Mitsukkai

"Hakkai! Let's show 'em that our combination is way better than those brothers!"

- Mitsuya, Chapter 249

"I thought that love was supposed to be painful... Taka-chan turned my entire world upside down."

- Hakkai, Chapter 78

Mitsukkai is the slash ship between Hakkai Shiba and Mitsuya Takashi from the Tokyo Revengers fandom.

Canon
Mitsuya and Hakkai have known each other well for a long time, even before Toman was formed. They first met as children, when Mitsuya stopped Hakkai from beating up another child. Since then, and after finding out about his life, Hakkai has always looked up to and admired Mitsuya, seeing him as a true older brother figure to him, with Mitsuya teaching him values like a brother would. Hakkai describes their relationship as "unfortunately close". They've always been close, as Hakkai was Mitsuya's vice-captain in the Third Division of Toman.

Hakkai always speaks fondly of Mitsuya to other people, using the endearing nickname 'Taka-chan' for him, and talking about how great he thinks he is and how much he looks up to him. Mitsuya also cares a lot about Hakkai, since he guided him through life and looked after him when he was younger, and strove to protect him in the present, negotiating with with his brother, and defending him and his sister Yuzuha at the Christmas Conflict. Hakkai cares so much about Mitsuya that he got angry over him being injured by Tenjiku, something he rarely does, and considered fighting back unfairly against them. Their families are also close. Hakkai knows Mitsuya's sisters well, as he often spends time at their house. And Mitsuya is close with Yuzuha, as well as relatively close with his brother Taiju.

The two are very compatible, as noted by Takemitchi, who says they suit each other in Chapter 78. Yuzuha also says that 'he likes Mitsuya way too much', and pointing out that Hakkai has Mitsuya as his wallpaper. Mikey's time capsule also says that 'Hakkai likes Mitsuya a bunch, so he'll probably do something similar [...] he'd probably spend all his time hanging out in Mitsuya's shop', which ends up being true. They also make a good combination together when fighting, always having each other backs and being shown together. They are always close in all versions of the future that they're both alive, being shown together at Pah-chin's estate business and at Mitsuya's shop. In the final version of Takemitchi's future, their interests align when they end up working in similar industries, with Hakkai being a model and Mitsuya being a fashion designer.

Fanon
Mitsukkai is relatively not too popular within the fandom, however, it's a well-liked ship, mostly due to how heavily implied Hakkai's borderline romantic feelings towards Mitsuya are. Some prefer to ship them romantically, as they are compatible as a duo. However, other prefer the platonic ship, and the brotherly bond they share. Fans of the ship tend to be manga readers, since Hakkai had few appearances in the anime with Mitsuya before Season 2, meaning their are fewer of them. Since the airing of Season 2, as well as developments in future arcs in the manga, the ship has risen in popularity.

On AO3, it is the most popular ship for both characters, with over 400 works.

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Trivia

 * The chapter where Hakkai and Mitsuya team up to fight the Haitani brothers is called "Good Chemistry".
 * The ship is called Hachimitsu in the Japanese fandom, because of the combination of the reading of the first kanji in Hakkai's name (八, hachi), and of the first characters of Mitsuya's (三ツ, mitsu).
 * Hakkai has a picture of Mitsuya as his phone's wallpaper, and he blushes when Yuzuha teases him about it.
 * Their character colours, orange and (navy) blue, are complementary colours.
 * According to the official character book:
 * The person Hakkai respects or admires is Mitsuya.
 * His favourite place is Mitsuya's house.
 * He spent a day in Harajuku choosing presents for Mitsuya's birthday with Yuzuha.
 * Hakkai is the only person who calls Mitsuya by a nickname, and Mitsuya uses his first name.