KotoPana

KotoPana is the femslash ship between Kotori Minami and Hanayo Koizumi from the Love Live! fandom.

Canon
Kotori and Hanayo are both softspoken people who tend to follow others rather than lead, but can get passionate about the things they love. Both are big fans of the school's alpacas. Kotori holds high regard for Hanayo's job as the caretaker for the alpacas. In the  PV, Kotori and Hanayo are playing together with plushies of the alpacas.

When μ's goes camping, Hanayo is put in Kotori's group to help her design costumes. Hanayo picks a basket of flowers in hopes that it might give some inspiration. Kotori thanks Hanayo and the two take in the fresh atmosphere around them. The two end up falling asleep in the tent along with Honoka. The three later go to the hot springs, and Kotori and Hanayo both cry in unison when Honoka suddenly stands up in the water.

In preparation for the Halloween performance, Hanayo, along with Nico, help Kotori in making the costumes.

In School Idol Festival chapter 36, Kotori attempts to teach the alpacas tricks so that more people will come to visit them. The others don't believe that the alpacas are capable, to which Kotori says that Hanayo will be able to do it. Kotori asks to be Hanayo's disciple, and Hanayo happily welcomes her help. Kotori thanks Hanayo and promises not to let her down. Kotori spends many days with Hanayo taking care of the alpacas and trying to get them to shake hands with her. Hanayo thanks Kotori for helping her and making work easier. She also says that the time seems to fly by when they're together. Kotori is happy to hear that. She then asks Hanayo to become her permanent helper because listening to Hanayo has inspired her. Hanayo accepts, to Kotori's delight.

Fanon
KotoPana is generally regarded as a very fluffy, soft and cute ship. This is due to Kotori and Hanayo's similar personalities and their shared Pure attribute. The two are often thought to be a well-fitting and adorable couple, both romantically and platonically. The two are often featured in light and pastel colors. Them being in the same sub-unit also helped fuel the ship. Since sub-units were decided through a poll in real life, their pairing (along with their dynamic with Honoka) was popular enough to win the vote.

KotoPana is not as popular a ship as others, being Hanayo and Kotori's 4th and 6th most popular ship on AO3 respectively. The two have other more popular rival ships, such as KotoUmi and RinPana.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Kotori/Hanayo stories on FanFiction.net
 * Kotori/Hanayo stories on FanFiction.net

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Trivia

 * Their "Studies", "Reflexes", and "Conformity" statistics are rated the same, at 3★, 2★, and 5★ respectively.
 * The two have a duet called , about the two having crushes on each other.
 * The two have a duet called , about the two being married.
 * The two have the highest voices out of μ's.
 * In , Kotori and Hanayo wear matching Alice-themed outfits.

Variations

 * KotoNozoPana refers to the ship between the two and Nozomi Tojo
 * KotoYouPana refers to the ship between the two and You Watanabe
 * Printemps refers to the ship between the two and Honoka Kosaka
 * μ's refers the ship between the two, Honoka Kosaka, Umi Sonoda, Rin Hoshizora, Maki Nishikino, Nico Yazawa, Eli Ayase, and Nozomi Tojo