Kimax

Kimax is the slash ship between Lê Chiến Kim and Max Kanté from the Miraculous Ladybug fandom.

Canon
Kim and Max are best friends, who are usually seen sitting next to each other in class and hanging out together outside of school. Kim trusts Max and often looks to him for advice. Because Kim knows the high level of Max's inventions and intelligence he supports him. This can be seen when he is impressed with the arm that he believed Max had added to Markov. Kim is very supportive of Max, even cheering for him in "Gamer" when he plays against Marinette. The two are seen hanging out together at the zoo in "Animan", which suggests they spend a lot of their free time together.

Max is seen helping Kim win over his crush, Chloé Bourgeois, on more than one occasion. In "Dark Cupid", he starts off by giving Kim a gift that he says any girl will love. He then provides Kim with a map, which shows where his path home will cross over with Chloe's. In "Syren", Max waits for Kim outside the movie theater. When Kim arrives, he asks Max if Chloé has arrived as well, since he invited her. Max tells him that the film they are going to see isn't one that she'd be interested in, before handing a disappointed Kim his ticket. Shortly after, Syren floods the city and they all rush to the roof for higher ground. Kim dives into the water, thinking that it is safe, and Max becomes worried for his friend after Syren drags Kim under the water.

In "Party Crasher", Kim and Max help Nino throw a boys-only party in Adrien's honour. When Max gets captured by the titled villain, Kim comes to his and the other captured heroes' recuse. Once freed, the heroes work together in defeating Party Crasher. When the battle is over, Max and Kim help their friends in clearing up Adrien's room before they go to help the girls plant trees. Kim and Max are later seen together in their miraculous forms in the episodes "Ephemeral" and "Penelteam". However, they do not yet know each other's secret identities.

Fanon
Kimax is one of the more popular slash ships in the fandom. Some fans have Kimax rival the ship Kimdine, while Kimaxdine helps to form a peaceful compromise between the two ships.

After Max and Kim were given their own Miraculouses in season three, it inspired a few fans to feature the two as their hero selves in some of their Kimax fanart and fics. Along with there being Kimax fanart that makes references to their akumatized selves, as it is a common trait in the ML fandom, and even portraying Max and Kim as the holders of the Ladybug and Cat Mirculouses, for fun.

On AO3, Kimax is the most written ship for Max and the second most written for Kim. It currently has over 200 works.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Kim/Max tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Kimax tag on Wattpad
 * Kimax tag on Wattpad

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Trivia

 * In one of the "snapshot photos" of the Season two to three opening, Kim and Max are briefly seen together.

Variations

 * Kimaxdine refers to the ship between Kim, Max and Ondine