When Erica’s review pointed out that Milano and Alita would have kissed at the end if they were a straight couple, I agreed and immediately thought of the above scene. But given BEE TRAIN’s penchance for yuri subtext, I was expecting a little more and a tad disappointed that they had nerfed the scene from the end of the manga where Milano asks to share Alita’s bed.
Even though there’s no definitive ‘They are a couple’ moment (e.g. for StrikerS, there was the Big Bed scene though for me it was when Mari thought that Vivio was Nanoha x Fate’s natural born daughter), their mutual concern for each other’s safety and willingness to put self in harm’s way to save the other was amply showcased in Ep 5 too shows a very strong bond at the very least. The way that Milano says ‘Himesama’ can be pretty spinge-tingly-in-a-good-way though. :P
At least it would have been nice for them to end that sunset scene with Milano and Alita fooling around and then transiting/finishing with this photo.
