Emunene

Emunene is the femslash ship between Emu Ootori and Nene Kusanagi from the Project SEKAI fandom.

Canon
Emu Ootori and Nene Kusanagi are both a part of a group called Wonderlands X Showtime, making them groupmates. After they meet, they are shown to be close friends.

Emu first meets Nene under the appearance of a robot. Rui, Nene's childhood friend, created that robot to make her able to communicate with other people. And so, when Nene auditions to join the group, she's controlling her robot since she's too shy to actually performs on stage. Emu is immediately amazed by the robot, nicknaming it "Robo-Nene" after Nene introduces herself. Emu also immediately likes the way Nene sings through the robot, saying that "Robo-Nene" has an amazing voice, and that she wants her to perform with them.

After their first show is ruined because Nene forgot to charge the robot, Tsukasa lectures her by saying it's her fault that the show was ruined. When she runs away, we can see Emu calling her with a sad face, wanting her to come back. After a while, Tsukasa feels sorry. So, when Emu and him spots Nene in the park again, they chase her together. They're able to catch her because of Emu, jumping on her to stop her from escaping with the help of Robo-Nene. After that, Emu is immediately worried, asking Nene if she hurt her. After Tsukasa apologize and Nene says that she will join the group again, Emu express her happiness of her staying, by saying she's very happy that her and Robo-Nene will stay with them.

When trying to ambush Rui to ask him to join the group again, Nene is shown to be imitating Emu to be able to stop him. There's also several moment in the story where they stand next to each other.

Nene sees Emu as a weirdo, like she sees the other group members. That doesn't stop her from showing some care towards her, as she stands up for her and wants to help her with her issues and to achieve her dream. Additionally, Emu thinks Nene is extremely talented at singing.

Fanon
Emunene is a kind of popular ship in the fandom (more so in the Western fandom), having over 70 fics on Archive of Our Own. It is mostly rivaled by Tsukaemu (over 200 fics on AO3) and Ruinene (around 50 fics on AO3). But the fandom does not have any problem with multi-shipping, so it is not rare to see some people ship Emu and Nene with other people and together too.

The fandom seems to like how Nene stands up for Emu, and how Emu tries to help Nene with her issues. They're very close friends, so it is no surprise that the fandom likes to see them together. The ship is also a part of the poly ship Polyshow, regrouping all the group members of WonderlandxShowtime together.

Emunene follows the opposite attracts trope, which is seemingly appreciated in the Project SEKAI fandom. They also follow the close friends to lovers trope.

Fandom
FAN FICTION