KazuVen

KazuVen is the slash ship between Kaedehara Kazuha and Venti from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Canon
Kazuha and Venti both wield Anemo powers, with Venti being the Anemo archon and Kazuha being an established successful Anemo samurai type. Both seem to enjoy using the power of the winds to blow away enemies as well as use it for more relaxing tasks. Even though they both wield the same element, Kazuha and Venti use different weapons. Kazuha uses a sword while Venti uses a bow. Both enjoy drinking alcohol, with Venti commenting how much he loves the Inazuma regional specialty Sake. Both are considered free spirits by those that know them, and they share a more relaxed attitude. Both have something to do with poetry. Venti is a bard while Kazuha recites and sometimes writes poetry.

Kazuha and Venti both had friends that they had lost. Kazuha lost his friend after he died dueling with Kujou Sara while Venti lost the nameless bard he befriended. Kazuha and Venti both did something to pay homage to those they lost, though they had to face consequences. Kazuha ran away with his friend's vision so that it wouldn't be engraved in the Omnipresent Statue. The vision could have possibly burned his hand. Venti used his powers to create a mortal vessel and take the form of his bard friend. The consequence was that Venti would often be mistaken for a minor, and he couldn't get alcohol unless he personally knew the bartender.

Kazuha and Venti don't often interact since Kazuha is from Inazuma while Venti is from Mondstadt. Though they met during the Idodori Festival when Kamisato Ayaka comes to greet the traveler along with Venti, Kazuha is with the Traveler along with Albedo and Xingqiu. Venti and Ayaka show the group the poem they found, and the group sets out to find it. Kazuha and Venti were also portrayed together as two of the Five Kasen.

Fanon
KazuVen is quite popular, but it's still considered a small ship. The two have a lot of fanart together, with some of the fanart being from how they're both associated with the Anemo boy bands, 4NEMO and 5WIRL. A common theme in fanart is Kazuha and Venti drinking together. KazuVen's rivals include KazuScara and TomoKazu on Kazuha's side and XiaoVen and ZhongVen on Venti's side. KazuXiao is also a minor rival, and some ship KazuXiao along with KazuVen and XiaoVen in the polyship KazuXiaoVen. Kazuha and Venti's platonic relationship seems to also be a bit popular. On AO3, the two have 71+ romantic works and 88+ gen works.

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Variations

 * 4NEMO refers to the ship between the two, Aether and Xiao
 * 5WIRL refers to the ship between the two, Aether, Xiao and Shikanoin Heizou
 * KazuXiaoVen refers to the ship between the two and Xiao