GureMahi

"You’ve grown up. You’ve become strong and beautiful."

- Guren to Mahiru, upon reuniting with her

GureMahi is the het ship between Ichinose Guren and Hiiragi Mahiru from the Seraph of The End fandom.

Canon
Guren met Mahiru first on a summer night at a mountain, after Guren had finished his daily training. On this day, Mahiru approaches him and asks him who he is. To this, he turns around. Mahiru begins to ask Guren multiple questions, varying from multiple topics.

One day, she requests that Guren brings her cake. Guren states that he does not have the money to be able to afford ingredients or the cake itself; apologizing because he couldn't deliver to her needs. Mahiru reassures him, stating that it was alright and that it was fine as long as they were together. Later, he goes to his father, Ichinose Sakae, and asks for pocket money. When Sakae asks why, Guren states it is to buy cake for himself. When Sakae states he cannot allow it, because he wanted Guren to maintain a good diet, Guren states it is not for himself. He gives Guren a thousand yen, and comments that it was good for him to be popular, as he is to marry one day.

He brings the cake to their next meeting. She was happy to see that Guren brought cake. She asks him if he bought it to make her happy, to which he stays silent as response. Then she states. "I love most." Guren asks if she meant she loved the cake, and she responds with "I love Guren.". His narration describes how when he was with her, his heartbeat would accelerate in speed, and it would be harder for him to speak.

They split the cake in half and eat it together. Mahiru takes a bite out of a strawberry and eats some of it, before feeding it to Guren. However, they are eventually found by the people of Mikado no Oni. (Guren belongs to Mikado no Tsuki). Guren is interrogated by these men, who ask him who he had been meeting with. Guren refuses to answer their questions and sell out Mahiru, which causes him to be beat up by the people of Mikado no Oni. Guren's narration states he didn't feel pain, but anger at the unfairness of the situation.

Guren re-visits their usual meeting spot, and stays there for two hours. He realizes Mahiru did not come that night. A few days later, Mahiru would appear. She tells Guren how she was initially speaking to him, because she assumed her father would be angered at the idea of her talking to someone on the lowest end of the hierarchy. She pauses before later adding that she fell in love with Guren because he was too cute. Mahiru asks him that when they grow up, if they could get married and be together forever. Guren shuts this down by stating that it was not possible with the way things were even if he liked her. However, they are caught again. Guren is beat up for "luring" Mahiru out, despite her going to him herself. They are separated, as they cry for each other. They do not see each other for a decade.

Fanon
In the earlier days of the fandom, GureMahi was pretty popular among shippers. However, in recent years, it's been overshadowed by its main rival ship, GureShin, though it still has a few dedicated fans. Denouncers of GureMahi often argue that it's problematic due to Mahiru killing Guren's friends, but as some shippers have pointed out, she wasn't in control of herself and felt remorse for doing so. Another common argument is that Mahiru is a minor, and that it would be weird if they ended up being fully canon. However, other shippers have pointed out that if that was true MikaYuu would have the same issue. This is due to the fact that Mikaela was a child as a demon before changing his age to that of the one before his death as a vampire. As Mahiru appears, she has aged physically. Having longer hair, features closer to her chronological age, being taller, having a longer skirt, etc.

Fandom

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Trivia

 * According to the Manga 8.5 Fanbook and TV Anime 10 Fanbook:
 * Guren's interests: Yuichiro/Mahiru
 * When asked what he looks for in the opposite sex, he states: "Mahiru Hiiragi.". (In this situation, they are speaking about personality AND physical appearance.)
 * Mahiru's interests: Guren's future, ambition, lust, the "Seraph of The End" experiment
 * Mahiru's crush is listed as "Guren."
 * Guren's greatest desire would be reliving the day he met Mahiru in his hometown, training in swordsmanship, having a cook out with his friends. As well as his father being alive throughout the course of this.

Variations

 * GureShinMahi refers to the poly ship between the two and Shinya Hiiragi