While probably obvious given the historical support for it, Gen Urobuchi confirmed that Fate/Zero's Rider - aka Alexander the Great - is bisexual (and would have attempted to bed Sola-Ui and Kayneth if he were summoned by them as they'd intended).On the other hand, the show also features an openly gay black superhero, Fire Emblem, who is confirmed as being agender. Both subverted and applied in the superhero show Tiger & Bunny: For all the Ho Yay between the two main characters, the show's creator has stated that any relationship between them is up to the individual fan to decide.He experiences as much backlash as he does because the only open affection shown is on Itsuki's part. The creator of YuYu Hakusho, Yoshihiro Togashi, has stated that Sensui and Itsuki are a gay male couple.
According to creator Kenichi Sonoda, Rally Vincent of Gunsmith Cats is a celibate lesbian.The original writer, Tsuzuki, also says Vivio "frequently keeps in contact with Fate- mama, as often as contacting the father who works away from home, with a communication tool." Nana Mizuki ups the ante by creating a schedule of Nanoha and Fate's daily routine and she notes that Nanoha and Fate spend time alone with each other every night from 22:00 to 1:00. In this article, ◊ the two VAs mention that in 10 years since A's, Nanoha will be a housewife for Fate. While some other members of the Lyrical Nanoha production crew are infamously dodgy about the subject, according to an interview with director Masaki Tsuzuki (the creator of the Nanoha franchise) and the voice actresses of Fate and Nanoha, they are indeed lesbians, at least in the series' primary continuity.
Their future incarnations in the Spiritual Successor, My-Otome, are pretty clearly a couple, but it's only stated outright in the Drama CDs released after the series ended. Before one is aware, happiness will visit these two." "Ultimately when the Battle had concluded, Natsuki again spoke affectionately to Shizuru who was graduating. It also works well for a series that isn't focused on romance of any kind. Others, however, don't really mind since it allows the character to be seen for more than just their LGBT status, and avoids stereotypical portrayals or the character being defined by being LGBT and nothing more. To LGBT fans and allies, it can come off as a cop-out: Saying "Oh, guess what? Bob, whom we never hinted about in the slightest? Totally gay!" after the series is safely over is not an adequate substitute for having the courage to actually include LGBT characters. Or it could just be one big publicity stunt. Thus, this may be a publicity appeal to a gay audience while not upsetting that part of the audience who feels uneasy about this. On the other hand, most readers will assume a character is heterosexual when their orientation isn't developed in text.
It can also be due to Conservation of Detail. This may be because of Media Watchdogs, local laws preventing stories with gay characters from being sold, or fear of backlash. When Word of God explains that a character was actually LGBTQ outside of the series, choosing to keep them Ambiguously Gay (at most) in the actual story.