MitsuNoa

MitsuNoa is the femslash ship between Shinoa Hiiragi and Mitsuba Sangu from the Seraph of the End fandom.

Canon
MItsuba and Shinoa have been friends and knew each other before they were formed into a squad. At first, Mitsuba is frustrated that Shinoa was assigned squad leader instead of her, but she seems to have accepted that over time. Shinoa and Mitsuba are also implied to be very close, as Shinoa calls Mitsuba by the nickname "Mi-chan" ("Mitsu" in the English dub). When they are together in the shower, Shinoa goes into Mitsuba's shower. Shinoa teases Mitsuba about the possibility of her and Yu falling in love, and Mitsuba responds that it would never happen. Shinoa continues, saying how Mitsuba hates Yu because he reminds her of her past self. She says, "I keep telling you... It wasn't your fault". She is talking about the death of Mitsuba's previous squad, and she tells her that there was nothing that she could have done to make the situation different. Mitsuba doesn't respond, instead she tells Shinoa not to come into her shower again. Shinoa smirks, tells her not to be shy, and hugs her.

Mitsuba tells Shinoa that she is the only one that is honest to her. When she was saying that, she is shown to be blushing. Mitsuba seems to be appreciative of Shinoa's honestly. Due to Shinoa's teasing manner, she often comments and jokes about Mitsuba (especially her chest). She has also called Mitsuba adorable.

When Yu was passed out when he was training with Asuramaru, Kimizuki puts his jacket over him because it was cold. This causes Shinoa to tease them. She does this by roleplaying with Mitsuba as Kimizuki and Yu, and they act in love. At the end, they hug each other closely.

In chaoter 86, when Shinoa wakes up and Mitsuba runs to her and tackles her into a hug. Mitsuba cries into her shoulder and tells her how worried she was, saying "Yu got kidnapped by the Hyakuya Sect! Then you got taken away and went nuts! Then I got separated from you...". Shinoa then pats her head, and teases her by calling her a baby.

Fanon
MitsuNoa is a fairly popular ship, and it is shipped alongside other popular ships such as MikaYuu, GureShin, and KimiYoi. They often appear as a side couple in MikaYuu fanfics. Many started shipping them because they both are implied to be in love with Yu but Yu is more commonly paired with Mika. Another reason people started shipping them is because of how Shinoa sometimes acts suggestive towards Mitsuba. However, others see this as simply fanservice.

Some people don't ship MitsuNoa because they are both implied to have a crush on Yu. However, Mitsuba's crush was never confirmed and it was only shown through Shinoa's teasing. Many fans of MitsuNoa also theorize that Shinoa's crush is a result of compulsive heterosexuality - as it was mainly other characters (such as Guren, Shikama, and Mahiru) that push the idea that she must fall in love with a boy. Many also find it unnatural when she stated in chapter 99 how she must fall in love with a boy (Yu) because she is a girl. People theorize that Shinoa doesn't actually love Yu romantically or sexually, instead her love is platonic or familial and that love was twisted because of Mahiru's (and to an extent Shikama's) manipulation that "all girls must fall in love with a boy"

On AO3, MitsuNoa is the 4th most written pairing for the Owari no Seraph/Seraph of the End tag and it is the most written pairing for both characters.

Despite MitsuNoa's popularity, it still has some rivalships - mainly Yuunoa or Mitsuyuu. This is, again, because of Shinoa and Mitsuba's implied crushes on Yu.

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Trivia

 * Mitsuba and Shinoa seem to have many similarities
 * They are both implied to have crushes on the main character
 * They are both short
 * They are both bad at cooking
 * They both have bad relationships with their older sister
 * Kagami once said how Mitsuba feels the same way towards her older sister Aoi as Shinoa feels towards her older sister Mahiru.
 * According to the Manga 8.5 fanbook, what Mitsuba looks for in the opposite sex (it is implied that it means for a romantic partner) is that they have to be worse at cooking than her.
 * Shinoa is the only one shown that is worse at cooking than Mitsuba
 * According to the fanbook 108, Shinoa thinks that Mitsuba is someone that gets bullied easily. When asked about who she likes most in Shinoa squad, Mitsuba brings up Shinoa first, saying, "I always hear Shinoa talking about me"
 * When Mahiru asks Shinoa about the boy that she is in love with, the panel shows everyone in Shinoa squad and Guren. What is interesting, though, is that the speech bubble covers Yoichi. The panel also has a lot of space left, which means that there was also no reason to cover Yoichi with the speech bubble. Mitsuba was also there, not covered by anything.
 * They sometimes stare and blush at one another.