最後(さいご)には signals the eventual result
- 最後(さいご)には means “in the end” or “eventually”.
- It sets up Mina’s expectation that Yukari will still cave later.
見(み)せてくれる adds the nuance of doing her a favor
- くれる shows the action as something done for Mina’s benefit.
- So 見(み)せてくれる is not just “show it” but “show it to me” with the giver oriented toward the speaker.
よね seeks agreement
- The ending よね sounds like Mina is asserting her view while also expecting Sanae to agree.