fukutora and kurooyakukai for the ship game!!
Fukutora
God this is so hard. It compels me for sure (more and more recently thanks to @anoant-haikyuu-dump lol). I'm gonna say it makes no sense 😭 but HEAR ME OUT
I think it makes no sense in that no one would have expected them to be together - and it's not a ship id ever really thought of until recently. they're very different temperaments and we get a lot more focus on toras relationship with kenma than fukunaga, even though they're also very different and clearly clashed a bit in first year before Tora grew to respect shohei. But I think that's what compels me so much!! There's that little snippet in the manga where Tora thinks about how strong and "manly" fukunaga is even though it's in a completely different way to HIS kind of strength. I think it's lovely to explore that genuine respect and admiration and how they could grow close in a way that surprises themselves as much as other people 🤔🤔🤔
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Kurooyakukai
Graaahh I'm gonna say it makes sense but it does not compel me 😭
It makes sense!! They're the three Nekoma third years and have such a good balanced dynamic between the trio, admiring and respecting each other even as kuroyaku butt heads. I love kuroyaku but it does not really compel me too add Kai into the romantic relationship. Maybe because kuroyaku is a more volatile bickering rivalry kind of dynamic, and Kai just isn't a part of that instead being outside it as peacekeeper. At least in my mind. I prefer him having his own thing going on (in my heart he's the first of the Nekoma team to get married) and dealing with his dumb bickering friends who can't admit that they're into each other.