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I mean, they are family members. I will admit that it's intuitive to think that kind of posing is indicative of a couple, but IMO that's only one intuitive interpretation. I genuinely do believe it makes just as much sense for people who aren't a couple to pose like that as long as they have a close relationship. I guess my perspective here is that given the fact that Gon's biological mother's identity is one of the Big Mysteries of the series (one that I'm not confident will ever be answered, because Gon's already stated that Mito's the only mom he needs), I can't imagine that concept art of her would be revealed to the public at an event.

Admittedly I can't remember exactly where these sketches were displayed even though the first time I saw them it was from someone talking about said showcasing, but it was at a public event unless I'm remembering wildly wrong.