Ichishiho

"Shiho... I don't care what anyone else says, I want to be friends with you."

- Ichika to Shiho in Leo/need Main Story Chapter 11

Ichishiho is the femslash ship between Ichika Hoshino and Shiho Hinomori from the Project SEKAI fandom.

Canon
Ichika and Shiho are both childhood friends as well as bandmates of Leo/need. They also both attend Miyamasuzaka as 1st-year students. Ichika is the guitarist of the band and is an introverted and kind girl who is always thinking about her friends while Shiho is the bassist of the band and can appear cold and distant at first but she likes cute things deep down.

Ichika, Shiho, Saki, and Honami are all childhood friends. In Leo/need's Main Story, Ichika was separated from her friends and left all alone due to Saki being admitted to the hospital. She really wanted to reconnect with Shiho and Honami, but none of them were on speaking terms. In their SEKAI, the 4 of them meet by chance and decide to perform a Hatsune Miku song as a band. Shiho and Honami end up leaving Ichika and Saki by themselves. Ichika and Saki form a band with just 2 and agree to try to become friends and bandmates with Shiho and Honami again and discover their 'true feelings'. The two meet Shiho by chance in a music store and Shiho tells Ichika and Saki that if they can perform a song together in a week that she would join their band. Shiho does end up joining, and the three of them have to convince Honami to join their band and become friends once again. Honami's feelings were a little more complicated but eventually, all 4 of them ended up reunited as a band and friends once more.

In the Singing with You, in the World of Fluttering Cherry Blossoms, Ichika wants to develop her singing further so she can match up to Shiho's bass skills and catch up to her in terms of music experience. She initially starts doing street performances for the sake of performing with Shiho and helping Shiho's dream to become a professional.

In Resonate With You (which takes place after previous events) Ichika wants to do their first live together as a band, although Shiho doesn't think they're ready. Shiho almost joins another band, STANDOUT, as a bassist because they have the strong dream to become professionals, unlike Leo/Need who Shiho thinks doesn't want to give their all to becoming pro. However, Shiho doesn't know that Ichika, Saki, and Honami actually do want to become pros and they all confront Shiho with their true feelings of wanting to be a professional band- together, with all 4 of them. Before this hapens, Ichika is concerned about losing Shiho again and she compares it to her past self when she didn't make any effort to reach out to Shiho to rekindle their friendship. In chapter 5 Ichika says, "I want to continue this band with everyone. If it's not the four of us, I don't want it...!" Eventually, at the end of the story, Shiho is impressed by their drive to become professionals and they reunite together as a band.

Ichika and Shiho are childhood friends and bandmates. Ichika and Shiho both have the same dream of becoming pros together with Leo/Need and creating a song that moves somebody's heart. Their personalities work well together and they deeply care for each other along with the rest of Leo/Need.

Area Conversations

 * Ichika: What are you reading, Saki? Another fashion magazine?
 * Saki: No, I borrowed this from Shiho.
 * Shiho: It's a music magazine featuring artists from around the country. The articles are actually really interesting.
 * Ichika: Oh yeah? Now I'm curious.
 * Saki: Let's all read it together, then! Here, Shiho can sit in the middle since it's hers!
 * Ichika: That works. There's plenty of room next to Shiho here. I'll just—
 * Shiho: Who are you, my sister? You can read without having to sit so close, you know!

Quotes
"Yeah, I'd like to respond to Shiho's feelings, if only just a bit."

- Ichika about Shiho in "You Heard That Just Now?!" Side Story 2

"Shiho has a very strong sense of self, and I think it's cool how she can speak her mind so clearly. ... I really respect the way she's serious about music like that, and I want to strive to become like that."

- Ichika about Shiho in "You Heard That Just Now?!" Side Story 2

"Ichika: "The 4 of us will definitely become pros together." Shiho: "Let's keep working together from now on."

- In Ichika's blog post on the official Project SEKAI Twitter account

"Ichika: "Yeah, to reach the level Shiho would be happy with, that's my current dream. For Shiho to perform as much as possible, I'll.. do my best." Shiho: "Ichika... yeah, thank you."

- Chapter 4 of Singing with You, in the World of Fluttering Cherry Blossoms Event story

"I want to do performances that will resonate in people's hearts- together with Shiho. ... But still, I want to be in a band with Shiho. I want to perform in live shows. I want to stir people's hearts with our songs... together."

- Resonate With You Chapter 7

Fanon
Ichishiho is considered kind of a rarepair in the Western fandom mostly because they are overshadowed by Ichisaki and Shihonami. However, many fans also tend to ship Ichika and Shiho with Honami and Saki in a poly relationship (Polyneed), otherwise Ichishiho is mostly shipped alongside Honasaki. It’s also quite unpopular in the Eastern side of the fandom, although it is more recognized.

An Ichishiho Week was held between April 21-28, 2022 under the #IchishihoWeek hashtag. Themes for the first day were "journey/confession/sweets", "middle school/separate" for the second day, "AU/fantasy/sleepless" for the third day, "stars/date/darling" for the fourth day, "dreams/future/shining" for the fifth day, "performance/detour" for the sixth day, and "resonate/purple anemone" for the last day.

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Trivia

 * Their ship is referred to with the "🎸🍜", "💙💚" and sometimes even the "🌵🐰" emojis.
 * They have a 2 cm height difference, with Ichika being 161 cm and Shiho being 159 cm tall.
 * Their Kizuna Rank titles are "Craving Tons of Sweets", "My Resolve is True", and "For Our Shared Dream".
 * Ichishiho have covered 2 songs together (Lost One no Goukoku and Bokura Mada Underground). They also have solo versions for Ichika's first focus song Ryuusei no Pulse.
 * Some of their Cheerful Carnival Team names are "Wanting To Catch Up" and "Spartan Mentors".