Talk:Protagonist (God Eater 3)/@comment-35366112-20190217014159/@comment-35366112-20190218212353

@AsuraBG

I think you missed the point. It's not so much that the GE1 MC/Yuu lacks any pre-established relationships from before the first game, but rather the game itself fails to establish any real relationship between him and the rest of the 1st Unit aside from Alisa. As mentioned his relationships with Kota, Sakuya, and Lindow don't really evolve beyond the very basics. With Soma there's some like with Alisa, but it's still kinda lacking in comparison and again his character is more tied to Shio.

Now in contrast to the above, the GE2 MC/Hiro has a lot of development with the main members of Blood Unit thanks to the game giving each of them their own arc starting with Ciel. He's her first friend and teaches Ciel the value of bonds with others, as well as their being slight implications of a crush. Gilbert is a lonesome dude, but with the MC and Haru helping him out he eventually starts opening up more to his friends. Romeo becomes jealous of the MC (and the others but the MC was the first so lets ignore them) for awakening their Blood Powers before he could but eventually lets it go. Nana starts out as the good buddy type but like Ciel there's implications of a small crush there. Julius starts out as the mentor like Lindow, but eventually it evolves beyond that as he and the MC become partners to each other as Captain and Vice-Captain.

Hence why the shipping feels/homoerotic subtext/etc... are more obvious with Hiro rather than Yuu. There's a lot more to go on with the former and his relationships than the latter.