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* Alicia and Akari from ''Manga/{{ARIA}}'' get ever closer and closer during the course of the series, culminating in the highly romantic ''Arietta'' {{OVA}}, only to have things blow up when [[spoiler:Alicia announces she's getting married--and not to Akari]]. This leads to exactly ''one'' short scene in which [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alicia-akari-hug.png a seemingly heartbroken Akari gets comforted by Alicia]]--and that's that. Then again, she ''might'' [[spoiler:still be marrying ''another'' woman... like her former mentor, "Grandma" Akino, the only one seen constantly with Alicia at the end of the series]].

* {{Franchise/Splatoon}}: Played straight by international translations at first when it came to Pearl and Marina's relationship, and gradually reduced until this trope was dropped entirely when the developers made it so unsubtle that most translations just ''gave up'' trying to hide it. International localizations of ''[[{{VideoGame/Splatoon2}} Splatoon 2]]'' downplayed any potential romance between Pearl and Marina by insisting they were just ''very good friends''. This was done partially by making Marina's dialogue toward Pearl significantly less affectionate, but also by doing things such as changing Marina's title on the Splatoon Base website from "Young Lady in Love" to "Real Sweetheart", and the "DEAR SENPAI" Shifty Station to "MC.Princess Diaries" in English and "Eternal Friendship" in most European languages. This lessened as time went on, with the two getting more affectionately teasing lines toward each other and (most notably) Pearl telling Marina "you know I love you". And then in the ''[[{{VideoGame/Splatoon3}} Splatoon 3]]'' DLC expansion ''Side Order'' and in material after that, the developers ramped up the amount of [[ShipTease romantic subtext]] to a ''significantly higher degree' both in the literal text (to the point where they're pretty much flirting every other interaction ''at least'') and ''visually'' [[note]]examples include Marina having a rather ''romantic-looking'' desktop wallpaper of Pearl on her laptop screen, the way the pair interact in the Splatfest performance of "We're So Back" and Marina affectionately draped against Pearl in the music video for "Suffer No Fools"... Let's just say that the developers made it ''very hard'' for international localizers to even try PlausibleDeniability[[/note]] that most international translations just stopped bothering even trying to hide it anymore.

* {{Franchise/Splatoon}}: Played straight by international translations at first when it came to Pearl and Marina's relationship, and gradually reduced until this trope was dropped entirely when the developers made it so unsubtle that most translations just ''gave up'' trying to hide it. International localizations of ''[[{{VideoGame/Splatoon2}} Splatoon 2]]'' downplayed any potential romance between Pearl and Marina by insisting they were just ''very good friends''. This was done partially by making Marina's dialogue toward Pearl significantly less affectionate, but also by doing things such as changing Marina's title on the Splatoon Base website from "Young Lady in Love" to "Real Sweetheart", and the "DEAR SENPAI" Shifty Station to "MC.Princess Diaries" in English and "Eternal Friendship" in most European languages. This lessened as time went on, with the two getting more affectionately teasing lines toward each other and (most notably) Pearl telling Marina "you know I love you". And then in the ''[[{{VideoGame/Splatoon3}} Splatoon 3]]'' DLC expansion ''Side Order'' and in material after that, the developers ramped up the amount of [[ShipTease romantic subtext]] both in the literal text and ''visually'' [[note]]examples include Marina having a rather ''romantic-looking'' desktop wallpaper of Pearl on her laptop screen, the way the pair interact in the Splatfest performance of "We're So Back" and Marina affectionately draped against Pearl in the music video for "Suffer No Fools"... Let's just say that the developers made it ''very hard'' for international localizers to even try PlausibleDeniability[[/note]] that most international translations just stopped bothering even trying to hide it anymore.

* {{Franchise/Splatoon}}: Played started by international translations when it came to Pearl and Marina's relationship, until the developers made it so unsubtle that most translations just ''gave up'' trying to hide it. International localizations of ''[[{{VideoGame/Splatoon2}} Splatoon 2]]'' downplayed any potential romance between Pearl and Marina by insisting they were just ''very good friends''. This was done partially by making Marina's dialogue toward Pearl significantly less affectionate, but also by doing things such as changing Marina's title on the Splatoon Base website from "Young Lady in Love" to "Real Sweetheart", and the "DEAR SENPAI" Shifty Station to "MC.Princess Diaries" in English and "Eternal Friendship" in most European languages. This lessened as time went on, with the two getting more affectionately teasing lines toward each other and (most notably) Pearl telling Marina "you know I love you". And then in the ''[[{{VideoGame/Splatoon3}} Splatoon 3]]'' DLC expansion ''Side Order'' and in material after that, the developers ramped up the amount of [[ShipTease romantic subtext]] both in the literal text and ''visually'' [[note]]examples include Marina having a rather ''romantic-looking'' desktop wallpaper of Pearl on her laptop screen, the way the pair interact in the Splatfest performance of "We're So Back" and Marina affectionately draped against Pearl in the music video for "Suffer No Fools"... Let's just say that the developers made it ''very hard'' for international localizers to even try PlausibleDeniability[[/note]] that most international translations just stopped bothering even trying to hide it anymore.

** ComicBook/{{Mystique}} and Destiny. WordOfGod said theirs was a romantic relationship, but there was no definitive confirmation in the comics until after Destiny had died, and the confirmation was very subtle (a character refers to Destiny as Mystique's "leman" -- an archaic term for "lover"). They were finally allowed to kiss on-panel in ''History of the Marvel Universe'' #2, over 38 years after Destiny's first appearance. This is also why Claremont's originally planned origin for Nightcrawler (who he had already been ''heavily'' implying to be Mystique's son) was never allowed to come about: he had intended for the shapeshifter Mystique to be Nightcrawler's biological ''father'' and Destiny to be his mother.

** Zoisite was [[ShesAManInJapan re-written as a woman]] in the [=DiC=] English dub, and was also given a female voice actress. [[CreepyCrossdresser Fish Eye]] was also rewritten into a woman to make the scenes where he lured men in to reveal their Dream Mirrors seem heterosexual.

** The German and Latin American Spanish dubs did not censor Uranus and Neptune's relationship but still made Zoisite and Fisheye female. Also, official German merchandise for the show said they were close "friends".

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Harley and Ivy, from the comic of the same name. Harley especially is very enthusiastically cuddly, and Ivy seems to be her fallback from the (more) abusive relationship Harley had with the Joker. There is one scene where it did look like Ivy was going to kiss Harley, only to be interrupted by angry AmbiguouslyGay characters. In the one-shot ''ComicBook/BatgirlAdventures'', when Batgirl discreetly asks if they're... you know, Harley responds "What, like what people say about you and Supergirl?". The matter is quickly dropped. Made (sorta) canon in the final ''ComicBook/GothamCitySirens'' storyline. Harley taunts Ivy by telling her that she's always known that she only hates the Joker because she's secretly in love with Harley herself, and the following issue has Ivy admitting that she does indeed have feelings for her. [[WordOfGay Confirmed by the writer]], but within the comics and show you'll never see anything concrete between them. In the ComicBook/New52 Harley solo series, there are intermittent {{Sexy Discretion Shot}}s involving the two of them with very suggestive dialogue overlaid, and some other dialogue references that clearly allude to sexual activity, although there still isn't any explicit visual or verbal confirmation. Finally outright subverted in issue 41 of ''[[ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells DC Comics Bombshells]]'', where Harley and Ivy share a completely non-censored TheBigDamnKiss (needless to say, fans of the pairing reacted ''very'' positively to that issue). In a later issue, it's shown that they're outright sleeping together. Why is this "subverted" in this case as opposed to merely "averted", you might ask? Because while it's ''ostensibly'' less surprising in a series known for its CastFullOfGay, it's worth pointing out that the series still takes place in an alternate-universe World War II era, [[DeliberateValuesDissonance where homophobia and sexism are indicated to still stubbornly exist]], making it ''more'' than just an aversion like the modern-day-set New 52 continuity; in fact, the Cast Full of Gay itself makes it a repeatedly DefiedTrope, and deliberately so on the part of the creative team, who have stated they are purposefully trying to "make up" for the lack of ''real'' Golden Age comics heroines of minority status, including those on the LGBTQ spectrum. To that end, not only are the lesbians ''not'' hidden but there's ''multiple'' such canon pairings; Harley and Ivy weren't even the first to get an on-panel kiss.
* A lot of characters created by Creator/ChrisClaremont:
** ComicBook/KittyPryde is probably the most prominent example of this from the ComicBook/XMen franchise. She's been written as AmbiguouslyBi for nearly the entirety of her existence, with Claremont very heavily implying that her "friendships" with [[ComicBook/{{Magik}} Illyana Rasputin]] and ComicBook/RachelSummers might be something more. Despite this, her canon love interests have all been men (such as ComicBook/{{Colossus}} and ComicBook/StarLord), and even though her close relationships with Illyana and Rachel have been acknowledged multiple times, Marvel has always stopped just short of confirming that she has romantic feelings for them.

** ComicBook/{{Mystique}} and Destiny in the ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics. WordOfGod said theirs was a romantic relationship, but there was no definitive confirmation in the comics until after Destiny had died, and the confirmation was very subtle (a character refers to Destiny as Mystique's "leman" -- an archaic term for "lover"). They were finally allowed to kiss on-panel in ''History of the Marvel Universe'' #2, over 38 years after Destiny's first appearance. This is also why Claremont's originally planned origin for Nightcrawler (who he had already been ''heavily'' implying to be Mystique's son) was never allowed to come about: he had intended for the shapeshifter Mystique to be Nightcrawler's biological ''father'' and Destiny to be his mother.
* This is the whole reason why so many people like to deny the WordOfGay about Rotor in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''; according to the writer, the relationship between Rotor and Cobar (his significant other in the story that featured it) was made subtle for a reason (alternately to avoid any fan backlash and to get people used to the idea of a gay Sonic character), but proved to be ''too'' subtle for most readers to catch on. The fact that it was introduced in a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture storyline that has since been discredited doesn't help matters, any.
* The first run of ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' comics had Jame Roth and her wife Cathie. In the novel ''Alien vs. Predator: Prey'', Jame is one of the eye-level characters: the story is frequently from her point of view to the point where she could be called an outright main character. The fact that she's married to a woman is stated outright but never brought up as an issue and the pair are often overtly affectionate (and are among the few characters to survive to the end). In the comic version, both of them are shunted off into being side characters and most of their affectionate moments are cut out, to the point where you could be forgiven for thinking they're simply good friends.
* Believe it or not, there is at least one ComicBook/ChickTract that seems to channel this in a way that all but must have been deliberate. In [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0079/0079_01.asp "The Letter,"]] the main character is an upper-class liberal woman who considers herself a Christian but is very upset when a street preacher questions her commitment. We later see that she is unmarried, and has another woman's photo on her nightstand, with a handwritten dedication from her "best friend" Frances. The bulk of the story then consists of a dream, in which she receives a [[OminousMessageFromTheFuture letter from the future]] by Frances. The letter reminisces about their very close friendship when they "walked together by day and night": "I called you my friend in life, and I trusted you in joy and strife," and so it goes. While nothing is spelled out, the subtext appears rather obvious. And then comes TheReveal: because her Christian friend did not warn her of what are the wages of sin, Frances of the dream is now ''in hell'', ending the letter on an anguished note. The protagonist, once awake, takes the warning seriously, and eventually decides to try to "save" her friend by converting her, "even if it costs our friendship." [[spoiler: [[YouAreTooLate But not]] [[DownerEnding quickly enough]]]].
* During an infamous period in Creator/MarvelComics, then-EIC Creator/JimShooter mandated that ''no'' same-gender couples could be depicted in books. As the story goes, after there were protests against the overtly homophobic nature of a notorious scene Shooter penned in a ''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Rampaging Hulk]]'' issue, in which Bruce Banner narrowly escaped being raped by two stereotypical DepravedHomosexual men in a YMCA shower, he decided that ''any'' depiction of gay people would be controversial. So he banned it, which included keeping a lid on ComicBook/{{Storm}} and Yukio (who were intended to be a couple) and the above-mentioned Destiny and Mystique, and meant that Northstar couldn't come out and plans to make ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} bisexual were scrapped, as well as any other plans [[Creator/ChrisClaremont Claremont]] had.
* For much of the 80s, Franchise/{{Superman}}'s friend Maggie Sawyer was was just a [[ButchLesbian somewhat butch]] policewoman, who had a very good friend called Toby Raines, and who had got divorced and didn't intend to remarry because of reasons. The writers stopped dancing around the issue eventually, and for a while Maggie was even [[ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} Kate Kane]]'s "[[ComicBook/LoisLane Lois]]".
* ''[[http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics53.html That Strange Girl]]'' is a story from an old [[TheSeventies '70s]] DC romance comic which advertises itself as "The Story They Dared Us To Print!" and follows the life of a {{tomboy}}ish girl named "Liz". Liz plays on the school [[LesbianJock basketball team]], enjoys helping her dad do yard work and DIY, and has never dated a boy. Liz is first shown arguing with her mother over her masculine clothing and refusal to get a boyfriend. Then she has a sleepover (and is strongly implied to share a bed) with her good friend Agnes, who also does not date boys and has much more "understanding" parents, and who Liz describes as "not so shy once you get to know her" while smiling knowingly. Finally, at a basketball game, she is relentlessly teased from the stands for her boyfriend-less lifestyle. She meets a boy at the game and, in the manner of romance comics, [[StrangledByTheRedString falls in love with him out of nowhere]], much to his surprise, since there is apparently a rumor at school that she is (in her words) "some sort of...". The implications of lesbianism are practically solid, particularly given that (as a dodge around MoralGuardians) it was a long tradition in lesbian erotica or works with lesbian themes for the main character to [[CureYourGays "get better"]] and jump into a relationship with a man at the last second.
* Despite the concept that Franchise/WonderWoman comes from an island with more than a few lesbians being a popular one, in canon very few Amazons show anything besides HomoeroticSubtext. Creator/GregRucka, the man responsible for re-imagining ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1942}} for the 21st century by re-inventing the character for [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Volume 2]], has said publicly that he imagines [[https://inews.co.uk/essentials/culture/books/wonder-woman-creator-confirms-comic-book-character-bisexual/ she would have had same-sex relationships]] as her upbringing in a matriarchy with no men would practically demand this. The subtext would be expanded upon by later writers like Creator/GailSimone having Diana confirm that there are plenty of happy lesbian couples on Themyscira in [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 Volume 3]]. This aspect of her character was jettisoned for the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2011 New 52 reboot]]. ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' #12 has ComicBook/{{Steve|Trevor}} ask if Diana had "someone special" on Paradise Island and is told "Her name is Kasia". Incidentally, this is the same issue where [[ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} Barbara Ann Minerva]] is very interested to learn that ComicBook/EttaCandy is familiar with the works of {{Creator/Sappho}}...

* Captain Maggie Sawyer was a recurring and supporting character in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', and was originally part of Comicbook/{{Superman}}'s extended supporting cast in the comics. She has been an open lesbian in the comic books since 1988, but in the series, there was nary a mention of her sexuality. In [[WhamEpisode "Apokolips...Now!"]], where Maggie is hospitalized after an attack by Intergang, she is visited in the hospital by a woman who comforts her and holds her hand. However, this woman is never identified, nor is their relationship explained. The credits and DVD commentary reveal her as Toby Raines, Maggie's long-time partner in the comics, and the producers explain that her inclusion in the hospital scene was their way of acknowledging the relationship in the comics, which could never be spoken aloud in the series.

* ''Literature/TheColorPurple'' is a book about a woman named Celie who falls for a woman who helps her escape her abusive husband. Celie in the book is very clearly lesbian, repeatedly mentioning her disgust at men and lusting after Shug Avery from the moment she sees her photograph. The two end up forming a relationship. TheFilmOfTheBook almost completely removed the QueerRomance between them, instead making it into a close friendship. The only references are Celie's fawning over Shug Avery and a single kiss scene.

* Nanoha and Fate from the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' franchise likely have something more going on than just a [[PseudoRomanticFriendship romantically tinged friendship]]. At least, they share a bed and adopt a child together. ''If'' that is indeed the case, they keep very quiet about it, since they don't do more in public than exchange glances, gratitious touching and handholding galore. Although it's not just Nanoha and Fate - aside from Chrono and Amy, who never actually appear together after the scene that reveals they got married, ''none'' of the relationships are confirmed to be more than friendship, regardless of the genders involved, so this could be attributed to NoHuggingNoKissing. By ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' Vivio still refers to Fate as her other mother as Fate adopted her with Nanoha (as mentioned by herself in the audio commentary of the first movie). Nanoha and Fate still live with each other when Fate isn't on a mission that takes her to other worlds; they still refer to each other as "best friends" and are referred to collectively as "The Takamachi Family" as shown in the Lyrical Saijiki. (They also own a minivan.) Nanoha and Fate have [[WordOfGay been]] [[OfficialCouple confirmed]] to be in a relationship with each other in [[http://s240.photobucket.com/user/BPHaru3/media/RND/Fate_chan_is_a_prince_en.jpg.html this interview]] from the series creator and their [[Creator/NanaMizuki voice]] [[Creator/YukariTamura actresses]] but the two still don't do anything romantically explicit in the series.

* ''LetsPlay/PiratesSMP'': {{Discussed|Trope}} in Owen's introductory monologue, where he recounts his backstory before sailing to the Faction Isles.

* ''Film/{{Foxfire}}'': Legs being lesbian is only said by Maddie once (though the word isn't used) and otherwise isn't shown (aside from possibly the suggestive tattooing scene and her stereotypical "butch" look). Goldie is lesbian in the book, but here her sexuality doesn't come up (although she also gets coded this way with butch looks).

* Seeing how many Arabic-speaking countries are extremely conservative due to Muslim beliefs, Howard [=McBride=], one of Clyde's fathers on ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', was changed to [[ShesAManInJapan a woman]] in the Arabic dub...albeit coming across as a pretty [[LadyLooksLikeADude masculine-looking woman]] in the process.

* One of the superhero bios in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' mentions a male superhero called Thunderhead living together and raising several kids together with his roommate Scott. They're never explicitly referred to as a couple. It could have an in-series explanation as the film takes place in the '70s, though the out-of-universe reason is likely this.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'' has Suletta and Miorine engaged for most of the show's runtime, their romantic arc is the focal point of the show, they openly discuss a potential marriage with clear joy, and during the DistantFinale, the two are shown wearing rings and Suletta's sibling refers to Miorine as "sister-in-law." Despite this, a magazine that referred to them directly as "married" (quoting a statement from one of the voice actresses) had this mention edited out, and an official statement from Bandai could be read as saying their relationship is "up to the viewer."

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'' has Suletta and Miorine engaged for most of the show's runtime, their romantic arc is the focal point of the show, they openly discuss a potential marriage with clear joy, and during the DistantFinale, the two are shown wearing rings and Suletta's sibling refers to Miorine as "sister-in-law." Despite this, an official magazine that referred to them directly as "married" (one which was largely just copying the claims of one of the voice actresses) had this mention edited out, and an official statement from Bandai claimed to see their relationship as "up to the viewer."

** Former lore writer Runaan [[https://twitter.com/devongiehl/status/1255567284204040192 wrote a Twitter post]] where she accused Riot of queerbaiting with Graves and Twisted Fate after the ''Double Double Cross'' cinematic portrayed the two (business) partners as [[OutlawCouple outlaws]] who bickered LikeAnOldMarriedCouple. Within the post, she explained she had been trying to write the pair as married for years and faced open hostility about it from her higher-ups, only for the same higher-ups to claim the HomoeroticSubtext between the pair was intentional after the fandom responded positively to it, suggesting that teasing the pair was okay but actually having the two be married was unacceptable. At the very least, seemingly out of provocation from Runaan's posts, Riot did [[OfficialCouple officially tie the knot and confirm they were in a gay couple]] with the short story "[[https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/the-boys-and-bombolini The Boys and the Bombolini]]" (which goes out of its way to use the big G-word to describe Graves and TF's relationship), just in time for Pride Month 2022.

** WordOfGod has always had interesting things to say about the antagonists Gulcasa and Nessiah, claiming that Gulcasa trusts Nessiah more than anyone else and that the two are closer than anyone else in the Imperial Army. The issue is resolved in this particular game by never having them both onscreen at the same time, although Nessiah (a strict user of {{keigo}}) is shown to be [[FirstNameBasis on first-name, no-suffix basis]] with Gulcasa regardless. Three years after ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'' was released, ''VideoGame/YggdraUnison'' came out, which allows everyone to interact with everyone--and in Nessiah's route, where he's portrayed as a VillainBallMagnet hated by almost the entire cast, nary a conversation between Gulcasa and Nessiah goes by without some form of playful flirting being exchanged. ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion'', in which Gulcasa is the protagonist, has their relationship finally graduate into ButNotTooGay and spent its quota of subtext on the metaphorical equivalent of TheirFirstTime under [[MateOrDie extenuating]] [[SexAsRiteOfPassage and symbolic]] circumstances.

* Seeing how many Arabic-speaking countries are extremely conservative due to Muslim beliefs, Howard [=McBride=], one of Clyde's [[HasTwoMommies fathers]] on ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', was changed to [[ShesAManInJapan a woman]] in the Arabic dub...albeit coming across as a pretty [[LadyLooksLikeADude masculine-looking woman]] in the process.

* Nanoha and Fate from the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' franchise likely have something more going on than just a [[PseudoRomanticFriendship romantically tinged friendship]]. At least, they share a bed and [[HasTwoMommies adopt a child together]]. ''If'' that is indeed the case, they keep very quiet about it, since they don't do more in public than exchange glances, gratitious touching and handholding galore. Although it's not just Nanoha and Fate - aside from Chrono and Amy, who never actually appear together after the scene that reveals they got married, ''none'' of the relationships are confirmed to be more than friendship, regardless of the genders involved, so this could be attributed to NoHuggingNoKissing. By ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' Vivio still refers to Fate as her other mother as Fate adopted her with Nanoha (as mentioned by herself in the audio commentary of the first movie). Nanoha and Fate still live with each other when Fate isn't on a mission that takes her to other worlds; they still refer to each other as "best friends" and are referred to collectively as "The Takamachi Family" as shown in the Lyrical Saijiki. (They also own a minivan.) Nanoha and Fate have [[WordOfGay been]] [[OfficialCouple confirmed]] to be in a relationship with each other in [[http://s240.photobucket.com/user/BPHaru3/media/RND/Fate_chan_is_a_prince_en.jpg.html this interview]] from the series creator and their [[Creator/NanaMizuki voice]] [[Creator/YukariTamura actresses]] but the two still don't do anything romantically explicit in the series.

* One of the superhero bios in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' mentions a male superhero called Thunderhead living together and [[HasTwoMommies raising several kids together]] with his roommate Scott. They're never explicitly referred to as a couple. It could have an in-series explanation as the film takes place in the '70s, though the out-of-universe reason is likely this.

* ''LightNovel/FateZero'' has Waver and Rider who have been confirmed to have slept together sometime after episode 13. Too bad they don't show any affection/romance on screen.

* ''Film/TheDanishGirl'': An odd example, as the film deals openly with LGBT themes, but this is still applied to Gerda. The film has her leave Lili after her transition, and explicitly states that her coming out ended their sex life. In real life, they never stopped living together, and some comments from Gerda indicate that Lili's coming out did not diminish her attraction to her. Gerda also had been known for painting lesbian erotica, scandalizing many people at the time, and strongly encourage Lili in her transition, indicating she was at least bisexual.

* One of the superhero bios in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' mentions a male superhero called Thunderhead living together and [[HasTwoMommies raising several kids together]] with his roommate Scott. They're never explicitly referred to as a couple. It could have an in-series explanation as the film takes place in the '70s, though the out-of-universe reason is likely this.

** The preface page of chapter 45 explicitly shows them engaged in foreplay while spooning together in lingerie. Though the page caption says the scene [[CoitusEnsues has nothing to do with the actual story]] and is merely intended [[{{Fanservice}} for fanservice.]] Yet chapter 57 contains a scene just like it in one of the flashback panels at the beginning. Yuuka is shown healing Takaki [[IntimateHealing by spooning against her]], with one of her hands [[spoiler:between her legs]]. Takaki's back is arched while blushing and biting down on her finger, as light radiates [[StockVisualMetaphors from where Yuuka is touching her.]]

* The relationship in ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' between Komaru and Toko fits this perfectly, ''especially'' on Komaru's side. Over the course of the story (and continuing into ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool''), the two develop an incredibly close bond, with Komaru being downright emotionally dependent on Toko and the relationship culminating on Toko giving Komaru a CoolDownHug. Granted, this is lessened somewhat in Toko's case given her characteristic SingleTargetSexuality towards Byakuya in [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the original game]]. Komaru on the other hand is never shown to have any interest in boys, mentions offhand to of gotten teary reading a yuri manga, and, unlike previous main characters in the franchise, otherwise lacks a love interest.

* The relationship in ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' between Komaru and Toko fits this perfectly, ''especially'' on Komaru's side. Over the course of the story (and continuing into ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool''), the two develop an incredibly close bond, with Komaru being downright emotionally dependent on Toko and the relationship culminating on Toko giving Komaru a CoolDownHug. Granted, this is lessened somewhat in Toko's case given her characteristic SingleTargetSexuality towards Byakuya in [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the original game]]. Komaru on the other hand is never shown to have any interest in boys, mentions offhand to of gotten teary reading a yuri manga, and, unlike previous main characters in the franchise, otherwise lacks a love interest. * Regarding the relationship between Fang and Vanille in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', the term "hiding" doesn't really apply. Even people who are not convinced that they are a couple agree that Square Enix definitely tried very hard to make it appear that way.