HeroMari

"They look so happy. A match made in heaven!"

- Basil talking about Mari and Hero

HeroMari is the het ship between Hero and Mari from the Omori fandom.

Canon
When you talk to Mari while Hero is tagged, she will say "Hey there, handsome! Or maybe you prefer... What's cookin', good lookin'?" with a smug face. In one of the photos in the photo album, it is written under that Basil says that they look so happy together, a match made in heaven. Their friend group is shown to ship them, as their friend group knows that they are in-love. In the dreamworld, Mari is shown to be very flirty with Hero, leaving him embarrassed or shy. In a scene, Hero cries on the piano keys, whispering Mari's name since he still misses her so much. Mari would often hide bugs in Hero's desk at school. Mari enjoyed teasing Hero, saying his reactions were either cute or funny.

In one of the photos in the photo album, Hero is sleeping on Maris stomach. In another one, Mari is shown holding a bug and Hero beside her looks afraid from the bug. In the promo art, there are seen holding each others hands. In one of the photo albums they are washing the dishes together, they both look happy while doing it. The two are shown to be happy when they are together in the photo album. It is implied that Hero misses Mari so much, and is still very sadden by the loss of his significant other. Hero hasn't visited Mari's in 4 years, as he's not ready to.

In one of the photos in the photo album, Mari and Hero slept beside each other, it wrote under the photo that they look so cozy together and that if Maris dad found out he would be mad that Mari and Hero slept together. In another photo where everyone fell asleep expect Basil, Mari and Hero, Mari and Hero are seen holding hands and laughing together. It is canon the two were in-love, they were childhood friends at first. But it is known that Mari's father would be upset when they got to close. It is implied they were dating, but it was never properly confirmed if they actually were. The pair often supervising everyone else. After Mari's death, Hero was truly sadden as his love interest just died (which he believed she committed suicide), so he was shocked to know, and very upset. It was also shown that Mari was very supportive of Hero, as he considered becoming a chef because Mari motivated him to do so, though he ended up becoming a doctor instead.

Fanon
Heromari is the only canon ship within the Omori fandom. This, along with several adorable and heartfelt moments makes it a fan favorite among the fandom. Many fans are admittedly upset over Mari's death and the loss of Hero's love interest, causing one of two reactions. Some fans create angst, imagining scenarios after the death of Mari, most based off the outburst within the game stated by Kel. In said outburst, Hero snaps at Kel, accusing him of not caring over Mari's death, or not even caring about Mari at all. Another reaction is to create AU's in which Mari lives, Overall, Heromari is a well liked ship, coming in first of most written ship on AO3.

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Trivia

 * Both are known to be the eldest members in their friend group.
 * HeroMari is the only canon stated ship in OMORI.
 * In a scene, both of them were shown to be wearing matching sweaters, Hero's sweater has a M on it which means Mari, Mari's sweater has a H on it which means Hero.
 * Both of their names contain of 4 letters. There is also an "r" in the third letter of their names, He 'r' o, Ma 'r' i.
 * Mari is very supportive of Hero's dream of becoming a chef, asking him if he'll cook delicious meals for her, leaving him flushed whenever she asks him this.