MiTsu

MiTsu is the femslash ship between Mio Akiyama and Ritsu Tainaka from the K-On! fandom.

Canon
Mio and Ritsu first met in elementary school, and they are childhood friends. Ritsu often picked on Mio due to her left handedness and shyness, among other things. They first became friends when Mio's essay won an award, and she was picked to read it in front of the whole school. Mio was shy, so she was scared, but Ritsu helped her by giving her tips such as imagining the entire audience as pineapples. Since then, they have been best friends despite their very different personalities. Ritsu clings to Mio, and Mio clings to Ritsu.

They both have a similar interest in photography, and Mio brings a film camera around while Ritsu brings a digital camera around. Ritsu also introduced music to Mio, convincing her to play the bass. The two understand each other so well that they were able to imitate each other easily. This helped when the two acted as Romeo and Juliet, respectively. Mio is comfortable with Ritsu to the point where she can fall asleep in her own house with Ritsu over.

Ritsu gets jealous when Mio hangs out with other people such as Nodoka. These things resulted in a brief conflict in between them, though this did not last very long. During Mio's fan club presentation, the Light Music Club put on a presentation with pictures taken by Ritsu, and it shows how they grew up together as childhood friends.

Fanon
Since the two are childhood friends, this ship was very popular with fans of the anime. Due to their clashing personalities, people think that they go well together because opposites attract. Since the two have been joined at the hip, it is easy to imagine them falling for each other.

Since Ritsu got jealous when Mio tried to spend too much time with Nodoka, fans think that this could mean that she is jealous of Nodoka because Mio is spending time with her. Many fanarts and fanfics have been created with these two confessing their love for each other, or moving in together after university. This ship is easily the most popular ship in the fandom, beating out other rival ships.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

PIXIV

Variations

 * Hokago Tea Time refers to the ship between the two, Yui Hirasawa, Tsumugi Kotobuki and Azusa Nakano