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Originally Posted by Thess
There is little romance in prototype aside of the 'triangle' between Gilgamesh/Ayaka/Arthur which sounds more realistic than most male main character harem type of things Nasu was forced to write (including Shirou). Gilgamesh was basically smitten by "glasses off" Ayaka who seems to have a more supernatural beauty and another sort of personality (magic). It isn't even a proper romance, it sounds like the lighter and softer Lio version fixation. It's all between Saber and Ayaka (apparently, Ayaka helped him to see the truth of the Grail years ago). Lancer likes his Master (who later dies). Rider is obsessed with his dead Master. There is no harem.
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Not quite, the premise is supposed to be similar to shoujo manga (everyone wants the heroine). They even joked about it.
You know the Gilgamesh and Sabre bit, but you can see there is some hints of romantic tension between Ayaka and Rider. In the script, you see Rider was laying the beatdown on Sabre and Ayaka, and he hesitated a bit when he was just about to drop the killing blow on Ayaka (remember this was the Rider to killed mountains of men). Also, Lancer admired Ayaka, and according to the script, he later joined Ayaka in the battle.
They were definitely dropping hints, but alas, nothing is development really because Type Moon has no intention of going anywhere with it.