History Main / HideYourLesbians

* 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.

* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', [[BodyguardCrush Setsuna and Konoka]] are heavily implied to be lesbians, but it is never stated outright. In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, [[spoiler:it's mentioned that Setsuna got married in 2017, though it doesn't mention to who. Konoka also got married in 2017. And in the accompanying image, Setsuna is carrying Konoka, [[BridalCarry bridal style.]] A very, VERY happy looking Konoka...]]
** In the sequel ''Manga/UQHolder'', [[spoiler: this is furthered by the fact that Konoka has two granddaughters who look explicitly like Konoka and Setsuna as young girls (and one of them has tengu ancestry like Setsuna). The two would later explicitly confirm that yes, both Setsuna and Konoka are their grandmothers]].

** Most Asian dubs, like the Korean and the Vietnamese dubs, often censored Uranus and Neptune's relationship by cutting some of their scenes. The [[Website/TheOtherWiki Chinese Wikipedia]] even refers to them as close friends.
*** The Korean dub also presented Zoisite and Kunzite as close friends, changed the Three Lights to women (and cutting Seiya's relationship with Usagi), and cut out episodes with Fisheye entirely.

* [[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.

** Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint went through various stages of this. [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011gpsb/profiles/jenny-flint The BBC's official profile of Jenny]] originally said she and Vastra are "good friends" and "A Good Man Goes To War" relegated their relationship to subtext. [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen "The Snowmen"]] has Vastra state that they're married but they rarely showed any affection, never mentioned their relationship afterwards, and while ''the Doctor'' kissed Jenny, Vastra certainly didn't. Their interactions in "The Name Of The Doctor" are somewhat romantic, but they still come off like a case of ButNotTooGay. "Deep Breath" averted this almost entirely, with them repeatedly mentioning that they're married, openly flirting with each other (and Jenny admonishing Vastra for flirting with Clara), and Jenny outright stating she loves Vastra. They still haven't gotten that kiss though (the one in the episode was an [[KissOfLife "oxygen transfer,"]] though it was still filmed much like a regular kiss).
*** For the sex-genre-savvy, their relationship also seems to have a Dom/sub element. The claim that Jenny has to pose as Vastra's maid in order to live with her is obvious nonsense since Victorian England was more tolerant than ours of women living as "dear friends."

* ''Series/TheUntamed'', the live-action adaptation of ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'', relegates the original work's canon gay couple to {{subtext}} with no explicit confirmation of their relationship. Given China's extremely strict censorship laws, this was pretty much a necessity to be able to make the adaptation at all.

** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonNatsume'':
*** ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonLightOfHope'' does not have {{Gay Option}}s, however you can still see a few of the Note Events even if you play as the same gender as the character. These events include blushing and romantic subtext, but you still cannot marry the character.

* WordOfGod has always had interesting things to say about the antagonists Gulcasa and Nessiah in ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion'', 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.
** The same games have [[ButchLesbian Zilva]] and Elena, whose relationship reads rather a lot like StarCrossedLovers. ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion'' adds credence to the theory that there's something going on between them, implying that Zilva has come to view Elena as a ReplacementGoldfish for another girl she once had a crush on, a character who dies in the canon route of that game.

** Sadly, this trope extended to ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'', which is also from Creator/CraigBartlett. Unlike ''Arnold'' it aired on Creator/PBSKids, who banned an episode of ''WesternAnimation/PostcardsFromBuster'' in the 2000s for featuring lesbian mothers. Jet eschewed heteronormative and cisnormative roles and was stated by Bartlett to like "a little of both [guys and girls]" after the show ended, but due to the fierce backlash that fellow show ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' received for having Mr. Ratburn marry a man, ''RJG'' could never do what it wanted, but they made it as obvious as possible. Following the cancellation of ''RJG'', more PBS shows are coming out of the woodwork with LGBTQ characters, like Samantha's mothers in the 2019 ''Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog'' reboot and ''WesternAnimation/XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum'' featuring gay and lesbian heroes like Billie Jean King. However, these characters are rather minor in order to slip under the radar of moral guardians.

* The exact nature of Shiro and Adam's relationship is never made clear in ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender''. The only thing saving them from being AmbiguouslyGay is the WordOfGay that occurred before Season 7 aired and even this had to be pushed past executives who wanted Adam referred to as Shiro's "best friend". The lines were recorded but ultimately cut from the final episode. However, [[https://www.vld-news.com/post/176895268497/ the Audio Description track on Netflix uses the cut lines]], and that scene plays this trope straight. [[http://spiftynifty.tumblr.com/post/176885547023/ The Japanese version adapts the censored script as well.]]
** After Adam dies in the season 7 finale, Shiro hooks up with a minor character named Curtis. The details of their relationship were never explored until the last minute but nevertheless, they get married and kiss in the final scene of the series finale, not only subverting the trope but metaphorically giving it the finger as well.

* In the original Japanese dialogue of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', when Riku and Mickey are in the Dark World for the first time, [[https://blowingoffsteam2.tumblr.com/post/178486694419/blowingoffsteam2-a-slightly-different Mickey says Riku has found the strength to protect his 'precious person' (taisetsu na hito)]], very obviously implied to be Sora. This scene comes directly after one with [[OfficialCouple Hercules saying Megara]] is his own [[https://blowingoffsteam2.tumblr.com/post/182775171769/so-i-do-ship-soriku-but-i-am-also-oblivious-as precious person.]] After a flashback of receiving the Keyblade from Terra, Riku then says to himself, "(Is this) the strength to protect the person most precious to me...?" However, in the English dub, Mickey and Riku both say the 'things that matter' instead, while Hercules says 'the person I love most' about Megara, so the parallel and implication are completely lost (even if we as the audience can still decipher that Sora is the reason for Riku's growth and character development). To top it off, the [[https://lilyginnyblackv2.tumblr.com/post/183142982289/kh3-ultimania-riku-page-one KH3 Ultimania]] entry about Riku also uses precious 'person' instead of 'things'. It seems Riku's wish [[https://blowingoffsteam2.tumblr.com/post/182892280944/in-regards-to-the-phrasing-used-in-reference-to has deliberately evolved]] from when he was a child, but that important bit of character development got [[https://blowingoffsteam2.tumblr.com/post/184718857614 left out]] of ''several'' different official KHIII English translations.
-->'''Image Text:''' A young Riku stated his wish: "I want to become strong enough to protect the things that matter." Roughly 10 years later, after many twists and turns, he has finally obtained the strength to protect [[OneTrueLove the person who matters.]]
** '''''Taisetsu''''' (precious/cherished) is once again used [[https://imgur.com/a/ITX0glE during a scene with Sora and Riku.]] In Japanese, Sora says, "You really cherish Elsa...", when speaking with Anna in [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Arendelle,]] while in English he says, "I'm sure she knows how much you love her." Sora then thinks to himself in Japanese, "It's the same as when Riku disappeared before. It's surely because he cherishes me that he wouldn't let us be together." In English, it's translated as "It's just like when Riku disappeared. He thought he had to push me away, to protect me." Keep in mind that, as stated above with Herc and Megara, '''''taisetsu''''' has now been translated ''twice'' to 'love' in English... except for when it comes to how Riku feels about Sora.
** Also from ''III'', when visiting the video game store at Galaxy Toys, Sora sees Yozora (the character Rex thinks he's a toy of) for the first time and says, "Well, I never looked this good." And... Yozora looks exactly like Riku. Which Sora acknowledges himself in a [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DzkYkyaXgAAee8a.png social media post.]] As it turns out, in Japanese, Donald actually says [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LVLG-xP5Ch3-Tg6MAAGfj6Rqt6jARWTM3sqzkQNhkHU/edit?usp=sharing "Very good-looking, huh."]] after Goofy says Yozora looks like Riku. Given the context, he's basically teasing Sora about saying someone who looks like Riku is good-looking. But, once again, it seems to have been mistranslated as "Must be him!" in English.
** Meanwhile, in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'', there's very heavy subtext in the original dialogue, thanks to [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns specific pronoun use]], that the person most special to Sora that Naminé is replacing in his memories isn't in fact Kairi, but [[HoYay/KingdomHearts Riku.]] When Sora [[https://youtu.be/LpQMENDrDto?t=2285 meets the other kids]] in his memory of the Destiny Islands, the pronoun they use for his 'special person' is '''''aitsu''''' (アイツ). The pronoun is casual and gender neutral but more masculine leaning (think of referring to someone as 'guy', regardless of gender), and it's generally considered rude/insulting to use the pronoun towards a girl. When Sora realizes Naminé has been tampering with his memories, she uses [[https://youtu.be/LpQMENDrDto?t=2330 neutral pronouns]] to describe the person most special to him. However, in both Japanese and English, Sora ''assumes'' she means Kairi. But the full extent of Sora's misunderstanding is [[LostInTranslation all but lost in the English translation]], as it translates '''''aitsu''''' to feminine pronouns. In fact, the last time Sora sees the Riku Replica, he [[https://youtu.be/LpQMENDrDto?t=2514 refers to him]] by '''''aitsu''''' in Japanese, but in English, just calls out his name instead. There is an attempt in the English translation of the ''Chain of Memories'' novel to rectify this at least, as the subtext from the game is mostly preserved, while also going further and implying that the memory of the meteor shower promise Naminé tampers with was actually between Sora and Riku. You can read about it in more detail [[https://twitter.com/SorikuUltimania/status/1511541035381448709 here.]]
*** As it turns out, Sora also uses '''''aitsu''''' to refer to Riku in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', when he sees him at the top of the mountain in The Land of Dragons. This time, it's translated more accurately to [[https://thefreshprinceofjunes.tumblr.com/post/705573353717727232/so-i-was-watching-this-very-silly-model-swap-video "That guy..."]]
** After multiple scenes paralleling [[WesternAnimation/BeautyandtheBeast Belle and the Beast]] with Sora and Riku in [[https://youtu.be/_jHLDXyvxCM KH2 and COM]], ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX'' gives the players [[https://mobile.twitter.com/mickeyriku69/status/1374998019574206464 yet another one]]- which was, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/mickeyriku69/status/1374998031825829890 of course]], once again left out of the English translation.
---> '''Belle:''' There are various worlds inside this book that sound wonderful.
---> '''Belle:''' One day I'd really love to visit them.
--->'''Beast (as the Prince):''' That's right. [[ArcWords We'll go together.]]

* The ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "The Mask" has an extremely obvious example with Kitty and Bunny. Kitty's [[DomesticAbuse abusive boyfriend Mad Dog]] threatened Kitty because of how close she is to Bunny, a minor character laments how good they were for each other and is saddened that they're apart, and their last scene is a tearful reunion in each others' arms, but you can make a drinking game out of how many times the phrase "best friend" is used to describe them. [[PoesLaw Naturally]], ''this'' part of the episode - a thinly-veiled lesbian relationship - was what got the show [[MoralGuardians tons of angry letters]] accusing them of promoting themes inappropriate to children (the disturbingly realistic portrayal of DomesticAbuse was apparently [[SkewedPriorities not worth comment.]])

** ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' features Ayo, a lesbian member of the [[PraetorianGuard Dora Milaje]] in the comics, but [[AdaptedOut omits her girlfriend Aneka]] and never brings up her sexuality one way or the other.

*** As it turns out, Sora also uses '''''aitsu''''' to refer to Riku in [=KH2=], when he sees him at the top of the mountain in The Land of Dragons. This time, it's translated more accurately to [[https://thefreshprinceofjunes.tumblr.com/post/705573353717727232/so-i-was-watching-this-very-silly-model-swap-video "That guy..."]]

** After multiple scenes paralleling [[WesternAnimation/BeautyandtheBeast Belle and the Beast]] with Sora and Riku in ''[[https://youtu.be/_jHLDXyvxCM KH2 and COM]]'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX'' gives the players [[https://mobile.twitter.com/mickeyriku69/status/1374998019574206464 yet another one]]- which was, [[https://mobile.twitter.com/mickeyriku69/status/1374998031825829890 of course]], once again left out of the English translation.

--->'''Beast:''' That's right. [[ArcWords We'll go together.]]

-> '''Xan:''' However it seems that a lesbian Pokémon was deemed insufficiently family-friendly, and so [[DoubleStandard they made it a dominatrix instead.]]

* ''ThinkingTooMuchToThinkPositively'': Discussed in [[https://comicsbyxan.com/comic/lesbian-lizards/ "Lesbian Lizards"]] when Xan mentions how the female-only Pokémon Salazzle is based on the New Mexico whiptail, an exclusively female species of lizard that reproduces asexually:

** Meanwhile, in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'', there's very heavy subtext in the original dialogue, thanks to [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns specific pronoun use]], that the person most special to Sora that Naminé is replacing in his memories isn't in fact Kairi, but [[HoYay/KingdomHearts Riku.]] When Sora [[https://youtu.be/LpQMENDrDto?t=2285 meets the other kids]] in his memory of the Destiny Islands, the pronoun they use for his 'special person' is '''''aitsu''''' (アイツ). The pronoun is casual and gender neutral but more masculine leaning (think of referring to someone as 'guy', regardless of gender), and it's generally considered rude/insulting to use the pronoun towards a girl. When Sora realizes Naminé has been tampering with his memories, she uses [[https://youtu.be/LpQMENDrDto?t=2330 neutral pronouns]] to describe the person most special to him. However, in both Japanese and English, Sora ''assumes'' she means Kairi. But the full extent of Sora's misunderstanding is all but lost in the English translation, as it translates '''''aitsu''''' to feminine pronouns. In fact, the last time Sora sees the Riku Replica, he [[https://youtu.be/LpQMENDrDto?t=2514 refers to him]] by '''''aitsu''''' in Japanese, but in English, just calls out his name instead. There is an attempt in the English translation of the ''Chain of Memories'' novel to rectify this at least, as the subtext from the game is mostly preserved, while also going further and implying that the memory of the meteor shower promise Naminé tampers with was actually between Sora and Riku. You can read about it in more detail [[https://twitter.com/SorikuUltimania/status/1511541035381448709 here.]]

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead''
** Actors Nadia Hilker (Magna) and Eleanor Matsuura (Yumiko) approached show creators requesting more on-screen intimacy between their characters as it was not explicitly clear they were in a relationship. Their first on-screen kiss is shown 10 episodes after their introduction. So little of their relationship was shown before the kiss, that many viewers thought they had only just gotten together despite them actually being in a long-term relationship.

** The show drops heaps of subtext between Juleka and Rose, and between Nathaniel and Marc, but never confirms anything for either pair, and both Rose and Nathaniel had more open (but temporary) crushes on opposite-sex characters (Ali for Rose, and Marinette and Ladybug for Nathaniel.) Even as late as the third season, where the two have already had quite a few seemingly romantic scenes, Reflekta (akumatized Juleka) refers to Rose as her "BFF". WordOfGod has said that Rose and Juleka are intended to be a romantic couple, but the show doesn't make it explicit in order to avoid being [[BannedInChina banned in other countries]] (the episode Marc debuted in already got banned because of the subext).

** The show drops heaps of subtext between Juleka and Rose, and between Nathaniel and Marc, but never confirms anything for either pair, and both Rose and Nathaniel had more open (but temporary) crushes on opposite-sex characters (Ali for Rose, and Marinette and Ladybug for Nathaniel.) Even as late as the third season, where the two have already had quite a few seemingly romantic scenes, Reflekta (akumatized Juleka) refers to Rose as her "BFF".

* In ''Anime/{{Canaan}}'', the title character and her "light" Maria are obviously in love, and Canaan's powers explicitly are tied with her love for Maria, but they never properly get together in the entire show. They refer to each other as friends, we get to see their thoughts for each other (but they never say them), and they go on dates but aren't allowed to kiss. They get like 2-4 hugs in the entire series, and hold hands twice, but are kept apart by what seems to be the power of this trope alone. They aren't even implied to finally get together in the end. [[spoiler:Their lives are too different so they go their separate ways]].

* ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' is infamous for how blatant it is that Major Kusanagi is bisexual (including a graphic lesbian sex scene). [[Anime/GhostInTheShell Every]] [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex adaptation]] [[Anime/GhostInTheShellArise ever]] [[Film/GhostInTheShell done]] has portrayed her as straight, with a tiny amount of teasing in ''Stand Alone Complex'' and none at all in any of the others.

* ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'' excels at setting up [[PseudoRomanticFriendship beautiful, romantic relationships]] between female characters that [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians never quite]] [[RelationshipReveal make the leap into text]]. The original light novels are heavier on the implications but even then no confirmations of crushes are given, besides Sei being openly gay.

* Referenced in "Radio Friendly Pop Song" by Matt Fishel, which is about how gay musicians have to pretend to be straight in order to become popular in the mainstream music scene.

** Meanwhile, in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'', there's very heavy subtext in the original dialogue, thanks to [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns specific pronoun use]], that the person most special to Sora that Naminé is replacing in his memories isn't in fact Kairi, but [[HoYay/KingdomHearts Riku.]] When Sora [[https://youtu.be/LpQMENDrDto?t=2284 meets the other kids]] in his memory of the Destiny Islands, the pronoun they use for his 'special person' is '''''aitsu''''' (アイツ). The pronoun is casual and gender neutral but more masculine leaning (think of referring to someone as 'guy', regardless of gender), and it's generally considered rude/insulting to use the pronoun towards a girl. When Sora realizes Naminé has been tampering with his memories, she uses [[https://youtu.be/LpQMENDrDto?t=2329 neutral pronouns]] to describe the person most special to him. However, in both Japanese and English, Sora ''assumes'' she means Kairi. But the full extent of Sora's misunderstanding is all but lost in the English translation, as it translates '''''aitsu''''' to feminine pronouns. In fact, the last time Sora sees the Riku Replica, he [[https://youtu.be/LpQMENDrDto?t=2515 refers to him]] by '''''aitsu''''' in Japanese, but in English, just calls out his name instead. There is an attempt in the English translation of the ''Chain of Memories'' novel to rectify this at least, as the subtext from the game is mostly preserved, while also going further and implying that the memory of the meteor shower promise Naminé tampers with was actually between Sora and Riku. You can read about it in more detail [[https://twitter.com/SorikuUltimania/status/1511541035381448709 here.]]

* Completely subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. Originally a rival and mean girl stereotype, Amity Blight slowly develops a crush on main character Luz to the point of wanting to ask her to a school dance. WordOfGod says that while Creator/DisneyChannel was initially hesitant in allowing this, they eventually gave in. In the show's second season, Luz develops a crush on Amity, and they start dating -- without any attempt at framing their relationship as anything but romantic -- before the season is even halfway over, with Amity spending the next episode [[InsecureLoveInterest feeling anxiety about trying to be an "awesome girlfriend"]].

* When the Italian Horror AnthologyFilm ''I Tre volti della paura'' was dubbed into English as ''Film/BlackSabbath''[[note]]Yes, that is where Music/BlackSabbath the band got their name[[/note]], the segment "The Telephone" got this treatment: in the original version it was a plot point that Rosy and Mary were lovers, whereas in the English-dubbed version, they were apparently just close friends. To save it from any {{Dub Induced Plot Hole}}s (and possibly also to make it fit in more with the other segments), the ending was also significantly changed to involve the supernatural.

* In ''Film/TheGreatStLousiBankRobbery'', it is strongly implied that Egan and Willy are in a homosexual relationship. They have been constant companions ever since Egan 'protected' Willy in prison, and share a hotel room. Egan comments on how Willy is getting fat, and reminds him how pretty had had been when he first arrived in prison. And Willy gets jealous when Egan takes an interest in the handsome, young George Fowler and invites him to join them in Mexico after TheHeist.

** Most Asian dubs, like the Korean and the Vietnamese dubs, often censored Uranus and Neptune's relationship by cutting some of their scenes. The [[Wiki/TheOtherWiki Chinese Wikipedia]] even refers to them as close friends.

** In the Italian and Polish dub, they were simply "close friends". The Italian dub also changed the Sailor Starlights to be the Three Lights' twin sisters, meaning the female Seiya and the Seiya who loved Usagi were two different Seiya's.

** And because Creator/NaokoTakeuchi apparently ''loves'' this trope, the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]] (and only the manga) has Minako and Rei develop a truly intimate friendship and be in rather ambiguous scenes and pictures (some of which compare them to Haruka and Michiru). Bonus point for them being respectively Sailor ''Venus'' and Sailor ''Mars'', whose planets are named after [[Myth/ClassicalMythology two]] [[WarGod mythological]] [[LoveGoddess lovers]]. ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'' also made them closer to one another than anyone else and had them share weapons on two occasions, but never fully confirmed a relationship between them.