Code Vein

[LumberingCrane]

Not sure if this is enough to be listed or what even the description is going to be if it is, but there's some content in this game that might interest some people.

Brief context first: there's a mechanic in the game where you can collect the memories of other characters in the game and replay the events in those memories to watch them. Some of these is from bosses, and the one that seems relevant to this group is the one for Aurora. Her entire storyline from her memories revolves around her friend, Karen. Some bad stuff happened and the big bad's body was split up to be sealed into different people, one of them being this friend's of hers, who inherited the heart. Aurora decided to also volunteer to be a successor to help Karen and for her to be able to stay at Karen's side always. The body part that Aurora inherited is the rib cage. Heart for her friend, ribcage for Aurora. Ribcage --> protects --> the heart. The place where you fight Aurora as a boss is right outside the door that leads directly to where Karen is staying, and the form she takes is a giant dog/wolf. She's the literal guard dog protecting her friend the entire time.

There's also the relationship between Io and the main character, who can be female. At the end of the game there's some intimate interactions, more notably in the good ending where Io disappears. Screenshots in this link for those curious: https://imgur.com/a/Dbma7wX

[Kiena]

I completely agree with that there is very strong subtext under the clear expression of Aurora's most important person being Karen.

The relics they have (ribcage and heart, as said) are not so important, in my opinion, because another "successor" has the "breath" that has a symbol depicting the lungs, which is very close to both, but the person is completely unrelated. Aurora's memories, the way she is first against the whole plan, then agrees with complete conviction explicitly to help Karen, reinforce how important she is to Aurora, and suggest that Aurora would've accepted any of the relics as long as she can do anything in her power for Karen and stay by her side.

Another detail worth mentioning is that most of the successors (relic keepers) are located very far from each other, because the whole point is to separate the relics. As far as shown in the game, Aurora and Karen are the only "entombed" ones so close, one protecting the other, even if Karen has a unique role.

Every "final" interaction with Aurora is about Karen only, too, and in the good/true ending they keep working/staying together.

Despite all this indirect evidence, though, it's not clearly indicated that Aurora's feelings are romantic, or whether they would be reciprocated if they were.

As for Io, while her mission from the start is to be completely devoted to the MC's well-being, it's way easier to interpret it as not having to do anything with romance. (The MC's default gender, based on the intro that can be watched by waiting at the main menu without doing anything for a minute or so, is male, too, so I don't mind that there isn't any dialogue option to make the relationship with her sound romantic.) I'd rather summarize it as the relationship turning into an equally trusting and loving friendship in the best case. In a sequel, based on the true ending, there could be potential for something more with Io, but the game's creators typically don't push romance between the MC and any NPC openly, as far as I saw in their games.

After all these spoilers, the most I could think of adding would be "It's strongly hinted at that a female NPC has romantic feelings for another female NPC." Since it's not completely confirmed, that may rightfully not be enough for the game to be listed. (Even if that'll always be my interpretation personally, including that it's mutual, unless the opposite gets confirmed.)

[LumberingCrane]

I'd just like to add that the subtextual relationships the mc has in their god eater games end up turning into actual romantic relationships in their manga adaptations. So even if they don't go full blatant in the games themselves because of selectable gender protagonist, they'd easily cross the line when they settle for a male protagonist in adaptations, revealing their intent fully lol. I think even the god eater wiki states these relationships as hints of romance because of this.

Io's relationship with the MC pretty much falls under the same category as these relationships. And yeah, it's definitely because they've always defaulted with male protagonist with all of these games they've made. It's why the mc is more supportive with Mia when you have to delve into the memories of the Breath, holding her hand and guiding her more closely compared to every other successor, cause Mia also falls under the same heroine role that Alisa, Ciel, and Claire did in the GE games. The Ribcage and Heart imagery has significance when paired up with other factors like where Aurora and Karen are situated- right next to each other with Aurora guarding Karen as a giant dog. I'm very much doubtful that they just randomly picked ribcage to be the one protecting the successor of the heart. The breath doesn't matter there cause it has no other elements supporting it.