^^ Unfortunately part of it is that Japan is still kind of bad about homosexual acceptance, and even as much as having Rika be openly a lesbian is a massive step forward, when before even miss Homura "Literally-So-Gay-She-Made-Her-Girlfriend-Into-God-And-Became-The-Devil-Through-Sheer-Force-Of-Gay" Akemi had to wait until Rebellion and until the character had a ridiculous amount of clout behind her to be allowed to openly state her feelings as romantic...
Stuff like Rika & Ren's Christmas version is already pretty far along... which I take it as them being canon at that point, their Magia is literally powered by them holding hands, after all, at some point the subtext just becomes text.
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