![]() With the text hinting so heavily at a deeper connection between them, fanon doesn’t have to do much to justify this built-for-shipping pair. Giyu might try to keep their relationship strictly professional, but Shinobu understands him at a fundamental level, as they share the indomitable drive to make demons dead. Nowadays, instead of decapitating them like other demon slayers, she prefers to use a poisoned blade to make their deaths especially painful (she later reveals that she’s ingested enough wisteria to make her entire body poisonous to demons, which is in the running for the most hardcore thing on this whole list). Beneath the facade, though, her backstory’s about as tragic as they come, with her whole family being killed by demons. His counterpart, Shinobu Kocha AKA the Insect Pillar, seems like a bundle of joy and enthusiasm at first glance. Giyu Tomioka, the renowned Water Pillar, is a single-minded slayer who spends more time worrying about taking down demons than he does, say, making sure his outfit doesn’t include clashing prints. Take those two archetypes and turn them both into badass warriors, and you’ve got the recipe for Demon Slayer’s GiyuShino ship. There’s something about the pairing of an effervescent flirt and an oblivious brooder that really gets fandoms going. There’s a lot of headcanon about what might’ve gone down with them between the end of Chapter 0 and Yuta’s reappearance later in JJK, and if hints dropped by artist Gege Akutami are any indication, there just might be something to it. ![]() Their parallel backstories–both having lost someone close to them and gaining some kind of boon as a result– make them a natural fit both as a ship and as narrative counterparts. Yuta might have his dead gal pal following him around as a cursed spirit, but that doesn’t stop him from developing a close bond with Maki. While they have a bit of a rough start with Maki looking down on Yuta for his devil-may-care look, they quickly develop a mutual respect that blossoms into admiration. ![]() ![]() Their ship didn’t quite reach the same audience as some others from the main series when JJK0 was still just a manga and hadn’t yet hit screens, but with the release of the Volume 0 movie, it instantly hit the mainstream. Yuta and Maki are two students who meet at Jujutsu High. The YutaMaki ship actually comes from Jujutsu Kaisen 0, a prequel series that depicts the events leading up to Yuji’s entry into the world of cursed spirits. It’s chock-full of great characters who resonate with audiences, meaning it’s only logical they’d want to see some of those characters smoosh faces together. Jujutsu Kaisen got a lot of shipping love this year, which fully checks out. It’s true that anime dominates the charts, but you might be surprised to see which ships locked in the top spots, as well as some intriguing runners-up from all kinds of media. ![]() Here’s our list of the most popular character ships for 2022, with some background included on each one. From live-action to western animation to anime (well, mostly anime, if we’re being honest), terabytes of fanfic and good old-fashioned baiting have created a cottage industry out of shipping, one that’s going stronger than server. With pandemic restrictions gradually lifting in 2022, folks were in the mood for love-in particular, love between fictional characters. ![]()
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